page_title: Timeline of the Donald Trump presidency (2017 Q2)
section_title: Week 14
hierarchical_section_title: Timeline of the Donald Trump presidency (2017 Q2) / Timeline / April 2017 / Week 14
caption_attribution_description: President Donald Trump talks via video conference with NASA astronauts Commander Peggy Whitson and Jack Fischer aboard the International Space Station, in the Oval Office on Monday, April 24, 2017. President Trump, along with Mrs. Ivanka Trump and NASA astronaut Kate Rubins, called to congratulate Commander Whitson for breaking the record for most time in space of any American astronaut, and to commend her for her work promoting women in STEM fields. (Official White House Photo by Benjamin Applebaum)
context_page_description: The following is a timeline of the presidency of Donald Trump during the second quarter of 2017. To navigate between quarters, see Timeline of the Donald Trump presidency.
context_section_description: Monday, April 24
  Vice President Pence completes his tour of the Asia-Pacific with an address to 200 U.S. troops and officials at Pago Pago, American Samoa, followed by a brief stop at Joint Base Pearl Harbor–Hickam in Hawaii during his return to Washington D.C.
  Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin announces new sanctions against the Syrian government in response to the chemical weapons attack on April 4.
  The Senate confirms Sonny Perdue as the 31st Secretary of Agriculture in a vote of 87–11.
  The Department of Commerce orders a 20% tariff on lumber imports from Canada, worth about $1 billion.
  Tuesday, April 25
  Sonny Perdue is sworn in as the 31st Secretary of Agriculture.
  President Trump speaks at the U.S. Capitol for the Holocaust Memorial Museum (USHMM) "Days of Remembrance" event.
  President Trump signs an executive order, "Promoting Agriculture and Rural Prosperity in America". The executive order instructs the Secretary of Agriculture to chair an interagency task force to examine legislative, regulatory, and policy changes in support of rural America.
  U.S. District Judge William Orrick III issues a preliminary injunction blocking President Trump's Executive Order 13768 of 25 January, which ordered the withholding of federal funds from cities which refuse to comply with federal immigration enforcement measures.
  Wednesday, April 26
  President Trump welcomes the Senate to the Eisenhower Executive Office Building prior to their briefing with the Secretary of Defense, State, Director of National Intelligence, and chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff on the issue of North Korea. Pence and the four officials brief the House of Representatives at the Capitol complex later in the day.
  Steve Mnuchin and Gary Cohn release President Trump's tax-reform outline plan, the proposals of which include among other items a cut in the rate of business tax from 35% to 15%, a simplification of the tax system by reducing seven existing tax brackets to three, and the elimination of the alternative minimum tax.
  President Trump signs a pair of executive orders for reviews of national monuments and of public schools.
  Secretary of State Tillerson and Secretary of Defense Mattis lead a briefing on North Korea for members of the house and senate.
  Thursday, April 27
  Speaking at the Oval Office, President Trump praises President Xi Jinping's diplomacy in respect of North Korea but warns of the continuing possibility of a "major, major conflict".
  President Trump holds a bilateral meeting with Argentine President Mauricio Macri at the White House.
  A renewed attempt to secure a Congressional vote on President Trump's plan to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act is abandoned.
  The Senate confirms Alex Acosta as the 28th Secretary of Labor in a vote of 60–38.
  Friday, April 28
  Alex Acosta is sworn in as the 28th Secretary of Labor.
  At the Georgia World Congress Center in Atlanta, President Trump delivers the first presidential address to the National Rifle Association since 1983, reiterating his guarantee of the Second Amendment.
  Speaking at a meeting of the U.N. Security Council, Secretary of State Tillerson calls for support from the international community to limit the North Korean missile program, warning that the U.S. mainland may soon be in range and that inaction may have "catastrophic consequences".
  Saturday, April 29
  North Korea conducts another missile test from Bukchang, which fails shortly after liftoff. President Trump condemns this action as an insult to China.
  President Trump speaks by telephone with Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte to discuss North Korea, following a series of missile tests. Trump invites Duterte to meet him at the White House, drawing criticism from international human rights organizations due to concerns regarding the latter's drug war.
  President Trump forgoes the White House Correspondents' Association dinner in favor of an evening political rally in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, with Vice President Pence and various cabinet members.
  Sunday, April 30
  CBS publishes an interview from April 29 in which President Trump su
caption: President Trump talks via video conference with NASA astronauts Commander Peggy Whitson to congratulate her for breaking the record for most time in space of any American astronaut
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