President Donald Trump hosteda press briefingon crime in Washington, D.C., on Monday, announced a federal takeover of the police force and deployment of National Guardsmen to the nation's capital. Trump on Friday is expectedto hold a summitin Alaska with Russian President Vladimir Putin, as the White House seeks an end to the Kremlin's war in Ukraine. Aug 11, 8:26 PMTrump extends trade truce with China for another 90 days Hours before the deadline was to go into effect, President Donald Trump signed an executive order extending the United States and China trade truce another 90 days, according to an announcement on social media."I have just signed an Executive Order that will extend the Tariff Suspension on China for another 90 days. All other elements of the Agreement will remain the same," Trump wrote.The new deadline will expire on Nov. 9. at 12:01 a.m.When asked during the press conference earlier Monday if the president intends to extend the China trade-truce deadline, which was previously set to end Monday night at midnight, Trump declined to answer."We'll see what happens," Trump said.Ahead of the trade truce, the current tariff rate on Chinese imports entering the U.S. was 145%. Aug 11, 7:13 PMTrump picks Heritage Foundation economist for Labor Statistics post Trump announced on social media that E.J. Antoni will be the next commissioner of the Bureau of Labor Statistics.Antoni served as the chief economist at The Heritage Foundation."Our Economy is booming, and E.J. will ensure that the Numbers released are HONEST and ACCURATE. I know E.J. Antoni will do an incredible job in this new role," Trump wrote on social media. His announcement comes as the latest report on inflation will be released Tuesday morning. July inflation is expected to have ticked up to 2.8% compared to a year ago.It will be the first major BLS report since the then-BLS Commissioner Erika McEntarfer was fired earlier this month after a disappointing jobs report.-ABC News' Kelsey Walsh Aug 11, 5:40 PMTrump meets with Intel CEO whose resignation he demanded Trump said that he met with Intel CEO Lip-Bu Tan, Secretary of Commerce Howard Lutnick and Secretary of the Treasury Scott Bessent Monday afternoon, according to a post on the president's social media platform."The meeting was very interesting. His success and rise is an amazing story," Trump said Tan. "Mr. Tan and my Cabinet members are going to spend time together, and bring suggestions to me during the next week," he continued.The meeting occurred after Trump demanded Tan's resignation on social media last week.-ABC News' Kelsey Walsh Aug 11, 12:02 PMTrump says DC takeover will be a 'model' for other cities Wrapping up a press conference in the White House briefing room, President Donald Trump declared, "We're going to be taking back our capital.""It's going to be a model. And then we'll look at other cities also, but other cities are studying what we're doing. And you have some capable people in other cities, they can do it too. But we have a great group of professionals, we're going to have a safe, beautiful capital and it's going to happen very quickly," Trump added. Aug 11, 12:01 PMTrump talk US-Russia trade as Putin meeting approaches President Donald Trump said he believed the United States and Russia could engage in trade talks as a result of the upcoming meeting of the president and Russian President Vladimir Putin.Asked if he believed "normal trade" could happen between the U.S. and Russia should the meeting go well, Trump said "I do.""Russia has a very valuable piece of land. If Vladimir Putin would go toward business instead of toward war, you know, it's a warring nation. That's what they do," Trump said. Aug 11, 11:46 AMTrump says Alaska summit is a 'feel out meeting' with Putin President Donald Trump was asked on Monday about his upcoming sit-down with Russia's Vladimir Putin in Alaska on Friday."This is really a feel-out meeting, a little bit," Trump said."President Putin invited me to get involved. He wants us to get involved. I think, I believe, he wants to get it over," he said.Trump said he would call European leaders and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy immediately after he and Putin meet. "The next meeting will be with Zelenskyy and Putin, or Zelenskyy and Putin and me. I'll be there if they need, but I want to have a meeting set up between the two leaders," the president said. Aug 11, 11:35 AMTrump says other major cities should 'self clean up' Asked if similar actions will be taken in other major cities around the United States, President Donald Trump said he will "see what happens" and said he hopes some of them "self clean up." He singled out Chicago and Los Angeles as cities that need improvement."If we need to, we're going to do the same thing in Chicago, which is a disaster," Trump said, slamming the city's mayor and Illinois' governor. Aug 11, 11:32 AMTrump 'looking' at possibly reclassifying marijuana President Donald Trump was asked on Monday about reports that he is considering reclassifying marijuana as a less dangerous drug."We're only looking at that, that's early," Trump responded. He added, "Some people like it. Some people hate it."Marijuana is currently classified as a Schedule I drug, listed alongside heroin and LSD as "drugs with no currently accepted medical use and a high potential for abuse." Aug 11, 11:19 AMTrump says homeless encampments will be removed President Donald Trump is also setting his sights on eradicating homeless encampments from Washington."We're going to be removing homeless encampments from all over our parks, our beautiful, beautiful parks, which now a lot of people can't walk on. They've been very, very dirty, very -- got a lot of problems. But we've already started that," the president said at Monday's news conference."They're getting rid of the people from underpasses and public spaces from all over the city. There are many places that they can go, and we're going to help them as much as you can help. But they'll not be allowed to turn our capital into a wasteland for the world to see. The Metropolitan Police Department and the federal authorities will be supported in the effort," Trump said. Aug 11, 11:17 AM'Crime in DC is ending and ending today': Bondi Attorney General Pam Bondi, who President Donald Trump announced is taking command of D.C.'s police department, said the federal government will fight criminals in D.C."Let me be crystal clear: Crime in D.C. is ending and ending today," Bondi said. "We are going to use every power we have to fight criminals here."She said cooperation with the Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanch, FBI Director Kash Patel and U.S. Attorney Jeanine Pirro will help achieve improved safety in D.C. Click here to read the rest of the blog.
