Travel Pool Report #5 - Gaggle highlights

Audio was pretty shabby, so working with some of these highlights.

Texas Floods

‘It’s terrible, the floods. It’s shocking. They don’t know the answer as to how many people…’

Will there be federal aid?

‘We’ll take care of them

It’s a terrible thing’

Hamas response positive?

‘That’s good. They haven’t briefed me on it

We have to get it over with. We have to do something about Gaza’

Optimistic about a Gaza deal next week?

‘There could be a Gaza deal next week.’

How optimistic

Very optimistic. It changes from day to day

Tariff letters

I signed some letters and they’ll go out on Monday. Probably 12

(Wouldn’t say which)

Zelensky call

‘We had a good call. We talked about different things. We had a very good call, I think a very strategic call’

It’s a very tough situation. I told you I was very unhappy with my call with President Putin. He wants to go all the way, just keep killing peolle, it’s no good

TikTok

We pretty much have a deal. We’re going to start Monday or Tuesday talking to China.

We think we probably have to get it approved by China. Not definitely but probably.

On Iran asking UN to force U.S. to pay for damages done during the U.S. strike

It’s pretty ridiculous

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Kerry Picket | White House Correspondent

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