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point plan to end the war. What's the

White House's response to that and have

these talks hit a dead end?

>> Uh they have not. Talks continue. They

are productive as the president said on

Monday and they continue to be. Um

however, I saw a 15-point plan that was

floated in the media. U I would caution

reporters in this room um from reporting

about speculative points or speculative

plans from anonymous sources. The White

House never confirmed that full plan.

There are elements of truth to it, but

some of the stories I read were not

entirely factual. So, I am not going to

negotiate on behalf of the president

here at the podium. What I will tell you

is these talks are ongoing. We're not

going to get into the nitty-gritty

details u that have been exchanged

between the United States and Iran at

this time.

>> Well, yesterday the president mentioned

a very big present that the Iranians had

given the US. He wouldn't go into

detail, but was it that ship that was

carrying 2 million barrels of oil that

made it through the state of Hormuse?

I'll let the president speak on that at

the appropriate time.

>> Okay.

>> And then finally, Caroline, uh today, uh

Iraq's government um reportedly is

planning to lodge a protest with the US.

According to the Wall Street Journal, uh

there was an attack in Iraq that hit a

military clinic, killing seven soldiers,

reportedly. What's the US's response to

that? Was the US responsible for that

attack?

>> I'll have to check in with the Pentagon

on that and we'll get you an answer.

>> Thank you, Caroline. too. If I may,

Speaker Johnson today described the

conflict as wrapping up, but the 82nd

Airborne Division, they're typically

deployed at the beginning of conflicts.

So, does the White House uh consider

this conflict is wrapping up or is it

changing shape? As I said at the

beginning of my remarks, we are uh

meeting our goals of Operation Epic Fury

expeditiously. Uh the president uh likes

to maintain options at his disposal.

It's the Pentagon's job to provide those

options to the commander-in-chief. For

any specifics on troop deployments,

though, I would point you to the

Pentagon.

>> And today, Philadelphia District

Attorney Larry Kraner reiterated threats

to potentially arrest uh ICE agents that

were sent in to assist with these

historically long TSA lines. He said,

quote, "The president cannot pardon

you." Has the president seen Kresnner's

comments? Does he have any response?

>> The president cannot pardon you for

what? He's talking to the ICE agents who

are handing out water bottles and are

helping people move through lines at

airports. It's a disgraceful comment. Uh

the men and women of ICE are great

people. I would encourage this lawmaker

whose name I don't know and don't care

to know um to actually sit down and

speak with the ICE agents who are on the

ground doing this important work not

just in our nation's airport airports

but again to remove violent dangerous

illegal alien criminals from our country

to protect this individual and all of us

in this room and Americans across the

country from murderers, pedophiles, and

rapists who have been allowed into our

country by Democrat politicians. Mario,

good to see you.

>> Thank you, Caroline. can see as well. Uh

just given uh that the president

postponed his original trip to China uh

because of the war, should we infer that

the war will be wound down and concluded

by the time of that May 15th 14th visit?

>> Again, as I've said, uh we've always

estimated approximately four to six

weeks. So you could do the math on that,

Mario. But we do look forward I know the

president looks forward to going to

China on May 14th and 15th. And of

course, as always, we'll provide

additional logistical details to all of

you in the media for that trip who I

know look forward to coming with us as

well.

>> One followup. Was that a precondition?

Did the two leaders speak about the

conclusion of the war? Was that a

precondition for them to have this

rescheduled meeting?

>> Um, no. There was a discussion about the

rescheduling of the meeting between the

president and president Xi. President Xi

understood that it's very important for

the president to be here throughout

these combat operations right now. uh he

understood obviously um the the request

to postpone and accepted it which is why

we have new dates on the books and I'm

happy to announce those to you today.

Jennifer

>> on the in negotiations with Iran are

there still facetoface talks planned

perhaps in Pakistan and who do you think

would probably be going

>> again? I've seen a lot of speculation uh

and reporting about potential talks that

could happen later this week. Uh nothing

should be deemed official until it is

announced formally by the White House. I

would not get ahead of our skis on

reporting about any talks this week and

until you hear directly from us.

>> Does the president think that all of the

allies will go along with whatever the

US concludes with these Iranians? Are

you expecting that Israel and all the

other allies will follow whatever

agreement is made? I I think the

president has shown um that he is

absolutely the leader of the free world,

the head of the most powerful military

in the world. Um and in various

examples, the 12-day war between Iran

and Israel, um the ceasefire between

Israel and Gaza, the president has shown

uh a very unique skill at getting our

allies to get on board with what's in

the best interest of the United States,

but also the world in cases of foreign

policy like this.

>> Ed.

>> Yeah, thanks. Uh Caroline, so uh is

there a time frame as to when the first

oil tanker can go through the straight

of Hormuz freely?

>> It's a very good question, Ed. Um I

don't have a specific timeline for you

today, but it's obviously something the

administration is working towards as

quickly as we can. Uh and with respect

to oil, as you know, the administration

has taken a number of actions to

stabilize the markets. We directed the

US uh DFC to offer reasonably priced

political risk insurance for takers

through the strait. We issued that

temporary raver to allow countries to

purchase sanctioned Russian oil uh to

alleviate global pressures. We're

working with the IEA to coordinate the

release of another 400 million barrels.

We issued that 60-day Jones Day uh act

waiver. Um, and then just today, um, EPA

Administrator Lee Zeldon, if you missed

it, in consultation with the Department

of Energy, announced a temporary

emergency fuel waiver to allow

nationwide sales of E15 gasoline blended

with five 15% ethanol to remove all

federal impediments to selling E10

gasoline across the country. The

emergency fuel waiver will temporarily

wave the summer low volatility

requirements and blending limitations

for gasoline to provide additional

flexibility to the fuel marketplace. So,

as far as tankers through the straight,

something we're tracking very closely,

but obviously the administration is

coming up with creative new solutions by

the day to keep the price of oil stable.

Something the president wants to see,

and I know Secretary Bessant, Secretary

Wright, Secretary Bergam, EPA

administrator Zelden are all working

together closely um to find ways to do

that.

>> President gave that five-day timeline uh

for for pause and operations. Would a

tanker going through the straight of