page_title: Timeline of the Donald Trump presidency (2017 Q3)
section_title: Week 32
hierarchical_section_title: Timeline of the Donald Trump presidency (2017 Q3) / Timeline / August 2017 / Week 32
caption_attribution_description: President Donald J. Trump, Senator John Cornyn, and Senator Ted Cruz, August 29, 2017 (Official White House Photo by Shealah Craighead)
context_page_description: The following is a timeline of the presidency of Donald Trump during the third quarter of 2017. To navigate between quarters, see Timeline of the Donald Trump presidency.
context_section_description: Monday, August 28
  President Trump holds a bilateral meeting and joint press conference with Finnish President Sauli Niinistö at the White House to discuss terrorism, Afghanistan, Russia, the Baltic Sea and the Arctic.
  President Trump signs an executive order to restore the flow of surplus military equipment to local and state police agencies.
  Tuesday, August 29
  President Trump and First Lady Melania Trump arrive in Corpus Christi, Texas, to meet with Texas Governor Greg Abbott, Texas Senators Ted Cruz and John Cornyn, and FEMA Administrator Brock Long to discuss Hurricane Harvey. Trump later travels to the Texas Department of Public Safety's Emergency Operations Center in Austin, Texas, for further briefing.
  President Trump said in a statement that "all options are on the table", after North Korea conducts 
  a mid-range missile launch which flies over Northern Japan.
  President Trump, in a phone call with Singaporean Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong, accepts Singapore's offer of the use of its Texas-based 
  Chinook helicopters to assist in Hurricane Harvey disaster-relief efforts.
  Wednesday, August 30
  President Trump gives a speech in Springfield, Missouri, calling for tax reform.
  President Trump posts on Twitter that the U.S. has been paying North Korea "extortion money" and that "talking is not the answer".
  Vice President Pence in a speech to the West Virginia Chamber of Commerce's annual business summit called for tax overhaul reform, describing the current tax system as deleterious to employment and entrepreneurialism.
  Thursday, August 31
  The Trump administration announces a cut of 90% to the Affordable Care Act's advertising budget.
  Vice President Pence arrives in Corpus Christi, Texas, to survey the damage caused by Hurricane Harvey and meet with people affected by the storm.
  Energy Secretary Rick Perry authorizes the Strategic Petroleum Reserve to release oil supplies to combat fuel price spikes, due to the shutdown of oil refineries in Texas which were affected by Hurricane Harvey.
  President Trump will donate $1 million of his own funds to recovery efforts in Texas according to the White House.
  Defense Secretary James Mattis signs orders to deploy additional troops to Afghanistan as part of the Trump's new military strategy in the region.
caption: President Trump with Senators John Cornyn and Ted Cruz
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