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Good morning! The pool is stationed under a tree at the Ellipse awaiting President Trump’s departure on Marine One for Dover. Some extremely brave geese tried to brave the wind being whipped up by Marine One on the lawn but eventually gave up and waddled away. Meridith McGraw White House Reporter The Wall Street Journal
A White House official has passed along this list of AF1 travelers: THE PRESIDENT Secretary Pete Hegseth General Dan Caine Karoline Leavitt Ross Worthington Walt Nauta Chris Ambrosini Matthew Brasseaux Natalie Harp Chamberlain Harris Andrew Feinberg White House Correspondent The Independent [EMAIL ADDRESS]
Good morning from Joint Base Andrews. I will be your travel print pooler for today’s trip to Delaware and Georgia. POTUS is scheduled to attend a dignified transfer at Dover before flying to Georgia for an event on Trump Accounts. This morning he has threatened to attack more Iranian infrastructure in retaliation for any Iranian attacks on shipping in the Strait of Hormuz. https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/11…
DAILY GUIDANCE AND PRESS SCHEDULE FOR WEDNESDAY, JULY 22, 2026 In-Town Pool TV Corr & Crew: CBS Secondary TV Corr: MS Now Photos: AP, AFP, NYT, Reuters, Getty Print: Wall Street Journal Secondary Print: Financial Times Radio: iHeartMedia New Media: Gateway Pundit Out-of-Town Travel Pool TV Crew: CBS Secondary TV Corr: NewsNation Photos: AP, AFP, NYT, Reuters, Getty Print: The Independent Secondary Print: Bloomberg R…
The White House called a travel-photo lid at 6 p.m. The 5 p.m. meeting with House Republicans remained closed. Bart Jansen White House correspondent USA TODAY
Presidential adviser Maddas Boulos also commented on the persecution of Christians in Nigeria during his gaggle with the press, in an exchange I missed. Here is what he said: “I think President Trump has been really expressing his view on this, and we've done extremely well, meaning the cooperation between the United States and Nigeria. We've done extremely well on fighting ISIS and fighting other terrorist organiza…
Democrat New Jersey Gov. Mikie Sherrill admitted today that a “software glitch” registered approximately 6,600 noncitizens to vote in her state between 2023 and 2024 — and hundreds of them actually cast ballots. This is the direct result of Democrat policies that refuse basic citizenship checks — and exactly why Congress must pass the SAVE America Act immediately. The bill requires states to use the Department of Ho…
With apologies for my recorder, which had trouble picking up his voice when he turned away from one side of the podium, here are some quotes from Massad Boulos, a Trump adviser on the Middle East, to reporters after the meeting between Trump and Lebanese President Joseph Aoun. OVERALL Boulos told reporters that the Oval Office meeting went well, particularly in Trump’s support for Lebanese Armed Forces and for econo…
One year after President Donald J. Trump signed the Working Families Tax Cuts into law, a new report confirms the legislation has delivered a powerful manufacturing resurgence in every state. The landmark law has sustained nearly six million American jobs, preserved more than $1 trillion in economic output, and safeguarded $540 billion in wages — among the strongest one-year impacts on U.S. manufacturing in modern h…
Lunch lid called until 2:30 p.m. Bart Jansen White House correspondent USA TODAY
Asked about Christians in Lebanon, he said they go way beyond the numbers and their role hasn’t been diminished. Boulos said there are tools to deal with Hezbollah. Nobody believes for a second this is an easy thing. He cited Treasury Deosrtment for tools they can employ. Asked about pending Israeli elections, Boulos said to give framework a chance. We have to give it a chance, he said. It has to work and it will wo…
Boulos said there was a very good chemistry between the presidents. He said it’s all about implementing their historic agreement. Boulos was asked if Israel’s redeployment in southern Lebanon rather than withdrawal. This takes time, he said. Asked about disarming Hezbollah, he said things are progressing. Asked about role of Syria, Boulos said Trump would decide. Bart Jansen White House correspondent USA TODAY
Massad Boulos, a Lebanese businessman who serves as a senior adviser to Trump on Arab and Middle Eastern Affairs and who attended the Oval Office meeting, is expected to gaggle at the sticks. Bart Jansen White House correspondent USA TODAY
Lebanese President Joseph Aoun left the White House at 12:51 pm. He.arrived and left in a black Chevy SUV with US and Lebanese flags standing on either side of the hood. Bart Jansen White House correspondent USA TODAY
Here is a repeat of the Otter link, to capture in email slug for history. https://otter.ai/u/WTm2hT1JQZYspl_K3rkbYKGwLJU?utm_source=copy_url Again, thanks much to co-pooler Haley Bull for help with the quotes. IRAN: President Trump says Iran wants to “desperately meet.” “They want to desperately meet, and until they're ready to meet in a meaningful way we have no interest in even," he said. Trump also warned the US…
DOVER: President Trump says he will be going to Dover “for something that I feel is, it’s a great honor for me to do it." President Trump reiterates that Iran “cannot have a nuclear weapon.” He added, “they're not going to. They have no chance of having a nuclear weapon.” “We are degrading them at levels that nobody thought was possible. They're being degraded really so seriously. They did slip something through in…
With tremendous thanks to fellow pooler Haley Bull: ON LEBANON President Trump praised Lebanon’s president and said “the relationship is very good. I think that Lebanon has been a very mistreated country for a long period of time.” He said “we’re gonna help it a lot.” “We've already met a couple of times, and we've had some good meetings, and we are going to solve a lot of problems. We've already solved some of them…
Here is an Otter link for the news conference: https://otter.ai/u/WTm2hT1JQZYspl_K3rkbYKGwLJU?utm_source=copy_url I will highlight quotes after confirming them. Also, I have a few quick pictures of statues in the Rose Garden. I understand we’re discouraged from emailing pix in these pool reports, but I will post on X under @ganjansen Bart Jansen White House correspondent USA TODAY
Trump said he could envision direct flights from U.S. to Lebanon. Gaggle ended at 11;42 am Bart Jansen White House correspondent USA TODAY
Trump said he wasn’t as concerned about Iranian centrifuges because nuclear material is where the action is. Asked about Pickaxe Mountain, Trump said We’ll be hitting that area soon and pretty heavily. Bart Jansen White House correspondent USA TODAY