Tyler Pager

Mr. President, just on AI, there are many Americans who are concerned that AI is going to take their jobs and they will be out of work.

One thing that I think stood out to me, Michael, is a conversation we had about anti-Semitism because it's become such a flashpoint within the Republican Party as we see this inter-party warfare over whether or not there is space in the Republican Party and the broader Make America Great Again movement for people who espouse anti-Semitic views.

Right, Nick Fuentes.

Right.

And J.D.

Vance, his vice president, said basically that as long as you love America, you're welcome.

And he didn't want to institute purity tests.

Right.

And I asked President Trump whether or not there was room in his movement for people with antisemitic views.

And he said, no, I don't think we need them.

I don't think we like them.

And that puts him at odds with leading Republican figures, including his vice president, who seemed more open to including people who spread hateful views within the party.

It was a moment where he really came out quite strongly against people who spread anti-Semitism when this debate is coursing through his movement and among his supporters.

Quick interjection.

What did he say?

He said he had not, but he probably should.

What was remarkable to me as we were in there for quite some time was just watching how the Oval Office operated and the bubble around the president to support all of his needs, whether that's him pressing the red button on his desk to get a Diet Coke or the aide that runs out multiple times of the Oval Office to pick up different pieces of paper that he has requested she print out as evidence for whatever point he's making.

or just the people walking in and out of the Oval Office with notes, whether that's a foreign leader's on the call or an aide is waiting outside, to him combining meetings.

There were documents he had to sign, and he just had that person come in with the paperwork as we were sitting there for the interview.

His phone, his personal cell phone, was ringing multiple times.