Trump also hasn't detailed what actions his administration took to thwart the coronavirus in the US after the travel ban was announced on Jan 31 and the declaration of a national emergency on March 13.
Trump critics say any efforts by the president to hinder an FBI probe could amount to obstruction of justice. Such an offense potentially could lead to Trump being impeached, although his fellow Republicans who control Congress have shown little appetite for such a move.
Trump has intensified his criticism of the reporters who cover him, making personal jabs in response to questions he does not like, including those about Special Counsel Robert Mueller's probe of whether his campaign worked with Russia to sway the 2016 presidential election. Trump denies any collusion took place.
Trump has been increasingly exasperated at his inability to halt the swelling number of migrants entering the US, including thousands who have been released after arriving because border officials have no space for them. Arrests along the southern border have skyrocketed in recent months, and border agents were on track to make 100,000 arrests or denials of entry in March, a 12-year high. More than half of those are families with children, who require extra care.
Trump's Oval Office speech — his first as president — will be followed by his visit Thursday to the southern border to highlight his demand for a barrier. White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders tweeted that he will use the visit to "meet with those on the front lines of the national security and humanitarian crisis."
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Trips to the polar regions have witnessed explosive growth in China in the past few years. According to the International Association of Antarctica Tour Operators, China contributed the second largest number of tourists to the South Pole in 2016, next to the United States. The number of Chinese tourists who visited the South Pole reached 3,944 last year, soaring nearly 40 times from the less than 100 in 2008.
Trudeau's national remarks came just several hours after Canadian Governor General Julie Payette delivered the government's speech in the Senate in which the ruling Liberal Party promised to keep financially supporting Canadians through what's shaping up to be a fall resurgence of the virus.
Trump says on Twitter that he feels "very badly" for former campaign chairman Paul Manafort who was convicted on financial crimes.
Trump has threatened to impose new tariffs on goods imported from Argentina and Brazil after he accused them of devaluating their currencies to make their goods cheaper for American buyers.