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EXECUTIVE ORDER ________________________________________________________________ By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, it is hereby ordered: Section 1. Purpose. On August 7, 1789, 236 years ago, President George Washington signed into law a bill establishing the United States Department of War to oversee the operation and maintenance of military…
To fill in some more from the marathon session in the Oval: And an apology. It was not a show in three acts. It was four. Pool Report 10 should have included the missing act, which began at 4:46 – the president talking about his success in freeing Americans held hostage in foreign countries. When talking about the hostages, he pointedly contrasted his record with that of President Biden. An aide held a sign comparin…
EXECUTIVE ORDER ___________________________________________________________ By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, including the Robert Levinson Hostage Recovery and Hostage-Taking Accountability Act (22 U.S.C. 1741 et seq.) (Levinson Act), it is hereby ordered: Section 1. Purpose. The United States must strengthen efforts to protect U.S. national…
Dinner lid until 6:45 Speaking of dinner, the pool could see the arrangements for tonight's dinner in the paved-over Rose Garden. There were four rows of six tables with four settings at each table. Places for 192. Aides were putting place cards and menus on the tables at the time. White chairs with bright yellow seat pads.
It was the Oval Office in three acts today. Act one was the shortest -- the signing of a housing privacy bill, Act Two was devoted to the renaming of the Defense Department restoring the pre-1947 name of Department of War. That was followed by a Q&A. which included jobs and the economy. Act Three brought on a guest star, the mayor of Miami, to announce that Miami would be the host city for the G20 next year. That wa…
The president distanced himself from the florida decision on requiring vaccines."we have to be real careful" he said. He said some vaccines are incredible, citing polio and covid."you have to be careful when you say people dont need to be vaccinated. You have some vaccines that just work. People should take it.' He then said portland might need troops
The president said he did not offer an ambassadorship to adams. He seemed resigned to 'a communist mayor.' 'If you have more than two candidates, you have a communist mayor of New York. ' He also said G20 will be at his Doral property.because that's what everybody wanted. He promised he will make no money on it.
Flanked by the mayor of Miami and his econic team, the president announced that the G20 summit next year will be in Miami
Q&A ongoing. President has said he doesnt believe we have lost India, says ICE just doing their job with Hyundai, signed an ot 3rder too rename Defense depth as War Dept. He said the country had gone woke in 1947. " we haven't won a major war since.' He suggested he thought of the rebrand after the Afghan exit. Asked ig congress has to modify the change, he said, "we'll find out." Asked about the SEAL action in nort…
Pool is gathering for Oval Office event
The Oval Office events previously scheduled for 2 and 4 p.m., have now been combined into one event at 4 p.m. It will be open to the pool.
America is back under President Donald J. Trump — and the people like what they see. A new poll reveals President Trump’s approval rating has soared to an all-time high of 55%, reflecting Americans’ support for the America First agenda and their confidence in his vision for a stronger, more prosperous nation. “This is the highest approval figure we have ever shown for Donald Trump,” says pollster James Johnson , aff…
The ambassadors presenting their credential to the President today; from the White House: 1. Lithuania – Gediminas Varvuolis 2. Germany – Jens Hanefeld 3. Moldova – Vladislav Kulminski 4. Uruguay – Daniel Castillos Gomez 5. Paraguay – Gustavo Alfredo Leite Gusinky 6. Papua New Guinea – Arnold Amet 7. Bangladesh – Tareq Islam 8. Laos – Phoukhong Sisoulath 9. Lebanon – Nada Hamadeh 10. Italy – Marco Peronaci
Lunch lid until 12:15 p.m.
Last night, President Donald J. Trump and the First Lady hosted an extraordinary gathering of technology industry leaders at the White House for discussions centered on harnessing artificial intelligence to propel the U.S. to the forefront of global innovation. Building on the Trump Administration’s visionary AI Action Plan and the First Lady’s leadership to support AI education, this public-private collaboration is…
DAILY GUIDANCE AND PRESS SCHEDULE FOR FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 5, 2025 In-Town Pool TV Corr & Crew: CBS Secondary TV: OAN Photos: AP, AFP, NYT, Reuters, Getty Print: National Journal Secondary Print: Politico New Media: Business Insider Radio: FOX EDT 9:00 AM In-Town Pool Call Time 10:30 AM THE PRESIDENT receives his Intelligence Briefing Oval Office Closed Press 12:00 PM THE PRESIDENT participates in an Ambassador Credent…
We have a travel photo lid at 7:35 pm. There were 33 seats around the table. Also seen David Sacks and his podcast cohost Chamath Palihapitiya, Lisa Su, Safra Catz, David Limp, and Alexandr Wang. Pool has requested a guest list. Here is the otter of the event: https://otter.ai/u/TCql8iixh-1qP9x_5ufok2q_2B8 And CSPAN posted footage: https://www.c-span.org/program/white-house-event/president-trump-hosts-tech-leaders-f…
Mark Zuckerberg spoke first: “Well, thanks for hosting this. And this is quite a group to get together. And I think you know all the companies here are building huge investments in the country in order to build their data centers and infrastructure to power the next wave of innovation.” POTUS then invited Google founder Sergey Brin to speak next and praised “his really wonderful MAGA girlfriend.” Brin is across from…
POTUS took questions. As always please check against transcript and playback. Asked about tomorrow’s job numbers: “They come out tomorrow, but the real numbers that I'm talking about are going to be whatever it is, but will be in a year from now on, these monsters, huge, beautiful places, the palaces of genius. And when they start opening up, you're seeing, I think you'll see job numbers that are going to be absolut…
Pool entered dining room at 7:08 pm. All guests are seated. POTUS is in center flanked by FLOTUS and Mark Zuckerberg. POTUS opened with: “I know all of them indirectly, and I know some of them very well, but I know everybody at the table indirectly through reading about you and studying, knowing a lot about your business, actually making it very easy for you in terms of electric capacity and getting it for you, gett…