President Trump Gaggles with Press at Joint Base Andrews, Oct. 10, 2026

Mr. President, that is fantastic. Uh, tremendous crowd, tremendous people. We had great have a great new senator. He'll continue Bill Hagerty. We have a brand new governor and she's going to do good. You know her very well. And we have the uh congressman there and woman. Uh, and I think it was a great success. The people liked it. A lot of people was packed as you saw. They're always packed, but Tennessee was doing great. How you >> Lisa Cook? As Mr. President, why did you decide to appoint a committee to investigate Lisa Cook? >> Why did you decide to form a committee to investigate Dr. Lisa Cook? >> I think she's a very important position and she's an automatic no vote and uh that's not a good thing. No, I think she said Mr. Mr. President. >> Is Valinsky delaying peace because he can't hold elections while Ukraine is at war? >> Well, I think he should have an election and he could have settled this thing many times and he should have an election and he can't raise the price of oil enough. This is a war that should have never happened. Ukraine, Russia should have never happened. If I were president, it never would have happened. But President Zilinski could have solved this. war or he could have could have made a deal many times. I've been there. >> Mr. President, Mr. President, at your rally, at your rally, you said that the US has stopped Iran from having a nuclear weapon. >> That's right. >> Why don't just declare victory and begin with it? Because I have to keep it that way. I don't want to do it in two years. We have to have a guarantee that they won't have it in the future. >> It's actually a very good question. We could leave right now, but uh we have to guarantee that they can't have it in the future and we'll get that. >> Mr. American was killed in Saudi Arabia Jared Kushner to Moscow. >> Well, I think that Russia would like to make a deal and we've had it back and forth, but Russia would like to make a deal. But uh as I said, this is something that could have been solved many times, but for whatever reason, Zalinsky does not want to make a deal. And if you look at the odds, you know, you're talking about millions more soldiers on one side than the other. I think it it would have been smart. If he would have made a deal two years ago, it would have been a lot he would have been a lot better off. >> He could have made a much better deal two years ago. What did President Putin tell you on the phone call the other day? >> He'd like to see a settlement. President Putin would like to see a settlement strongly. >> And look, he's he's freeing up a lot of oil for the world. Okay. A good thing. And by the way, at a very low price. >> Are you surprised that Democrats have embraced socialism and conscious uh socialism so openly? Democrats have embraced that. Are you surprised? Well, I think that the Democrats have become the socialists of America. And I think that they ought to get rid of the name Democrat cuz it's no longer accurate. But you have a combination of socialist and communist. And I think frankly the word Democrat is a or Democrat as I call him, but I think it's a very inaccurate name. Democrats can do they're really socialists. They become socialist and they're being dragged much further left than socialists. Mr. President, what American was Have you spoken to Senator John Fedman about becoming a Republican? Would you like to see that? >> I'd love to see it. I think he's great. It's going to be hard for him to get the nomination as a Democrat, but I'd love to have him as a Republican. John Betterman's a great guy with magnificent parents. I got to speak to his parents about something and they were great. the mother, the father. He's a he's a very solid person. You know, he's a person. He's smart, all that, but he's got great common sense, but if you look at the polls, he does better as a Republican than he does as a Democrat. >> President, you saw the attack on on Ron Airport like a dozen people. >> What do you think about that? >> I think it's terrible. >> Are you going to get the United States? >> You're going to find out, see, but I think it's terrible. Aren't the Saudis able to defend themselves without the US force? >> Well, they're able to defend the Saudis are good fighters, >> but I think the attack was a terrible thing. >> You just chose your new press secretary. Uh, what stood out to you about Katie and what do you hope that she brings to the table? >> Well, I've watched Katie who is taking the place of Carolina. You know how fabulous Carolina? Caroline going to have some very big success, I believe. I know she's very outstanding. I think Katie is going to do a great job. I've known Katie a little bit, but I've watched her a lot on television and and she does a very good job and she believes in us and she believes in what we're doing, which is making America great again. >> She really does. Thank you for that question. >> The federal the federal deficit last year, last fiscal year was $2 trillion. Do you blame the Supreme Court for that because of the tariff ruling? Well, it hurt. The Supreme Court hurt very badly because they wanted us to give back a certain form. You know, I have numerous forms of tariffs, but they wanted us to give back a certain form of tariff and that was hundreds of billions of dollars. So, the Supreme Court decision was very bad for our country. Very, very bad for our country and frankly very bad for our country. Yes, Mr. President, is the United States in communication with the Houthis. Are you telling them to stop your We have communication with the Houthis and we'll see what happens, but what is very bad? Thank you very much. >> Well, I think well, I will be doing that. You know, we're waiting a little bit. And to a certain extent, and you heard me say it today, I want to give some recognition that places that have just backed me automatically, like Tennessee, and I'll be going to Ohio, which backed me, but we have very close races. You know, I won I won all of them by a lot. Uh, and I think I'm more popular with them now than I was. You saw the CNN's at 98 and 99% approval, but nobody ever puts that, but CNN did. I'll tell you what. Thank you, CNN. You know, I respect CNN for putting that up. Can I ask you about that, Mr. President? >> CNN put up a chart saying that my approval rating is 99% and I'm the most popular Republican in the history of the country, beating Abe Lincoln by 53 to 8%. So, I don't know about that, but I'm very good. What do you have? >> Can I ask Can I ask you about that, Mr. President? This the CNN clips that you were playing at the rally. Obviously, you trust CNN enough to play those clips at the rally. Why not put them back on the plane, put them back in the Oval Office? I'm asking you that question. Well, I just think that there were good polls. They did a poll. CNN did a poll that said that I was 99% of the Republican party. So, I think I think it's right, too, by the way. And I think almost all of the Republican party is mega. on Lisa Cook. If the committee you put together finds cause for her removal, will you fire her? >> Absolutely. >> Absolutely. >> Did you talk to MBS on the plane on the way back? >> No, but I will be speaking to him. And uh what happened in Saudi Arabia is not acceptable. Mr. President, Alisa Cook. Alisa Cook. Mr. President. Alisa. Mr. President.