Timeline of the Donald Trump presidency (2018 Q2)
May 2018
Date Events Photos/Videos

Timeline of the Donald Trump presidency (2018 Q2)

Section Title: May 2018
Table Section Text: Date Events Photos/Videos

Date	Events	Photos/Videos

Week 67[edit]

Tuesday, May 1	President Trump presents the Commander-in-Chief's Trophy to the Army Black Knights football team for its victory over both Air Force and Navy last year.

Wednesday, May 2	President Trump announces plans to replace retiring White House lawyer Ty Cobb with former President Clinton's impeachment lawyer, Emmet Flood.

Thursday, May 3

Friday, May 4	Over the past week, four EPA officials have resigned. Albert "Kell" Kelly, the top Superfund advisor, and Pasquale Perrotta, the head of Administrator Pruitt's security detail, resigned early in the week.

Saturday, May 5	President Trump attends a fundraiser for the RNC in Cleveland, Ohio.

Sunday, May 6

Week 68[edit]

Monday, May 7

Tuesday, May 8	The White House denies a The New York Times report that President Trump has privately told French President Emmanuel Macron that the United States is withdrawing from the Iran nuclear deal.	Play media President Trump announces the United States withdrawal from the Iran nuclear deal

Friday, May 9

Thursday, May 10	President Trump welcomes three American detainees released from North Korea. Homeland Security director Kirstjen Nielsen considers resigning after being berated by the president during a cabinet meeting.	President Trump and First Lady Melania Trump welcomes three American detainees released from North Korea.

Friday, May 11	Kelly Sadler, a White House official, mocked Senator John McCain, saying his opposition to Gina Haspel, Trump's nominee for CIA director, "doesn't matter, he's dying anyway."

Saturday, May 12

Sunday, May 13

Week 69[edit]

Monday, May 14	A report shows the Trump Administration is concerned about chemically polluted water supplies near military installations.

Tuesday, May 15	The Trump Administration eliminates the White House's top cyber security policy role. Rob Joyce, the coordinator, is no longer at the White House.

Wednesday, May 16	President Trump submits a disclosure of personal finances which is required by the Office of Government Ethics. Trump acknowledges that Michael Cohen was paid between $100,001 and $250,000 in 2017.

Thursday, May 17	Gina Haspel is confirmed by the Senate as the first female CIA director. President Trump meets with NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg at the White House.

Friday, May 18	President Trump announces the nomination of acting VA secretary Robert Wilkie to head the agency. At the same White House event he expressed his "sadness and heartbreak" over the Santa Fe school shooting.

Saturday, May 19

Sunday, May 20

Week 70[edit]

Monday, May 21	President Trump requests the Justice Department investigate whether his campaign was "infiltrated" by the FBI. The inspector general will review the FBI's counterintelligence investigation of the 2016 Trump campaign.

Tuesday, May 22	President Trump holds a bilateral meeting with South Korean President Moon Jae-in at the White House to discuss the denuclearization of North Korea.	President Trump and South Korean President Moon Jae-in.

Wednesday, May 23

Thursday, May 24	President Trump posthumously pardons heavyweight boxing champ Jack Johnson. President Trump cancels the proposed June nuclear summit with North Korea via a letter to Kim Jong-un.

Friday, May 25	President Trump delivers the commencement address to the U.S. Naval Academy graduating class.	President Trump delivers the commencement address

Saturday, May 26

Sunday, May 27

Week 71[edit]

Monday, May 28	President Trump performs a wreath-laying ceremony at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier at the Arlington National Cemetery and gives a speech honoring those who have died fighting for the U.S.	President Trump delivers the Memorial Day address at Arlington National Cemetery

Tuesday, May 29

Wednesday, May 30

Thursday, May 31

Sentence(s)

On Friday, May 25 2018, President Trump delivered the commencement address to the U.S. Naval Academy graduating class.

final_sentence: On Friday, May 25 2018, President Trump delivered the commencement address to the U.S. Naval Academy graduating class.