In-Town Pool Note #3: Gaggle Quotes

President Trump gaggled for a little more than three minutes.

Asked about the proposed 35% tariff on Canda, the president replied, "it was sent yesterday. They called. I think it was fairly well received."

He said that FED Chair Powell was doing "a terrible job." He said that interest rates should be "three points lower."

Trump mourned the Texas floods as "a horrible thing" and said that he would soon be there "with some of the great families and others—the governors, everybody."

Asked about Brazil, Trump said "maybe at some point I'll talk to them," referring to officials in the Brazzilian government. He said of the former president of that country, "they're treating President Bolsonaro very unfairly."

Trump blasted the Biden administration's handling of the Southern Border before adding that "we're getting the criminals out, and we're getting them out fast. The Courts have ultimately done the right thing. Amazingly, they've really done the right thing, and they understand, it's really the survival of our country. It is a very important thing."

Referring to missing migrant children, the president said, "As you know, 300,000 children are missing, right? 300,000 under Biden, and we've already

gotten back 10,000 of those children, and we have a lot more planned to come back. We're getting them back by the thousands."

After his comments about the FED, Trump concluded by saying that the country was previously "dead" but is now "hot." Said the president, "one year ago, our country was a dead country. We were going nowhere except down. We were the laughing stock all over the world, and now we're the hottest country anywhere in the world."

Big thanks to ABC for sharing audio after the gaggle ended.

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Philip Wegmann

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