In-town pool report #17 - POTUS concludes

POTUS concluded his remarks at 10:37 p.m.and returned to his seat to YMCA.

Roughly half the room stood up for a standing ovation.

Joked that Oz Pearlman did not predict the shooting.

On Collins:

"Smile, Caitlin. Just smile."

Compares her to Dylan Mulvaney.

On reporters calling his phone:

"I said, 'You know what? I'm going to give the press my phone number.' That was the stupidest thing I ever did."

"You're much better putting your name because if there's no name, I just, I just can't do that."

"I always find that when you don't speak to the press, you always get a bad story. When you do speak to the press, you have a shot at getting a good story."

On Biden:

"He was leading the deceased crowd, and there were a lot of them."

Criticizes Gov. Gavin Newsom (D-CA), former Vice President Kamala Harris, Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN), Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA), Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY), and Democratic Texas Senate candidate James Talarico.

On Warren:

"I'm not going to say this next one... She wasn't high up on her totem pole."

On a flat line in his speech:

"The other day a senator I knew got a text, great guy, from his wife, and she said, 'Well, I want to have you immediately, come up the stairs and make love to me.' And he said, 'I can't do both.'"

"That was actually the only thing I thought was good in this whole freaking stupid speech."

Says the press is not covering his accomplishments.

"We're having an amazing load of accomplishments that the media never talks about."

Says he has "given up" on traditional media.

"I'm number one on TikTok."

"I hope all of you know that I believe [in] the free press more than anyone in this room does."

"Maybe not."

"You people have no idea how lucky you are. When I'm gone, you're all going to be broke."

"There's not going to be anybody to report on. Nobody gives a damn about anybody else."

POTUS teases about running for POTUS for a fourth time.

"That's why tonight, to show just how much I care about the press, and I want to save your ratings."

Puts on a red baseball cap with "Trump 2028" on it.

Says elections are in "seriously bad shape."

"It's been an interesting evening. I didn't really know what to expect, and it's far worse than I actually thought."

"We're on the cusp of something."

"I'm going to say this: this is the golden age of America."

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Naomi Lim

White House Reporter

Washington Examiner