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"The president began by joking to his Cabinet members about all the cameras and told one 'it helps to have a good head of hair,' according to print pool reporter @BennettJohnT.
#Germany called, according to @POTUS to talk about a “big” development with a “certain” model car. He did not elaborate, according to @BennettJohnT pool report from the Cabinet room.
"Far left” Democrats are falsely saying migrant detention centers are filthy and children there are not being taken care of, says @POTUS in Cabinet meeting. “They’re not concentration camps. They’re really well run.”
In the Cabinet meeting @POTUS claims 401K accounts are up 50 percent, then 60 percent, then he said 75 percent, relays pool reporter @BennettJohnT.
Alluding to his criticism of the 'squad' of Democrats he has attacked, @POTUS with a grin tells the pool of journalists, according to @BennettJohnT: “You can leave. That’s your option...You can leave anytime."
Also speaking at today's Cabinet meeting, @jaredkushner.
#ImmigrationReform will become a campaign issue if @TheDemocrats won’t help him pass a bill, says @POTUS in Cabinet meeting, expressing confidence @GOP will keep the @WhiteHouse in #Election202 and could win back the House.
#Iran is prepared to negotiate about its missile program, says @SecPompeo in Cabinet meeting.
In Q&A with pool reporters, @POTUS says not concerned where the House Democratic women freshman go if they were to leave the US. “Wherever they want,” he said, alleging those lawmakers have made “vile” and horrible statement and he has news clips as evidence.
"We are now telling Turkey," says @POTUS, "we're not going to sell you the F-35 fighter jets.”
US attorney general and various agencies should take a look at involvement of @Google in #China to see if any truth to allegations raised by @peterthiel, @POTUS says to reporters at Cabinet meeting.
On #Guatemala and #Honduras, @POTUS says all they did was send us problems and dangerous people while they got hundreds of millions of dollars in US aid.
Asked if he'll stop saying “go back to your country” when talking about minority female lawmakers, @POTUS replies: “I think it’s terrible when people speak so ... horribly about our country.”
Their past statements have been “so horrible that I almost don’t want to read it, it’s so bad," adds @POTUS, speaking to pool reporters in the Cabinet Room.
Reporters exited the room at 13:03EDT. They were in there for 77 minutes (perhaps @markknoller can verify if that's a record for the @WhiteHouse pool attending a Cabinet meeting).
