Trump also said, "our country owes a great debt of thanks to Senator Majority Leader Mitch McConnell". The Kentucky Republican shepherded the nomination through the Senate.
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Trump and Abe also agreed to meet again to "continue close coordination" ahead of the expected summit, which was originally scheduled on June 12 in Singapore, said the statement.
Trump and his Republican allies deny there was any wrongdoing.
Trump has weighed in on Twitter all week with comments that have aroused concerns his administration is weakening the rule of law.
Trump has instituted a five-year ban on former government officials lobbying their former colleagues in order to reduce the influence of the Washington establishment.
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Trump administration officials met with leaders from the technology companies last week and discussed efforts to combat online extremism.
Trump said on Friday it is possible that the United States and Japan could reach a new bilateral trade deal by the time he visits Tokyo in May, but he and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe cited areas where they differ on trade.
Tucker denied that Flint was opposed to new cost cutting plans, which HSBC revealed on Monday would result in up to 4,700 job cuts, or 2 percent of its 237,685-strong global workforce. The move is expected to hit senior staff the hardest, helping reduce salary costs by as much as 4 percent.
Trump met with Kim first in Singapore last year on June 12, reaching several points of general consensus that have led to the improvement of the US-DPRK relations. However, differences between the two sides remain over key issues including the scale of denuclearization, US sanctions on the DPRK and whether to issue a war-ending declaration.