page_title: Timeline of the Donald Trump presidency (2017 Q1)
section_title: Week 2
hierarchical_section_title: Timeline of the Donald Trump presidency (2017 Q1) / Timeline / February 2017 / Week 2
caption_attribution_description: English: A Palestinian boy and Israeli soldier in front of the Israeli West Bank Barrier.
context_page_description: The following is a timeline of the presidency of Donald Trump during the first quarter of 2017. To navigate between quarters, see Timeline of the Donald Trump presidency.
context_section_description: Wednesday, February 1
  President Trump visits Dover Air Force Base for the arrival of the remains of Navy SEAL Chief Special Warfare Operator William Owens who had been killed in action in Yemen three days prior, the first known combat death under the Trump administration.
  The Senate confirms Rex Tillerson as the 69th U.S. Secretary of State in a vote of 56–43.
  President Trump discusses a refugee agreement in a truncated phone call with Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull, describing it to Turnbull as a 'disgusting deal'.
  President Trump proclaims February as National African American History Month.
  White House advisor Jared Kushner meets with China's Ambassador to the U.S., Cui Tiankai.
  Thursday, February 2
  President Trump speaks at the National Prayer Breakfast and holds a bilateral meeting with King Abdullah II of Jordan.
  President Trump proclaims February as American Heart Month.
  President Trump warns Israel that building new settlements in the West Bank "may not be helpful" for a peace deal.
  The Department of the Treasury eases some sanctions on the Federal Security Service, allowing for limited transactions with the intelligence agency.
  Secretary of State Tillerson meets German Foreign Minister Sigmar Gabriel.
  Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley declares to the United Nations Security Council that sanctions against Russia for its Crimean conflict would not be lifted until Russia returned control over the region to Ukraine.
  Then-Uber CEO Travis Kalanick resigns from the president's business advisory council, citing a concern that his participation would be seen as an endorsement of Trump.
  Friday, February 3
  President Trump signs Executive Order 13772, which instates a review of the Dodd–Frank Act.
  President Trump signs a memorandum directing the Department of Labor to review a fiduciary rule signed during the Obama administration before its implementation in April.
  President Trump institutes economic sanctions on 13 Iranian individuals and 12 companies from the nation after a recent ballistic missile test.
  Senior federal judge James Robart of the District Court for the Western District of Washington temporarily blocks President Trump's order to temporarily block immigration from seven middle-eastern nations.
  Secretary of State Tillerson meets with Jordanian Minister of Foreign Affairs Ayman Al Safadi, as well as United Nations and Arab League Envoy to Syria Staffan de Mistura.
  Vincent Viola withdraws his name from consideration as Secretary of the Army.
  The Department of the Treasury launches sanctions against supporters of Iran's ballistic missile program.
  Saturday, February 4
  The Department of Justice appeals judge's temporary block of Executive Order 13769.
  President Trump speaks with Italian Prime Minister Paolo Gentiloni, confirming his attendance to the 2017 G7 summit in Sicily, and with Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko about the ongoing Ukrainian crisis.
  Sunday, February 5
  The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals denies a request from the Trump Administration to immediately reinstate the temporarily blocked travel ban.
  President Trump speaks with NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg and New Zealand Prime Minister Bill English.
caption: A Palestinian boy and an Israeli soldier in front of the Israeli West Bank Barrier
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