The president said his Supreme Court nominee “is a fine, fine person” who has “got tremendous support.”
The journalist, whose publication is banned in China, stepped into a restricted area as the president was leaving a ceremony in the East Room.
The president’s lighthearted visit to San Juan in the wake of Hurricane Maria now reminds some of Bush’s ‘mission accomplished’ and Katrina moments.
The president traveled to Pennsylvania to commemorate those who thwarted a terrorist attack on Sept. 11, 2001.
“It was a very warm, very positive letter,” White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders said.
President calls on attorney general to find the author of critical column depicting a “two-track presidency” and says he is considering legal action against the New York Times.
The president has begun asserting that twice as much money has already been spent on the wall than Congress has authorized.
“I think I’m pretty competent!” the president says in reference to recent reports of “resistance” within the administration.
The president enlisted law enforcement officers to amplify his criticism of an anonymous New York Times op-ed during a White House ceremony.
The president said responding to damage in Puerto Rico was “by far the most difficult” compared with storms in Texas and Florida last year.