President Trump Delivers Remarks, Oct. 30, 2026

[0:00] This is a man who's a very special man, and he suffered greatly, but we were talking about it. [0:10] The level of hate was not nearly as much as we've heard when we talked about Hamas and some of the, [0:19] because we got all of them out. We got all of them out. Some dead, some alive, but we got all of them. [0:24] It was a tough thing, but we talked about, this is Stephen Hubbard, who has become a very well-known person. [0:31] In fact, you could run for office tomorrow, probably. Right now, you want to get a little rest. [0:35] Mayor, dear boy. [0:36] But he came in from Russia, and he, I think I can say that you were treated reasonably well. [0:44] Yes, and even sympathetically by some of the people. [0:47] By some of the guards. [0:48] I think that's great. I think that's great. [0:51] And so, as you know, he was somebody I wanted to get back, and I spoke to President Putin, [0:57] and they said, well, let him come back. [1:02] We had a plane, and we arrived a couple of days ago, and I know you've been treated very well. [1:08] I hope you've been treated very well. [1:10] Oh, of course. [1:11] But he's been through a lot. How many years? [1:13] How many years? [1:13] Four and a half. [1:14] Four and a half years. Well, it's a long time. [1:17] That's a long time. I'm going to Florida. You want to come with me? [1:20] I'm going to. [1:21] I got to do another rally in Florida. [1:23] And they have a big crowd right now in Florida. [1:26] Very big for you. [1:27] They're waiting for you. [1:29] They're going to pay one a ride. I'll give you a ride on an Air Force one. [1:31] And then we're going to Kansas, as you probably heard. [1:35] We're going to Kansas and Iowa on Sunday. [1:38] Tomorrow we're doing, on Saturday, we're doing a lot of teletown halls. [1:42] But we'll be in Kansas. We want to make sure we win Kansas. [1:45] We want to make sure we win Iowa. [1:48] We should do that. [1:49] But I just think it's an honor to have you and your family in the office, standing right [1:55] by coincidence, standing right, I didn't do that on purpose, but standing right in front [2:00] of the Declaration of Independence, which is, that's the real deal, right? [2:05] That's the real deal. [2:06] It's a great honor to have you. [2:08] That's why our country is great. [2:09] Yeah, well, what we do, we have great military. [2:13] We have, our country is the strongest it's ever been, in my opinion. [2:18] Thanks to you. [2:18] Well, thank you very much. [2:21] It was really an honor to help. [2:24] It was just, spur of the moment, I said, do me a favor. [2:27] Will you let Steve, Steve and Hubbard, let him out? [2:31] Yeah, and they were very nice in that regard, so it's great. [2:35] You weren't upset with that. [2:37] When you found out about your father coming back, what was your feeling? [2:42] Well, to be honest with you, I'd given up most hope, and then so when I was... [2:46] Did you think you'd never see him again? [2:49] No, because there was some talk back in 2025, and then that dwindled down, and so... [2:54] That's when they released another group of people, and he wasn't in the group, and I [2:58] even said... [2:59] So I lost a little hope, but when we got the word, we were happy. [3:02] That's good. [3:03] Did you know... [3:04] When did you know? [3:04] After I spoke with President Putin, I guess, right? [3:08] We were working on it. [3:10] Back channels. [3:11] Right? [3:11] Yeah, right. [3:13] How about you? [3:14] Well, the State Department's PHA people... [3:17] They kept you in touch. [3:18] They told us, yeah. [3:19] They didn't tell us what exactly was happening, but they told me to pack my stuff. [3:23] Be ready. [3:23] Well, we did it at the highest level. [3:25] That I can tell you. [3:27] And we're very happy. [3:28] And we were talking with Stephen and the family. [3:31] These are very nice people. [3:35] Very, very nice people. [3:36] Would you have any questions? [3:37] And then we're going to Florida, right? [3:39] As some of you are going. [3:41] Would you have any questions? [3:42] Yeah. [3:43] Mr. President, there are other Americans who are still in Russia who are being detained there [3:47] in similar conditions to Mr. Hubbard. [3:51] Can you say there's a strategy to get all of that? [3:53] We're going to be working on them. [3:55] This was one that seemed to have caught a lot of imagination. [4:00] A lot of people thought it was just a bad situation. [4:04] And we do. [4:05] You have... [4:06] Could be eight. [4:07] Could be maybe different numbers. [4:09] I'm hearing different numbers. [4:10] But it seems to be eight. [4:13] And we're working on them also. [4:15] Do you know any of the other people that were in? [4:17] I don't know any. [4:18] So you were very much... [4:19] I was isolated from all of the foreigners. [4:22] They actually had them on the front where the fighting is. [4:25] A lot of the fighting. [4:26] So you saw what was happening with the whole thing. [4:29] Well, I didn't... [4:31] Initially, initially. [4:32] Initially. [4:33] I was under artillery fire with the Russians. [4:35] That's amazing. [4:36] They tend to forget about me. [4:37] They're all scrambling to try and save their lives. [4:40] It's nasty stuff, right? [4:41] Yes. [4:42] It's not like the... [4:43] See, they scrambled and they just left you, but you... [4:45] Yeah, they forgot about me during that time. [4:47] I was scrambling, too, with them. [4:49] That's amazing. [4:51] No, it's amazing. [4:52] I guess they got along a little bit. [4:54] That's impressive. [4:55] Any questions? [4:59] It's an honor to have you back. [5:03] It's a great honor. [5:03] Thank you very much. [5:04] Thank you. [5:04] And we're going to speak to them for a couple of minutes. [5:06] And we'll see you guys at the plane. [5:09] Are you going to Iowa? [5:11] No. [5:11] You mean you're not? [5:12] She came from Iowa. [5:13] That's where I met her first, right? [5:15] A long time ago. [5:16] Is there anything you can say to explain all the schedule changes? [5:18] I know that you said you wanted to... [5:20] So I wanted to see if I could do tele-rallies because I'm very successful. [5:25] We're batting unbelievable at tele-rallies. [5:30] I do them well. [5:31] And it's a great instrument. [5:33] It only seems to work for me because other people call and nobody gets on the phone. [5:37] And I got a call from both states, Kansas and Iowa. [5:44] We're in good shape, I think, in a lot of states. [5:46] We had a great rally yesterday, as you know, for Darlene, South Carolina. [5:51] But I got a call from Iowa and from the people and from my friends that are very, very good. [5:56] And we have a couple of races that are very important. [6:01] And they said, if you could go, it would be better than a tele-rally. [6:06] And I tried to talk about that. [6:08] I said, what about a tele-rally? [6:09] But they asked me. [6:10] So I'm going to do two on Sunday. [6:13] And I was a little bit concerned about Saturday because it's college football. [6:19] It's Iowa. [6:20] It's Kansas. [6:22] But so I'm going to leave early in the morning on Sunday. [6:27] And we're going to do Iowa first, I believe. [6:31] And then we go to Kansas from there. [6:33] And then we come back. [6:35] And then on Monday we'll do quite a few tele-rally. [6:39] These are telephonic rallies. [6:40] They're fantastic, actually. [6:42] And we're going to do a lot of them for a lot of congresspeople. [6:47] And we're going to see if we can do it. [6:50] You know, the people want them. [6:51] You see the people there. [6:52] It's amazing. [6:52] The crowds have been unbelievable. [6:55] Biggest crowds anyone's ever seen. [6:57] The biggest crowds for midterms by thousands of people. [7:01] If you look at Florida, I don't know if you see what's going on down there. [7:03] They're waiting for me now. [7:05] See, I'm supposed to be down there. [7:06] But I wanted to wait. [7:08] I wanted to wait for Stephen, to be honest with you. [7:10] Thank you. [7:10] No, I wanted to wait for you. [7:12] But so we're doing it for Byron, Donalds, and the whole group, Ashley. [7:19] But Monday is going to be exciting. [7:22] But Sunday is going to be a very exciting day. [7:23] And then Tuesday we're going to see how it all works out. [7:28] I think we're doing well. [7:31] Typically, a president, whether he's good or bad, Republican or Democrat, loses the midterms. [7:38] Nobody's ever explained why. [7:39] But I think we have a shot at doing well. [7:44] Maybe very well, but, you know, pretty well. [7:46] On the finance, it should be attributed to that North Korean hacker group? [7:52] We don't know. [7:53] We're looking at that. [7:54] The hack with finance. [7:56] We're looking at that. [7:57] And do you think any of that money will be clawed back? [7:59] Well, they say they're going to get it back. [8:01] And they're saying they're guaranteeing it or something. [8:03] They are. [8:04] But no, it was a hack. [8:06] That's the problem. [8:07] You know, the old-fashioned way when you used to sign a check? [8:10] Yeah. [8:10] Take it out. [8:12] These are different. [8:13] People never see the money anymore. [8:14] No. [8:15] So I've always felt it was a little bit dangerous. [8:17] But, you know, they say they have it pretty much under control. [8:21] We'll see. [8:21] On Iran, can you say more talks are happening? [8:24] Is there a... [8:24] There are talks. [8:25] They want to talk. [8:26] They keep talking. [8:28] But, look, they're not paying their soldiers. [8:30] They're not paying their police. [8:32] They're, you know, they're in a lot of trouble. [8:34] And we have time, frankly. [8:36] You know, it's a war, but it's not a typical war. [8:41] We've been there for seven months. [8:44] We're spending very little money, relatively speaking. [8:48] I heard somebody say, you're spending money. [8:51] I said, well, any money we spent, we've more than made up for in a place called Venezuela, [8:56] like by 10 times. [8:57] You know, I watched this guy, Ro Khanna, who's a lightweight, and he was saying that [9:02] President Trump is spending a lot of money. [9:05] Well, I spent a lot of money in order to get rid of a nuclear weapon, which we've done. [9:09] But any money we've spent in Iran, we've more than made up for with what we did in Venezuela, [9:16] taking in hundreds of billions of dollars, many, many times. [9:20] But they don't mention these things. [9:22] So that's why I like to have news conferences I can mention when other people forget. [9:26] They also said it was terrible that they attacked the house of Ilhan Omar, which is not her real name. [9:35] It was terrible that they would attack her. [9:37] Well, they attacked my house, and nobody brought that up. [9:40] They attacked a place called Mar-a-Lago. [9:43] Nobody brought it up. [9:44] You know, I'm sitting there, I'm watching the good people. [9:46] And is that a helicopter? [9:49] Oh, you want to see a nice helicopter? [9:55] How do you like the helipad? [9:58] See, that's landing right now. [10:00] I'm going to have a helicopter. [10:01] Because of Halloween, we had to take a very long drive for the last four days, getting it ready. [10:08] So now we have a helicopter. [10:09] Go ahead, please. [10:09] Of the Russian sovereign wealth funds, are you considering lifting some of them? [10:15] Not lifting or not doing anything, but, you know, I was very happy. [10:20] They wanted me while I was negotiating for you. [10:24] People, stupid people, wanted me to put sanctions on Russia. [10:28] If I would have put sanctions on Russia, your sons would have said, that wasn't good. [10:33] The Russians laugh at these sanctions. [10:35] I think, you hear that? [10:36] They laugh at the sanctions. [10:37] They laugh at the sanctions. [10:39] He knows. [10:39] It brings disrespect on the country. [10:42] How would it have been, I'm speaking to President Putin, I'd like to get Stephen Hubbard back, Mr. President. [10:47] And by the way, we're putting sanctions on you right now. [10:50] Can you imagine? [10:52] You would have been back. [10:53] You would have been back. [10:55] So, no, it was a great honor to get you out, really. [10:58] And it's a great family. [11:00] Please, Jen. [11:01] Mr. Hubbard, did you want to tell us something at the moment that you learned that you would be? [11:08] I had heard it many times before, and I reached the state where seeing is believing. [11:14] I mean, actions speak louder than words. [11:18] I never trusted what they said. [11:19] Only when they started giving me new clothes and leading me to the exit of the prison, I went out and I saw the car. [11:30] And I was accompanied by a couple of Russians. [11:32] Then I believed, finally believed, you know. [11:35] I'm on the drive from Moscow to St. Petersburg. [11:39] I'm really going somewhere. [11:40] Did you think you'd be there for many years? [11:42] Yes. [11:43] Many, and you thought your father would be there for many years? [11:46] I was afraid that we were going to lose him there. [11:49] I wouldn't have lasted another year. [11:51] You look very healthy to me. [11:52] Well, I'm eating. [11:53] You have no weight problem. [11:55] He looks very good. [11:56] He's been bulking up on the book. [11:57] He looks very good to me. [11:59] Anyway, thank you very much, everybody. [12:01] We'll see you in a little. [12:02] Thank you. [12:02] Thank you so much. [12:03] I'm going to give you guys a little present. [12:05] We'll like it. [12:06] Thanks, Jen. [12:10] Thank you. [12:11] Thank you. [12:11] Thank you. [12:11] Thank you.