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>>187622White House Press Pool Reports @WHPressPool - Travel pool note #4
We were brought into the room where President Trump and NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte are meeting. The two are seated in black leather chairs in front of a NATO backdrop. Also in attendance: Rubio, Bessent, Hegseth and Whitaker.
Toplines POTUS wants to cut off trade with Spain and suggests "visits" should be cut off too, though he did not clarify what he meant there. Also see remarks on Iran strikes overnight.
Trump on the U.S. and Iran trading fire overnight: "We have attacked very powerfully last night the very dangerous people from Iran. They're sick. There's something wrong with them. We said, 'Go and do your funeral stuff, and instead of that, they start shooting rockets at ships."
"So, I don't like them at all. And, frankly, I think we waste a lot of time with them. I think we should just do our business. Can you imagine they start shooting bombs, actually missiles at ships yesterday, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, couple of others."
Trump on NATO: "I'm not happy with NATO because of what they did with Greenland, and I'm not happy with NATO because of the fact that they didn't want to help us with the number one state sponsor of terror, that's Iran. They were unwilling to help us. Now, in all fairness, I didn't speak to Mark about it. I think if I did, it might have been different, but we didn't need help, but I was really testing. I wanted to see whether or not they'd be there, and the answer is anyway. I spoke to Germany, I spoke to France, spoke to UK, spoke to Italy."
Trump on Spain: "Spain is a wasted cause…Cut off all trade with Spain please, including visits. Okay, we don't want anything to do. Watch them, watch them come running back, all they'll come running back."
Trump, more on Greenland: “So, other than that, we're having the big meeting in a little while, and I'm going to relate my problems. Greenland is a big problem for us, and the other big problem is the fact that when we wanted them, we didn't want them badly, but we did say, if you want to join us, and they all said no, but when they could have, they weren't there for us, and we've been there for them.”
Otter link here:
Please verify all quotes against the audio.
Megan Messerly
POLITICO
Wed. Jul. 8, 11:10 AM
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