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Is he going to survive as PM? “It’s a tough thing. Unless he can straighten out immigration, where he's weak, if he doesn’t start drilling and stop with the windmills.” Should he quit? “I don't say that. I think he's a nice man, actually, but, uh, I mean, I didn't like what he said, we're going to send ships as soon as you're finished” with Iran.
Considering lifting sanctions on Chinese oil companies that buy Iranian oil? “ “Well, we talked about that, and I'm going to make a decision over the next few (inaudible)
Would the U.S. defend Taiwan, if it came to it? “I don't want to say. I’m not going to say that l. There's only one person that knows that, you know who it is? Me. I'm the only person.
“That question was asked to me today, by President Xi. I said, ‘I don't talk about that’ He asked me if I'd defend them. I I don't talk about that.”
Declined to say whether he thought Xi is a dictator. “I don't think about it. He’s the ruler, he’s the president of China. I don't think about it. You have to deal with what you have. I respect him. He’s very smart. He loves his country, I respect him, whether he's a dictator, that's for you to figure out.”
Danny Kemp
AFP
Fri. May 15, 7:41 AM
https://x.com/WHPressPool/status/2055316920262373651

White House Press Pool Reports @WHPressPool - Travel pool note #12 - wheels up ✈️
Air Force One was wheels up from China at 2.41pm
Danny Kemp
AFP
Fri. May 15, 2:41 PM CST
https://x.com/WHPressPool/status/2055217741456437314

White House Press Pool Reports @WHPressPool - Travel pool note #11 - POTUS departure ceremony ✈️
Dozens of young people in light blue shirts and white shirts waving Chinese flags lined the red carpet as POTUS walked from the Beast to AF1. They were chanting something your pooler couldn’t make out.
POTUS then climbed up the steps and gave two fist pumps before going inside the plane. No tarmac gaggle.
US staff took all badges and pins issued by China from reporters. They then put them (and staff burner phones) in a bin, per co pooler Emily Goodin.
Plane is rolling
Danny Kemp
AFP
Fri. May 15, 2:31 PM
https://x.com/WHPressPool/status/2055217143034057141

White House Press Pool Reports @WHPressPool - Travel pool note #10 - Airport
Motorcade arrived at airport at 2.20pm
We passed a deserted Tiananmen Square, where several policeman lined the road, and
numerous crowds of people filming the motorcade as we drove through the city. Our side of the carriageway was deserted but traffic continued on the other side. Roads around the airport though were totally shut down.
WH staff asked us to hand over the little red lapel badges pool had been given to identify us, saying the Chinese wanted them back.
Danny Kemp
AFP
Fri. May 15, 2:20 PM CST
https://x.com/WHPressPool/status/2055216148250071381
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