WH in-town pool report #9/ Pool leaves, no questions
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- David Smith
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- Wednesday, March 4, 2026 4:15 PM
Big tech energy event continued. POTUS said: “It took me six months to convince people I was serious about this.”
“We don’t do wind because it’s a loser… How many wind farms have you seen lately in China?”
“I say natural gas; clean, beautiful coal.” He joked that in the Trump administration you’re not allowed to say “coal”, only “clean, beautiful coal”, but on one occasion Energy Secretary Chris Wright had done it to excess and had to be reined in.
POTUSthen introduced Wright, who spoke for a few minutes before handing over to Speaker Johnson, who said: “Only President Trumphas the gravitas to assemble all these great leaders in one room.”
Johnson commented: “This is a win, win, win across the board… America’s back, Mr President.”
Ohio Senator Jon Husted spoke next. A representative of Meta announced a pilot training programme in Ohio related to data centers. There were several more speakers.
At 4.11pm POTUS said:“I have to go back and look at the war.”
He signed the pledge.Pool was escorted out at 4.13pm and POTUS did not respond to shouted questions about Iran.
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