"The president's going to do everything he can within the scope of the executive order to make sure cities who don't comply with it...counties and other institutions that remain sanctuary cities don't get federal government funding," White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer told reporters. "Areas like Miami-Dade down in Florida understand the importance of this order, and we hope cities like Cincinnati and other communities around the country follow their lead and comply with that."



The president said he would not be opposed to using defunding as a "weapon" against cities and states that fail to fall in with the federal government.



"I don't want to defund anybody. I want to give them the money they need to properly operate as a city or a state," Trump said in an interview with Fox News' Bill O'Reilly. "If they're going to have sanctuary cities, we may have to do that. Certainly that would be a weapon."



Soon after the inauguration, the Brent Spence Bridge was found on an unofficial list as one of the administration's top priorities in its plan for massive infrastructure upgrades. While the bridge belongs to Kentucky, some are concerned about the bridge's future considering Cincinnati arguably gets the bulk of the economic benefits from it.