Trump Takes Step to Ban ‘Bump Stocks’

President Donald Trump said Tuesday he is moving to impose new regulations that would ban devices that allow certain firearms to function as rapid fire “machine guns,” in the wake of the mass shooting at a Florida high school that left 17 people dead.

Mr. Trump, speaking at an event in the White House, said he had signed a memorandum directing Attorney General Jeff Sessions to develop regulations that would ban the sale and use of “bump stocks.” While that accessory wasn’t used in last week’s Florida shooting, it was used…

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Trump Jr. to deliver foreign policy speech during business trip to India: report

Donald Trump Jr.Donald (Don) John TrumpTrump Jr. denies father is racist: Black leaders who criticize all ‘have pictures with him’ Bannon likely to meet next week with Mueller: report Meghan McCain: Melania is ‘my favorite Trump, by far’ MORE will deliver a foreign policy speech while on an unofficial trip to India to promote his family’s projects, The Washington Post reported Monday.

Trump Jr. will speak about Indo-Pacific relations at an event on Friday, during with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi is also expected to speak.

The Trump Organization has also been offering those interested in buying units in Trump properties the chance to meet Trump Jr. through full-page ads about the trip, the Post reported

“Trump is here — Are You Invited?” the headline of one ad reads, before offering home buyers the opportunity to pay about $38,000 to “join Mr. Donald Trump Jr. for a conversation and dinner.” 

The move comes more than a year after Trump Jr. and his brother, Eric, took over the day-to-day operations of the Trump Organization while their father is in office. 

Watchdog groups told The Post that the advertisements to meet Trump Jr. and him delivering a foreign policy speech while on a business trip created a complicated situation.

“Trump’s company is literally selling access to the president’s son overseas,” said Jordan Libowitz, the communications director for Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (CREW). CREW has filed several complaints against the Trump administration.

“For many people wanting to impact American policy in the region, the cost of a condo is a small price to pay to lobby one of the people closest to the president, far away from watchful eyes,” Libowitz said.

Ethics experts had recommended that Donald TrumpDonald John TrumpTillerson: Russia already looking to interfere in 2018 midterms Dems pick up deep-red legislative seat in Missouri Speier on Trump’s desire for military parade: ‘We have a Napoleon in the making’ MORE sell his assets and put the profits in a blind trust before he was sworn into office, but he declined to do so.

“They are not going to discuss [the business] with me,” Trump said of his sons at the time. “Again, I don’t have to do this. They’re not going to discuss it with me.”

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