In a day of news dominated by reactions to inaugural crowd sizes and the Women’s March, the administration pledged federal assistance for southeastern states hit by severe storms and made policy statements on two issues:
At a swearing-in of White House staff, President Trump indicated he would “start some negotiations having to do with NAFTA” in upcoming talks with Mexican and Canadian leaders. No specifics were given, so this issue remains grey on our tracker (signifying “no action”).
Finally, White House spokesman Sean Spicer said in a statement that the administration is in the beginning stages of talks to relocate the US embassy in Israel from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem, though no timeline was offered for this change.
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At a swearing-in of White House staff, President Trump indicated he would “start some negotiations having to do with NAFTA” in upcoming talks with Mexican and Canadian leaders. No specifics were given, so this issue remains grey on our tracker (signifying “no action”).
Finally, White House spokesman Sean Spicer said in a statement that the administration is in the beginning stages of talks to relocate the US embassy in Israel from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem, though no timeline was offered for this change.
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