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PDTQ Mr. President, are you concerned about a potential UAW strike, sir?Q Mr. President —THE PRESIDENT: I’ve been talking to the UAW. Obviously, I’m concerned. I think that there should be a circumstance where the jobs that are being displaced and replaced with new jobs, they should go to the — the first choice should go to the UAW members that have had the job and the salary should be commensurate.Q Mr. President —Q Have you seen Donald Trump’s mugshot yet?THE PRESIDENT: (Laughs.)Q Mr. President, are you worried at all about the —THE PRESIDENT: I — I did see it on television.Q What did you think?THE PRESIDENT: Handsome guy. Won- — wonderful guy.Q With Prigozhin, what — what brought down his airplane? Have you gotten any solid information about that?THE PRESIDENT: I’m not at liberty to speak to that precisely. But as you know, because you and I have talked about this —Q Yes, sir.THE PRESIDENT: — I find no surprise in what happened. But we’re trying to nail down precisely. I don’t have anything to say to you about that right now.Q Okay.Q Mr. President, can you say anything about the uptick of COVID cases and the new variant?THE PRESIDENT: Yes, I can. As a matter of fact, I signed off this morning on a proposal we have to present to the Congress a request for additional funding for a new vaccine that is ne- — necessary — that works. And tentatively — not decided finally yet — tentatively, it is recommended that — it will likely be recommended that everybody get it no matter whether they’ve gotten it before or not.Q What was your take of the Republican debate on Wednesday night?THE PRESIDENT: Let me choose my words. I — I don’t — I don’t remember them speaking to any of the issues. I mean, there was a lot of talk, but what are they going to do to deal with economic growth? What are they going to do to deal with the notion that — maintaining the job pace that we have now? What are they going to do deal with education? They talk about education like it was a — I mean, (inaudible) getting rid of the Department of Education, cut 100,000 teachers. I mean, I don’t — I don’t quite get where they’re going.I kept trying to figure out — I didn’t watch the whole debate. I was on a phone call for part of it. But I — I didn’t learn much.Q Did you watch Trump’s speech with Tucker Carlson?THE PRESIDENT: No, I didn’t. I didn’t have — (laughs) — I didn’t have an interest or an inclination.Q Mr. President, on your — on your supplemental request to Congress, there are some Republicans who want to split up the disaster aid and Ukraine aid. Is that a possibility to you at all to make sure some sort of money passes Congress? Because they have a concern with the Ukraine aid.THE PRESIDENT: None.Q Mr. President, are you planning to sit for an interview with the special counsel looking into the documents matter?THE PRESIDENT: I have — there’s no such request and no such interest.MS. DALTON: Thanks, guys.Q Thank you.THE PRESIDENT: Okay.Q How much of the debate did you see, Mr. President?THE PRESIDENT: I probably di- —Q An hour or so?THE PRESIDENT: I mean, I was in and out, getting a call. But probably what I saw consecutively — I probably saw at least an hour and 20 minutes of it.Q Well, that’s about most of it. You got the gist of it.THE PRESIDENT: Well, you know what I mean. You know — no, I got the gist. (Laughter.)MS. DALTON: Thanks, guys.Q How are you liking Tahoe, sir? How are you liking Tahoe?THE PRESIDENT: I tell you: If I had your biceps, I would feel better. (Laughter.)MS. DALTON: Okay. Truly, thank you.THE PRESIDENT: I’ve been to Tahoe before. Not here, but I’ve been out here a number of times when Harry Reid was the Leader and a senator campaigning for a lot of the candidates.It’s magnificent. It’s magnificent.Thank you all so very much.Q Thank you.12:45 P.M. 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