In-town Pool #10

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Trump said tariff programs will be “unbelievable” for the country and that other countries are being treated “very fairly.”

POTUS said he was working with Transportation Secretary Duffy to improve air traffic control system. DUFFY said progress has not been made over decades, and said new technology will be implemented.

“Why hasn’t it been done?&in government it takes way too long.” He said maybe they could match timeline to build Trump Tower — about three years.

Duffy acknowledged “bumps in the road” with DOGE’s work and that everybody appreciates the insights and new systems. “Things are rolling” he said. DUFFY said the reporting from media can be off, and said he and Musk had a “great call” after their last meeting.

TRUMP said for 8 weeks on the job, he thinks the country has been doing a great job.

Q: Have you gotten referrals to prosecute waste and fraud cases

Bondi: They have received a number of referrals.

Q: End goal of Greenland actions

TRUMP: Said visits from US officials are not a provocation&he said “it’s purely friendship” and that many Greenland officials have asked US to visit.

Q: agree with stagflation projections?

TRUMP: We just got here&takes time to develop&based on numbers he was concerned but there will be numbers “never seen before.”

Q: Zelenskyy saying US is being influenced by Russia

TRUMP: Russia wants to see a settlement&said Europe was making loans to Ukraine but U.S. was not&

Q: Russia returning Ukraine children..

TRUMP: talking about liens of demarcation, who will own power plant..

Trump called Musk a patriot and who has “become a friend of mine.”

“He’s never asked me for a thing..he could have&”

Said ending electric mandate could have affected Musk but that he never said anything about the action. He stressed the need to support Musk (who your pooler believe made a reference to Tesla cars being “blown up”)

Trump said those destroying Tesla cars are facing consequences.

Musk thanked DOGE teams who are getting “death threats”

There was also applause for Musk and the work of DOGE.

Bloomberg’s Akayla Gardner attempted to ask Musk about how many job cuts to expect. Pool was quickly pushed out.

Gerren Keith Gaynor

White House Correspondent

Managing Editor of Politics

Twitter/IG: @MrGerrenalist

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