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Speaking to children, Trump says, "It's officially called Take Our Daughters and Our Sons To Work Day, right?" (Children: "YEAH!") Trump: "That's the politically correct term, and we always have to be politically correct, right? So that's good."
Trump: "I even love the media today. I see these beautiful children, products of the media, and I actually like you much more than your parents."
Trump boasts of the economy and the security offered by his car, The Beast, which they saw. He then says, I think, that dogs are the best drug-detection equipment in the world. He adds, "While I have you: never take drugs, don't drink alcohol, don't smoke. Enjoy your life, OK?"
Trump calls photojournalists "talented," but says "I wish they could make me look just a little bit better. Sometimes I think they do it on purpose, actually. They give me pictures, my chin is pulled way in, I look terrible. But that's OK. They do that on purpose."
There is really a lot going on in the president's take your kid to work day speech.
Trump says that when President Xi comes from China and Trump tells him the White House was built in 1799, "he thinks that's a modern house, because their culture is very, very old."
Trump tells the kids that White House reporters are accurate "most of the time" and report "fairly and honestly." He also asks their kids whether it's "all the time" or just most. When the kids say "all the time," Trump says, "I agree. For purposes of this speech, I agree."
Trump concludes: "We'll see you again next year. You'll get a little bit bigger and a lot wiser, and go to school and learn, and work hard, do the best you can, and remember what I said: no drugs, no alcohol. You'll lead a great life. No smoking...Just have a great, great life."
The consensus of my colleagues is that Trump was talking here about the White House’s own photographers, not photographers who cover the White House.
