WASHINGTON_President Donald Trump will hold his first face-to-face meeting with a foreign leader when British Prime Minister Theresa May visits the White House on Friday, press secretary Sean Spicer announced Saturday.
In his first full day as president, Trump also spoke by phone with Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, and Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto, Spicer said. Trump and Pena Nieto will meet Jan. 31 to discuss trade, immigration and security, Spicer said.
The meeting promises to be scrutinized over whether Trump will press Pena Nieto to pay for the wall Trump has vowed to build along the border between the two countries. Pena Nieto has repeatedly said he will refuse to do so.
Trump will close out his first weekend as president Sunday by overseeing the swearing-in of senior members of his staff, who will then be briefed on "the proper use and handling of classified information." On Sunday night, he will host law enforcement and first responders involved in inaugural events.
The announcements from Spicer in his first advised statement from the James Brady Press Briefing Room came after a nearly 4.5-minute denunciation of what he called "deliberately false reporting" of the administration's first 29 hours.
"There's been a lot of talk in the media about the responsibility to hold Donald Trump accountable. And I'm here to tell you that it goes two ways," Spicer said. "We're going to hold the press accountable as well."
