Travel pool note #12 // Opening remarks on NATO, Ukraine and Iran

President Trump starts off by saying his meeting with NATO leaders went well: "We just had our NATO meeting, and it was a great meeting. You probably heard it was a great meeting, a lot of.. there was a lot of love in that room, a lot of unity."

He had Rubio and Bessent weigh in as well, who both echoed his sentiments that it went well.

Then, on Zelenskyy, he starts off with warm remarks: "So, we had a really good meeting, and we thought this would be a good time for President Zelensky and I to meet, and we'll see what we can do, but we've actually developed a good relationship."

Zelenskyy says he hopes to talk with the president about air defense and also "negotiations."

Now onto questions.

First one is about whether the president's comments earlier means there will be a full scale resumption of hostilities. He isn't quite answering the question, but that the U.S. will "probably hit 'em hard tonight, I'll give 'em a little warning."

More TK.

Megan Messerly

White House reporter

POLITICO