The President Said He Had It Under Control
The President Said He Had It Under Control A fictional psychological and supernatural horror story inspired by publicly reported events. The supernatural events, private conversations, characters, and situations below are fictional. I was standing twelve feet behind the press pool when the question was asked. It was September 29, late enough in the evening that the White House windows had turned into black mirrors. The meeting with the AI executives was over. Staffers were already drifting toward the exits, staring at their phones, thinking about dinner, traffic, spouses, children, anything that existed beyond Pennsylvania Avenue. Then one of the reporters called out to President Trump. Why could North Korea have nuclear weapons if Iran could not? The room changed. I know that sounds dramatic. Rooms don't change because of questions. People do. But I swear the temperature dropped. Trump stopped near the doorway. He seemed almost amused. He answered that ...