In-town pool report #7 - a few more quotes, color
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- Abigail Hauslohner
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- Wednesday, September 2, 2026 3:16 PM
Some quotes from Q&A with reporters in Oval
A few more...
Venezuela
“It [Venezuela's government] is very new, we took them out of dictatorship and we are getting along great with the government,” Trump said. “They are not ready yet [for elections]."
He claimed Delcy Rodriguez wants to have an election, just like him. But did not specify what needs to happen for them to be ready, and only said he thinks elections will happen “soon.”
Miscellaneous
POTUS was also asked if he had seen videos of the Ukrainian government "kidnapping" men off the streets to serve in the military ("I heard about them very strongly"; about Tiger Woods ("great guy" who "suffers great pain"); and about Democratic Senate candidate James Talarico (Trump says he calls him "Talafreako").
Thunder rumbled loudly during the president's remarks.
The CEO of American Airlines, who was full of praise for Trump, had earlier said "the only thing I can help ask a little bit of help with is, can you help me with the weather?"
Abigail Hauslohner
Financial Times
US-Middle East Foreign Affairs Correspondent