A year of disruption: The Trump presidency's top 5 pivotal moments of 2018
By MEGAN HUGHES Dec 23, 2018, 7:47 AM ET
1. June 20: Trump reverses course on family separation after international uproar
Trump ended a policy in June that forcibly separated approximately 2,800 migrant children from their parents at the U.S.-Mexico border in a matter of weeks, according to updated numbers from the Health and Human Services Department. The policy began in April when then-Attorney General Jeff Sessions announced the administration intended to prosecute every adult who crossed the U.S.-Mexico border illegally.
2. December 4: Dow drops almost 800 points as Trump calls himself "Tariff Man"
The year 2018 will be remembered as the year Trump's trade wars began in earnest. For a president who has billed himself as "unpredictable", this is one confrontation many saw coming.
Trump’s feelings about trade haven’t changed much since the 1980s when he suggested the U.S. should impose a 20 percent tax on Japanese imports. When China emerged as the second-largest economy, that country became his new target.
3. November 7: Attorney General Jeff Sessions becomes the latest Trump Cabinet casualty, raising questions about the fate of the Mueller investigation
After enduring the president’s public scorn for more than a year, Attorney General Jeff Sessions was finally pushed out of his role this fall. Trump announced Sessions’ resignation hours after the midterm elections on Twitter. Sessions made it clear that the decision was the president’s.
4. July 16: President Trump stands with Russian President Vladimir Putin, cites his “strong and powerful” denial 'hat Russia interfered in the 2016 election
The word “treason” reverberated throughout Washington among Trump’s critics on July 16 after President Trump seemed to side with the Russian president over U.S. intelligence agencies at a joint press conference.
5. June 18: Trump makes nice with North Korea’s Kim Jong Un
Trump upended years of U.S. foreign policy this summer by holding a historic summit with Kim, the goal being to get North Korea off a nuclear path. The vague deal that resulted from that meeting may not have dramatically altered the nuclear standoff as promised. It was emblematic of a president who speaks in broad terms and declares victory when a lot of details have yet to be agreed upon.
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