Subject: Out of town pool report #8 - NK comments, end of Abe spray
Asked about North Korean missile tests, Trump said he is “not happy with the short range.”
He asked Abe to give his thoughts and he said it’s a clear UN violation (don’t have full quotes).
Trump responds: “I can understand how the prime minister of Japan feels.”
Trump says he and Abe are in total alignment even though Abe claims NK is violating the UN and Trump wouldn’t go that far, said he never spoke to Kim Jong-Un specifically about short range missiles.
Will effort fuller quotes before the next bilat. Pool escorted out at 11:47.
Subject: Out of town pool report #10a — next pooled event is at 3p
The lunch coming up at 1 p.m. is officials only, so no pool access to that.
Pool is holding down at the casino/workspace until 3p, when we will be let in to spray the working group meeting on G7 partnerships with Africa.