WATCH: Trump talks Fed firing, death penalty in DC and much more in Cabinet meeting

President Donald Trump met with his top advisers for nearly three and a half hours Tuesday.

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Trump began with about 45 minutes of solo comments on everything from crime in Washington to windmills — then let each Cabinet member speak.

The president then took questions from reporters before finally wrapping up. As time wore on, networks that had been carrying the event live cut away to other programing. At several points, Trump and other officials even joked about journalists in the White House press pool who had to hoist boom mics to capture what was said during proceedings that lasted so long.

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“It’s government. It’s an open government. That’s what we are,” Trump said when he was finally ready to conclude. “We haven’t made too many mistakes. We maybe will.”