Well, it may not be a full scale war, yet. And Trump is on record saying that Trade Wars are easy to win. Trump's position is that current trade arrangements are very unfair to the United States, so this is a step in the negotiation of better trade deals. His presentation though is to make it a matter of "winners" and "losers" which seems to be the way he views negotiations in general, at least at the outset. Another problem also seems to be that there is no clear strategy or end game here for the trade war. No specifics, or for that matter, no broad strokes. It seems likely that Trump would want to stay on fairly good terms with China, particularly since they are important in helping to apply pressure to North Korea. Most analysis seems to say that the current tariffs are targeted, and overall not a really big problem, but since there is no road map, the question is whether there is an end in sight.
Speaking of North Korea, Mike Pompeo is on his second day of meetings in Pyongyang discussing how to manage the "nitty-gritty" details of managing and verifying North Korean denuclearization. Pompeo is sticking with the premise that the goal is "complete denuclearization," while Kim Yong Chol has avoided that term, saying that he wants to clarify some things.
- 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 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
- Military Parade in Washington
- World Trade Organization
Giuliani still there as Lawyer
John F. Kelly still there as Chief of Staff - 6-29-2018 Trump says "Things Happen."
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
Scott Pruitt - EPA Director - Resigned 7-5-2018
Scott Pruitt - EPA Director - Resigned 7-5-2018
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