First, the Supreme Court ruled on the travel ban, and overturned lower court rulings that said the ban was unconstitutional. It was a 5-4 decision. Trump was claiming a victory, but at best it seems to have been a partial victory. The court decided that persons without a "bona fide" connection to the United States could not be banned. That would in effect mean that people with relatives, people doing research with a university, or with business ties to the United States could travel from the "banned" countries. People with asylum cases could also travel from said countries. The definition of a "bona fide connection" seems a little vague though. From what I can tell, I'd say it's still a defeat for Trump's policy, but not a total defeat. It does show that his policy was overly broad in the court's opinion. This decision does make it clear that the President's powers do have limits when it comes to creating such a policy though.
The second item on Trump Watch today is that Harley Davidson announced that it was moving production overseas in response to Trump's tariffs on importation of foreign steel. This is a sort of tricky headline, and it does mean a reduction in workforce in the U.S. in favor of workforce overseas. Trump is angered by that announcement, although it really should be no surprise, the stuff Harley Davidson will make overseas isn't meant for the American Market, and if they can avoid tariffs that way, everything else being relatively equal (it probably isn't) it seems like a no brainer if they want to be more competitive in those markets. Trump doesn't like the news though, because it points out how his tariffs are hurting American businesses, and Harley Davidson in particular was a business he named as one that he wanted to help out, because of the whole "American Made" mystique that they market.
- Stormy Daniels
- Trump Charity lawsuit by New York Attorney General
- FBI investigation (it keeps being called a Russian Collusion investigation, but I'm pretty sure there's more to it than that at this point
- North Korea
- The Space Force
- The Border Wall
- Alien Children Detention/family separation
- Presidential Pardons
- Civil War Monuments
- Muslim Travel Ban
- China Tariffs/Trade
- Canada-G7 Tariffs/Trade
- NAFTA
- Puerto Rico response
Survivor White House watch. Nothing really new today.
Giuliani still there as Lawyer
John F. Kelly still there as Chief of Staff
Jeff Sessions still there as Attorney General
Sarah Huckabee Sanders still there as Press Secretary, rumors continue to be denied.
Mike Pompeo - Secretary of State
John Bolton - National Security Advisor
Marc Short - White House Legislative Affairs Director - no denial of plans regarding his departure prior to the 2018 midterms.
Kirstjen Nielsen - Homeland Security Secretary
Joe Hagin - White House deputy Chief of Staff is resigning.- reported June 19th
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