President Trump: “If China is Not Going To Solve North Korea, We Will’
This comes 3 days after North Korea’s Kim Jong Un warned of ‘Resolute Preemptive Attack’ If The U.S. Threatens Pyongyang
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WASHINGTON – The United States is prepared to respond to North Korean nuclear threats on its own if China fails to pressure Pyongyang, President Donald Trump said in an interview with the Financial Times on Sunday.
“Well if China is not going to solve North Korea, We will. That is all I am telling you,” he was quoted as telling the newspaper.
Trump will host Chinese President Xi Jinping this Thursday and Friday at his Mar-a-Lago resort in Florida, where the two leaders are expected to discuss North Korea, China’s ambitions in the South China Sea and trade.
“China has great influence over North Korea. And China will either decide to help us with North Korea, or they won’t,” he was quoted as saying in the paper
Navajos Celebrate End of Obama’s Job-Killing Energy Policies: Trump Offers ‘Unwavering Support’ for Coal
Former President Barack Obama’s efforts to shut down the coal industry in the United States have threatened the well-being of generations of coal plant and mine workers, including those of the Navajo Nation.
The Navajo Generating Station and the Kayenta Mine on Navajo land in Arizona has directly and indirectly provided 3,100 jobs and $180 million in annual income to workers and their families.
The lease agreements, royalties, and other payments are tied to the plant and mine account for approximately 20 percent of Navajo Nation annual general fund revenue, with the money used to fund schools, emergency services, infrastructure, and public parks.
And now, because regulations have driven up the cost of coal, the plant owners who lease the land have announced it will close in 2019, adding even more strain to a community that suffers from a 42 percent unemployment rate and 43 percent of its people living below the federal poverty line.
Now, the Navajo Nation hopes that President Donald Trump and the Department of the Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke will help resolve this crisis by working to keep the plant open for 10 years so that alternative income streams can be developed ahead of its closure.
“The president made a pledge to the coal industry to do whatever he can to help those workers,” a senior white house official told reporters on Monday ahead of Trump’s executive order on Tuesday to roll back much of the “climate change” policies put in place by Obama.
Russell Begaye, president of the Navajo Nation, is counting on the Trump administration’s resolve. Begaye told Breitbart News:
For decades, clean coal power has been a critical economic engine for the Navajo Nation by creating thousands of jobs and substantial revenue for our people. The expedited closure of the Navajo Generating Station, the largest clean coal fired coal plant in the western United States, would create an economic disaster that would devastate Navajo families and our entire economy.
President Trump ran on a pledge to ‘bring back coal’ and we believe that he will keep his word and stand up for coal workers on the Navajo Nation and across the United States.
We are also optimistic about working with the Trump Administration to help our people given the President’s unwavering support for coal jobs and mine workers.
Begaye traveled to Washington earlier this month to meet with federal officials and lawmakers, and he wrote in a re
cent oped in The Hill that he is “optimistic” about the future. He wrote:
We are … optimistic about working with the Trump Administration on this issue given the president’s unwavering support for coal jobs and mine workers. President Trump ran on a pledge to ‘bring back coal’ and provide economic opportunities for workers who have been left behind by coal’s declining fortunes.
President Trump has an excellent opportunity to deliver on this promise by using the bully pulpit to help our people keep this plant open long enough to find new, high paying jobs.
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First Lady Melania Trump takes part in presentation ceremony at State Dept of International Women of Courage Award
First Lady Melania Trump and Undersecretary of State for Political Affairs Thomas A. Shannon present the 2017 Secretary of State’s International Women of Courage Award.
“Wherever women are diminished, the entire world is diminished with them’ says Melania as she reemerges to attend International Women of Courage ceremony at the State Department
As women, we must continue to stand together with the steadfast goal of making our world safer through acts of collaborative and individual bravery. As we all know, wherever women are diminished, the entire world is diminished with them,’ she said in the statement.
The award is in its 11th year. It has recognized 100 women, and is ‘meant to showcase and support a group of women who put their personal safety and sometimes lives at risk in order to help improve their communities,’ according to the White House.
International Women of Courage has honored more than 100 courageous women from over 60 countries around the world. This year’s ceremony is meant to showcase and support a group of women who put their personal safety and sometimes lives at risk in order to help improve their communities. The award, now in its 11th year, honors those who have demonstrated exceptional courage, strength, and leadership in acting to advance the lives of others across the globe.
“It was my great pleasure to open the doors of the White House to these esteemed members of the United States Senate, along with their spouses and invited guests,” stated First Lady Melania Trump. “This is the people’s house and I intend to continue the tradition of hosting the elected officials who work alongside my husband to serve the American people.”
Remarks by President Trump and Vice President Pence at Reception for Senators and Spouses
THE VICE PRESIDENT: Thanks so very much. You may be seated. Well, on behalf of the First Family, it is a great, great privilege for Karen and I to welcome you to the White House for what I know will be a very special evening tonight. And as the President of the Senate, it’s particularly meaningful for me to welcome Republican and Democrat members of the Senate to this very special evening.
I want to give special appreciation to Leader McConnell and Leader Schumer. Thank you so much for both being here tonight. (Applause.) Thank you for your service to the nation. And also, the President Pro Tem of the Senate, Orrin Hatch — I think the longest-serving member of the United States Senate — is with us. (Applause.) And lastly, a rousing round of applause for the spouses that are with us tonight — (applause) — that make the sacrifices so that the members who are here can serve. (Applause.) The First Family is particularly moved that so many family members could be here this evening. So I thank you all for making time to be with us.
This will be an inspiring night, and hopefully the will be an encouraging night. I know the President and the First Lady and Karen and I are well familiar with the sacrifices of public life. And tonight is just, from the First Family to each one of you, a small token of their appreciation for your service to your state and your service to the people of the United States of America.
So, with that said, it is my high honor and distinct privilege to introduce our host and hostess for this evening — the President of the United States of America and Mrs. Melania Trump. (Applause.)
THE PRESIDENT: Thank you, Mike. Thank you very much. (Applause.) Thank you very much. Nobody ever told me that politics was going to be so much fun. (Laughter.) But we’re doing well. It’s going very well.
We just had a call — long call from General Mattis. And, John, I know, is very happy to hear that, but he knows better than anybody, we’re doing very well in Iraq. Our soldiers are fighting and fighting like never before, and the results are very, very good. So I just wanted to let everyone know.
I have some very special friends in this room, especially — I must tell you, we have the Republicans, but I even have a couple of Democrats. I said — we had a dinner here about three weeks ago, and it was so beautiful. We had these incredible musicians from the Marine Corps and from the Army — incredible, actually. And I said, you know, I’d like to do something special — I’d like to ask the United States Senate, with spouses, to come and hear how good it was. It was just a beautiful evening.
And so here we are. And shockingly, it’s semi-bipartisan. A lot of people showed up that people weren’t expecting, which is a very good thing. (Applause.) Which is a very, very good thing.
And I know that we’re all going to make a deal on healthcare — that’s such an easy one. (Laughter.) So I have no doubt that that’s going to happen very quickly. I think it will, actually. I think it’s going to happen — because we’ve all been promising — Democrat, Republican — we’ve all been promising that to the American people. So I think a lot of good things are going to happen there.
We’re going to talk about infrastructure. We’re going to talk about fixing up our military, which we really need. There has been a depletion, and we’re going to make it so good and so strong. And there’s, I think, never been a time where we needed it so much.
And we’re going to be doing a great job. But hopefully it will start being bipartisan, because everybody really wants the same thing. We want greatness for this country that we love. So I think we’re going to have some very good relationships.
Right, Chuck? I see Chuck. Hello, Chuck. (Laughter.)
And I really think that will happen.
So, again, enjoy these incredible musicians. They are really something special. And I hope we’re going to do this many, many times together as a unit. Thank you all for being here.
Melania, thank you very much. Our Vice President. Did we make the right decision with Pence? (Applause.) Right? And, Karen, thank you very much. So nice. Thank you.
Thank you, everybody. Have a good time.
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