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In-town pool report #10: More from Oval

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Natalie Allison
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Wednesday, June 18, 2025, 3:36 PM

Pool left the Oval Office at 3:26 p.m. Some quotes below, which you can check against the Otter file, which has more in it.

Iran:

“I’m not looking to fight. But if it’s a choice between them fighting or having a nuclear weapon, you have to do what you have to do. And maybe we don’t have to fight.”

“Don’t forget, we haven’t been fighting. We add a certain amount of genius to everything, but we haven’t been fighting at all. Israel’s done a very good job today, but we’ll see what happens.”

Q: If the regime falls, do you have a plan?

“Plan for everything, but we'll see what happens”

“Maybe it will end very quickly. Whether you have to fight or not, there’s no way you can let them have a nuclear weapon.”

On Tucker Carlson:

“Tucker is a nice guy. He called and apologized the other day because he thought he said things that were a little too strong.

On Biden:

“He was never for transgender for everybody, or men playing in women's sports.” Trump turned to the soccer players. “Have you ever had women — could a woman make your team? Tell us, tell me, What do you think? could a woman can make the team?”

https://otter.ai/u/e2b25H8JD7eJMUB71x_FUBsJ--c?tab=chat&view=@@POOL_LINK_0@@

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Natalie Allison

White House Reporter

The Washington Post