In-town pool report #5 - Trump quotes

On Iran, President Trump said the United States is "taking out millions of barrels of oil."

"Nobody knows it. You know who doesn't know about it? Iran, until right now," POTUS said. "We took out, the other night, 22 ships late at night with no lights because they don't have any radar because we blasted the crap out of it."

On Turkish President Erdogan threatening Israel, the president said "I haven't heard that at all" and that he considered Erdogan a "good friend." He added: "If I did, I would call him and I think I would make sure that things are fine."

Regarding soccer fans' fearing it will be hard to obtain a visa to attend World Cup events, POTUS said the United States is working on the manner "very closely to make sure the right people come in."

On the Secure America Act, POTUS said Democrats who voted against the funding bill "voted with the cartels, the terrorists, the gang members, the drug dealers." He said Republicans "voted to protect law-abiding American citizens."

On the latest inflation numbers, the president said he is not concerned. "The numbers were great," Trump said.

On shrinking the Office of the Director of National Intelligence, POTUS said: "People have wanted that downsized for a long time and many people don't want it at all. A lot of people thought it was a duplication."

On Pulte, the president said "he's doing a good job," that "he's going to be there for a very short period of time" and that he will be "replaced by somebody that's going to have the job permanently."

On Democrats threatening to hold up the FISA extension, POTUS said he "doesn't care" what Democrats say because "they're dumb people." He added: "We can't let them extort us." I told the guys today, we can't let them. They've done it on numerous occasions."

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Ana Ceballos

Washington Correspondent, Los Angeles Times

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