WH in-town pool #6 — Roundtable over

Near the end of the roundtable, Trump asked participants to rank the "worst" news networks. Several offered their views.

Trump then gave his own ranking, saying he thought MSNBC was the worst, followed by CNN. He also criticized ABC, and said "we have hope for CBS" after a leadership change at the network.

"The problem is this is a very important meeting but" it won't get media coverage, Trump said. "They're very dishonest," Trump said.

At the conclusion of the roundtable, Trump took questions from the pool.

On a potential Middle East visit, Trump was asked if it might include a visit to Gaza.

"I may do that," Trump said.

"I'll be going to Egypt" most likely, Trump said, and added that he would be "making the rounds."

At 4:52 p.m., Secretary of State Marco Rubio entered the room. He passed a note to Trump who said then said that "we are very close" to a peace deal between Israel and Hamas.

On the shutdown and extending ACA subsidies, Trump said: "Obamacare is a horrible mess," and added that "we want to make it better."

Trump closed the roundtable saying that he had to go to focus on the Middle East.

Pool was ushered out of the room at 5:04 pm, as POTUS also exited with advisers.

Daniel Bush | White House Correspondent

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