Day 65: Saturday, March 25, 2017

Morning

President Trump sends three morning tweets

• Wishes a happy Medal of Honor Day to “our heroes” (@realDonaldTrump)
• Says Obamacare will “explode,” but then both parties will come together “for THE PEOPLE” (@realDonaldTrump)
• Trump urges everyone to watch Judge Jeanine on Fox News at 9:00 PM (@realDonaldTrump)

White House releases weekly address, message focused on space exploration and dreaming big (White House YouTube)

Senator Corker (R-TN) says he has spoken to Speaker Ryan (R-WI), Trump and he is ready to work with all Republicans and Democrats to pass healthcare bill (The Hill)

Chinese Vice Premier Zhang Gaoli tells gathering of Asian leaders that the world needs to commit to multilateral free trade under WTO (Bloomberg)

North Korea ready for next nuclear missile test (Yonhap News Agency)

Senator McCain (R-AZ) takes more shots at Trump while in Brussels (The Daily Beast).  Additionally, McCain shows support for the European Union, postulates that Russia is attempting  to influence elections in France and Germany (EU Observer)

Afternoon

President Trupm heads to Trump National Golf Course in Virginia for meetings (The Hill)

Rhode Island Democrat Senator Jack Reed adds himself to list of Senators ready to oppose Judge Gorsuch confirmation (The Hill)

President Trump tweets “thanks” to all those who showed up at the pro-Trump rallies today (@realDonaldTrump)

Evening

VP Pence speaks at West Virginia manufacturing plant/factory (Live Satellite News YouTube)

• thanks small business owners and Linda McMahon, Administrator of the Small Business Administration
• Pence attacks Obamacare, says the administration will still work to repeal and replace it
• Trump and Pence continue to stand with Speaker Ryan

Judge Jeanine spends opening monologue blaming Speaker Ryan (R-WI) for the healthcare bill failure, defends President Trump

NYT reports Boris Epshteyn, White House staffer in charge of overseeing TV surrogates, is leaving (NYT archive)

Trump counter-terrorism advisor Sebastian Gorka tells Fox’s Judge Jeanine Pirro that the administration will go after ISIS “cockroaches” and “obliterate” them (The Hill)