Watch Replay: Sean Spicer Defends The President's Remarks On Health Care, Philippines

WASHINGTON, DC — White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer delivered a televised briefing for reporters Monday afternoon.

President Trump is currently facing questions about his invitation to Philippines President Duterte to come to the White House, despite his widely criticized record on human rights, which Spicer had to contend with. The administration is also facing questions about its recent push on health care; Trump's own account of the bill seems to differ from the amendments under consideration in Congress. (For more information on this and other political stories, subscribe to the White House Patch for daily newsletters and breaking news alerts.)

Asked about Trump's promise that people with pre-existing conditions will be covered, Spicer said that it will happen under the amendments to the bill continuing to considered. He also argued, as he has said in the past, that he believes Obamacare is "collapsing" under its own weight and therefore the status quo is already bad for people with pre-existing conditions.

On Duterte, Spicer said that the Philippines is an important strategic ally against North Korea, and that the safety of the American people are the president's number one priority.

One reporters asked, in a related vein, about Trump's comments that he would be "honored" to meet with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un. Spicer noted that, despite the obvious issues the administration has with North Korea, the leader has "obviously managed to lead a country forward. He’s a young person to be leading a country with nuclear weapons,”

Trump aso made controversial remarks recently about the Civil War, when he said, "People don't ask that question, but why was there the Civil War? Why could that one not have been worked out?" But no one asked about the comments until the very end of the briefing, when Spicer was walking out of the room.

Watch a replay of the briefing below.

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