Trump takes questions as he leaves White House for rally in Florida

[0:00] successful night. [0:01] I think we carried some people across the finish line. [0:04] We'll see. [0:05] But that was great in Iowa. [0:07] Now I'm going to Florida, Fort Myers. [0:09] And we'll, I think, have a tremendous crowd. [0:13] I can tell you, they're lined up miles long, [0:15] but we'll be there soon. [0:16] I sleep. [0:17] Mr. President, the ceasefire is really good news. [0:21] Will the First Lady be a part of the trilateral peace talks [0:24] that you planned in November? [0:25] The President, what she wants to do is save children. [0:30] And that's her focus. [0:32] And both sides are cooperating with her. [0:35] So, doing a very good job. [0:36] The Press Secretary- How did that all come about, [0:37] Mr. President? [0:38] The President, her initiative. [0:40] And they contacted both sides, [0:42] and both sides wanted to do it. [0:44] The Press Secretary- Any news on a new press [0:47] secretary that you can give us a new press secretary? [0:50] The President, no, nothing much. [0:50] We're in no rush. [0:52] The Press Secretary- There's a new book out that says [0:53] Jared Kushner had access to $2 billion from [0:57] Middle Eastern countries. [0:58] The President, it's a false story. [0:59] You don't know anything about that. [1:00] The Press Secretary- It's a false story. [1:01] You don't know anything about that. [1:02] The President, no, it's a totally false story. [1:03] It was totally an incorrect story. [1:04] It was just fake news. [1:05] Amazing. [1:06] The Press Secretary- Mr. President, you must know [1:07] now who ordered the Starlink axis in Ukraine to be restricted. [1:08] Who was it? [1:09] Was it President Trump? [1:10] The President, well, I wouldn't tell you if I did know. [1:11] I have no idea. [1:12] But I wouldn't tell you if I did know. [1:13] Why would I tell you? [1:14] Who you is? [1:15] Why would I tell CNN? [1:16] Although they did do some nice polls on me, I must [1:17] say. [1:17] The Press Secretary- [1:22] Well, 30,000. [1:23] unt président. [1:24] CNN keeps doing those polls. [1:32] I like them more and more. [1:33] And still restricted access. [1:34] The Press Secretary- Well, if there is a problem, I'll get it straight. [1:37] 20,000 non-citizens brought the voter over to California, 20,000 non-citizens. [1:42] Oh, yeah. Well, I'm not surprised. It could be hundreds of thousands. [1:45] That was just a batch. 20,000 absolutely fraudulent in California for voting. [1:52] And it could be 100,000. It could be 3, 4, 500,000. [1:57] California is very corrupt in voting. So is Minnesota. So are many other states. [2:03] Mr. President, early voting, early voting is at record levels in a number of states that are critical for Republicans to hold on to the Senate. [2:11] Texas, Ohio, North Carolina. Who do you think that early voting is benefiting? [2:15] Well, nobody knows. I mean, we'll find out. I think that we're doing very well against Salafrico. [2:20] I think we're doing very well. We have the best attorney general in the history of Texas running. [2:25] So I think we're doing well, but we're going to find out. The numbers are very high all over. [2:30] The numbers in — like I was in Iowa. I saw the enthusiasm last night. [2:34] I think there's great Republican enthusiasm. I really think — you know, I keep hearing about different things. [2:40] You've been following me. I've been — we've been packed. Every house — every house is people that can't get in. [2:47] Fort Myers, that's Florida. They say they've never seen anything like it. [2:52] So, I mean, if that — if that counts, I think we're doing very well. [2:56] If you've ever told Elon Musk to stop messing around, would you create Starlink connections? [3:01] I have not spoken to him. I might — I might have to, but I have not. [3:05] I've heard — I've heard it was mixed, but if it's not, I'll speak to him. [3:09] I've heard the minority voters that supported you so much. [3:13] Now that we're in the midterms, any message to minority and black voters? [3:16] I think the minority voter has been great to me, you know. So, I've been great to the minority voter. [3:21] Look what I've done for — for — as an example, with the historically black colleges and universities. [3:29] I've taken care of them. I've been very good. The Hispanic voters have been great to me. [3:33] But I've been great to them, too. You know, there's a reason. [3:36] And I've been great to Hispanics. I've been great to blacks. I've been great to pretty much everyone. [3:41] It's a different Republican Party, but we're also the party of the worker. [3:46] It's a much bigger party than it used to be. I mean, if you go back 10 years ago, before I got on the scene, [3:52] this is a much more powerful party. This is a much bigger, frankly, more important party. [3:57] Mr. President, you've been campaigning nonstop for the past few weeks. You'll campaign nonstop next week. [4:02] Who do you view right now as the most vulnerable Republican Senate candidates? [4:08] Well, I wouldn't want to say that. I wouldn't want to say that. [4:12] But there are a couple that are a little bit vulnerable. There are a couple where they had a little bad luck over the last couple of weeks. [4:18] Something came out about — but the Democrats have that, too. [4:22] I mean, look — if you look at El Sayyad in Michigan, you take a look at that. [4:28] I mean, he's had more bad publicity, but, you know, we'll see what happens. [4:32] I do think that some of the networks give too much airtime to the opponent, if you want to know that. [4:38] Mr. President, on Iran, Mike Waltz said that there could be a stalemate for up to a year, [4:44] and the U.S. is preparing for an extended conflict. But you keep saying it's going to end soon. [4:48] Well, well, it could — we could end it very quickly. But Iran is a failing nation. [4:53] And we're taking all the oil out that we want — you see that — with the Hormone Strait, our Navy. [4:58] And we have it blocked up for them but nobody else. And everybody is taking oil out. [5:02] In fact, last week we took more oil out than we have ever taken it out, even before the war. [5:08] So that was a big — that was a big sticking point. [5:11] So we have that. And they have inflation. They have no money. [5:15] You know, the question is, do we want to finish it off or do we let it — do we just want to let it wither? [5:22] Because we're getting everything we want. [5:24] And, Steve, we have more oil coming out of the Hormone Strait today than they did a year ago. [5:29] You and Melania are going to vote — you and Melania are going to vote — [5:33] We're going to vote tomorrow, I think. I think we're voting tomorrow in Florida. [5:36] How come Elon Omar doesn't have a gab order like — how come Elon Omar doesn't have a gab order like you did? [5:41] Oh, I love that question. I love that question. She should have. [5:45] But, look, what she did is — her whole life is a scam, as far as I'm concerned. [5:50] Her whole life is a total scam. [5:52] Mr. President, do you think your Vice President, J.D. Vance, should have endorsed Netanyahu, just like you did? [5:58] I don't know that he did or didn't. That's up to him. [6:00] I would leave that up to him. [6:02] Mr. President, if there is — if there's gridlock for the next two years, obviously you don't want to see that. [6:07] But if there is, would that be bad for the U.S. economy? [6:10] No, it would be probably good because we're taking a tremendous — don't forget, when you say gridlock, you're talking about Iran? [6:18] That would be — I'm talking about gridlock in terms of your legislative agenda. [6:21] Oh, that? Oh. Let's talk about gridlock with Iran. [6:25] Iran is not able to do much now. And we could, if we wanted to, just take all of the oil. [6:30] We could take the whole country. We could take all of the oil. [6:33] And, as you know, the Hormone Strait is totally ours. And that's the way we'll keep it. [6:38] So, in that way, that would be — the gridlock is very interesting because they have no money. [6:43] They have inflation that's 301 percent — the highest in the world right now. So, we'll see. As far as — [6:51] Political gridlock. [6:52] You're talking about if the Republicans didn't win? [6:55] Right. Just political gridlock in Washington. [6:57] Well, I think the Republicans are going to win. But if there was — you call it gridlock. [7:01] What happens is, I veto everything, and then the Democrats come, and they want to make a deal. [7:06] So, we'll work it out. [7:07] I mean, if you look historically, when you have a situation where that would happen, if it happened, you veto, veto, veto, veto, and then they come and they say, how do we get it done? And you make a deal. [7:19] Now that you know the backstory about Amy Atkin and her stepfather and why she hasn't talked to her mom for so long — her stepfather was indicted for rape — now that you know all that, sir, do you change your mind about the ad? [7:33] No. No. It's a mother speaking badly against Amy Atkin. And, to me, it's very easy. The mother — [7:41] But they haven't talked — or they haven't talked for 50 years. [7:45] I don't care. So, if it were my mother speaking badly about me, you'd be making it the number one story on the news, you know. [7:51] But her mother stood by her — Maybe you wouldn't, but mostly. [7:53] But her mother stood by her after her husband had rape — [7:56] Look, look. You don't know that. You don't know that. You don't know anything. [7:59] Her mother stood by, didn't stand by. Her mother went on television and said that the daughter, who's running for governor of Ohio, is a liar and a bad person. And that's all I know. [8:13] Whether — [8:14] Nobody knows — nobody knows anything. [8:17] Can I be honest? [8:19] The press is embarrassing themselves. You're trying to take a horrible situation for a Democrat and make it look better. [8:29] The mother said really bad things about a person that wants to be the Democrat governor of Ohio. [8:36] The mother said terrible things. Anybody seeing that would say, no way I'm voting for her. [8:41] There's nothing to it. It's very simple. The press is trying so hard to nullify — [8:47] You know, they called me up about it. I said, wait a minute. The mother said these things. [8:51] The mother looks like she's totally lucid. She looks very smart, actually. [8:56] And she felt she had an obligation to Ohio voters to tell them that her daughter is a liar. [9:02] President, President, President Zelenskyy says the Starlink is still not working for Ukraine, as of today. [9:10] I haven't heard that, but I'll look at it. [9:11] Did you speak with the British Prime Minister today? [9:13] I did. [9:14] Can you tell us what you discussed and why that call was made? [9:16] We discussed the fact that they're opening up the North Sea oil. [9:21] And that's going to make the U.K. a very rich country. [9:24] They're opening up the North Sea oil. We discussed — I've been after them to do that for two years. [9:30] The other Prime Minister, the previous man, is Sharma, who's a very nice man. [9:34] But he never got it done. And this one is getting it. [9:37] Andy is getting it done. And I guess it's against the liberal principle, but he knows what's right. [9:43] It's going to make — it's going to make the U.K. a very wealthy country. [9:47] Did you discuss Iran or Ukraine with the Prime Minister? [9:49] We did very — very lightly. We mostly discussed Aberdeen and the North Sea. [9:53] And can you just talk about the trade talks with Mexico? [9:56] President Scheinbaum hoped there might be a deal before the — what's the — [9:59] Well, we're very close to a deal with Mexico. [10:01] Very close. [10:02] It'll be a very good deal for hopefully them, but it's going to be a good deal for us or we won't make it. [10:07] The same thing with Canada. Canada is working very hard to make a deal with us. [10:12] And I hate to say this, but we have all the cards in both of them. [10:16] Do you want one, sir? [10:17] We have all the cards, just like I told Zelensky. We have all the cards. [10:22] Do you want one, sir? [10:23] Mr. President, on the Ramaswamy ads, sir, Republicans like Ashley Hinson, who you were with last night in Iowa, are denouncing the ads. Are you — [10:31] I can't, but they don't know the facts. Look, this is a mother that went on the air to say that her daughter, who's running for governor of the great state of Ohio, that I won in a record all three times. [10:44] I got the record vote, the highest vote ever. So I know it well. I love the people. [10:48] A mother is saying, don't put my daughter there because she's a terrible person and she's a liar. Why shouldn't somebody use that? [10:57] But do the sexual abuse allegations mean nothing to you, sir? Let me ask you, if my mother said, Steve — [11:01] But do the sexual abuse allegations make no difference? [11:03] Wait, wait, wait, wait. Slow down. Who are you with? Who are you with? [11:06] I'm with NBC, sir. [11:07] What are the worst networks you have? Listen, listen. [11:09] But there are very serious sexual abuse allegations. [11:12] Quiet. Steve, if my — [11:14] Isn't she a fresh person? You're a horrible little reporter, aren't you? [11:19] If my mother said bad things about me, do you think the Democrats would put it up? [11:25] I think so. But my mother thought I was wonderful. Thank you, Mom. [11:29] My mother would never — even if she thought them, she would never say, [11:33] This is a person, a mother, a smart woman — a what? Smart woman. [11:38] She said her daughter is a disaster. Her daughter is a liar. [11:42] And she felt that she had an obligation. [11:45] And she also said her daughter lied about her opponent, which is Vivek Ramishwamy. [11:51] If I had that ad, I should be so lucky to have an ad like that. [11:54] Why wouldn't you listen to a mother that says that? Why? Why wouldn't you — Miss NBC? [11:59] Why wouldn't you listen? Wait a minute. Quiet. [12:01] She stayed with a stepfather. [12:02] You have — I don't know anything about a stepfather. [12:05] All you have — [12:06] Well, this one just keeps talking. [12:09] 19th, say, sir. [12:10] You just keep talking. [12:11] I'm answering you, sir. [12:12] You have — I don't know anything about stepfathers from many, many years ago. [12:15] I know that recently a mother got on television and said that her daughter should not be governor of Ohio. [12:24] And she said, I love my daughter, but my daughter lies all the time and lied about her opponent. [12:31] And I can't watch it. [12:33] And the mother got up. [12:34] This has nothing to do with a stepfather or anything else. [12:37] This has to do with the fact that a woman got out, the mother of a person running for governor of one of the greatest states, where I set records and said that she's a liar. [12:49] Her daughter is a liar. [12:50] She said her daughter lied about Vivek, and the mother couldn't take it anymore. [12:55] She basically said her daughter should not — that's what she said — her daughter should not be the governor of Ohio. [13:02] To me, that's something that's very much fair game. [13:05] Mr. President, could you preview your trip to Michigan on Sunday? [13:09] My trip to Michigan is going to be very exciting. [13:12] Every one of my trips is exciting. [13:15] I think we did fantastically in Iowa. [13:17] I think — I think that you're going to have — everybody I talked about last night is going to be elected. [13:22] You're going to have a great governor, a great senator. [13:24] We're going to have a very big one right now. [13:27] They're saying the line is two miles long or four miles or five miles long. [13:31] We're sold out at every single place I go. [13:35] And every single place I go, people that are down are now winning. [13:39] Thank you very much. [13:40] Mr. President, how does the U.S. military prevent these attacks that are happening on cargo ships, on oil tankers in the Strait of Hormuz? [13:49] The President, they're really good. [13:51] The Navy has done a great job. [13:53] We have more — you just saw it on the front page of the Wall Street Journal. [13:56] There's more oil coming out right now through the Strait of Hormuz than it was even before the war. [14:03] We have done a hell of a job. [14:05] I hope someday we'll recognize it. [14:06] The Press, President, is saving babies and bringing babies back home to their parents. [14:20] And she's been able to do something that's great. [14:22] She's been working very hard on it. [14:25] She wants to see babies come back to their families. [14:28] And that's between Russia and Ukraine. [14:31] And they worked a ceasefire — in a very rough place, by the way — and babies are being exchanged. [14:37] She's done a great job. [14:38] The Press, President, on politics, Kamala Harris was in Mississippi last night. [14:42] Mississippi is a state that nobody really thought would be in play. [14:45] What does that have to tell you about the Mid-Turk? [14:47] Well, I won it by 32 points. [14:49] They've asked me to go. [14:50] I'm going there, I think, on Monday. [14:52] Yes, sir. [14:53] And I look forward to it. [14:55] And Cindy Hyde Smith — you know, Cindy Hyde is fantastic. [14:59] She's — and she's very popular. [15:01] And she's up in the polls. [15:02] She's not losing. [15:03] You've been doing so many rallies. [15:04] I'm just curious. [15:05] Do you feel like the strategy is working? [15:07] I know he's not your favorite, but Karl Rove had an article the other day in the Journal, and he said that there's a chance of backlash. [15:13] Do you think the rallies is the best strategy so close to the Mid-Turk? [15:17] Look, you have Karl Rove. [15:18] He's a loser. [15:19] He's a proven — he's been a loser all his life. [15:21] Karl Rove doesn't know what he's talking about. [15:23] Look, every single place I've gone to, every single place, whether people were losing, that were expected to win — when I'm leaving, look at Ohio, how much better he's doing. [15:34] Look at everyone. [15:35] Look at Iowa last night with Ashley. [15:38] She's — they just came out with numbers right now. [15:42] Now, every place I'm going to, every place is full, loaded with people, lines outside trying to get in. [15:49] I'm going to Fort Myers right now. [15:51] They say there's a line of people that's five miles long. [15:54] Every place I've gone to, I've helped. [15:57] And every — every place wants me. [15:59] The one problem is I'm one person. [16:01] This is a lot of work. [16:03] This — let me tell you — let me tell you, this is a lot of work. [16:07] So how are — do you feel like, though, is the juice worth the squeeze? [16:11] Do you feel like — you say you feel like you're the only one doing it. [16:13] Do you feel like other Republicans should be more — [16:15] Well, I'm the only one that can get 25,000 people to show up. [16:19] That's — you know, whether it's Democrat or Republican, that's a proven fact. [16:24] That's been proven for 10 years. [16:26] I'm the only one that can get the crowds. [16:28] And I don't know why — you know, you'll have to tell me someday you'll write a book about it. [16:31] But like in Fort Myers, they have thousands and thousands of people that were there yesterday. [16:36] They were lined up yesterday. [16:37] So that seems to be a trait or an ability. [16:41] I can — and I want to use it for good purpose. [16:44] And if I don't think somebody is really worthy or good job, I don't go. [16:48] But Mississippi, I'm going. [16:51] Today, I'm going for a man who's going to be a great governor. [16:55] I think he's going to be a great governor. [16:57] So, Byron, we're going to see him in a little while. [16:59] We have — but we have a tremendous crowd of people. [17:02] I don't know if you're going. [17:03] And you're doing a — and you're doing a very good job, by the way. [17:06] Mr. President, can I ask you about Michigan, sir? [17:08] Michigan? [17:09] Your administration says — [17:10] I'm going to be going to Michigan. [17:11] I don't know. [17:12] Is it Saturday, Sunday? [17:13] But, sir, you're on — you're on — [17:15] I look forward to Michigan. [17:17] I can talk about a man who's a Muslim Brotherhood person, [17:21] who's a jihadist, and who can't be in our Senate. [17:25] Is there any chance — [17:26] Mr. President, our administration — [17:27] He's a fake — he's a fake guy. [17:29] All you have to do is look at his statements from two years ago. [17:32] I'm — I'm looking forward to going to Michigan. [17:34] And, by the way, Mike Rogers will be a great senator. [17:37] But I'm looking at a man who is with — I call him Mohammed. [17:41] But Abdul is — Abdul. [17:46] It's actually — his middle name is actually Mohammed. [17:49] I don't know if you know that or not. [17:50] His name is Abdul Mohammed. [17:52] He's a fake. [17:53] He's a total fake. [17:55] And we can't have fakes. [17:56] And you can — can you imagine this guy? [17:59] He was a member — probably still is — of the Muslim Brotherhood. [18:03] We can't have him in Congress. [18:05] Mr. President, your administration has already — [18:07] The President, we can't have him in the United States Senate. [18:09] We can't have him in the United States Senate. [18:11] And I look forward to — I tell you what, I look so forward to Michigan, [18:15] and I think it's going to be wild. [18:17] But I look so forward — [18:18] I'm sure — [18:19] Because he's a total phony. [18:20] He's a little phony. [18:22] And everything about him is fake. [18:24] And he's a liar. [18:25] And he talks about all these things about — like he's a moderate. [18:29] He's not a rotten. [18:30] He's a jihadist. [18:31] He's a vicious, violent jihadist. [18:33] And he has no place in our government. [18:35] On tariffs, sir. [18:36] Is your candid tariffs? [18:37] No, I'm not. [18:38] No, no. [18:46] They took the money and they gave it to essentially a charity. [18:57] No, that was — I just heard that. [18:59] I think it's a very nice thing to do. [19:01] Mr. President, Mike Rogers said he's very concerned about — [19:03] I can't raise him, Brian. [19:50] Sorry, Brian. [19:51] He has never had an issue. [20:05] Well, I don't think he does. [20:12] I think he — first of all, he's a very good person. [20:15] He's not going to do anything wrong. [20:17] He's a very brilliant person, or Starlink wouldn't exist, and other things. [20:21] But Elon will never do anything wrong. [20:24] I know him very well. [20:25] He's a fair person, and, you know, it's an unusual situation where you're talking to private — a private company. [20:32] But he's not going to do anything that's wrong. [20:34] Can I ask you about Canada tariffs? [20:35] You're going to Michigan tomorrow. [20:37] Mike Rogers has said that the Canada tariff war has to end. [20:40] Are you worried that it'll let his pay? [20:42] Well, Canada wants very much to make a deal because of tariffs. [20:46] They want to make a deal. [20:48] And as you know, they've been making $90 billion a year for many years with us. [20:53] They're making anywhere from $80 to $100 billion. [20:56] And I said, nope, I'm not doing that. [20:58] And Canada now is very much prepared to make a deal. [21:02] Mr. President, Mr. President, how did you meet and go with Catholic bishops the other day, sir? [21:11] Really good. [21:12] What are you talking about? [21:13] I finally had a nice group of people in my office. [21:16] The Catholic representatives, bishops and others. [21:20] It was a great meeting. [21:22] Well, they prayed. [21:23] They mostly prayed. [21:25] It was actually a very nice meeting. [21:27] They're great. [21:28] They were great people. [21:29] Any concerns about the NFL playing in France this weekend? [21:31] Well, you worry about it. [21:33] It's not — I think maybe it's looking like tomorrow is going to be a bad day in France. [21:39] So you worry about it. [21:41] I would have said the NFL could have probably postponed that match if you want to know. [21:47] Because France is really in trouble. [21:49] That's what happens when you go left. [21:51] That's what happens when you allow unlimited numbers of people into your country from very unfriendly countries. [21:58] That's what happens when you're going to have to happen. [22:05] My mic's hot. [22:27] We'll see you next time.