President Donald Trump will meet with Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte at the White House on July 30, the White House said on Wednesday, with the trade spat between the United States and the European Union likely to top the agenda, Reuters reported. “The United States and Italy will look to deepen cooperation in addressing global conflicts and promoting economic prosperity on both sides of the Atlantic,” the White House said in a statement. Earlier this month, Trump praised Conte in a tweet as a “really great guy” after meeting him at the Group of Seven summit in Canada. Trump left the summit early and declined to join the leaders’ communique because of differences over trade. Trump has accused U.S. trading partners of taking advantage of the United States. Washington has imposed tariffs on imports of EU aluminum and steel, and Trump has threatened to slap a 20 percent tariff on all imports of EU-assembled cars. The EU has retaliated with its own … [Read more...] about Trump to meet with Italian prime minister at White House
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Trump likely to name ex-Fox News executive White House communications director
President Trump is likely to name former Fox News co-president Bill Shine to be his new communications director, a position left open when Hope Hicks left the White House at the end of March. Shine and Mr. Trump met Wednesday to finalize the deal. Mr. Trump has mulled hiring Shine for the job for months, but there was a time when he believed he did not need a communications director and could essentially handle the job himself. Recently though, Mr. Trump has been reconsidering. He sees Shine as someone who can bring some organization and management to the communications team and who knows TV at the highest level in terms of talent and production – another priority for Mr. Trump. Shine, a longtime ally of the late Fox News CEO Roger Ailes, resigned from Fox News just over a year ago as the cable network was beset by charges of sexual harassment and discrimination, and accusations against Ailes and Fox News host Bill O'Reilly resulted in their ouster from … [Read more...] about Trump likely to name ex-Fox News executive White House communications director
Bill Shine, ex-Fox News exec, to join Trump White House in top communications job
David Jackson USA TODAY Published 11:51 p.m. UTC Jun 27, 2018 WASHINGTON — Former Fox News executive Bill Shine will join the White House in a top communications job, an administration official said Wednesday. Shine is expected to receive the title of deputy chief of staff for communications, but will perform many of the duties of the vacant communications director job, the official said. Trump has considered numerous candidates for the communications slot since longtime aide Hope Hicks left the White House in March. The White House may get some pushback for appointing Shine, a close friend of supportive Fox News host Sean Hannity. A veteran executive at Fox, Shine lost his job a year ago over how the company handled a string of sexual harassment complaints against Fox employees. He left 10 months after former Fox chairman Roger Ailes, an ally, was removed over harassment allegations. Shine himself was never accused of harassment, but lawsuits … [Read more...] about Bill Shine, ex-Fox News exec, to join Trump White House in top communications job
The list of Trump White House officials who have been hassled over administration policy
William Cummings USA TODAY Published 10:25 p.m. UTC Jun 27, 2018 From spokeswoman Sarah Sanders' expulsion from the Red Hen restaurant to a Senate intern shouting the "f-word" at the president, a number of Trump administration officials have been disrespected or hassled by political opponents in recent days. The lack of civility leveled toward those who work in the White House, coupled with the often coarse language from the president himself, has heightened concerns that the mutual tolerance between political opponents that forms the foundation of American democracy is crumbling. Those concerns grew when Rep. Maxine Waters, D-Calif., urged activists to continue hounding Trump Cabinet members wherever and whenever they find them. Calls from a sitting congresswoman for constituents to confront officials was too much even for her own party leadership. Both Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., and House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., … [Read more...] about The list of Trump White House officials who have been hassled over administration policy
White House favors tougher foreign investment oversight
US President Donald Trump on Wednesday said he supports tougher restrictions on foreign investment in sensitive technology, as well as export controls on those goods, but he stopped short of imposing specific restrictions on China. Following a report that raised "very serious issues" on China's trade and investment practices, Trump decided that a plan in Congress to enhance the powers of the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS) is "the best approach to protect critical technology." In a statement, Trump said that if Congress fails to pass strong enough legislation to protect "the crown jewels of American technology and intellectual property" then he will take further action. After a year-long investigation into China's trade policies, the White House on May 29 said it planned to announce by June 30 "specific investment restrictions and enhanced export controls" targeting China's efforts to acquire "industrially significant technology." However, Trump backed away … [Read more...] about White House favors tougher foreign investment oversight