Out of town pool report #17 Wheels down/ AF1 gaggle

AF1 is wheels down at 6:52pm ET

President Trump came back to the press cabin about an hour after take off. He gaggled for about 30 minutes. He was joined by his granddaughter Chloe. Deputy Chief of Staff Stephen Miller Press secretary Karoline Leavitt were standing off to the side during the gaggle.

Here are some top lines from the gaggle:

Q: UK to recognize Palestine?

“We never discussed” “Never really discussed” “maybe a little bit in the news conference, we never did discuss it. We have no view on that”

Q: when do food centers start? Who is running food centers?

“Very soon”

“Dealing with Israel and we think they can do a good job of it,” adding “they want to do it.”

Q: moving Palestinians out of Gaza?

“It’s a concept that some people fell in love with and some people don’t. Will have to see how it all works out before we do that.”

Q: when does Russia new deadline begin?

“10 days from today” “and then we are going to out on tariffs”

“I don’t know if it is going to effect Russia because he obviously wants to keep the war going.”

Q: Murdoch/lawyers/settlement talks?

“It’s in the lawyers hands”

“They are talking to us about doing something they would like us to drop that.”

“they want to settle”

Q: Epstein? Stolen person? Virginia Giuffre?

“He took people that worked for me and I told him don’t do it anymore and he did it and I said stay the hell out of here.”

On Giuffre: “I think she worked at the spa, I think so I think that was one of the people yeah, he stole her and by the way she had no complaints about us.”

Q: Epstein took people from MAL?

“he took people because he took people I said don’t do it anymore.”

“when they steal people I don’t like it”

Q: India tariff deal finalized? 20%to 25%?

“no it’s not,”

The gaggle can also be found here: https://www.youtube.com/live/Xfvh4CGhVDU?feature=shared

Skylar Woodhouse

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