In-town Pool Note #7: POTUS remarks

President Trump spoke briefly to the pool before his departure on several topics, including renovations to the ballroom, Canada relations, Xi meeting and more.

POTUS on naming ballroom: "I don't have any plan to call it after myself... [we're] probably going to call it the Presidential ballroom or something like that. We haven't really thought about a name yet."

On Canada: POTUS says he has no plans to speak or meet with Canadian PM Mark Carney after Reagan ad. He calls the ad depicting Reagan hating tariffs "possibly AI."

"They did a crooked ad. Ronald Reagan loved tariffs. What they did was really dishonest..."

After he was told Canada is pulling ad on Monday, Trump calls it "dirty playing" and adds "I can play dirtier than they can."

On Xi meeting: POTUS says he wants to talk about farmers and will bring up Taiwan, although no plans to go there yet.

"We have a lot to talk about with President Xi, and he has a lot to talk about with us. I think we'll have a good meeting."

On Virginia gubernatorial race after New Jersey stumping: "I hope she wins. I mean, the other person is horrible. She's horrible. And the Attorney General candidate talking about, you know, killing the children, and him and the children, the wife, everybody. I mean, how can you put a guy like that in office? So, I hope they both win."

"I think you have a great Republican candidate in New Jersey, as you know. Jack is going to be great, and he's going to cut your energy bills in half, and she's [Mikie Sherrill] going to double your energy bill."

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Mica Soellner

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Senior White House Reporter

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