President Trump Gaggles with Press at Joint Base Andrews, Oct. 26, 2026

[0:02] So, we'll be going to a great place, Mississippi, [0:06] and we're going to get Cindy Hyde-Smith elected. [0:09] She's doing very well, I think. [0:11] And we want to make sure she gets elected [0:13] because she's a great senator. [0:15] The Press, Mr. President, this race was moved [0:17] from solid Republican to likely Republican. [0:20] The President was. [0:21] The Press, for Cindy Hyde-Smith. [0:22] The President, I don't know. [0:23] I mean, I think she's doing very well, [0:24] but I want to make sure she wins. [0:25] She's a great person and she's a great senator. [0:28] She loves Mississippi. She loves her senator. [0:31] The Press, Mr. President, you've made it very clear. [0:33] Do you think the election was fair? [0:35] The President, do you think the election was fair? [0:37] Well, it looked terrible to me. [0:38] I thought it was a terrible look. [0:40] And I didn't take sides, [0:42] but it looked like another rigged election, frankly. [0:44] I didn't take sides, [0:46] but it was a terrible look for the world. [0:50] It's another election. [0:53] You know, elections have to be indisputable. [0:56] And it looked very bad to me. [0:57] The Press, Mr. President, I didn't take sides. [0:59] I didn't endorse anybody or anything. [1:01] But I watched the election, [1:02] and it looked so, so corrupt, so terrible. [1:05] Mr. President, you've made it very clear that any noncitizen [1:10] that votes would be automatically deported. [1:12] Do you think that would clean up elections? [1:14] And should you say that at all of your rallies? [1:17] Well, I think so, and we do that, [1:19] and we're starting that process. [1:21] And I'm also going to be issuing a million-dollar bonus, [1:26] a reward, or whatever you want to call it, [1:28] for anybody that reports voter fraud [1:32] leading to the arrest and conviction of somebody. [1:35] We're giving that person a million dollars. [1:38] The Press, Mr. President, on the Israel elections, [1:41] did Prime Minister Netanyahu ask you [1:44] to give that second endorsement? [1:46] Did he plead with you and all of that? [1:47] The President, I never spoke about it, no. [1:49] I gave it. [1:50] It wasn't an endorsement. [1:51] It was just, I put out both endorsements. [1:54] I put out both. [1:55] It was just a, I think he's done a very good job [1:58] as Prime Minister under very trying conditions. [2:02] The Press, Mr. President, can I ask you just on Brazil? [2:04] Just one more thing on Brazil. [2:06] Do you want to do something about the election issue? [2:09] The President, well, I'm not running Brazil. [2:10] I'm running the USA. [2:11] And I just thought that the election was, I like Lula. [2:16] I get along with it very well. [2:18] I just think it had a very bad look, the election, [2:21] the way it was tabulated. [2:23] The Press, Mr. President, with the extension given, [2:25] was very strange. [2:27] The Press, Mr. President, have you seen any indications [2:29] that, have you seen any indications? [2:30] The Press, Mr. President, further response to Obama, [2:32] who made fun of the Cheesecake Factory, [2:34] comparing it to the White House and your decorations? [2:37] The President, you know, I've taken care of the White House. [2:41] I fixed it with the finest artisans in the world. [2:45] We've re-skinned it. [2:46] It was in horrible shape. [2:48] A lot of the ornaments and the things that were originally built [2:53] on the White House were missing or damaged or gone for a long time. [2:58] They were laying on the ground in some cases. [3:01] And it was in terrible shape. [3:03] The exterior plaster was broken, cracked. [3:06] The painting was terrible. [3:08] And I've re-skinned the building beautifully with the highest, [3:12] most talented people. [3:14] Anywhere in the world, you're not going to find more talent. [3:16] And the White House looks beautiful. [3:18] And guys like Obama, they would pass the front door. [3:23] They'd see the broken masonry. [3:25] They'd see the broken, the beautiful pilasters [3:29] that were all broken. [3:31] For years, they were broken. [3:32] And he wouldn't notice, because he doesn't notice that. [3:35] He doesn't notice dirt and film that hadn't been cleaned, [3:38] where the walls hadn't been cleaned for years. [3:41] He doesn't notice areas that haven't been painted. [3:44] So it's very easy for me to do. [3:46] I do it very, very simply, because it's my nature. [3:49] I'm, you know, a very clean person. [3:52] And the White House was in terrible shape. [3:55] The White House is now in the best shape it's been since 1792, [4:00] when it was built. [4:01] It's in beautiful shape. [4:03] You take a look at it, it looks beautiful. [4:05] And I'm proud to do it. [4:06] I do it with five minutes a day, ten minutes a day. [4:10] I have the very talented people. [4:12] They work there. [4:13] Many of them are in the Department of Interior. [4:16] They work there. [4:17] They've done a fantastic job. [4:18] And you have to remember, the White House, [4:20] we have to explain that to Obama, [4:22] because he doesn't understand it, [4:24] because he's not a smart guy. [4:25] Let me tell you, in my opinion, he's not smart at all, [4:28] because the way he ran the country, [4:30] only a stupid person would run the country like that. [4:33] But we have to explain to Obama that the White House is a symbol of America, [4:38] and it has to be maintained properly. [4:40] It has to be painted, [4:41] and the exterior plaster can't be fallen off the walls. [4:45] And the decorations and ornaments around the windows [4:48] that are magnificent can't be on one side of the window [4:52] and fallen off on the other side. [4:54] So we took molds of the one side, [4:56] and we put it on the other side, and we did a beautiful job. [4:59] Very little money spent. [5:00] It's not about money, it's about seeing. [5:03] Guys like Obama don't see it. [5:05] You don't see dirt. [5:06] He doesn't see filth. [5:08] He doesn't see broken ornaments on a building. [5:11] The White House, to President Obama, is a symbol of America. [5:17] It has to be clean. [5:19] The columns can't be broken. [5:21] The bricks can't be falling off from under the plaster. [5:25] And for you to say it's a cheesecake factory, [5:29] that just shows why you're a lousy president right there. [5:32] The Press on Venezuela, Mr. President, [5:34] on Venezuela briefly, [5:36] do you have any thoughts on Machado coming back into the country? [5:40] And do you think they're going to need a debt restructuring? [5:42] The President I don't know. [5:43] We'll take a look at it.