In town pool note #11 - POTUS oval event begins

POTUS was seated at the Resolute Desk with Vice- President JD Vance and secretary of state Marco Rubio standing behind him . The foreign ministers of Rwanda and the DRC were in attendance . POTUS congratulated the officials of the two countries for signing the agreement as well as Massad Boulos , his senior adviser on the peace deal . “This is a tremendous breakthrough,” POTUS said .

He then said he had “successful” trip to Nato , noting that Nato had “really pulled together”. POTUS then spoke about the US strike on Iran. “We ended up with no nuclear weapons. That’s what we wanted , “ he said .

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