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White House Press Pool Reports @WHPressPool - VP Pool Report #7 — Vance on gas prices, Iran and Joe Kent
Motorcade left the event at 12:34PM EDT and arrived back at Oakland County International Airport at 12:55PM. Pool was hurried on to the plane and did not see VP board AF2.
Select quotes below on gas prices, Iran and Joe Kent from the Q&A earlier, please check against the official transcript.
AF2 wheels began rolling at 1:07PM.
Vance said gas prices were "up," adding: "We know that people are hurting because of it, and we're doing everything that we can to ensure that they stay low. This is a temporary war. It's not going to last forever. We're going to take care of business. We're going to come back home. When that happens, you're going to see energy prices come back down."
Asked about Joe Kent's resignation, Vance said "nobody likes war," adding: "I guarantee the President of the United States is not interested in getting us…into the kind of long term quagmires that we've seen in years past.
Vance said Trump has said "consistently" that Iran "cannot have another weapon…That's all this is about. We don't want the Iranians to have a nuclear weapon."
Vance said he knew Kent "a little bit," adding: "I like Joe Kent…But it's one thing to have a disagreement of opinions. I know the president very well…he likes it when people express their views about what should happen. He listens to everybody."
"That said, whatever your view is, when the President of the United States makes a decision, it's your job to help make that decision as effective and successful as possible. And so the president said this yesterday, if you are on the team and you can't help implement the decisions of his administration, he has the right to make those decisions, then it's a good thing for you to resign, and I think that's exactly right."
"It's fine to disagree. So once the president makes a decision, it's up to everybody who serves in his administration to make it as successful as possible. That's how I do my job. I think that's how everybody in the administration should do their jobs."
Lauren Fedor
Financial Times
Wed. Mar 18, 1:08 PM
https://x.com/WHPressPool/status/2034316800209420456
White House Press Pool Reports @WHPressPool - 🚁 In-town pool report #5 - departure
Marine One, with President Trump on board, lifted off at 12:39 p.m.
Handing off to the out-of-town pool. We’re back later with more as POTUS returns.
John Bennett
Roll Call & CQ
Wed. March 18, 12:41 PM
https://x.com/WHPressPool/status/2034310420400320641
White House Press Pool Reports @WHPressPool - In-town pool report #4 - no questions 🚁
President Trump emerged from the Oval at 12:35p with Secretary Hegseth and others. He did not take shouted questions. He waved. He stopped. He pumped a fist. He boarded Marine One at 12:36 p.m.
Your ink-stained pooler has been informed the departure, in a new development, that may have been broadcast live from the South Lawn. If so, a new development. Will effort an answer on any policy change here.
More TK.
John Bennett
Roll Call & CQ
Wed. Mar. 18, 12:38 PM
https://x.com/WHPressPool/status/2034310051033186768
White House Press Pool Reports @WHPressPool - In-town pool report #3 - South Lawn/waiting 🚁
The pool and other media are positioned on the South Lawn for President Trump’s departure. Marine One is already parked on the lawn, idling. We await POTUS. More TK.
John Bennett
Roll Call & CQ
Wed. Mar. 18, 12:20 PM
https://x.com/WHPressPool/status/2034309656852508921
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