About this transcript: This is a full AI-generated transcript of Trump expected to speak to reporters as he departs for Alaska from PBS NewsHour, published October 13, 2026. The transcript contains 1,692 words with timestamps and was generated using Whisper AI.
"No. She went to Greece. She was doing a good job, but we didn't like what we were reading. Mr. President, did you speak with Kimberly Gilfoyle personally, and what did she say to you? I didn't speak to her, no, but she will not be there. I didn't like what I read. Mr. President, have the U.S...."
[0:00] No. She went to Greece. She was doing a good job, but we didn't like what we were reading.
[0:09] Mr. President, did you speak with Kimberly Gilfoyle personally, and what did she say to you?
[0:16] I didn't speak to her, no, but she will not be there. I didn't like what I read.
[0:22] Mr. President, have the U.S. stopped sharing intel with Ukraine?
[0:29] Mr. President, have we stopped sharing intel with Ukraine?
[0:32] Mr. President, no, we haven't. We helped them. But we're really helping them get to a final answer.
[0:37] We want the war to end, Peter. We are helping them, and we are sharing intel. We want the war to end.
[0:44] So we're working with them and with Russia on getting the war to end.
[0:47] And what gives you such confidence that Putin wants the war to end more than Zelensky?
[0:55] Mr. Only in dealing. That's what I've done my whole life, is deals.
[0:58] I think Putin wants it probably. I think they both want it to end.
[1:02] You know, honestly, they both want it to end, and they don't know how to get to that point.
[1:07] There's a lot of hatred there between the two of them.
[1:11] They both want it to end. They don't know how to get there. We're going to get them there.
[1:14] And can I ask you, there are some Republicans in the Senate who are upset about this diesel deal.
[1:20] Has somebody told you that Russia is not just going to take this diesel money and use it to buy bombs?
[1:28] No, nobody has told me anything. That's a diesel deal not for us.
[1:32] That's being released into the world. That's not being released to us.
[1:36] That's a diesel deal that's going to be released into the world, for the world market.
[1:40] Because the world market suffered with high prices.
[1:44] And when you knock out diesel refineries, that's not a great thing.
[1:50] But they're not releasing that to us. They're releasing it to the entire world.
[1:54] Are you worried about that?
[1:56] Mr. President, have you decided on the live streaming of Nadal Hassan, the Fort Hoop shooter?
[2:02] Have you decided on that? And are you concerned?
[2:05] I'm not looking at it.
[2:05] Mr. President, are you concerned it might be propaganda?
[2:10] If you have any questions, you're going to run off.
[2:12] How does she do?
[2:13] Who?
[2:14] So you're a press secretary.
[2:14] I thought she was very good.
[2:17] Mr. President, where did she pass the bar exam in?
[2:23] She said she's an attorney. Where did she pass the bar exam? Which state?
[2:26] Which state?
[2:27] Where did she pass the bar exam?
[2:32] Mr. President, have you made a decision on striking the Uzi?
[2:39] The Press Secretary on the ice arrest of Oscar Delgado, the criminal illegal alien.
[2:42] And then I heard you had a phone conversation with Mamdani about it.
[2:44] He asked you to release him. Can you tell us about that conversation?
[2:47] We had a very nice conversation. We disagree.
[2:50] This is a very bad actor.
[2:52] And we have to take care of the bad actors.
[2:55] Because we don't want our people hurt or killed.
[2:58] Mr. President, have you made a decision on striking the Uzi?
[3:01] Mr. President, have you made a decision on the Uzi?
[3:04] Well, Mr. President, are you concerned to ask you that question?
[3:06] Down here.
[3:07] Have you made a decision on striking the Uzi?
[3:10] They're behaving very badly.
[3:12] What are you going to do about that?
[3:14] I mean, if I told you I made a decision, that would be great.
[3:17] The Uzi have acted very bad.
[3:19] Mr. President, who has broken the ceasefire right now?
[3:22] Are you asking for kids to join the rest of those in Yemen, the rest of those in Yemen?
[3:27] I might do it.
[3:28] He's a great friend of mine, as you know.
[3:31] I might do that.
[3:32] I have a lot of respect for the President of Turkey.
[3:35] President Erdogan, I think, would do as I ask.
[3:39] I have a lot of respect.
[3:41] Why haven't you endorsed the Israeli election?
[3:44] Why haven't you endorsed the Israeli election?
[3:46] We haven't even thought about it.
[3:48] Well, we may be.
[3:49] I may be doing something.
[3:50] You've endorsed people in the past.
[3:53] I may be doing something.
[3:53] Yes.
[3:54] Iran is going to take an incident to take a attack.
[3:57] Iran is going to take an incident to take a attack.
[4:00] Iran is going to take an incident to take a attack.
[4:01] I do want to take a attack.
[4:03] Mr. President, what about what I'm hoping for?
[4:04] Mr. President, are you hopeful?
[4:09] Are you hopeful?
[4:11] Always, always Iran.
[4:12] What will be your next step regarding Iran?
[4:17] What about the invasion?
[4:21] Iran is a failed country.
[4:27] They have no economy, they have 300 percent inflation,
[4:30] they have no money, they're not paying their troops,
[4:32] they're not paying their — they're not paying anybody.
[4:35] We'll make a decision on Iran very quickly.
[4:38] What about the base in Poland?
[4:39] Any news?
[4:40] We have — we control the Homo Strait,
[4:42] and a lot of oil is coming out of the Homo Strait.
[4:45] What about the base in Poland?
[4:47] Any news? What about the base in Poland?
[4:49] We'll build the base, and we'll let — we'll see.
[4:51] They're going to pay for it.
[4:52] What did your message to the police come here?
[4:54] Mr. President, what security assurances did you offer?
[5:00] On what?
[5:01] Saudi Arabia.
[5:03] Did you seize the Saudi government?
[5:04] I did, yeah.
[5:05] And what people offered them?
[5:06] Well, I can't tell you that.
[5:08] Do you really think I can tell you that?
[5:10] I'd love to tell you, but I'm not going to tell you that.
[5:12] Mr. President, President, the land is good.
[5:15] Well, we'll see.
[5:19] They're both a little bit off.
[5:21] You know what?
[5:22] Bottom line, it's going to all work out.
[5:24] You know why?
[5:25] You know what it's done.
[5:27] The Press Press.
[5:28] The Press Press.
[5:29] The Press Press.
[5:30] Three weeks on the midterm elections.
[5:31] Harder for Republicans to keep the House or the Senate?
[5:34] I would say equal.
[5:37] I think, you know, it's — for some reason,
[5:39] when you have a sitting president, no matter how good —
[5:42] nobody has done what I've done.
[5:43] Nobody.
[5:44] Not even close.
[5:45] But no matter how good, they seem to be at a big disadvantage.
[5:48] Tremendous disadvantage.
[5:50] But I'm doing a tour right now, and I'm doing rallies.
[5:54] The level of enthusiasm for the Republican Party is way up.
[5:59] Not just where I'm doing them.
[6:01] For instance, John Huston — we — I see — I heard he went up nine points yesterday.
[6:06] I did the rally for him.
[6:07] And he went up — he's going to be a great senator.
[6:10] John Huston went up nine points yesterday, Peter.
[6:13] So, I'm doing rallies.
[6:15] I'm right now going to Alaska to try and help Dan Sullivan.
[6:20] That's a long way away.
[6:21] And I would only do it if I thought he was good.
[6:24] And he's very good.
[6:25] And — so, I'm going to Alaska to help Dan Sullivan.
[6:28] And then I'm stopping at numerous places.
[6:30] But I'm doing, on average, a rally a day.
[6:33] Do you think that's easy?
[6:35] It's not.
[6:36] The Press Press.
[6:37] The Press Press.
[6:38] The Press Press.
[6:39] The Press Press.
[6:40] The Press Press.
[6:41] The Press Press.
[6:42] Do you personally want to see Ilan Omar get deported?
[6:44] I don't take a position.
[6:46] I think she's a terrible person.
[6:48] I think she's a terrible Congresswoman.
[6:51] I don't think she loves our country at all.
[6:54] But I don't take a position.
[6:56] The Press Press.
[6:57] Speaker 1.
[6:58] Mr. President, Russia hit six — NBC, sir.
[7:02] Russia hit six energy sites on yesterday, according to the Ukrainians.
[7:06] What evidence do you have that President Putin?
[7:08] Well, you've raided many sites the day before.
[7:10] But, so, in your view, Russia has not broken the ceasefire?
[7:14] I'll let you know about that later.
[7:16] But they're hitting each other.
[7:18] But it'll all come to an end.
[7:20] They both, they both want it to come to an end.
[7:24] They just don't know how to get there.
[7:26] Mr. President, what are some Republicans who are criticizing the Russia diesel deal?
[7:33] No, that's okay.
[7:35] It's a deal for the world.
[7:36] It's not a deal for us.
[7:38] It's a way of getting a lot of oil out to the world.
[7:40] It's not a deal with me.
[7:42] It's a deal for the world.
[7:44] You know, the oil deal brought down prices.
[7:50] But that's a world deal.
[7:51] That's not a U.S.A. deal.
[7:53] Do you think some of your policies are making it harder for Republicans to win in November?
[7:56] The Iraqi Kurdish leader, Mechivan Barzani, about the Turkish leader, Erdogan, he said
[8:02] if he solves the Kurdish problem, he deserves the Nobel Peace Prize.
[8:07] What is your take on this?
[8:09] That who deserves it?
[8:10] Who?
[8:11] President Erdogan, if he solves the Kurdish issue through the peace process.
[8:15] I don't know.
[8:16] Does anybody want to see a great work of art, a great thing of beauty?
[8:27] The helipad?
[8:28] Right?
[8:29] The helipad has got unbelievable architectural views, but that's nothing compared to what's
[8:36] being built right there.
[8:38] You see those cranes?
[8:39] They're the most powerful cranes in the world.
[8:42] They're lifting up massive steel beams.
[8:45] There's one on each side.
[8:47] The red and the yellow.
[8:50] They're lifting up massive steel beams.
[8:53] This is the roof of the ballroom.
[8:55] To me, it's a thing of great beauty.
[8:58] They've wanted it here for 150 years, and now they're getting it.
[9:02] The ballroom will be the greatest anywhere in the world.
[9:06] And it's a military complex also, but the ballroom will be the greatest anywhere in the world.
[9:12] And I think maybe — I know at least Peter agrees with me.
[9:16] The Press Room when will the bill go down, Mr. President?
[9:18] The Press Room.
[9:19] The President is going to be right.
[9:20] We're right on — we're a little ahead of schedule, right on budget.
[9:23] We're in good shape.
[9:25] The Press Room in the United States.
[9:28] Is this what you need to do, President?
[9:30] The Press Room in the United States.
[9:31] The Press Room in the United States.
[9:33] It's bright to look at.
[9:34] The President is pure.
[9:35] You're