Out of town report #13: Gaggle

POTUS came back and gaggled again on a range of issues for 5 minutes after his meeting with the Qataris.

“We talked about peace in the Middle East.”

“This is an enduring peace" with 59 countries

Said what's different this time around is that "everyone agrees"

Confirmed they spoke about the new security agreement as they covered a lot of ground.

if ceasefire doesn't hold, that would be Hamas, which won't be hard "to take care of"

Stabilization force will be in place "pretty quickly"

On Russia and how Putin can get meeting rescheduled, "I'm going to have to know we're going to have a deal." "Not going to waste my time"

China and India cutting back on purchases of Russian oil

NBA gambling scandal "terrible"

Transcript to come

Sophia Cai

White House Reporter

POLITICO

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