Pool Report #4
- From
- Shawn McCreesh
- Sent
- Wednesday, July 9, 2025, 1:27 PM
At about 1:20pm, President Trump has started to take questions. An African reporter asks the leaders at the table if they intend to nominate Trump for a Nobel peace prize; Nguema says he sees no problem with a Nobel Peace Prize and that in fact President Trump deserves one.
“Very nice, I didnt know Id be treated this nicely, we could do this all day long,” Trump says, eliciting chuckles from some at the table.
Now the Mauritanian leader says his country would not be opposed to a Nobel Peace Prize for Trump. “Our world needs more peace.”
Another leader (I believe from Senegal, but hard to see from where your pooler is positioned) more or less concurs.
Trump was also asked if he would ever take a trip to Africa and he said he would like to, yes.
--
Shawn McCreesh
White House correspondent
The New York Times
XXX-XXX-XXXX (tel:XXX-XXX-XXXX)