https://publicpool.kinja.com/subject-white-house-travel-pool-report-1-jba-departur-1844131952
June 23, 2020 at 9:50:55 AM EDT
Subject: White House travel pool report 1/ JBA departure
Greetings from JBA where Marine One landed at 9:42.
President Trump disembarked at 9:47.
He waved and gave thumbs up to pool and did not stop for questions.
Spotted: Stephen Miller; Jared Kushner; Kayleigh McEnany; Mark Meadows;
Sarah Matthews;
We are on the big plane- first stop Yuma AZ.
Your pool gathered at JBA at 8, following Abbott rapid Covid-19 tests administered at the White House.
Anne Gearan
Washington Post
Subject: White House travel pool report 1/ JBA departure
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https://publicpool.kinja.com/subject-in-town-pool-report-3-departure-1844131787
June 23, 2020 at 9:39:49 AM EDT
Subject: In-town pool report #3 - Departure
POTUS emerged from the South Portico at 9:23 a.m. and walked over to take questions for 7 minutes on his trip to Arizona, protests in DC and last night’s attempt to remove the Andrew Jackson statue, coronavirus testing and the Tulsa rally.
He thanked law enforcement for its response last night in saving a “great monument.”
Said there would be an executive order “very soon” with regards to monument destruction. “We are looking at long term jail sentences” for “anarchists.”
Said federal government is willing to hep cities dealing with protests.
“We are ready able and willing to help as we did in Minnesota.”
On testing:
“I don’t kid.”
“We have got the greatest testing”
“By having more tests we have more cases.”
Says US has conducted more than 25 million tests
“We did 25 million tests therefore the tests are gonna have more cases”
“Because of all the cases that we find we have a very low mortality rate.” -
Says Other countries do very little testing
“We are doing a great job”
“We’re doing the best testing job anywhere in the world “
“We’re doing the best ventilator job a yahrw in the world”
Said “the Tulsa rally was incredible” - the crowd was wonderful he called the crowd “warriors”
Pool could barely hear over the engines but will send fuller quotes from TV feed. Please check quotes against transcript.
He was joined by Stephen Miller, Mark Meadows, Kayleigh McEnany and Jared Kushner.
The weather in Washington is a sunny 77 degrees and rising.
Marine One was wheels up for JBA at 9:34 a.m.
Courtney Subramanian
USA TODAY
Subject: In-town pool report #3 - Departure