The White Home on Monday opted to nix a proper press convention that will have had President Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu taking questions from a wider swath of reporters, selecting as an alternative for the 2 leaders to face the small group of media within the Oval Workplace.
The president’s each day steerage indicated that Trump would take part in a bilateral assembly with Netanyahu at 2 p.m. adopted by a press convention within the East Room of the White Home simply half-hour later.
A White Home official advised The Hill that the press convention wasn’t canceled however will as an alternative happen within the Oval Workplace.
Trump has often opened the Oval Workplace to the media to take questions whereas sat beside international leaders. Usually, these visits are accompanied by a proper press convention by which reporters from the U.S. and from the international chief’s nation ask each leaders questions within the East Room.
Moments after the press convention was stripped from the schedule, Netanyahu arrived on the White Home. The 2 leaders entered the West Wing simply earlier than 1:30 p.m.
The White Home media crew advised reporters who have been slated to attend the press convention that the spray will likely be livestreamed, which solely occurs seldomly from the Oval Workplace.
Netanyahu is the primary worldwide chief to go to the White Home after the president’s tariff announcement, throughout which he mentioned he would put a 17 p.c tariff on imported items from Israel.
The prime minister’s workplace mentioned earlier than the go to that the 2 leaders “will discuss the tariff issue, the efforts to return our hostages, Israel-Turkey relations, the Iranian threat and the battle against the International Criminal Court.”
The Dow Jones Industrial Common opened sharply down on Monday morning, hitting unfavorable 1,500 factors by 9:40 a.m. EDT. Traders have been bracing for a tricky Monday after the Dow misplaced practically 4,000 factors over Thursday and Friday following Trump’s announcement on Wednesday.
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