Travel Pool #4 More gaggle/M1 liftoff

Trump boarded M1 after a nearly 10 min gaggle.

M1 took off at 3:51 pm.

More notes from the gaggle. I’ll go through audio and send anything else important.

(Thanks to my WSJ colleague Alex Leary for helping with quick transcribing help)

Is an aerial campaign in Iran enough? Or do you need ground forces?

Trump: "Well, I'm not going to talk about ground forces. The last thing you want to do is ground force."

Does Iran have two weeks? Or could you strike before that? Are you essentially giving them a two week timeline, giving them a period of time.

Trump: "We're going to see what that period of time is, but I'm giving them a period of time, and I would say two weeks would be the maximum."

Mr. President, the Iranian foreign minister this afternoon said, if the US is serious about negotiations, that you would call up Israel and request that they stop their airstrikes, will you make that request?

Trump: "Well, I think it's very hard to make that request right now. If somebody is winning, it's a little bit harder to do than if somebody is losing, but we're ready, willing and able, and we've been speaking to Iran, and we'll see what happens. We'll see what happens."

On immigration, Trump said the focus should be on deporting those with a criminal record. Said he and Miller are on the same page.

Trump: "We're looking at doing something where, in the case of good reputable farmers, they can take responsibility for the people that they hire, and let them have responsibility because we can't put the farms out of business."

“I never want to hurt our farmers. Our farmers are great people. They keep us happy and healthy and fat."

Worried about reputation as a peacemaker?

“Always a peacemaker, that doesn't mean, sometimes you need some toughness to make peace, but always a peacemaker.”

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Tarini Parti

WHITE HOUSE reporter, WASHINGTON BUREAU