Trump and GOP Leaders Discuss NC Visit and Defend Executive Orders at White House Meeting

On Tuesday, President Donald Trump met with Congressional Republican leaders and gave public remarks following the White House summit.

John Thune of South Dakota and Mike Johnson of Louisiana are expected to discuss their first meeting with the new president since he began his second term with the press.

Late last year, Trump faced opposition from some congressional Republicans during a tense standoff over the federal government's funding, which ultimately resulted in a narrowly averted shutdown.

At Tuesday's meeting, in addition to the speaker, were House Majority Leader Steve Scalise of Louisiana, House Majority Whip Tom Emmer of Minnesota, and House GOP Conference Chair Lisa McClain of Michigan.

John Barrasso of Wyoming, Tom Cotton of Arkansas, and Shelley Moore Capito of West Virginia were also present in the discussion on the Senate side.

On his first day in office, Trump signed numerous executive orders but also expressed a desire to collaborate with congressional Republicans to pass significant portions of his agenda through the legislature.

After meeting with Republicans, Trump discussed his new executive orders that renamed Mt. Denali and the Gulf of Mexico during a press availability.

President William McKinley was deserving of having his name restored to North America's highest peak, as his fellow Republican was famously known as the "tariff king" and presided over a robust U.S. economy during his tenure.

Trump asserted that the U.S. was the wealthiest nation globally from 1870 to 1913. McKinley was in the midst of his second term when he was tragically assassinated in Buffalo, New York, in 1901.

Trump agreed that assaulting a police officer is never right, but he suggested that the press and the left have not shown the same concern for those affected by the riots in Portland and Minneapolis following George Floyd's death.

Trump accused John Bolton of being a "warmonger" and a "very dumb person" while also discussing stripping him of Secret Service protection.

In the coming days, Trump plans to visit North Carolina and California.

Trump accused Democrats of abandoning North Carolina after Hurricane Helene devastated the Smokie Mountains, affecting a significant portion of the U.S. from Damascus, Virginia, to Augusta, Georgia.

Trump implied that Democrats and their policy failures prior to the Los Angeles wildfires have rendered the party politically defunct in California.

He stated that the lack of water and proper pressure in sprinklers and hydrants has destroyed Los Angeles.

California's leaders, according to him, either possess a death wish, are stupid, or there's an underlying issue.

On his travels to California, he may encounter one of his longtime political foes, Sen. Adam Schiff, D-Calif., who is now the state's junior senator.