About this transcript: This is a full AI-generated transcript of Trump and Tyson leave White House for Syracuse rally, answer election & Russia diesel deal questions from USA TODAY, published October 12, 2026. The transcript contains 913 words with timestamps and was generated using Whisper AI.
"We're going up to a place called Syracuse, and we're going to get some wonderful people elected. This is Iron Mike Tyson. I won't be fighting him today, but I've been his fan for a long time. We've been friends for a long time. Iron Mike, and nobody liked him. He was the champ. He was a real champ."
[0:00] We're going up to a place called Syracuse, and we're going to get some wonderful people
[0:19] elected. This is Iron Mike Tyson. I won't be fighting him today, but I've been his fan
[0:26] for a long time. We've been friends for a long time. Iron Mike, and nobody liked him.
[0:31] He was the champ. He was a real champ. People were afraid to fight him. They were afraid
[0:35] to fight him. He was something special. So he's going with us to Syracuse, and we're fighting
[0:41] for a great gentleman. You know, Bruce Blakeman, and a couple of congressmen, and we think we
[0:48] have a chance at the Congress, too, also. The two. And we'll have a good time. We have
[0:53] a big audience. We've been sold out at every arena. And, Mike, every single arena, we have
[1:00] a line waiting, trying to get in. It's been great. And they'll be happy to see Mike.
[1:05] Go ahead.
[1:06] Mr. President, what do you think about the attack on Ben Khaled, Khaled King Airport in
[1:17] Saudi?
[1:21] Mr. President, I wrote you a thank you card, sir. I don't know if you're allowed to take
[1:26] it. Thank you. Secretary.
[1:29] The President, she's a great person. So that's right. Katie is going to be the press secretary.
[1:37] She's a friend of most of you. I know she likes people. She likes all of you.
[1:40] Actually, I don't know if that's good or bad. But we just hired a new press secretary.
[1:45] And she's going to be, I think, terrific.
[1:48] Mr. President, do you want the execution of the Fort Hood shooter to be live streamed?
[1:54] And are you worried that the video would be used as propaganda to radicalize?
[1:58] Well, they're making a determination about that. But he will be killed. He will be through
[2:03] firing squad. He killed 13, 14 people, badly wounded 20-some-odd people. And he's totally
[2:11] nuts. So I really don't care how he goes as long as he goes. And I think that the death penalty
[2:17] is a very worthy way of going for him.
[2:20] Are you going to watch it? Are you going to watch it?
[2:23] The President, as he walked into a room, he started killing everybody.
[2:26] The Pressure of some of these reports about Kimberly Guilfoyle, your ambassador to Greece,
[2:32] she seems to have been...
[2:33] The President, I just heard about it. Too bad. I mean, I don't know. She's an ambassador.
[2:37] I just heard a little bit about it. I don't know too much. But she was always very nice.
[2:42] The Pressure of some of these reports that President Biden just said that you are weak
[2:49] because of that.
[2:50] The President, by the way, I think you heard about the oil deal with Russia. That is a
[2:54] big deal. That is massive amounts of oil coming into our country. And I want to thank
[2:59] President Putin to be honest with you. We have massive amounts of oil being coming into
[3:05] our country. And it's diesel, which is what we want. So thank you.
[3:08] The Pressure of this.
[3:10] The President, Zelensky. Zelensky, you're weak because of it. He just criticized you.
[3:14] The President, that's the last one.
[3:15] Zelensky, Ukrainian President, just say you are weak because of the deal.
[3:18] Okay. Go ahead.
[3:19] What is your position about the attack on Khalid Airport in Saudi Arabia?
[3:26] What about it?
[3:28] I'm not asking about the attack on the Riyadh Airport in Saudi Arabia.
[3:35] Not good. It's not a good thing.
[3:36] I'm not happy.
[3:38] Why is your reaction tied up to the midterm election?
[3:48] Why not acting now with Iran?
[3:50] Well, we may. We'll see.
[3:51] But I think that they're failing badly.
[3:55] Their country is failing badly.
[3:57] Their military is defeated.
[3:59] They have no navy. They have no air force.
[4:01] They have 300 percent inflation.
[4:04] And Iran is in very bad shape.
[4:09] The Press is a weak move by a strong partner that will only prolong the war.
[4:17] Is this emboldened by a strong partner that will only prolong the war?
[4:21] The President, we are a strong partner.
[4:22] The Press is a great move by a strong partner that will only prolong the war.
[4:24] Well, we need oil for the world.
[4:25] And this is diesel, which is what we need.
[4:29] So we're very happy to get it.
[4:31] We're very happy to get it.
[4:34] Look, we need it. Oil prices are already dropping like a rock.
[4:38] So we're very happy to get it.
[4:41] Mr. President, did you firstly authorize or approve the execution, the live stream execution
[4:49] of the forthoods?
[4:50] Did I approve?
[4:51] Absolutely, I approve.
[4:52] The live stream.
[4:53] The live stream.
[4:54] The live stream.
[4:55] Did you discuss the plane?
[4:56] Did you discuss the plane?
[4:57] Did you discuss the plane?
[4:58] Did you discuss the plane?
[4:59] Are you planning to meet her in the G20?
[5:01] I have a great relationship with her.
[5:03] Are you going to meet her in December?
[5:04] Probably, yeah.
[5:05] Mr. President, on the earthquake, you're having a great earthquake.
[5:10] Mr. President, Mike Ditka, he was a great guy.
[5:57] He was with me all the way.
[5:59] He was tough.
[6:00] Mike Ditka, that's a sad one.
[6:02] You just tell me that now for the first time.
[6:05] They heard about it.
[6:06] Wow.
[6:07] He was great.
[6:09] He was great.
[6:10] He was a big supporter of mine.
[6:12] He won the Super Bowl in 86.
[6:14] Yeah, no, he was a winner.
[6:15] He was a tough cookie.
[6:16] He was great.
[6:17] The hurricane!
[6:18] The hurricane!
[6:19] The hurricane!
[6:20] The hurricane!
[6:21] The hurricane!