Final out of town pool report #18 -- quotes

From the gaggle with POTUS at JBA by the wing of AF1 just now. Otter link at the end if you wish to double check the audio yourself:

ON IRAN:

"Iran is on my mind when I see the kind of death that is happening over there. We think, so we're going to get some accurate numbers, I'll have em in about 20 minutes. We'll get some accurate numbers as to what's happening with regard to the killing. The Killing looks like it's significant, but we don't know yet for certain. I'll know within 20 minutes and we'll act accordingly."

how can you ensure us air strikes if it comes to that will result in protecting protestors?

well you never know, do you, you never know. so far, my track record has been excellent.

Jamie Dimon said it's not a great idea to chip away at the independence of the Fed, is Jamie Dimon wrong about that?

Yeah, I think it's fine what I'm doing. were having a bad fed person, he was extended by Biden. I think hes wrong. He's done a bad job. We should have lower rates. Jamie dimon probably wants higher rates. Maybe he makes more money that way.

Iran says it will retaliate if you strike; what do you say to US service members about why it was worth the risk to intervene in Iran?

Iran said that the last time I blew 'em up with the nuclear capability which they don't have any longer. So Iran said that the last time. They better behave.

Do you have a message for the leaders of Iran?

They've got to show humanity. They've got a big problem, and I hope they're not going to be killing people, and I'm going to have a report very soon. It would seem to me that they have been badly misbehaving. That is not confirmed.

There's a bit more on the Otter, here:

https://otter.ai/u/C8DcQUJ2ZlmdTJyMOE3-m0OMQFw?utm_source=copy_url

Thanks.

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Shawn McCreesh

White House correspondent

The New York Times

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