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Question to Rubio: The president said this week he could take Cuba. How soon can that happen?
Rubio: “Cuba is a disaster. And it’s because of their communist government, it doesn’t work. So I don’t have any news for you on that today, other than this has been going on for 67 years, they’re a disaster. It’s the worst it’s ever been.”
Q: What are you hearing from Senate colleagues on chances of SAVE America Act passing?
Trump: “Well it seems to be doing okay….I’m hearing very good things.” He said he’d been hearing “negative things” and hit Democrats for being against the bill and the other provisions he wants, including the transgender athlete ban. “Look, it should be an easy pass. But we need Democrat votes. They don’t want to approve voter ID, because they cheat.” He said Democrats don’t want to approve a citizenship check either “because they want to cheat.”
The president changed the subject to the ballroom construction, pointing it at and saying, “Speaking of something that’s more pleasant.”
He said that today began one of the biggest pours of concrete that has ever been seen in Washington.
Q: does the construction ever wake you up?
“It makes me happy. When I hear those piledrivers – my wife doesn’t love it, but I love the sound. I love the sound of concrete, I love the sound of piledrivers.”
That was the end of the gaggle, which lasted roughly 13 minutes per the C-SPAN video. That’s all from the White House. Have a good weekend, everyone.
Francesca Chambers
USA TODAY
Fri. March 20, 5:04 PM
https://www.c-span.org/program/white-house-event/president-trump-makes-remarks-while-leaving-white-house/676022
https://x.com/WHPressPool/status/2035101009899315365
White House Press Pool Reports @WHPressPool - In-town pool report #9: POTUS gaggle quotes 1/2
Highlights from the first half of the more than 10 minute gaggle that President Trump brought Secretary of State Rubio along for on the South Lawn
Q: Iran executed three people, you vowed strong action in the past, what message would you send:
“We’ll be hitting them awfully hard. I don’t know if you can possibly get hit harder. But these are thugs and animals and horrible people…But I’m not surprised.”
Q: Do you plan to escort ships through the strait of Hormuz with or without allies:
“We don’t use the strait, the United States, we don’t need it, Europe needs its, Korea, Japan, China, a lot of other people, so they’ll have to get involved a little bit on that one.”
Q: Do you think Israel will be ready to end the war when you’re ready?
“I think so yeah…We want, more or less, similar things. You know what we want? We want victory, both of us. And that’s what we’ve got.”
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