In-town pool report #6 - no questions/departure
- From
- John Bennett
- Sent
- Friday, November 14, 2025, 6:07 PM
President Trump emerged from the Oval Office at 6:01 p.m. as the theme of WWE legend The Undertaker played on the Rose Garden sound system. He boarded Marine One at 6:03 pm and it was wheels up at 6:06 pm.
He did not take questions as poolers and others shouted about Venezuela, regime change there, Epstein and other topics. Nikki Schwab asked if he would sign the House Epstein resolution. He did stop and pump his first toward the assembled media. A sizable group followed behind POTUS.
As the pool and other media assembled on the South Lawn, the Rose Garden music started again. “Jolene” and “Monday, Monday” led off. “God Bless the USA” blared as the decoy helicopter zoomed over the South Lawn and ballroom construction site. The executive chopper landed at 5:44 pm, drowning out Lee Greenwood. Other tunes played as the helicopter idled, but your pooler could not quite make them out over the powerful engines.
Handing off to the out of town pool.
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John T. Bennett
White House Correspondent & Editor-at-Large
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