The Labor Department released its official employment figures for the month of December. Although the US added 312k jobs, unemployment rate rose to 3,9% compared to the 3,7% in November.
He said that even though there are a lot of the president’s policies that could work for the United States, his character, or lack of it, has made it difficult for him to push anything through.
Trump says the chances for a governement shutdown are “very good” if he doesn’t get enough funding for the wall he wants to build on the border with Mexico. He said in the past Mexico would pay for this wall, but this is not what’s happening right now.
Russian President Vladimir Putin said that the Islamic State had already been dealt a huge blow and the presence of US troops there is in fact illegitimate.
