Continuity mistake: When the X-men ship is trying to dodge the rockets, there are a few close-ups of Bobby showing that the seat in front of him is empty. In other shots before and after the close-ups of Bobby, it shows that Rogue is sitting in that seat.
Continuity mistake: When Nightcrawler tries to stab the president he is in the middle of the table but in the next shot he is at the edge.
Continuity mistake: When Nightcrawler rescues Rogue from falling in mid-air, he dives back into the jet. In the next shot, you can see that the hole in the jet is folding and repairing itself, but a couple of shots later, the hole repairs itself again.
Answer: Stryker was trying to get permission from the President to raid the school on the grounds that it is a mutant training facility. Mystique interjects and claims it is a docile boarding school in an attempt to dissuade the President from granting Stryker's request, as she doesn't want the students at the school to be harmed.
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