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President Trump’s week in review – 1/12/18 thru 1/19/18

The president spent the Martin Luther King Jr. holiday weekend, Jan. 12-15, at his house on Mar-a-Lago where no public events occurred.

January 16, 2018

President Donald Trump on Tuesday greeted, met with and held a joint press conference with President Nursultan Nazarbayev of Kazakhstan.

President Donald J. Trump, joined by Kazakhstan President Nursultan Nazarbayev, participates in a joint press statement, Tuesday, January 16, 2018, in the Roosevelt Room at the White House in Washington, D.C. photo: Stephanie Chasez

The president later delivered remarks at a “Conversation with the Women of America” event.

President Donald J. Trump delivers his remarks during a Conversation with the Women of America event in the South Court Auditorium of the Eisenhower Executive Office Building, Tuesday, January 16, 2017, at the White House in Washington, D.C. photo: Shealah Craighead

January 17, 2018

The president attended a ceremony awarding former Senator Bob Dole the Congressional Gold Medal.

President Donald J. Trump embraces and kisses former U.S. Senator Bob Dole, R-KS, Wednesday, Jan. 17, 2018, as Dole was presented with the Congressional Gold Medal, the nation’s highest civilian honor, at the U.S. Capitol in Washington D.C. photo: Shealah Craighead

January 18, 2018

President Trump participated in a meeting with Defense Department officials at the Pentagon on Thursday.

President Donald J. Trump is escorted from the Pentagon by U.S. Secretary of Defense James Mattis, following President Trump’s meeting with Defense Department officials, Thursday, January 18, 2018, in Arlington, Va. photo: Shealah Craighead

Later that day, the president toured H&K Equipment in Coraopolis, Pennsylvania and delivered a speech to the company’s employees.

January 19, 2018

On Friday, President Trump addressed participants in the 45th Annual “March for Life”

President Donald J. Trump welcomes family members on stage at a March for Life event in the Rose Garden at the White House, Friday, January 19, 2018, in Washington, D.C. photo: Stephanie Chasez

The president and first lady had originally planned to stay at their home on Mar-a-Lago for the weekend, but they canceled the trip due so that the president could continue to pressure Democrats to end their illogical shutdown of the U.S. government.

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