Trump Authorizes 15,000 Visas For Seasonal Foreign Workers, And Other Trump News From Monday
Monday. July 17th. Day 178.
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GOP Health Care Bill In Jeopardy: Senators Mike Lee and Jerry Moran announced on Monday night that they won't be supporting the Senate's health care bill in its current form. This means that as it stands today, the bill does not have enough votes to pass.
Trump Authorizes 15,000 Seasonal Visas For Foreign Workers: President Trump has authorized 15,000 additional H-2B visas for seasonal foreign workers. The visas are meant to be issued for low-skilled jobs that are typically hard to fill in the US. Since 2000, Donald Trump himself has hired over 1,000 employees for low-skilled jobs at his properties through the H-2B program.
Departing Ethics Chief Calls Out Trump: Walter Shaub, the departing head of the Office of Government Ethics, slammed Donald Trump in an exit interview with The New York Times. In it he calls for extensive changes to ethics laws inspired by Trump himself. The White House responded to the article with a statement misspelling his name: "Mr. Schaub's penchant for raising concerns on matters well outside his scope with the media before ever raising them with the White House — which happens to be his actual day job — is rather telling."
White House Interviews Challengers For Arizona Senator Seat: The White House has apparently hosted three potential challengers to incumbent Arizona Republican Senator Jeff Flake. Flake has publicly challenged Trump, refusing to endorse him during the election. He is also one of the undecided Republican senators questioning the Obamacare repeal.
Secret Service Says Donald Jr. Wasn't Under Their Protection During Meeting: After Trump Jay Sekulow questioned why the Secret Service let Donald Trump Jr. have a meeting with a Kremlin-connected lawyer, the Secret Service responded by telling news outlets the Trump Jr. wasn't actually under their protection at the time of the meeting. Additionally, the organization said they would not have screened any of Trump Jr.'s meetings.
White House Kicks Off 'Made In America Week': This week, the White House will be organizing the President's schedule around "Made In America Week," a week set up to highlight American manufacturing. Ironically, President Trump's own business has yet to move its production to the US.
Trump's Tweets
Late (for President Trump) Monday morning, President Trump fired off his first tweet of the day, dismissing the controversy surrounding his son's meeting with a Kremlin-connected lawyer.
