Pool report 4: inside Oval

Pool got into the Oval at 12:16 pm

There are video screens set up Behind staff but unclear if they’ll be aired.

I’m told the meeting is being streamed at White House channels so I will be focused more on color and less on exact quotes.

Trump has kicked it off by saying the President of South Africa is really respected in some circles, not others. He is noting the golfers in attendance.

Pool sees Pete Hegseth, JD Vance and I believe Howard Lutnick on the couch.

Elon Musk is standing behind them.

Tal Kopan

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