pool report

In-Town Pool #15 - Event concludes, Q on Iran

From
Gerren Keith Gaynor
Sent
Monday, November 2, 2026 at 3:00 PM

The President concluded his remark at about 2:53pm. Your pooler heard a member of the press

shout out to the president a question about whether he would resume strikes in Iran after the election. The president said, “No.”

The president’s motorcade drove slowly along the reflecting pool before rolling back to the White House at 2:59pm.

More from the event:

Burgum, who praised President Trump leadership on interior work, particularly on monuments honoring veterans, wrapped remarks after nearly 10 minutes at 2:46pm.

POTUS came back to the mic and said a final approval is being worked on for his planned Arch, which he noted will have drone ability. He also mentioned the building of a new promenade, statue garden of American heroes statues, East Potomac golf course.

POTUS again mentioned war in Iran, which he said is not much of a war. He said the U.S. took control of the Strait of Hormuz and repeated that Iran cannot have a nuclear weapon.

“We’ve done very little fighting…we wiped out their military….we wiped out their leaders,” he said.

The president said the country is experiencing a “golden age.”

Gerren Keith Gaynor
White House Correspondent
Managing Editor of Politics