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White House Press Pool Reports @WHPressPool - Pool report #5
POTUS's motorcade reached Gastonia Municipal Airport, North Carolina, the venue for tonight's open air campaign rally, at 7.04pm. Numerous people lined the streets, holding up their cellphones as the motorcade passed. Pool left the press vans and went straight to the media area.
The weather is 81°F with a clear blue sky. Loud music is booming including James Brown's 'It's A Man's Man's Man's World' and Sinead O'Connor's 'Nothing Compares 2 U'.
The presidential lectern is set up behind protective glass with supporters standing behind on ascending steps. Behind them are two big US flags (one in colour, one black and white) and a blue banner that says: 'Making America safe again.' Secret service agents with equipment are clearly visible on the roof above.
A giant US flag is hanging from a crane to stage left. The image of a giant US flag is shown on a video screen to stage right. People are standing or sitting on the tarmac in front of the lectern and in stands to the left and right. Some are wearing red 'Make America great again' caps and at least one is wearing a 'Trump 2028' cap.
David Smith
Guardian News & Media
Wed. Sep. 16, 7:24 PM
https://x.com/WHPressPool/status/2100370470910468143

White House Press Pool Reports @WHPressPool - WH out of town pool report #4/ POTUS on Iran, Canada/ Europe and the Kennedy Center
More from POTUS's gaggle with the pool at Charlotte airport:
On the Fed: "They're raising the rates to make Trump do as bad as he can possibly do. The problem they have is that we have the greatest economy in history. We have over 21 trillion dollars being invested in this country, which is five times more than we've ever had before."
On Iran: "Hopefully we're towards the end of the war. They want to make a deal, and we'll see how that works out. They're very much wanting to make Iran is very much wanting to make a deal."
On Canada potentially becoming an associate member of the European Union: "Canada's been a terrible trade partner. No, I don't see that. If they do that, if I think it's at all a hostile act, I will put very serious tariffs or stop trading with Europe on many things. So, if they do that, if Europe does that, with a bad intention if it's a good intention, that's fine if it's bad intention we'll put very heavy tariffs on Europe, which is a possibility."
On the Kennedy Center: "It's a mess. The Kennedy Center for many years has lost tens of millions of dollars, even hundreds of millions of dollars…For me to go and fix it I'm quite capable of fixing it and then have to subsidize it for years to come, because you will lose with the Kennedy Center they were losing hundreds of millions of dollars and sometimes hundreds of billions this is before I got involved.