That's according to a photo of the proceedings released by the White House Friday. The image, which Press Secretary Sean Spicer said was edited for security reasons, shows Trump hunched over a table kitted out with secure video equipment and briefing papers. His brow furrowed, Trump is flanked by his Secretary of State and Secretary of Commerce. Spicer tweeted that Vice President Mike Pence, Defense Secretary James Mattis, and Gen. Joseph Dunford, the chairman of the joint chiefs of staff, were not in the room, but instead participating by secure video conference. ET on Thursday evening, after Trump's dinner with visiting Chinese President Xi Jinping.

Source: CNN April 07, 2017 20:07 UTC