Subject: WH pool report 6 - more quotes
On India:
“I hear it’s going to be a big event.”
“We’re going to have millions and miliions of people.”
“I get along very well with the prime minister.”
“I hear it’s going to be a big event. Some people say the biggest event they’ve ever had in India. That’s what the prime minister told me, this will be the biggest event they’ve ever had.”
On Afghanistan:
“We’ve been over there 19 years. We think they want to make a deal. We want to make a deal. I think it’s going to work out....We want to make a deal and we think the Taliban wants to make a deal too. They’re tied of fighting.”
On the new intelligence chief:
“We have four or five people that are great, very respected.”
He said Maguire had to leave because he had to step down by March 11.
“His time came up so he had to leave.”
Subject: Travel pool report #1 - Leaving Joint Base Andrews
Good morning from Joint Base Andrews on a sunny crisp winter day.
Marine One landed at 9:27am.
POTUS waved at the pool and gave his trademark thumbs up but did not answer shouted questions. He climbed Air Force One stairs together with FLOTUS and briefly waved at the top.
They were followed by Dan Scavino, Robert OBrien and Lindsay Reynolds.
Wheels up shortly.
Next stops: Ramstein Air Base, Germany, for refueling, then Ahmedabad, India.