Travel pool #9 - EU pull aside

POTUS has a pull aside with EU President Ursula von der Leyen.

Pool was brought in at 12:51 pm.

POTUS: “It's a great honor to be with a very powerful, very smart woman and a friend of mine. …. She does a fantastic job running lots of different nations.”

He took a few questions.

POTUS on the UN: “Well, they've never really reached their potential. The UN could be unbelievable with certain people running it. ... Look, I put out seven wars, if you think about it. … I wasn't helped by the UN. … I was never even given a phone call.“

More: “I was never like - I didn't even think about it, frankly, until after we did it, I never gave it a lot of thought. And then recently, I started thinking, you know, we were never helped by the UN. The UN has tremendous potential, tremendous potential. It's going to hopefully put out the wars themselves. I mean, someday it's going to do what I've been doing, and they should be able to do it.”

Asked how the UN should change: “It’s a fantastic role in peace keeping. It should be great. I mean, we shouldn't have any wars if the UN is really doing its job. I know they were involved originally with Russia, Ukraine, and that didn't get done because that was the time to stop it.”

He ended the spray with: “Thank you. We have a lot of meetings.”

Pool was pulled at 12:56 pm. It took place in the same room with Rubio, Bessent and Wiles on US side.

Emily Goodin

White House Correspondent

McClatchy DC/Miami Herald

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