Washington: US President Donald Trump has
said the US will have a "fantastic year" ahead as he touted
the economic success during his first year in office.
The remarks came as the president walked into the New
Year's Eve party at Mar-a-Lago, his Palm Beach, with first
lady Melania Trump.
The president said the country is already "off to a very
good start" while highlighting some of provisions included in
the Republican tax cut plan, his administration's first major
legislative victory.
He touted opening Alaska's remote Arctic National
Wildlife Refuge (ANWR) to oil and natural gas drilling and
repealing ObamaCare's individual mandate, which requires
individuals to buy health insurance or face a fine, The Hill
reported.
"We are off to a very good start, as you know, with the
great tax cuts and ANWR and getting rid of the individual
mandate, which is very, very unpopular, as you know," he said.
"We're going to have a great year. We're going to have a
fantastic 2018," Trump said.
"But we are going to have a tremendous year. Stock
market, I think, is going to continue to go up. Companies are
going to continue to come into the country. And they're doing
it now, soon to be a record clip," he continued.
The president did not say much when asked about the
latest wave of threats by North Korean Leader Kim Jong-Un, who
touted in a New Year speech that he possesses nuclear weapons
that are capable of striking mainland US.
"We'll see, we'll see," he said.
High profile guests at the president's party included his
children as well as other top government officials.
Trump and and Barron were both in tuxedos. First Lady
Melania had a full length rose gold glittery gown with floral
accents.
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