Trump Considering Executive Order on Census Citizenship Question

President Donald Trump walks to speak to the media prior to departing on Marine One from the South Lawn of the White House on July 5, 2019. Saul Loeb/AFP/Getty Images

President Donald Trump said on July 5 that he’s considering issuing an executive order to add a question about citizenship to the 2020 Census.

The order is one of “four or five” options on the table, the president told reporters on the White House lawn before departing for Bedminster, New Jersey.