The House finally sent articles of impeachment against President Trump to the Senate, the United States and China sign the first phase of a trade deal, and the president and the first lady attend the College Football Championship. Here’s everything that happened for the White House this week.
After almost a month of voting to impeach President Trump, the House voted to deliver two articles of impeachment to the Senate on charges of abuse of power and obstruction of Congress. On Wednesday, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, who stonewalled for weeks, signed the impeachment articles and a resolution naming the House managers, including House Intelligence Chairman Adam Schiff and Judiciary Chairman Jerry Nadler.
The signing ceremony was widely criticized for the oddly giddy demeanor that Speaker Pelosi and her colleagues had in transmitting the articles over to the Senate, given how months before Pelosi said how sad impeachment is for the country.
“This is a very sad time for our country. This is no joy in this. We must be somber, we must be prayerful,” Pelosi said at an event in South Carolina in October 2019.
Also on Wednesday, President Trump signed the first phase of a trade deal with China, signaling the beginning of the end of the escalating trade war between the United States and the people’s republic.
“Together, we are righting the wrongs of the past and delivering a future of economic justice and security. Our negotiations were tough, honest, and respectful, leading to this breakthrough,” Trump stated.
As the two sides continue to negotiate on the second phase, China agreed to purchase $200 billion worth of U.S. goods and services. The White House also claimed the first phase of the deal addressed many of the disputes between Beijing and Washington, including financial services, currency manipulation, intellectual property rights, and forced transfers of technology.
On Thursday, the Senate passed Trump’s United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement on trade in a bipartisan vote of 89-10. The USMCA, a vision of Trump’s campaign strategy to renegotiate America’s existing trade deals, will replace the North Atlantic Free Trade Agreement (better known as NAFTA) that was ushered in by President Bill Clinton in 1994.
Finally, on Monday, the president and first lady Melania Trump attended the College Football Championship in New Orleans between LSU and Clemson, where they walked out onto the field before kickoff and waved to the crowd before lining up for the national anthem. LSU captured the title, defeating Clemson, 42-25.
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