Following the Stoneman Douglas High School shooting in February 2018 , Trump met with students and others at the White House for a " listening session . " Trump suggested arming up to 20 % of the teachers to stop " maniacs " from attacking students . The following day Trump called a " gun free " school a " magnet " for criminals and tweeted , " Highly trained , gun adept , teachers/coaches would solve the problem instantly , before police arrive . GREAT DETERRENT ! " According to '' The New York Times '' , many of Trump 's statements on legal topics are " extemporaneous and resist conventional legal analysis , " with some appearing " to betray ignorance of fundamental legal concepts . " Trump has stated that he wants to replace Antonin Scalia on the U.S. Supreme Court with " a person of similar views and principles " . He has released a list of eleven potential picks to replace Scalia . The jurists are widely considered to be conservative . All are white , and eight of the eleven are men . The list includes five out of the eight individuals recommended by the Heritage Foundation , a conservative think tank . Trump had previously insisted that he would seek guidance from conservative groups such as the Federalist Society and the Heritage Foundation when it came to picking Supreme Court candidates . Several of the judges listed by Trump have questioned abortion rights . Six of the eleven judges have clerked for conservative Supreme Court justices
Stoneman Douglas High School shooting
Stoneman Douglas High School shooting
Political positions of Donald Trump