President Trump and NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg
Wednesday, April 3
Thursday, April 4
President Trump threatens to close the United States–Mexico border within one year if Mexico does not stop the "massive amounts of drugs" coming into the United States.[2]
Secretary of the Treasury Department Steve Mnuchin advised the House Ways and Means Committee that he has "serious issues" with the committees request for recent Donald Trump tax returns.[15]
President Trump and South Korean President Moon Jae-in
Friday, April 12
President Trump confirms reports that he is considering the release of detained undocumented immigrants into "sanctuary cities".[16]
Attorney General William Barr issues an order directing immigration judges to deny posting of bail by asylum seekers.[18]
Tuesday, April 16
President Trump uses the second veto of his Administration on a bipartisan resolution to end American involvement in the military campaign in Yemen. Congress had earlier voted to invoke the War Powers Act of 1973.[19]
Wednesday, April 17
Thursday, April 18
Attorney General William Barr and Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein hold a press conference on the Mueller Report and, soon after, release it to Congress and the American public.[20]
House Intelligence Committee issues a subpoena to the Justice Department for all "counterintelligence and foreign intelligence" collected for the pre-redacted version of special counsel Robert Mueller's report.[45]
The Trump Administration raises tariffs on $200 billion worth of Chinese imports.[47]
House Ways and Means Committee chairman Richard Neal subpoenas the Treasury Department and the Internal Revenue Service for the tax returns of President Trump.[48]
Saturday, May 11
Effective day of Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein's resignation.[49]
The Trump administration rejects a Democratic subpoena by the House of Representatives for President Trump's tax returns.[56]
President Trump speaks at the Legislative Meetings and Trade Expo
Saturday, May 18
Sunday, May 19
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Monday, May 20
A federal judge from the DC District Court denies President Trump's bid to quash a House Oversight Committee subpoena for years of his financial records from his accounting firm. The judge also declined a request by the president's lawyers to stay his order pending their appeal.[57]
The Department of Justice moves to block former White House counsel Don McGahn from testifying to Congress about the Mueller report citing the separation of powers.[58]
President Trump leaves a meeting on infrastructure with senior Democrats after only three minutes. Shortly afterwards, he holds a surprise press conference in the Rose Garden.[60]
President Trump speaking in Rose Garden after the meeting with Congressional Democrats
Thursday, May 23
Friday, May 24
President Trump travels to Japan aboard Air Force One for a four-day state visit.[61]
The New York Times reported the White House never followed through with stripping John Brennan of his security clearance, as Trump had asserted he had on August 15, 2018.[63]
Sunday, May 26
President Trump meets with Japanese Prime Minister Shinzō Abe at Mobara Country Club.[64]
President Trump and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzō Abe attend a sumo tournament.[65]
President Trump and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzō Abe at Mobara Country Club
President Trump and First Lady Melania Trump hosts a black-tie dinner at Winfield House.[83]
Hope Hicks, a former aide to President Trump, and Annie Donaldson, a former McGahn aide, are instructed by the White House not to comply with House Judiciary Committee subpoenas.[84]
President Trump and British Prime Minister Theresa May at 10 Downing Street
President Trump delivers remarks at the 75th Commemoration of D-Day
Friday, June 7
President Trump drops threats of tariffs against Mexico after the United States reaches a deal with Mexico over Latin American immigration.[93][94][95]
President Trump holds a rally in Orlando, Florida, and formally announces his reelection campaign for president in the upcoming 2020 election. During the rally President Trump vowed if "elected to a second term we will cure cancer and ends AIDS' and "come up with the cures to many, many problems, to many, many diseases".[103]
President Trump reaffirms that the five teenagers in the Central Park jogger case were guilty, refusing to apologize for the ads he published in 1989 calling for the death penalty for them.[105]
President Trump announces his 2020 presidential re-election in Orlando, Florida
Wednesday, June 19
President Trump presents the Presidential Medal of Freedom to economist Arthur Laffer.[106]
EPA administrator Andrew Wheeler announces a roll-back of the Clean Power Plan. States will now be allowed to set their own carbon emissions standards for coal-fired power plants. EPA authority on carbon emissions will be limited going forward.[107]
President Trump awards the Presidential Medal of Freedom to Arthur Laffer
President Trump and Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau
Friday, June 21
President Trump warns Iran after its Revolutionary Guard acknowledges shooting down an American drone in the Strait of Hormuz. Iran claims the drone "violated Iranian airspace", while U.S. military claims the drone was shot down over "international airspace" and the action was "an unprovoked attack on a U.S. surveillance asset".[109][110][111][112]
President Trump and First Lady Melania Trump hosts the second congressional picnic in the White House South Lawn.[113]
President Trump and Vice President Pence and their wives at the 2019 Congressional Picnic
Saturday, June 22
President Trump announces that he will delay ICE raids on immigrants living illegally in 10 major cities by two weeks to allow Congress to develop a solution for the United States–Mexico border problem.[114]
Sunday, June 23
Week 128
Monday, June 24
President Trump announces retaliatory sanctions on Iran in response to Iran's actions in taking down a United States military drone on June 20.[115]
President Trump signs an Executive Order placing further sanctions against Iran
Diplomatic Protocol Chief Sean Lawler is suspended prior to the G-20 summit.[119]
President Trump presents the Medal of Honor to Army Staff Sergeant David Bellavia.[120]
Staff Sergeant David Bellavia receives the Medal of Honor
Wednesday, June 26
President Trump travels to Asia for a four-day trip to visit foreign leaders at the 2019 G20 Summit in Osaka, Japan from June 28 to June 29.[121]
Robert Mueller announces he will testify before the House Intelligence Committee and the Judiciary Committee in public hearings to be held on July 17.[122]
EPA official William Wehrum resigns amid claims of possible ethics violations.[123]
Presidential aide Kellyanne Conway fails to appear at a House Oversight Committee meeting and will be subpoenaed about her possible violations of the Hatch Act.[124]
Supreme Court blocks a citizenship question from being included in the 2020 census and says "the administration provided a contrived justification" for including it.[127][128][129]
Asked about Putin's comment that "western-style liberalism is obsolete," Trump replied "it's so sad to look at what's happening in San Francisco and a couple of other cities which are run by an extraordinary group of liberal people. I don't know what they're thinking."[137]
President Trump returns to the southern side of the Joint Security Area of the Korean Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un.[141]
President Trump participate in a DMZ summit with South Korean President Moon Jae-in and North Korean Leader Kim Jong Un at the Inter-Korean Freedom House on the southern side of the Joint Security Area of the Korean Demilitarized Zone (DMZ).[142]
President Trump holds a bilateral meeting with North Korean Leader Kim Jong Un at the Inter-Korean Freedom House.[142]
President Trump with North Korean Leader Kim Jong Un and South Korean President Moon Jae-in
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