WH Travel Report #11 Gaggle and Rolling

The motorcade is rolling to the White House at 12:23 AM.

President Trump gaggled with the press for about nine minutes, discussing Ukraine, tariffs, CBS and addressed his use of the word "shylocks" during the rally.

Trump confirmed that he would speak with Ukrainian President Zelensky later this morning.

Asked whether Hamas has agreed to the latest framework for a ceasefire and hostage deal, Trump said: "We'll see what happens."

"We'll know in the next 24 hours."

Starting tomorrow, he plans to begin sending letters dictating tariff rates to 10-12 countries a day. He anticipates that all countries will be "fully covered" by July 9, the date the Liberation Day tariffs expire. Countries will start paying the tariffs Aug. 1, he said.

"They'll range in value from maybe 60 or 70% tariffs to 10 and 20% tariffs," Trump said.

He said that he has "never heard that" the word "shylocks" is linked to antisemitism. He used the word during his rally speech in Iowa.

"I've never heard it that way," he said. "The meaning of Shylock is somebody that's a money lender at high rates. You view it differently. I've never heard that."

He also spoke about his deal with Paramount to settle the lawsuit over the editing of "60 Minutes."

"But we did a deal for about $16 million plus 16 million, or maybe more than that in advertising. So it's a combination of 16 plus 16 plus. So it's like $32. maybe $35 million.

He addressed the ongoing negotiations with universities.

“I think we’re going to probably settle with Harvard.”

“They want to settle very badly. There’s no rush.”

How much? “A lot of money”

The motorcade returned to the White House at 12:45 AM.

Here's an Otter of the exchange:

https://otter.ai/u/Y8h3R9vFsh0nNLbyDvtU30PSArw

Cat Zakrzewski

Washington Post

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