POTUS Notes
2017-02-02
- In a call with Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto, President Trump threatened to invade Mexico unless the country does more to control its criminal drug cartels.
- The White House issued a statement marking Holocaust Remembrance Day that failed to mention the suffering of the Jewish people in the Holocaust.
- "This is what Holocaust denial is," Senator Tim Kaine (D-Virginia) said.
- CIA Director Mike Pompeo announced the appointment of Gina Haspel as deputy CIA Director. Haspel was in charge of a CIA black site called "Cat's Eye" in Thailand in the early 2000s.
- The President berated the Prime Minister of Australia in a phone call about immigration, then ended the call 35 minutes early.