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Khamenei, one of the most evil people in History, is dead. This is not only Justice for the people of Iran, but for all Great Americans, and those people from many Countries throughout the World, that have been killed or mutilated by Khamenei and his gang of bloodthirsty THUGS. He was unable to avoid our Intelligence and Highly Sophisticated Tracking Systems and, working closely with Israel, there was not a thing he…
Flagging that President Trump posted on Truth Social at 4.37 pm that “Khamenei, one of the most evil leaders in History, is dead.” The post came 13 minutes after the White House called a lid at 4.24 pm. https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/116150413051904167 Danny Kemp AFP White House correspondent XXX-XXX-XXXX @dannyctkemp
The White House has just called a travel/photo lid for the day, after repeated pushbacks, meaning pool has not seen President Trump in person since yesterday, or since his early morning video announcement on Iran strikes. Have a good evening from a formerly sunny and now rainy Palm Beach. Danny Kemp AFP White House correspondent XXX-XXX-XXXX @dannyctkemp
The White House has just pushed the call time to 6pm. Danny Kemp AFP White House correspondent XXX-XXX-XXXX @dannyctkemp
The White House has pushed the pool call time once again to 4pm. Have asked for any news on the MAGA Inc dinner that was on the weekend guidance. Nothing so far. Danny Kemp AFP White House correspondent XXX-XXX-XXXX @dannyctkemp
FYI flagging that Karoline Leavitt has just posted on X, confirming Netanyahu call and saying that ‘The President and his national security team will continue to closely monitor the situation throughout the day.’ No further updates from WH on any scheduling. President Trump monitored the situation overnight at Mar a Lago alongside members of his national security team. The President spoke with Prime Minister Netanya…
The White House has pushed the pool call time again, this time to 2pm. Danny Kemp AFP White House correspondent XXX-XXX-XXXX (tel:XXX-XXX-XXXX) @dannyctkemp
The White House says reports that Trump would give another address to the nation on Saturday morning are inaccurate. “This reporting was inaccurate, the White House has not given any guidance on an address or remarks today” Danny Kemp AFP White House correspondent XXX-XXX-XXXX (tel:XXX-XXX-XXXX) @dannyctkemp
https://x.com/realDonaldTrump/status/2027651077865157033 Click here to watch the video.
The White House has now pushed the call time further back until 12pm. Have asked again about any POTUS plans to speak today but no response from WH yet. Danny Kemp AFP White House correspondent XXX-XXX-XXXX (tel:XXX-XXX-XXXX) @dannyctkemp
The White House pushed the call time for the out-of-town pool to 9am. Danny Kemp AFP White House correspondent XXX-XXX-XXXX (tel:XXX-XXX-XXXX) @dannyctkemp
Good morning from Palm Beach. Your pooler has asked the White House for any updates to President Trump’s schedule following his announcement of ‘major combat operations’ against Iran, in a video message on Truth Social. No response as yet. Pool call time is currently 7am. Danny Kemp AFP White House correspondent XXX-XXX-XXXX (tel:XXX-XXX-XXXX) @dannyctkemp
Motorcade arrived at Mar-a-Lago at 9.02pm. The White House called a lid immediately afterwards. Have a good evening! Danny Kemp AFP White House correspondent XXX-XXX-XXXX (tel:XXX-XXX-XXXX) @dannyctkemp
President Trump emerged from AF1 at 8.50pm, having switched to a white cap. He waved to the pool on descending the stairs but climbed into the Beast, ignoring a shouted question about what he needs to see from Iran. Motorcade is rolling Danny Kemp AFP White House correspondent XXX-XXX-XXXX (tel:XXX-XXX-XXXX) @dannyctkemp
AF1 was wheels down at Palm Beach International Airport at 8.37pm. No visitors or Whataburgers to the pool cabin. Danny Kemp AFP White House correspondent XXX-XXX-XXXX (tel:XXX-XXX-XXXX) @dannyctkemp
POTUS was on way up steps as pool ran from vans. So no gaggle. We are rolling as of 5.32pm and should be wheels up shortly for Palm Beach. Danny Kemp AFP White House correspondent XXX-XXX-XXXX (tel:XXX-XXX-XXXX) @dannyctkemp
After a very brief stop at Whataburger Trump joked that he was ‘getting the hell out of here’ and left clutching a bag with his burgers, to chants of ‘USA! USA! USA!’ Trump briefly chatted and shook hands with a few customers during the event. Ted Cruz was in there too. As Trump got his burger he said thank you to staff and shook hands and said ‘I’m gonna take this and I’m gonna be thinking about you.’ We were in th…
Our destination was actually a Whataburger restaurant. It’s full of customers who gave a deafening cheer as he entered wearing a Gulf of America hat. “Are these the best burgers?” He asked. Then went to the till and said: “are you ready? hamburgers for all!” Then said he was getting some burgers for AF1 POTUS local interview was actually portside before we left, per tweet from Karoline Leavitt. Danny Kemp AFP White…
Motorcade is rolling at 4.59pm. Didn’t see POTUS. Next up, according to WH guidance, is POTUS doing a local TV interview. Danny Kemp AFP White House correspondent XXX-XXX-XXXX (tel:XXX-XXX-XXXX) @dannyctkemp
POTUS also gave a shoutout to Rep. Wesley Hunt, meaning he mentioned all three GOP primary candidates, calling him (a bit later in the speech than when he mentioned Paxton and Cornyn) “another friend of mine who’s doing very well.” Trump again talked about Iran: “We have a big decision to make. You know that not easy, not easy. We have a very big decision to make. We have a country that's been 47 years blowing peopl…