INTERVIEW – SARAH WESTWOOD – White House correspondent, The Washington Examiner

Topic – Topics: latest on Trump’s tax push and no show Chuck and Nancy

• Trump, next to empty chairs, tears into Dems for skipping meeting (The Hill) President Trump tore into Democratic leaders on Tuesday for skipping a legislative strategy session at the White House. Trump said he is “not surprised” that Senate Minority Leader Charles Schumer(D-N.Y.) and House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) decided not to attend, accusing them of being “all talk” and “no action.” “Now it’s even worse. Now it’s not even talk. Now they’re not even showing up to the meeting,” Trump said. The president spoke at the White House, flanked by two empty chairs with placards for Schumer and Pelosi. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) and Speaker Paul Ryan (R-Wis.) sat at opposite ends of a long table inside the Roosevelt Room. Ryan said it was “very regrettable” his Democratic counterparts decided not to attend the meeting.