President Trump Gaggles with Press Upon Arrival at Dubuque, IA, Nov. 1, 2026

[0:00] So we just had some big news that came over the sets [0:04] and just announced about Haley Stevens endorsing Mike Rogers. [0:09] That was a big move, I think. [0:12] Nobody expected that, but it's a smart thing to do [0:15] because El Sayyid would destroy our country. [0:18] So I thought that was fantastic. [0:21] We have a tremendous crowd. [0:22] We're in Iowa. [0:23] We have a tremendous crowd. [0:24] And then we're going from here, going to Kansas, [0:29] and we're going to get some people elected today. [0:30] I think we've had tremendous impact. [0:32] You know, everybody around me, all stars. [0:36] We have Marco here, too. [0:38] All stars and all great people. [0:41] But we're going to get a lot of people elected. [0:44] Do you plan to reach out to Haley Stevens about her in Washington? [0:47] I'm just, there's not much to reach out. [0:49] Just call her and thank her and say she did the right thing. [0:52] Do you think she should be a member of the Republican Party? [0:56] I'd love to have her. [0:56] I think, Mike, if you want to talk, I think Mike talked to her. [1:00] Come on over. [1:01] Well, I sent her a note, spoke to Haley, and told her how courageous she was, [1:07] how much we appreciate that. [1:08] She's standing for truth. [1:09] Haley's a good person. [1:10] She's always been very thoughtful. [1:12] She loves her state. [1:13] She's served it as best she could, and she's speaking the truth. [1:16] This is a contrast election between common sense and crazy. [1:20] And there is no crazier choice on the ballot than El Sayed and what he stands for. [1:26] And he needs to answer for that, and I'm sad to tell you, the media has not done a great job in making him answer for that. [1:32] But I believe the people of Michigan are going to make the right choice, and I think Haley did a heroic and important thing for the country. [1:38] What did she say back to you? [1:39] I've spoken to her, encouraged her to stay safe, and keep speaking the truth. [1:45] And I think she's doing that very well. [1:47] She ought to be commended for that. [1:48] Do you think she's not safe? [1:49] Look, I don't know. [1:51] We're in a heightened threat environment. [1:53] Everybody in politics is, and there are dangerous people out there. [1:57] Of course, she and her fiancé have been getting a lot of threats. [1:59] And they're dangerous, Mike. [2:00] Yeah, yeah. [2:01] I think so. [2:02] They're horrible. [2:03] They're jihadists. [2:04] He's a jihadist. [2:06] He's a Muslim Brotherhood guy. [2:07] Yeah, I'd say she's in danger. [2:08] I think she was very brave doing it. [2:11] And she did it for the people of Michigan. [2:14] And I have great respect. [2:15] I don't know her. [2:16] I've never met her, but I have great respect for her, I will tell you. [2:19] And she put up a great race. [2:20] You know, she was supposed to lose by, like, 25 points, and she ended up losing by half a point. [2:25] She almost won. [2:27] In fact, a lot of people thought she won. [2:29] So I have a lot of respect for this. [2:33] Do you know if he has a security clearance that — [2:36] I don't know. [2:37] Do you feel the nature of his relationship with the woman who the intelligence officer's been with? [2:41] No, I don't know. [2:42] I just know that he's an outstanding person, and I can't imagine it would be a problem. [2:46] But we'll certainly find out about it. [2:48] But — [2:49] How close do you think the race in Kansas is, President? [2:52] Say it? [2:53] How close do you think the race in Kansas is looking for you? [2:55] Well, I don't know. [2:57] I'm going to Kansas next. [2:58] this next that roger is a fantastic senator one of the best i wouldn't be doing this i mean we [3:03] have to make sure that ashley gets in here and we have to make sure and governors and everything [3:08] else too but we're really here for ashley we have to get the senate we can't allow the uh muslim [3:15] brotherhood you know i don't forget when they have one or two three votes they basically assume [3:20] control of the party the party has to go along with them they have they can blackmail the party [3:26] and extort the party so we have to make sure that roger gets in and we have to make sure that [3:32] ashley gets in and i think we'll do that look these these rallies have been incredible you know that [3:39] i mean if you ever wrote the truth about them i don't know what you do or not but there's never [3:42] nobody's ever seen in the history of midterms there's never been anything like this we have [3:47] sold out arenas everywhere we haven't had an empty seat we have tens of thousands of people that can't [3:53] get in so i think there's tremendous energy like maybe never nobody's ever seen certainly not for [3:59] midterm elections yeah senator chris murphy has had a stroke he's in the hospital do you have any [4:04] reaction how bad the stroke is did you know i don't know this is recent uh are you wanting to reach out [4:10] to him do you have a reaction to that well at the right time i would certainly would not like to hear [4:13] a thing like that that's i just heard about it inside and he's a pretty young guy so i was a little [4:19] surprised to hear it uh no nobody wants to have that so we have a yeah we have the kind we have [4:29] the concept of a very good deal with canada you know we've been losing money for many years with [4:36] canada many many years 70 75 years so we have we are now very close to having a day i spoke with [4:43] the prime minister the other day i spoke to him again yesterday and we have the concept of a deal [4:49] that's going to be great for our farmers great for our country and it'll be fine for canada too [4:55] is the keystone pipeline a part of the negotiations they're going to build which i think is great [5:00] they're going to build the keystone pipeline they're going to pay for it they're going to pay for [5:05] all of it we're going to give them the route and it's largely been determined but they'll build the [5:11] keystone pipeline you might come to think of it i have an expert at the keystone pipeline what do you [5:17] think well i think the uh the projects are great projects and uh uh canada exports uh over four [5:23] million barrels of oil to the united states uh and that's a great thing for american farmers ranchers [5:30] for diesel prices keep that canadian uh oil flowing down here and uh nobody's done more for ranchers [5:37] and farmers in this country than president trump that's why we're going to iowa and kansas today this [5:42] is the heartland elected president trump they're going to turn out for him and i'm very confident [5:46] about uh where the elections are going to go in the midwest because everybody here everybody that's [5:51] growing up in a rural area like i have knows that no one's cared more about them than president trump [5:55] and his policies back that up and then just on energy the before i say that uh well doug said it very [6:02] well one thing we didn't talk about is the fact that our farmers were paying tremendous tariffs [6:08] to send things to canada all those tariffs will be gone there'll be no care there will be no tariff [6:14] they were paying as much as 400 for milk products and other things so part of the agreement is that [6:21] our farmers will have to pay no tariffs and then so on energy and i hope i remember to mention that [6:27] in my speech today that's pretty good i'm in the right place i'm in the right place being in iowa [6:33] that's a good thing will you please reply me to mention the pentagon released its hold on a number [6:38] of wind farms including one here in iowa do you have any comments on why they did that and how that [6:43] factors into your energy we're going to see how it works out i'm not a believer in wind i think wind [6:48] is a very expensive form of energy we don't need it i happen to think it's a very ugly thing when you [6:53] have these windmills all over the place that in three four years they end up rusting and rotting and he [6:59] knows too he's an expert so i'm not a big believer in that especially when we have more oil and gas [7:05] and now with venezuela and actually greenland too you know greenland has a lot of oil and gas and [7:11] other things so we have more than any other two countries in the world combined [7:15] just just to show how beautiful it is it's been finished it was vandalized badly [7:25] we have cameras all over the place now for the vandals but we're going to be holding i don't [7:31] know we might hold it tomorrow or something but it's finished it looks beautiful has it worked since [7:36] 1922 it's always leaked terribly and it works really well now we had it working well but it [7:43] was vandalized but we did it a temporary opening because we had to do the pipes we wanted to be able [7:48] to get it open for july 4th so we were going to close it but in the meantime they vandalized the hell out [7:54] of it including the grass the grass surrounding it you know what they put they put the uh a certain [8:00] thing that i won't even say but we've replaced the grass or the whole lawn we had to replace [8:05] uh they burned it out with acid yeah prime minister netanyahu yesterday can you tell us anything [8:11] about the conversation no just had a very good talk with him we had a very good talk okay [8:15] i didn't hear that what is meritless you mean about dan sullivan meritless that dan sullivan i think [8:41] it's one of the most meritful things you have to be kidding i haven't heard this i mean we have [8:48] there's a big federal situation from what i heard they're going to dismiss it only on the basis that [8:53] let the federal government take over but no that's a very important lawsuit that was a [8:58] a fraud that's voter fraud at the highest level thank you very much [9:03] you