President Donald Trump is expected to spend a busy week in his oval office, including linking Republican Congressional support to pass an ongoing resolution ahead of the government's closing deadline on Friday.
Capitol Hill lawmakers are in the midst of funding the federal government until September 30th or bashing a suspension spending bill that faces closures over the weekend.
“I will work with great House Republicans on an ongoing resolution to fund the government until September to give them the time they need to tackle our agenda,” Trump said in a post on True Society on Wednesday.
“Conservatives will love this bill because this year we will set it to cut tax and settlement spending while it is effectively frozen,” Trump added.
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WASHINGTON, DC-March 4: US President Donald Trump is working on a joint Congressional meeting at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, DC on March 4, 2025. President Trump was expected to address Congress about his presidency and his early achievements in his upcoming legislative agenda. (Photo: Win McNamee/Getty Images) (Get McNamee/Getty Images)
Negotiators released the 99-page law on Saturday. This will roughly maintain current government funding levels until the beginning of 2026, FY (FY), which begins on October 1st. House Republicans say they are confident the bill will pass with Republican support alone.
House Republican leadership aides said in a media call on Saturday that the bill was “closely coordinated” with the White House, but noted that Trump has not considered this particular bill.
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Meanwhile, House Democrats are gathering lawmakers to reject legislative lawmakers, claiming Republicans are trying to cut Medicare and Medicaid.
Sunrise Light will hit the dome of the U.S. Capitol on Thursday, January 2, 2025 as the 119th Congress is scheduled to begin on Friday. (Bill Clark/CQ-Roll Call, Inc, Getty Images)
“By the end of the current fiscal year, Republicans have decided to introduce a continuing partisan resolution with threats to cut healthcare, nutrition assistance and veteran benefits,” House Democrats said in a statement last week. “Hospital Democrats are enthusiastic about bills protecting Social Security, Medicare, Veterans Health and Medicaid, but Republicans have chosen to put them in the chopping block to pay billionaires' tax cuts.”
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In addition to the looming shutdown, this week will include a 25% tariff on steel and aluminum imports, which are in effect on March 12th, Trump told the media.
President Trump survived an attempt to assassinate his life in Butler, Pennsylvania in July. (Rebecca Droke/AFP via Getty Images)
The president is also scheduled to receive reports of an attempted assassination in Butler, Pennsylvania last July, which not only caused him to get an ear injury, but also prevented his attempted assassination in Florida in September.
“They are giving me a report next week, so I believe I'll release it,” Trump said Thursday talking to Fox News' Peter Doucy. “I want to release a report. A lot of people asked that question.”
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Trump also previewed that the administration can announce the creation of “This week, a massive new programme for building a very large vessel, the world's largest vessel.
“It's going to have to do with incentives, taxes, they'll come from all over the world just like with cars, as with what we did with tariffs,” Trump said from the oval office of last year's announcement. “And there are at least seven new major car plants that will soon be launched, mainly because of what we are doing with the tariffs that will begin on April 2nd.”
Trump is expected to meet with NATO Executive Director Mark Latte on Monday. There, the main point of discussion will be ongoing negotiations to reach a ceasefire agreement between Russia and Ukraine.
On Wednesday, Trump is expected to welcome Irish leader Taoiseach Micheál Martin. The president recently declared Irish America Heritage Month in March.
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Trump has entered eight weeks ago back in the White House, including at least 87 executive orders under his belt, including 45 he signed in his first 10 days since January 20th. Trump also entered a new job after delivering his first speech to a joint session of Congress last Tuesday.
Elizabeth Elkind of Fox News Digital contributed to this report.
