Travel pool note #1 // Pool swept & holding

Good morning from beautiful Ankara, where the sun is shining, the skies are blue and the weather is warm and perfect, with a light breeze. Your pool has been swept and is holding in vans.

Important programming note: We are now expecting BOTH POTUS bilats -- with Zelenskyy and al-Sharaa -- to open to the pool. So we should have at least three opportunities to hear from the president today, including the presser this afternoon.

Other than that, we're expecting the schedule to remain unchanged from the below guidance the WH sent out Sunday:

TRT:

9:00 AM Out-of-Town Travel Pool Call Time

8:00 AM THE PRESIDENT participates in Executive Time

Ankara, Turkey

Closed Press

10:30 AM THE PRESIDENT participates in a Greeting with the Secretary General of NATO

Bestepe Presidential Compound

Closed Press

10:50 AM THE PRESIDENT participates in an Official Welcome and NATO Family Photo

Bestepe Presidential Compound

Restricted Pool

11:15 AM THE PRESIDENT participates in a NATO Leaders' Working Session

Bestepe Presidential Compound

Restricted Pool

2:30 PM THE PRESIDENT participates in a Bilateral Meeting with the President of Ukraine

Bestepe Presidential Compound

Closed Press

3:30 PM THE PRESIDENT participates in a Bilateral Meeting with the President of the Syrian Arab Republic

Bestepe Presidential Compound

Closed Press

4:15 PM THE PRESIDENT participates in a Press Conference

Bestepe Presidential Compound

Pre-Credentialed Media

THE PRESIDENT departs Ankara, Turkey en route the White House

Ankara, Turkey

Out-of-Town Travel Pool

THE PRESIDENT arrives The White House

The White House

Out-of-Town Travel Pool

Megan Messerly

White House reporter

POLITICO