White House Press Secretary Kayleigh McEnany delivered a powerful and personal speech during the third night of the Republican National Convention. WATCH:
There was a large crowd awaiting POTUS’ arrival on Fletcher tarmac at Asheville airport. The traveling press pool remarked “the crowd was packed shoulder to shoulder and not many wearing masks.”
President Trump grabbed a microphone to share some impromptu remarks with the crowd amid lots of Trump signs and red white and blue colors. Good stuff. WATCH (Transcript will follow):
President Trump holds a press conference from the White House on COVID-19 therapeutics. The anticipated start time is 5:30pm ET
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Earlier today President Trump welcomed a visit by Iraq Prime Minister Mustafa al-Kadhimi to the White House. During the oval office meeting the two leaders took questions from the assembled press pool. U.S. media asked about the Steve Bannon arrest earlier today. [Video and Transcript Below]
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[Transcript] – PRESIDENT TRUMP: Thank you very much. It’s great to have the Prime Minister of Iraq, a very highly respected gentleman all over the Middle East, and respected very much by our country, too. I can say that.
And we will be discussing, today, the obvious: defense — and offense, I have to say. But we’ll be discussing military. We’re also involved in many oil projects and oil development within their country, and I think we’ve had a very, very good relationship since we started.
President Donald Trump holds a press briefing from the White House. Anticipated start time 5:30pm ET. – Livestream Links Below
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White House Press Secretary Kayleigh McEnany holds a press briefing from the Brady Room. [Video and Transcript Below]
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[Transcript] – MS. MCENANY: Hello, everyone. Where is Nancy Pelosi? The House is in recess. House and Senate Democrats left town after failing to compromise and make a deal to provide relief to the American people. While Nancy Pelosi and her colleagues went home, this President remained hard at work. President Trump took executive action, including stopping evictions; providing unemployment insurance; pausing student loan payments; cutting the payroll tax, which put money in the pockets of all Americans.
President Trump will be holding a press conference from Bedminister New Jersey today at 5:00pm – Update, moved to 5:30pm ET [Livestream Links Below]
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President Trump calls-in to Fox Business News for an interview with Maria Bartiromo.
Earlier today President Trump announced a significant development toward long-lasting peace in the middle-east. [Video and Transcript}
[Transcript] – THE PRESIDENT: Well, thank you very much. This is very important. This is a big event. And I want to just congratulate all of the people standing behind me because they have done an incredible job. This is something that hasn’t been done in more than 25 years.
President Trump holds a press conference at the White House. Start time 5:30pm ET
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