GUNS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump isn’t expected to announce new proposed action on guns until he meets with representatives of the video game industry on Thursday [3-8-18], two sources familiar with the matter tell CNN. Both sources caution, however, that the President could change his mind at any time and opt to move forward with his policy before the meeting…
The meeting — as one Republican senator said afterward — was ‘surreal’ and threw the entire White House internal debate over guns into chaos… Sources inside the White House told CNN that the White House’s legislative priorities on guns are also expected to be far narrower than Trump has laid out during the listening session and likely won’t include a plan to raise the minimum age to purchase certain firearms from 18 to 21…
The delay after the listening session has also helped another issue — trade — take center stage inside the White House. After a grueling week in the White House, Trump decided to take action on trade by imposing steep tariffs on steel and aluminum imports before his policy team had a chance to write out the details.
The move helped Trump make good on a promise he first made during the 2016 campaign and dispense with the delays that have come to define his trade agenda over one year into his administration.”
-Dan Merica, “White House continues to delay gun proposals amid uncertainty,” CNN Politics, CNN.com, Mar. 6, 2018 08:24am