in-town pool report #2 - Homan link + Marine outside
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- John Bennett
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- Friday, November 14, 2025, 12:54 PM
White House border czar Tom Homan gaggled with reporters around 12:20 p.m. on the north driveway for just over 7 minutes following a television hit. He declined to comment on whether options for land strikes in Venezuela had been presented to POTUS, as well as whether ICE agents would soon be operating in Charlotte, NC.
Homan, describing himself as a lifelong Catholic, criticized the church’s stance on the Trump administration’s mass deportation program. There was an idling box truck about 15 feet behind Homan during the gaggle, using its hydraulic rear lift, rendering your pooler’s Ottr audio and transcript files unusable. Our friends at C-SPAN, however, captured the gaggle. A link is below.
On a POTUS-related matter: No U.S. Marine had been spotted outside the West Wing since your pooler arrived at 8:57 a.m. Asked by your pooler what President Trump has been doing today, a White House official replied at 12:20 p.m.: “The President has a packed day full of private meetings and has been active as you have seen via Truth Social.”
As of 12:45 p.m., a Marine was posted outside the West Wing on a cool day in Washington that has become overcast.
Homan gaggle: https://www.c-span.org/program/white-house-event/border-czar-tom-homan-speaks-to-reporters/669116
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