Timeline of the Donald Trump presidency (2019 Q1)

The following is a timeline of the presidency of Donald Trump during the first quarter of 2019. To navigate quarters, see Timeline of the Donald Trump presidency.

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Overview

The first quarter of 2019 began with the continuing government shutdown which had begun on December 22; it lasted until January 25.[1]

Public opinion
See also: 2019 opinion polling on the Donald Trump administration

Timeline

January 2019
Date Events Photos/Videos

Week 102

Tuesday, January 1
Secretary of Defense Mattis served from 2017 to 2019.
Wednesday, January 2
President Trump meets with Congressional leadership
Thursday, January 3
Friday, January 4
  • President Trump considers declaring a national emergency on the southern border in order to bypass Congress on the issue of a border wall.[7]
  • Day 14 of the partial government shutdown
Saturday, January 5
  • Day 15 of the partial government shutdown
Sunday, January 6
  • Day 16 of the partial government shutdown

Week 103

Monday, January 7
  • President Trump announces a prime time televised address on border security for the following day.[8]
  • Day 17 of the partial government shutdown
Tuesday, January 8
  • President Trump addresses the nation on prime-time television concerning the ongoing federal government shutdown.
  • Day 18 of the partial government shutdown
Wednesday, January 9
  • President Trump abruptly walks out of a meeting with Democratic leaders.[9]
  • Day 19 of the partial government shutdown
Thursday, January 10
  • President Trump visits McAllen, Texas, along the southern border and meets with Border Patrol personnel.[10]
  • Secretary of the Treasury Steven Mnuchin gives Congress a classified briefing about his decision to lift sanctions on companies linked to Russian oligarch Oleg Deripaska.[11]
  • Day 20 of the partial government shutdown
President Trump with U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers
Friday, January 11
  • Day 21 of the partial government shutdown
Saturday, January 12
  • The partial government shutdown enters its 22nd day, becoming the longest government shutdown in U.S. history after passing the United States federal government shutdowns of 1995–1996.[12]
Sunday, January 13
  • Day 23 of the partial government shutdown

Week 104

Monday, January 14
President Trump with a variety of meals from Domino's, McDonald's, Wendy's and Burger King
Tuesday, January 15
  • William P. Barr undergoes his confirmation hearing for the position of Attorney General.[15]
  • Trump Administration calls on some FAA and IRS furloughed employees to return to work to provide air safety and to implement the upcoming tax filing season.[16]
  • Day 25 of the partial government shutdown
Wednesday, January 16
  • Day 2 of William Barr's confirmation hearing[17]
  • Speaker Pelosi sends a letter to President Trump that suggests he either reschedule his 2019 State of the Union Address or submit a written State of the Union to Congress instead of a televised oral speech, citing fears of security concerns regarding unpaid Secret Service members as a consequence of the government shutdown.[18]
  • President Trump meets in the White House with rank and file House Democrats to discuss the shutdown.[19]
  • Day 26 of the partial government shutdown
Thursday, January 17
  • President Trump sends a letter to Speaker Pelosi, postponing her planned trips to Brussels, Egypt and Afghanistan, a move which is seen by both Democrats and Republicans as an indirect response to her letter requesting that the State of the Union Address be rescheduled.[20][21]
  • A report by BuzzFeed News journalists Jason Leopold and Anthony Cormier is released, alleging that President Trump directed his former attorney Michael Cohen to lie to Congress about their Moscow Tower Project. The report further alleges that Cohen did not reveal this to the Mueller investigation himself, but rather confirmed it when prompted with evidence such as text and e-mail exchanges between implicated parties.[22]
  • President Trump, alongside Vice President Mike Pence and Acting Secretary of Defense Patrick M. Shanahan, visits The Pentagon to address the Missile Defense Review of 2019. In his speech, Trump calls for missile defense in space via a Space Force as well as reiterating North Korea's status as an "extraordinary threat".[23][24]
  • Day 27 of the partial government shutdown
Friday, January 18
North Korean General Kim Yong-chol delivers a personal letter from Kim Jong-un to President Trump
Saturday, January 19
  • President Trump again delivers remarks regarding the border and the ongoing shutdown, inviting Democrats to come to the negotiating table after listing topics of compromise such as DACA and temporary protected status in exchange for a border wall while bringing an end to the government shutdown.[27] However, Democrats seem reluctant to accept this proposition.[28]
  • Day 29 of the partial government shutdown
Sunday, January 20
  • The third year of the Trump presidency begins
  • Day 30 of the partial government shutdown

Week 105

Monday, January 21
  • President Trump and Vice President Pence make a visit to the Martin Luther King Memorial to pay tribute to the late Martin Luther King on Martin Luther King Day.[29]
  • The Supreme Court rules that the Trump administration is allowed to limit military service by transgender people.[30] The court's five conservative justices, Chief Justice John Roberts and Justices Samuel Alito, Neil Gorsuch, Brett Kavanaugh and Clarence Thomas, support the exclusion of transgender men and women.
  • Day 31 of the partial government shutdown
President Trump and Vice President Pence visit the Martin Luther King Memorial
Tuesday, January 22
  • Day 32 of the partial government shutdown
Wednesday, January 23
  • President Trump sends a letter to Speaker Pelosi stating that he intends to move forward with the planned date of January 29 for his State of the Union Address.[31] Pelosi blocks his attempt at an address until the government is reopened, making Trump the first President in U.S. history to be uninvited to a State of the Union Address.[32] President Trump responds to this by announcing, via Twitter, that he will not seek an alternative route for his 2019 State of the Union Address and will instead comply with Speaker Pelosi's condition of having the government reopened before going any further.[33][34]
  • Michael Cohen requests rescheduling his testimony before Congress, citing increased threats against him and his family by President Trump and his attorney, Rudy Giuliani. This request is denied by both the House Oversight Committee and House Intel Committee.[35]
  • President Trump and Vice President Pence officially recognize Juan Guaidó as the interim President of Venezuela as unrest in the country continues to unfold due to Nicolás Maduro's refusal to concede.[36][37]
  • Day 33 of the partial government shutdown
Thursday, January 24
  • Both Democratic and Republican bills to end the government shutdown fail in the Senate.[38]
  • Day 34 of the partial government shutdown
Friday, January 25
  • Roger Stone, a former adviser to President Trump, is indicted by the Mueller investigation and then arrested by the FBI at his Florida home on charges of obstruction, witness tampering and making false statements.[39] He is later released on a $250,000 bond and stripped of his passport.
  • The FAA delays flights at the LaGuardia Airport in New York City, and multiple other major airports, due to safety concerns from staffing shortages as a consequence of the ongoing shutdown.[40]
  • President Trump, from the Rose Garden, says he and Congressional leaders Mitch McConnell and Chuck Schumer have agreed upon a three-week stop-gap spending deal, which does not contain funding for a wall on the southern border, in order to temporarily end the government shutdown. In addition, he states that, if no deal for a border wall is reached within those three weeks, he will announce a national emergency on the southern border.[41]
  • Speaker Pelosi says President Trump's State of the Union Address will be rescheduled from January 29 to a later date.[42]
  • The partial government shutdown ends on its 35th day.
Saturday, January 26
Sunday, January 27

Week 106

Monday, January 28
U.S. Department of Justice, Department of Homeland Security, Department of Commerce and Federal Bureau of Investigation announce criminal charges against Huawei and Meng Wanzhou
Tuesday, January 29
Wednesday, January 30
    Thursday, January 31

      February 2019
      Date Events Photos/Video

      Week 106

      Friday, February 1
      Saturday, February 2
        Sunday, February 3

          Week 107

          Monday, February 4
            Tuesday, February 5
            • President Trump delivers his second official State of the Union Address.[48]
            • A fundraising effort by Trump's 2020 campaign in the days leading to the address and on the day of the address raised $2.4 million from 76,000 donors. His campaign displayed names of donors on a live streaming broadcast of the event on Donald Trump's Facebook page. This is comparable to fundraising for Trump's 2020 campaign that occurred during the 2018 address that similarly included the display of names of donors on a streaming broadcast online.[49]
            Wednesday, February 6
              Thursday, February 7
              Friday, February 8
                Saturday, February 9
                  Sunday, February 10

                    Week 108

                    Monday, February 11
                    Tuesday, February 12
                      Wednesday, February 13
                      President Trump and Colombian President Iván Duque Márquez
                      Thursday, February 14
                      President Trump participates in the swearing-in of Attorney General William Barr
                      Friday, February 15
                      • President Trump declares a national emergency in order to secure sufficient funds to construct a physical barrier along the Southern border.[54]
                      President Trump delivers remarks on declaring the national emergency
                      Saturday, February 16
                        Sunday, February 17

                          Week 109

                          Monday, February 18
                          President Trump speaks to Venezuelan-American supporters in Miami, Florida
                          Tuesday, February 19
                            Wednesday, February 20
                            Thursday, February 21
                              Friday, February 22
                                Saturday, February 23
                                  Sunday, February 24
                                  • President Trump attends the National Governors Association dinner.

                                  Week 110

                                  Monday, February 25
                                    Tuesday, February 26
                                      Wednesday, February 27
                                      President Trump and North Korean Leader Kim Jong-un
                                      Thursday, February 28
                                      President Trump during the press conference after the summit

                                      March 2019
                                      Date Events Photos/Videos

                                      Week 110

                                      Friday, March 1
                                        Saturday, March 2
                                        Sunday, March 3

                                          Week 111

                                          Monday, March 4
                                          President Trump with a variety of meals from McDonald's and Chick-fil-A
                                          Tuesday, March 5
                                            Wednesday, March 6
                                              Thursday, March 7
                                              President Trump and Czech Prime Minister Andrej Babiš
                                              Friday, March 8
                                                Saturday, March 9
                                                  Sunday, March 10

                                                    Week 112

                                                    Monday, March 11
                                                      Tuesday, March 12
                                                        Wednesday, March 13
                                                          Thursday, March 14
                                                          President Trump and Taoiseach Leo Varadkar (Prime Minister of Ireland)
                                                          Friday, March 15
                                                            Saturday, March 16
                                                              Sunday, March 17

                                                                Week 113

                                                                Monday, March 18
                                                                  Tuesday, March 19
                                                                  Wednesday, March 20
                                                                  President Trump speaks to the workers at the Army Tank Plant in Lima, Ohio
                                                                  Thursday, March 21
                                                                    Friday, March 22
                                                                    President Trump and First Lady Melania Trump with the leaders of five Caribbean countries
                                                                    Saturday, March 23
                                                                      Sunday, March 24
                                                                      • A four-page summary of the Mueller Report was released to Congress and found that President Trump did not collude with the Russians to win the 2016 presidential election and, in the opinion of AG Barr, the issue of whether obstruction of justice was committed was found to be inconclusive.[68]

                                                                      Week 114

                                                                      Monday, March 25
                                                                      Tuesday, March 26
                                                                      • Congress fails to obtain the 2/3 vote needed to overturn President Trump veto in regard to the national emergency which was declared on February 15.[71]
                                                                      Wednesday, March 27
                                                                      President Trump and Fabiana Rosales
                                                                      Thursday, March 28
                                                                      Friday, March 29
                                                                        Saturday, March 30
                                                                          Sunday, March 31

                                                                            See also

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