Jennifer Jacobs
Iran is "very close" to a nuclear weapon, he said. "I don't care what she said I think they were very close to having them," Trump told us on AF1 when asked about Tulsi Gabbard testimony in March. I asked him about efforts to help Americans leave the region, with commercial airspace closed, and he said admin "working on that. We're doing the best we can." "I haven't seen it," he told me when I asked if any signs North Korea or Russia more involved in aiding Iran. I asked him about his strategy for Senate confirmations, given only 3 of 6 defense undersecretaries confirmed so far. He said Thune is doing a very good job, but Dems "hold up our nominations." He'd like the process to go faster, he said. Scott Bessent and a couple others stayed behind to meet with G7 leaders, he told me. (Rubio is on AF1 with us.) But he did all he needed at the gathering, he said. He said he hadn't seen the G7 statement yet but he "authoized them go say certain things." Carney did a good job hosting, he said.