Out-of-town pool report #8 — gaggle + wheels down

Wheels down at 8:04 pm.

POTUS spoke to reporters on the plane for about 20 minutes. Preliminary notes as follows, more to come.

On Israel and Hamas, Trump said the ceasefire is “still in place.” He said Hamas that has been “quite rambunctious” but that he thinks “leadership isn’t involved in that.”

Pressed about whether he thought Israel’s strike was justified, he said he would “have to get back to you on that.”

Trump said he and Putin did not discuss Donbas and repeated his desire for both sides to “stop at the battle lines.” “78 percent of the land is already taken by Russia. They can negotiate something later down the road.”

He said he is considering buying beef from Argentina.

He called the deal with Harvard, which he had previously announced, a “concept of a deal” and said he was considering charging them a $500 million dollar fine “so they don’t do it again.” He said the deal was complicated and he wanted to see the university create vocational schools.

In Virginia’s gubernatorial race, he said GOP candidate Winsome Earle-Sears “should win.”

He reiterated his promise to send troops into San Francisco soon.

Emily Davies

White House Reporter

The Washington Post

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