In-town pool note 4: transcript of AF1 gaggle

Please see attached doc w/transcript of POTUS gaggle on AF1.

Many thanks to Darlene Superville of AP for sharing!

Speaker 1 [08:22:31] Then I said, you're going to have to lift it to 4% or 5%. That 5% is better. And they just I guess they're voting on that today, but they're going to be lifting it to 5%. That's good. It gives them much more power.

Speaker 2 [08:22:43] Mr. president, if there's language in the final summit declaration about aggression by Russia, would you be okay with that kind of language? I'll have to take a look at it.

Speaker 1 [08:22:52] But, you know, I'd like to see a deal with Russia. As you know, Vladimir called me up. He said, can I help you with Iran? I said, no, I don't need help with Iran. I need help with you. And, I hope we're going to be getting a deal done with Russia. It's a shame 6000 soldiers died last week. More 6500 soldiers died last week. Russia, Ukraine. A war that never would have happened if I was president. So enjoy your play. I'm asking one more.

Speaker 3 [08:23:20] Follow up is in your comments just now about article five. That will probably make some people in Europe concerned. Can you clarify what you mean? Are you still committed to mutual defense?

Speaker 1 [08:23:31] I'm committed to saving lives. I'm committed to life and safety. And I'm going to give you an exact definition when I get there. I just don't want to do it on the back of an airplane.

Speaker 3 [08:23:42] And one other question on energy. What's your take on the oil price situation right now? And are you concerned?

Speaker 1 [08:23:48] I love that it dropped almost $10 yesterday. I put out a statement, get it down. Because a lot of people are able to do things when the energy goes down. You're gonna have a lot less conflict. So it came down and our energy Department's doing a great job. We're. We're drilling like we've never drilled before. We're keeping it down. We're gonna keep it down until all these wars are settled. Thank you very much, everybody. Sleeper cells in the United States. I think that a lot of invaders, an incompetent president, had no idea what he was doing. He hardly ever signed a document. Other people signed documents for him. When the European. There was gross incompetence. And among everything else, he let a lot of super cells in. Many from Iran, but hopefully will take care of what Biden did to this country should never be forgotten. You'll get the Nobel Peace Prize now, sir.

[08:24:53] For full protection. A lot of it is going out now. There was one, right?

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Linda Feldmann

Washington Bureau Chief

The Christian Science Monitor

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