Pool Reports of February 13, 2020

In-town pool report #1

Good morning from the White House on this drizzly Thursday. I will be your print pooler today.

POTUS has nothing on his public schedule but is meeting New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo in the Oval Office at 3pm. The meeting is closed press. Your pooler will let you know if that changes.

Have a great day everyone and feel free to ping me with any questions.

In-town pool report #2

Pool is holding in vans and we're awaiting motorcade departure to undisclosed location. More to come.

In-town pool report #3 [Departing White House]

Motorcade departed White House at 11.21am. Destination still undisclosed. More to come.

Pool report #4 [Arrival at campaign headquarters]

Motorcade arrived at the RNC Annex Office in Arlington, VA at 11:31am. Your pooler is told POTUS is here for meetings and to thank campaign officials. No sighting of POTUS yet. We are holding in vans outside.

Pool report #5

Senior White House advisor Jared Kushner and campaign manager Brad Parscale were seen departing the White House with POTUS. Pool is told we'll be at campaign headquarters for around an hour.

In-town pool report #6 [Departing campaign headquarters]

Motorcade departed RNC Annex Office in Arlington, VA at 12:43pm following an hour-long visit.

No sign of POTUS or White House Senior Advisor Jared Kushner and campaign manager Brad Parscale who were also in attendance.

In-town pool report #7 [Back at WH]

Motorcade arrived back at White House at 12:50pm after brief visit to campaign headquarters in Arlington, VA.

POTUS has no public events scheduled for the rest of the day. At 3pm, he has a closed meeting with New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo in the Oval Office. Your pooler will keep you updated of any changes.

In-town pool report #8 [Lunch lid]

The White House has called a lunch lid until 3 p.m. Enjoy!

In-town pool report #9 [POTUS/Cuomo meeting over]

The 3 p.m. Oval Office meeting between POTUS and New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo has finished. It's unclear what time it wrapped up but Cuomo will not be gaggling and as of 4.33 p.m. is en route to the airport, as per Cuomo press secretaries.

Your pooler understands Homeland Security Secretary Chad Wolf was also in the meeting but it's unclear if he will be talking to the cameras set up outside the West Wing.

Your pooler will bring you any updates.

In-town pool report #10 [DHS statement re: Trump/Cuomo meeting]

Acting Homeland Security Secretary Chad Wolf has just issued a statement after POTUS met with New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo in the Oval this afternoon.

Wolf described the meeting regarding a federal ban on New Yorkers applying for expedited travel programs as productive and said discussions were ongoing.

In full:

"Today, I joined President Trump and Governor Cuomo for a productive meeting. The relationship between New York State and the Federal government is very important but has been made difficult by the unilateral actions of New York State regarding the sharing of critical security information with DHS."

"New York is the only State that restricts CBP access to their data across the board -- from law enforcement, customs, trade and travel facilitation purposes. Despite that, we will continue discussions with the State of New York to find a mutually agreeable solution."

I'll bring you more as I get it.

In-town pool report #11 [Ivanka Trump UAE trip]

From the White House:

For those interested in receiving updates regarding Advisor to the President Ivanka Trump's trip to the United Arab Emirates for the 2020 Global Women's Forum and the World Bank's We-Fi MENA Regional Summit, please sign up at the below link.

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In-town pool report #12 [Travel photo lid]

The White House announced a travel photo lid at 5:48 p.m.

Have a great night everyone!