Subject: WH travel pool report #8—TIK TOK
POTUS came back on the plane to talk with pool and put the following on the record:
President Trump said Friday he planned to bar the Chinese-owned social media platform Tik Tok from operating in the United States.
Trump told reporters traveling with him from Tampa that he planned to take action against the popular video-sharing app as soon as Saturday.
“As far as TikTok is concerned we’re banning them from the United States,” Trump said.
Trump said he could use emergency economic powers or an executive order to ban TikTok in the United States.
“Well, I have that authority. I can do it with an executive order or that,” he said referring to emergency economic powers.
Trump made clear he was not in favor of a deal to let a U.S. company buy TikTok’s American operations.
The rest of his comments were OFF RECORD.
Subject: WH travel pool report #4—Belleair
Motorcade arrived at 5:41 pm at Pelican Golf Club in Belleair, FL for the COVID-19 Response and Storm Preparedness Event.
Expected to participate in addition to POTUS are:
Trump Administration
Alex Azar, Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services
State and Local Officials
Ron DeSantis, Governor of Florida
Wilton Simpson, State Senator from Florida’s 10^thSenate District
Daniel Pere, State Representative from Florida’s 116^thDistrict
Kathleen Peters, Pinellas County Commissioner
Members of Congress
Rick Scott, United States Senator from Florida
External Participants
Justin Senior, CEO, Florida Safety Net Hospital Alliance of Florida
The motorcade route to the next event was lined with Trump supporters holding signs and cheering in larger numbers than many other motorcades.
A few other pool notes:
Florida Sen. Rick Scott joined POTUS on AF1.
POTUS was joined at the airport event by sheriffs from Florida, including the sheriffs from Brevard and Pasco County, both of whom endorsed Trump. Pooler is seeking their names. “We proudly give our support to President Donald J. Trump,” said the Brevard County sheriff.