Subject:**WH pool report #6*
Trump starting speaking immediately after entering the chamber around 10:38 am, with remarks televised.
Minutes into his speech as he touted his accomplishments, the audience in the chamber started grumbling before falling silent again.
During his speech, Trump touted increased military spending, the tax cut, and said we are standing up for America. He boasted about his push for peace with North Korea, calling the conversations highly productive and said since the meeting, the US has already seen meaningful progress.
Trump devoted a good portion of the speech to the US approach to Iran, check official transcript.
Speech ended at 11:13 am to polite, muted applause.
Subject:* *WH pool report #7*
We just had a very newsy pool spray with Trump ahead of his meeting with the Columbian president. We are transcribing full 16-minute exchange but highlights include:
President Trump attacking Kavanaughs second accuser, saying that she was drunk and calling out what he called time lapses in her account of the alleged incident. He blamed the current state of play with Kavanaugh on the Democrats calling it a C-O-N, con on their part and saying they just resist and obstruct since Kavanaugh has the chance to be one of the greatest justices.
On Iran, he went further than hes gone before saying that he could see the U.S. relationship with Iran following the same trajectory as the U.S. relationship with North Korea.
On Venezuela, he did not rule out military action.
And on North Korea, he again highlighted the progress of the U.S./North Korea de-nuclearization talks and said they are going far better than people understand.