Van Leeuwen Ice Cream
New York, New York
(February 26, 2024)
5:32 P.M. EST
Q Mr. President — Mr. President, you're heading to the border on Thursday. Why go to the border now, Mr. President? You're going on Thursday. Why go now?
THE PRESIDENT: I've been planning to go Thursday. What I didn't know is my good friend, apparently, is going.
Q And will you meet with migrants while you're there, Mr. President?
THE PRESIDENT: Well, I'm not going to announce ahead of time. Secret Service doesn't like me announcing exactly what I'm going to do.
(Cross-talk.)
Q Can you give us a sense of when you think that ceasefire will start, sir?
THE PRESIDENT: Well, I hope by the beginning of the weekend — I mean the end of the weekend.
At least, my —
Q Say again.
THE PRESIDENT: My National Security Advisor tells me that we're close. We're close. It's not done yet. And my hope is by next Monday, we'll have a ceasefire.
5:34 P.M. EST
