President Trump Donald John TrumpSteele Dossier sub-source was subject of FBI counterintelligence probe Pelosi slams Trump executive order on pre-existing conditions: It 'isn't worth the paper it's signed on' Trump 'no longer angry' at Romney because of Supreme Court stance MORE on Thursday said he will hold a news conference in the afternoon on the census as he is expected to issue an executive order to require the addition of a citizenship question despite a Supreme Court ruling blocking the effort.

Trump teased in a tweet that he would follow a White House–hosted social media summit with a news conference "on the Census and Citizenship" in the Rose Garden. The local forecast for later in the day includes thunderstorms.

The White House will be hosting a very big and very important Social Media Summit today. Would I have become President without Social Media? Yes (probably)! At its conclusion, we will all go to the beautiful Rose Garden for a News Conference on the Census and Citizenship. — Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) July 11, 2019

Trump has hinted in recent days that he may use an executive order to include a question about citizenship on the census. NBC News reported Thursday morning that the president is expected to issue the order later in the day.

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"They're spending 15 to 20 billion dollars on a census," Trump told reporters on Sunday. "They're asking everything except, 'Are you a citizen of the United States?' How ridiculous is that? So we are moving forward. We have a couple of avenues."

Should Trump issue an executive order, it is likely to be met with another round of legal challenges.

The president's efforts to put the question on the census have been rebuffed by court rulings after the Supreme Court ruled last month that the Trump administration did not give an adequate reason for adding the inquiry to the decennial survey.

Two separate federal judges have ruled in recent days that the Department of Justice cannot change lawyers as it seeks to appeal the case.