The Note: Trump's next 100 days
Trump reached his milestone of 100 days in office on Saturday.
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--ANALYSIS - ABC’S RICK KLEIN: The next hundred days is kicking off like the first 100 did – as a wild ride that showcases a presidential war with the fourth estate. For a president who has famously warred with media outlets throughout his time in office, few have gotten more out of such strained relationships as President Trump. Consider the ways he’s seeking to reset his presidency, at the start of (another) defining week for his presidency. He offered up a split-screen on the night of the White House Correspondents Dinner, jousting from afar as media outlets pushed back, dressed in black tie. His chief of staff told ABC’s Jonathan Karl on “This Week” that “we’ve looked at” strengthening libel laws. And Trump’s first campaign ad of the 2020 (!) cycle features the words “FAKE NEWS” plastered over recognizable TV news faces. It’s a high-profile sideshow that distracts from a bigger picture of a spending bill that is sacrificing key campaign priorities, and continued uncertainty over a health care bill that the president appears not to know all the details of. As always, Trump needs the press – and he knows it.
Trump's first 100 days
--CONGRESS REACHES DEAL ON GOVERNMENT FUNDING: Negotiators have reached a deal to fund the government through September, Congressional aides said, staving off the threat of a government shutdown through most of President Donald Trump's first year in office, ABC’s BENJAMIN SIEGEL and ALI ROGIN report. The bill includes funding for the military by $15 billion, with $1.5 billion of that going to border security, but none of the border security money goes to funding the construction of a physical border wall or to hiring ICE agents. The deal also doesn't block funding for Planned Parenthood or sanctuary cities, both of which President Trump threatened to defund. The House and Senate return Monday night, and could set up a midweek vote. http://abcn.ws/2pvBKbr
--PRIEBUS SAYS 'WE'VE LOOKED AT' CHANGES TO LIBEL LAWS: White House Chief of Staff Reince Priebus said the Trump administration has "looked at" changes to libel laws that would curtail press freedoms, but said "whether that goes anywhere is a different story." President Trump frequently slams the press for its coverage of him and in March suggested changing libel laws. Libel is when defamatory statements about someone are published. ABC's NICKI ROSSOLL has more: http://abcn.ws/2qlW2nY
--WH DEFENDS TRUMP'S INVITE TO PHILIPPINES PRESIDENT DUTERTE: White House chief of staff Reince Priebus defended President Trump's invitation to Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte, saying the meeting is important in the effort to confront North Korea's nuclear program, reports ABC's RILEY BEGGIN. “There is nothing right now facing this country and facing the region that is a bigger threat than what’s happening in North Korea,” Priebus told ABC's JONATHAN KARL on “This Week” Sunday. http://abcn.ws/2qi2crK
SPEED READ with ABC’s ADAM KELSEY
TRUMP CALLS KIM JONG UN A 'PRETTY SMART COOKIE.' President Donald Trump appeared to give Kim Jong Un credit for leading North Korea after his father’s death, calling him a “pretty smart cookie.” The president in an interview that aired Sunday was asked by John Dickerson of CBS for his impression of the North Korean dictator. Trump said he has “no idea” if the Pyongyang leader is sane. He also alluded to when Kim Jong Un took control of the country after the death of his father, Kim Jong Il, in 2011, writes ABC's BENJAMIN SIEGEL. http://abcn.ws/2pMjfCm
PELOSI SLAMS TRUMP AT 100-DAY MARK: 'HE HASN’T REALLY PROPOSED ANYTHING.’ House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi slammed President Trump's record in his first 100 days in office, saying, "He hasn’t really proposed anything.” "We're looking for the infrastructure bill, which ... we [would] welcome and want to work with the president on," Pelosi told ABC's JONATHAN KARL in an exclusive interview that aired on "This Week" Sunday. "We welcome some of his ideas that he said in the campaign about work and home balance in terms of child care ... affordable child care." ABC's QUINN SCANLAN has more: http://abcn.ws/2qi6CiF
US COALITION STRIKES AGAINST ISIS KILLED AT LEAST 352 CIVILIANS SINCE 2014, PENTAGON SAYS. A new Pentagon report finds at least 352 civilians have been unintentionally killed by artillery and airstrikes in the U.S. coalition fighting ISIS in Iraq and Syria since the operation began in August 2014, according to the Pentagon. The U.S. military's Combined Joint Task Force for the operation targeting ISIS said in the statement that the total includes 45 civilian deaths for which investigations were completed in March, notes ABC's MICHAEL EDISON HAYDEN. http://abcn.ws/2oNUZA3
TRUMP'S SUPPORTERS SAY HE SHOULD BE GIVEN MORE HELP, TIME. Donald Trump' supporters attended a rally with the president in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania to celebrate the first 100 days of an administration that they believe is off to a solid start and urge critics to give him more time and help. One such supporter, Valerie Schaeffer, told ABC News that "all of the executive orders that he's managed to get signed" were one of the achievements she was happiest with. She said that she is "disappointed that some of Congress isn't working with him, but he's still plugging on and going ahead and I think he's doing great." ABC’s MEGHAN KENEALLY has more: http://abcn.ws/2qopSbe
WHO’S TWEETING?
@rickklein: WH confident House will pass health care bill - most likely this week, per @jonkarl @GMA
@mj_lee: "Guys, I'm not running," Joe Biden says in NH. Audience boos. #2020
@JamesPindell: Democrats say they now know exactly why Clinton lost http://bit.ly/2oP9ljD
@PatriciaMazzei: Exclusive: Miami Republican Rep. @RosLehtinen won't seek reelection in 2018 http://hrld.us/2pxI6Jh
@CBS This Morning?: "Do you have the votes for health care?" -- @CharlieRose "I think we do." -- WH economic adviser Gary Cohn
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