President Trump campaigned for the ongoing presidential primaries, accepted the nomination at the Republican National Convention, faced the ongoing presidential election, participated in the first presidential debates, and tackled the ongoing global COVID-19 pandemic by extending the nationwide Centers for Disease Control and Prevention guidelines throughout the month of July.
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Week 181
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Thursday, July 2 | - President Trump launches "Made in America Week" at the White House by showcasing products made in all fifty states.[3]
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Friday, July 3 |
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Saturday, July 4 | - President Trump's 2020 Salute to America occurs on Independence Day in Washington, D.C., in addition to other events.[6] [7]
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Week 182
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Monday, July 6 | | |
Tuesday, July 7 | - President Trump informs Congress and the United Nations that the United States will formally withdraw from the World Health Organization (WHO), effective July 6, 2021.[8]
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Wednesday, July 8 | - President Trump holds a bilateral meeting and joint press conference with Mexican president Andrés Manuel López Obrador at the White House to discuss the new United States–Mexico–Canada Agreement.[9]
- The number of deaths in the United States attributed to the SARS-CoV-2 disease is 131,289. There are more than 3.0 million certified COVID-19 cases.[10]
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Thursday, July 9 | - The Supreme Court rules 7-2 that House Democrats may not access President Trump's tax returns, but also determined that he is not immune to a subpoena for his returns from a New York prosecutor.[11]
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Friday, July 10 | - As Tropical Storm Fay approaches, President Trump cancels Saturday plans for a campaign rally in Portsmouth, New Hampshire.[12]
- President Trump commutes the sentence of Roger Stone, who was convicted of witness tampering and lying to Congress about President Trump's dealings with Russia to the Mueller probe.[13]
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Week 183
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Monday, July 13 | - President Trump conducts a White House panel composed of "people who have had positive interactions with the police".[14]
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Tuesday, July 14 | - President Trump gathers reporters and press for a news conference in the Rose Garden at the White House.[15]
- The Trump administration orders hospitals to forego sending all COVID-19 patient information to the CDC and instead submit it to a central database maintained by the Department of Health and Human Services.[16]
- President Trump signs the Hong Kong Autonomy Act into law, placing sanctions on organizations that undermine Hong Kong's autonomy.[17]
- President Trump announces new measures against China during a 54-minute stream-of-consciousness press conference promising a vaccine for the COVID-19, blaming China for "unleashing [the COVID-19] upon the world" and various other topics from Joe Biden to crime in "Democrat cities".
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Wednesday, July 15 | - The number of deaths in the United States attributed to the SARS-CoV-2 disease is 136,356. There are more than 3.4 million certified COVID-19 cases.[18]
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Thursday, July 16 | - The Trump administration announces that hospitals will begin to send COVID-19 patient information to a central database maintained by the Department of Health and Human Services rather than the CDC.
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Week 184
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Monday, July 20 | | |
Tuesday, July 21 | - President Trump signs a presidential memorandum requesting a ban of undocumented immigrants being counted in the 2020 census.[19]
- President Trump announces plans to deploy federal law enforcement officers to “Democrat” cities to quell ongoing protests over racism and police brutality.[20] Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot expressed concern saying, "We don’t need federal agents without any insignia taking people off the streets and holding them, I think, unlawfully."[21]
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Wednesday, July 22 | - Calling the protests in Portland, Oregon “worse than Afghanistan,” President Trump defended the use of excessive force against the peaceful protestors by officers in military camouflage fatigues.[22]
- The number of deaths in the United States attributed to the SARS-CoV-2 disease is 142,031. There are more than 3.9 million certified COVID-19 cases.[23]
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Thursday, July 23 | | |
Friday, July 24 | - President Trump signs four executive orders designed to lower prices on prescription drugs.[24]
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Week 185
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Monday, July 27 | - National security advisor Robert O'Brien tests positive for COVID-19. He has since been working remotely.[25]
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Tuesday, July 28 | - Without any evidence that mail-in ballots increase electoral fraud, President Trump continues to suggest that the November election should be delayed.[26]
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Wednesday, July 29 | - The number of deaths in the United States attributed to the SARS-CoV-2 disease is 150,100. There are more than 4.3 million certified COVID-19 cases.[27]
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Thursday, July 30 |
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Friday, July 31 | - President Trump says he plans to use presidential authority to terminate the Chinese social media platform TikTok from operating in the U.S.[29]
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Week 186
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Monday, August 3 | | |
Tuesday, August 4 | - The House of Representatives Oversight Committee calls Postmaster General Louis DeJoy to testify about recent delays and staff changes at the U.S. Postal Service.
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Wednesday, August 5 | - President Trump meets with Governor of Arizona Doug Ducey in the Oval Office.[30]
- The number of deaths in the United States attributed to the SARS-CoV-2 disease is 157,297. There are more than 4.7 million certified COVID-19 cases.[31]
- Stephen Akard, the acting State Department's inspector general, resigns after less than three months. His deputy, Diana Shaw is appointed as the temporary acting inspector general effective on August 7.[32]
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Thursday, August 6 | - President Trump signs executive orders banning the use of TikTok and WeChat in the United States within 45 days if their Chinese parent companies refuse to sell them as a result of national security concerns.[33] [34]
- President Trump tours Whirlpool Corporation.[35]
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Friday, August 7 | | |
Saturday, August 8 | - President Trump signs an executive order and memoranda restoring COVID-19 relief pay for unemployed Americans at $400 per week.[36]
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Sunday, August 9 | | |
Week 187
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Wednesday, August 12 | - The number of deaths in the United States attributed to the SARS-CoV-2 disease is 164,462. There are more than 5.1 million certified COVID-19 cases.[37]
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Thursday, August 13 | - The Trump Administration brokers a peace agreement between United Arab Emirates and Israel, the first agreement between Israel and an Arab-Muslim nation.
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Friday, August 14 | - During a White House press conference, President Trump mentions the Kevin Clinesmith plea agreement, in which a former FBI lawyer admitted to altering an email for the C.I.A. used by the agency to continue a secret wiretap on the former Trump 2016 campaign adviser Carter Page. Trump claims Clinesmith was "corrupt" and the plea deal was "just the beginning".[38]
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Week 188
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Monday, August 17 |
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Tuesday, August 18 | - President Trump visits Yuma, Arizona, along the southern border and meets with Border Patrol personnel.[39]
- President Trump holds a campaign rally in Yuma, Arizona.
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Wednesday, August 19 | - The number of deaths in the United States attributed to the SARS-CoV-2 disease is 172,958. There are more than 5.5 million certified COVID-19 cases.[40]
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Thursday, August 20 |
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Week 189
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Monday, August 24 |
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Tuesday, August 25 | - President Trump and Postmaster General Louis DeJoy are sued by the states of New York and New Jersey over changes to postal service operations such as the removal of mailboxes and mail sorting machines, the curtailing of overtime hours and the implementation of additional service reductions.
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Wednesday, August 26 | - The number of deaths in the United States attributed to the SARS-CoV-2 disease is 179,215. There are more than 5.8 million certified COVID-19 cases.[43]
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Thursday, August 27 | - President Trump delivers acceptance speech at the Republican National Convention at the South Lawn of the White House.[44] Saying he “profoundly” accepted the nomination for a second term he spoke for 70-minutes on the South Lawn of the White House. He repeatedly misrepresented his record while leveling false or misleading attacks on Democrats, blaming them for America's problems.
- The House Foreign Affairs Committee proceeds with contempt proceedings and a subpoena against Mike Pompeo related to the State Department's involvement in attempts to link Joe Biden to corruption in Ukraine.[45]
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Friday, August 28 | - President Trump holds a campaign rally in Londonderry, New Hampshire.[46]
- Four people who attended the Republican National Convention (which had just ended) test positive for COVID-19.[47]
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Saturday, August 29 |
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Week 190
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Monday, August 31 | - John Ratcliffe, the Director of National Intelligence, says his agency will no longer give Congress in-person briefings about election security, citing concern over "unauthorized disclosures of sensitive information" and will switch to written updates.[48]
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Week 190
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Tuesday, September 1 | - While discussing the shooting of Jacob Blake, President Trump compares police officers to golfers who might “choke” while attempting a putt.[49]
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Wednesday, September 2 | - President Trump participates in the 75th anniversary of the end of World War II celebrations at the battleship North Carolina in Wilmington, North Carolina, and designates the city as the first "American World War II Heritage City", which the secretary of the interior is allowed to designate one city a year beginning in 2020.[50]
- The number of deaths in the United States attributed to the SARS-CoV-2 disease is 184,564. There are more than 6 million certified COVID-19 cases.[51]
- President Trump urges North Carolina voters to cast two votes in the upcoming presidential election, once by mail and then again in person, in order to test his unsubstantiated claims that mail-in voting is prone to fraud.
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Week 191
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Tuesday, September 8 | - President Trump holds a campaign rally in Winston-Salem, North Carolina and promotes voting by mail and in person.[58]
- The Department of Justice takes over the defense of the President in a defamation lawsuit accusing him of sexual assault.[59]
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Wednesday, September 9 | - The number of deaths in the United States attributed to the SARS-CoV-2 disease is 189,538. There are more than 6.3 million certified COVID-19 cases.[60]
- Christian Tybring-Gjedde, a Norwegian politician, nominates President Trump for the Nobel Peace Prize.[61]
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Thursday, September 10 | - President Trump holds a news conference and debates with journalists about the disparity between what was said about the severity of the COVID-19 in interviews with Bob Woodward and his efforts to "play it down" to the American people.[62]
- President Trump holds a campaign rally in Freeland, Michigan.[63]
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Friday, September 11 | - President Trump speaks at the Flight 93 National Memorial to commemorate the 19th anniversary of the September 11 attacks.[64]
- The Trump Administration brokers a peace agreement between Bahrain and Israel, the second agreement between Israel and an Arab-Muslim nation in less than one month.
- President Trump presents the Medal of Honor to Sergeant Major Thomas Payne.[65]
- A member of the Swedish Parliament nominated President Trump and the governments of Kosovo and Serbia for the 2021 Nobel Peace Prize over economic cooperation and trade talks.[66]
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Saturday, September 12 | - President Trump addresses a crowd of supporters at a campaign rally in Minden, Nevada.[67]
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Sunday, September 13 |
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Week 192
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Monday, September 14 |
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Tuesday, September 15 | - President Trump participates in the signing ceremony of the Abraham Accords, normalizing relations between Israel, the United Arab Emirates and Bahrain.[73]
- President Trump participates in a town-hall meeting style event with undecided Pennsylvania voters moderated by ABC's George Stephanopoulos.[74]
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Wednesday, September 16 | - Michael Caputo, Assistant Secretary for Health and Human Services for Public Affairs, announces he will take a 60-day leave of absence after he accused government scientists of “sedition” and called on Trump's supporters to arm themselves ahead of the November 3rd election.[75]
- President Trump holds a press briefing in the James S. Brady Press Briefing Room, speaking on multiple topics including the COVID-19 and Hurricane Sally.[76]
- The number of deaths in the United States attributed to the SARS-CoV-2 disease is 196,410. There are more than 6.6 million certified COVID-19 cases.[77]
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Thursday, September 17 |
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Friday, September 18 |
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Saturday, September 19 | - An envelope addressed to the White House is intercepted and found to be laced with the deadly toxin ricin. Authorities say the envelope originated in Canada.[89]
- President Trump announces his support of the proposed deal for Walmart and Oracle Corporation to take over TikTok's cloud computing and acquire a combined 20% stake in the company. In response the United States Department of Commerce delays the banning of the app until September 27, 2020.[90]
- President Trump addresses a crowd of supporters at a campaign rally in Fayetteville, North Carolina. During the rally he announces that he is planning on filling the vacant Supreme Court of the United States seat left by the death of Ruth Bader Ginsburg, pledging that he will nominate another woman.[91]
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Sunday, September 20 |
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Week 193
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Monday, September 21 |
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Tuesday, September 22 |
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Wednesday, September 23 | - President Trump honors veterans of the Bay of Pigs Invasion in a ceremony in the East Room of the White House. He also takes the opportunity to announce further sanctions against Cuba.[102]
- A New York state judge orders Eric Trump to appear at an under oath disposition on October 7, 2020 in regard to financial crime investigations against the Trump Organization.[103]
- President Trump meets with multiple state Attorneys General in the Cabinet Room of the White House, speaking on the "dangers of protecting Americans from censorship, cancel culture, and consumer abuses inflicted by big tech companies."[104]
- President Trump holds a news conference in the James S. Brady Press Briefing Room. In response to a question about if he would commit to a peaceful transfer of power he says, “Well, we’ll have to see what happens. You know that. I’ve been complaining very strongly about the ballots. And the ballots are a disaster,”.[105]
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Thursday, September 24 |
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Saturday, September 26 |
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Week 194
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Monday, September 28 | - President Trump delivers an update on the COVID-19 COVID-19 testing strategy.
- President Trump receives his third Nobel Peace Prize nomination from a group of Australian law professors.[118]
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Tuesday, September 29 |
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Wednesday, September 30 | - President Trump addresses a crowd of supporters at a campaign rally in Duluth, Minnesota.[120]
- The Trump administration announces plans to slash refugee admissions to the U.S. for 2021 to a record low 15,000 refugees, from a cap of 18,000 for 2020.[121] [122]
- Ronna McDaniel, the chair of the Republican National Committee, tests positive for COVID-19.[123]
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