In-town pool note #3 - bilateral lunch
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- Steff Chavez
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- Thursday, April 24, 2025, 12:31 PM
Pool entered lunch at 12.20pm.
POTUS is joined by secretaries Bessent ,Rubio and Hegseth, and NSA Mike Waltz. Chief of staff Susie Wiles is also here.
He welcomed St�re. With the PM is finance minister Jens Stoltenberg, former secretary-general of NATO.
Trump said both Russia and Ukraine want peace, but that we need to get them to the table.
He said he believes they want to make peace, despite the hatred and bad blood there.
He says he has “my own” deadline for a peace deal — “we want it to be fast", adding that St�re is helping. He did not specify a timeline.
Norway should just “keep doing what they’re doing”, Trump says, calling it a great country with a good relationship with the US.
Trump says NATO is important for Europe, saying Stoltenberg did a great job at the helm. Also says NATO wouldn’t have as much money without the US.
Trump says Norway has a trade surplus with the US.
“Norway’s always been an ally” that the US is close to. “Always been a friend”.
Trump says they will discuss trade at this meeting and come to solution quickly.
St�re praised POTUS’s efforts in the war in Ukraine and said there needs to be a ceasefire.
When asked about China’s fake news tariff comments, Trump said “they” met today but wouldn’t say who.
Pool was escorted out at 12.28pm.
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