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.
Subject:* *WH print pool report #10*
Pool is waiting on Trump and other heads of state to arrive at a luncheon, hosted by the Secretary General at the UN. See photo below for the menu...
The biggest excitement in the room, so far, was when a waiter took care to pour out the presidents Diet Coke.
Luncheon is scheduled to start at 1:15.
Trump is not expected to make lengthy remarks apart from a welcome or toast in honor of the luncheons host, Secretary General*Antnio*Guterres. (For context, he was a politician in Portugal before becoming a diplomat. He became the Secretary General in 2015. Before that, he was the high commissioner for refugees).