President Trump sided with Democrats to back a temporary increase in how much the U.S. can borrow, spoke to the Chinese president over the North Korean nuclear threat and prepared to respond to a massive hurricane, Irma, threatening the East Coast.

Trump sides with Democrats on debt ceiling

Republican leaders in Congress were intent on securing a long-term increase in the federal government’s borrowing limit — always a contentious issue — but the president was having none of it. He agreed with Democrats to extend the debt ceiling by just three months.

The president’s easy agreement left many Republicans disgruntled since they’ll have to vote at least twice on raising the debt ceiling, an unpopular issue with conservatives. Many Republicans have resisted past efforts under President Obama to raise the debt limit.

The Senate’s top Republican, Mitch McConnell, said “the president can speak for himself” but “his feeling was we needed to come together to not create a picture of divisiveness at a time of genuine national crisis.”

Needless to say, Democrats were delighted.

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Eye of the storm, again

With Hurricane Irma bearing down on Florida, the White House was preparing to step in and help if the damage is as bad as feared.

Arriving less than two weeks after Hurricane Harvey swamped Houston, Irma is one of the most powerful hurricanes in recorded history. Trump alluded to the back-to-back storms as a reason to pass a smaller debt-ceiling relief measure.

On Wednesday, the House voted to approve $8 billion in initial aid for areas pummeled by Harvey. The total price tag could top $100 billion, according to some estimates.

Hours later, Trump unveiled a list of organizations to receive a $1 million personal donation he had already pledged to help Harvey victims. The Red Cross and Salvation Army were the largest recipients and were expected to get $300,000 apiece.

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U.S., China confer on North Korea

Trump on Wednesday spoke by phone with Chinese President Xi Jimping in the aftermath of North Korea’s latest nuclear test. According to the White House, the two leaders condemned North Korea’s “latest provocative and destabilizing action.”

Trump has alternatively praised and criticized China over its efforts to rein in North Korea. The White House statement said the U.S. and China were ready to improve coordination to achieve the goal of making the Korean peninsula nuclear free.

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What next on DACA?

Trump said the White House is not sending mixed signals on a program that protests young immigrants brought to the U.S. by their parents illegally. Trump has authorized the end of the program known as DACA in six months, but at the same time he’s urging Congress to pass an alternative he can sign that offers similar protection.

Many conservatives now support those protections, but they also say the original program put in place by former President Barack Obama was an unconstitutional powergrab.

Talking to reporters on Air Force One, Trump said, “I’d like to see something where we have good border security, and we have a great DACA transaction where everybody is happy and now they don’t have to worry about it anymore because, obviously, as you know, before, it was not a legal deal.”

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