Pool Reports of June 22, 2020

In-town pool report #1

Greetings from a sunny and muggy morning at the White House.

President Trump has no public events today on the schedule. He is slated to have a 1 pm lunch with the Vice President, which is closed press. This morning, the President has been tweeting about mail-in ballots and John Bolton.

Your pooler's temperature was not checked coming into the White House today. The tent at the north gate entrance where White House medical staff had been taking temperatures and asking about symptoms has been removed. Your pooler did submit to a COVID-19 nasal swab test in lower press, in case the 13-person protective press pool is unexpectedly called in to a room with the President during the course of the day. (So far, there is no sign that may happen.) As usual, I was told, "No news is good news," and I won't hear about the result unless I am positive for the virus.

Note that the White House added a 1 pm press briefing with Press Secretary Kayleigh McEnany, according to the updated guidance sent out his morning.

In-town pool report #2 - statement on temperature checks at the White House

Your pooler asked why the temperature check procedures had changed at the White House.

In response, here's a statement from Deputy Press Secretary Judd Deere:

"In conjunction with Washington, D.C. entering Phase Two today, the White House is scaling back complex-wide temperature checks. In addition to social distancing, hand sanitizer, regular deep cleaning of all work spaces, and voluntary facial coverings, every staff member and guest in close proximity to the president and vice president is still being temperature checked, asked symptom histories, and tested for COVID-19."

In-town pool report #3 - lunch lid until 1 pm

The White House press office announced a lunch lid until 1 pm.

In-town pool report #4 -- two minute warning

The White House gave a two minute warning at 1:22 pm for the briefing with Kayleigh McEnany.

The briefing is being live streamed here: https://whitehouse.us19.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c97630621baff8c44f...

In-town pool report #5 -- briefing over

The briefing with Kayleigh McEnany started around 1:26 pm and ended at 1:50 pm.

In-town pool report #6 - Macron call

Passing along this statement from Judd Deere:

Today, President Donald J. Trump spoke with President Emmanuel Macron of France. President Trump and President Macron discussed critical bilateral and regional issues. The two leaders agreed on the urgent need for a ceasefire in Libya and for the rapid resumption of negotiations by the Libyan parties. President Trump and President Macron reiterated that military escalation on all sides must stop immediately to prevent the Libyan conflict from becoming even more dangerous and intractable.

In-town pool report #7 - travel photo lid

The White House called a travel photo lid at 5:28 pm.