President Trump holds his speaking notes during a listening session about school safety in the White House on Thursday. “He wanted it to be largely unscripted because he wanted it to be real,” one senior White House official said. (Jenny Starrs/The Washington Post)“Right now we’re in a listening phase,” Raj Shah, deputy principal White House press secretary, told reporters Thursday. Then the president did just that during a roundtable event at the White House: “They’re very, very great people. “These are not easy solutions,” White House counselor Kellyanne Conway said on “Fox & Friends” on Thursday.

Source: Washington Post February 23, 2018 00:55 UTC