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Obviously, moscow is a prime suspect. what does this administration have to say about this attempted assassination in the u.k. and are sanctions against russia likely as they were in the case of the north koreans? this is currently under review. i ll keep you posted as we have further information and developments on that front. margret? thank you. i have a quick question on the china tweet and then another question. is there any chance that if china did respond on that $1 billion reduction plan that that could shake the tariffs before it is announced at the end of the week? is china s piece of the tariffs negotiable or are we only talking about canada, phebgs cork e.u. countrys? the president s been clear that he wants to address the trade imbalances and the unfair practices. and certainly, we would take ....
I could. margret. president has let us know he planned on having an isis news conference to update people on the situation within the next couple weeks which is now-ish. we re coming up now-ish is a good word. do you expect we would get that update, whether it s a news conference or just remarks before the upcoming foreign trip? and i also wanted to ask you, it looked like there might be some coverage over a fund-raiser yesterday that didn t work out. beyond yesterday, are you guys looking at if you need to do that for fund-raisers of a certain size to have some transparency or ability to hear what to tell the donors? yesterday it was a logistical issue trying to accommodate at the last minute. certainly on the table for future events. as for the first question, we ll keep you posted when we have an announcement on that. as you know, the president is ....
Cookie? he went over this in the interview. he assumes power at a young age when his father passed away and there was a lot of potential threats that could have come his way. he s obviously managed to lead a country forward despite the obvious concerns that we and so many other people have. he is a young person to be leading a country with nuclear weapons. and so that set aside, i think the president recognizes the threat he poses and is doing everything he can to isolate that threat and make sure we bring stability to the region. margret? on north korea and the philippines, on north korea, both of the president s comments about kim jong-un and what secretary tillerson said, you seem to be making the offer that we could have direct talks with north korea. who s going to no, no. please, again, i think that you the key part of the president s staple was under the right circumstances. and that is the key. those circumstances do not exist now. this is consistent with what ....
Here in the country and also provide tax relief for middle class americans. we re not there yet. will it be a trump plan? will bit the president s plan? obviously, we re driving the train on this. we re gonna work with congress on this. the president, as you ve heard through multiple time, the president will be very clear. this is something he feels passion itself about. we ll have more on that later. john? the documents the white house saw here. the executive branch documents. in the early days after the president sent out that tweet, the white house was digging around for anything to corroborate what the president had tweeted out. why did it take the intelligence committee chairman coming here to the white house to view executive branch documents to uncover this information? why couldn t the white house do it? as i mentioned i think to margret, i will stick to what the chairman has said publicly. ....
Places on capitol hill that are secure and wr this meeting could have taken place. it create timhe impression tha chairman nunes came here and was able to carry out this meeting and then make the announcement which is perceived by some, most of them democrats, that it was trying to be helpful to this president and this administration. it appears there was some degree of cooperation in this process that the white house tkpwrapbed chairman nunes making it not just an investigative action but a cooperative one. number one, we asked both of these entities, the house and senate intelligence committee to under take this review. it is partially at our request that they re looking into this. number two, number two, based on the public comments that he made to margret s organization, he has said, from my understanding on the record, that he did not se staff. so, again, i think you re trying to make something that he is ....