Out of town pool report #17 - Lid and final Trump quotes

Pool has been kicked out of the hold and is now moving to vans. The WH has also called a lid as the dinner continues.

Here are a few more quotes though.

POTUS made a reference to free speech, an issue the White House has highlighted previously in UK and Europe.

“The British Empire laid the foundations of law, liberty, free speech, and individual rights virtually everywhere.”

He got a laugh when after paying tribute to Charles for achievements including ‘restoring life to the streams’ , he added that Charles “stood in line and shook about 150 hands. And the king knew every single person and every single company. And some of them had bad names like X, Y, Z, dash, Q, three. And he knew every one of them. I think he did because nobody was complaining. I was very impressed with that.”

Said he had raised a ‘remarkable son’ in Prince William, adding of William: “We've gotten to know you, and I think you're going to have an unbelievable success in future.”

Final line: “On behalf of all Americans, I offer a toast to one of the great friendships. to two great countries and to His Majesty, King Charles III, a very, very special man and also a very, very special queen.”

Afterwards POTUS and Charles exchanged a few words before the feed was cut.

Many thanks to fellow poolers for help today, especially the Mail’s tireless Nikki Schwab.

Danny Kemp

AFP White House correspondent

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