Trump set to climb down on gun controls
DONALD Trump may bow to public pressure to improve background checks for anyone buying a gun.
The President is said to be open to more stringent measures in the wake of the Parkland massacre.
Mr Trump ran as a pro-gun candidate in the election and his only action on controls so far has been to undo restrictions brought in by President Barack Obama.
But White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders said: “While discussions are ongoing and revisions are being considered, the President is supportive of efforts to improve the federal background check system.”
The move came as a gun was found in a van taking journalists into a meeting with the President yesterday. The driver was detained.
The Secret Service said no one had been put in danger. Mr Trump will host a “listening session” with pupils and teachers tomorrow, but the White House did not confirm if students who escaped the shooting would take part.
Mr Trump said he wanted Oprah Winfrey to run for President so she will be “exposed and defeated”.