President Trump Gaggles with Press Upon Departure from the White House, Oct. 1, 2026

You have great relationship with Poland. What about the base in Poland? >> Well, we're looking at that and we have great respect for the president of Poland. So, we're looking at that and it could happen. What about Lebanon? Regarding Iran, you mentioned that they cannot have nuclear weapons. What about in Lebanon that he's still rebuilding his rearm based on some intelligence? They cannot have nuclear weapons and they won't have and they're agreeing not to have >> on the on the on war. Can you talk about Kevin Mar you said to Time magazine that he should have voted against the board. Have you talked to him since voting about >> No, I want him to vote the way he won. I personally would have voted against the rich because we've got inflation totally under control. Inflation was caused by Biden. The worst inflation in history I inherited. We have that under control. And the problem is interest rates will hurt our growth because we're growing and very fast. Now interest rates can slow down growth. We want growth and growth does not cause inflation. What about the support for Ukraine? What about the support for Ukraine? >> Uh I think it's going to get solved. >> Mr. President, Mr. President, are you going to be building a base in Venezuela or South America? >> We're looking at doing a lot of things. We're getting along very well as you know in Venezuela. It's been a great situation. The people are happy and I'm very happy and we're taking a lot of oil and we have a great relationship. The Venezuela is making a lot of money or so are we. Uh we're going to start filling up our national strategic reserves with the Venezuelan oil for very little money and it's going to be great. >> How close are you following the elections in Brazil? >> Pardon me. Donald Trump said today that the Ivon Gore made the president for he said that last night that decision or possible I don't it should help because Iran will not have a nuclear weapon. So when you say uh is it okay for Iran to have a nuclear weapon? I would say 100% of the people say no. It's really worldwide. So when you say it that way uh it would help. If you don't say that, it could hurt. Yeah. >> Republican nominee in 2028. Are you going to endorse someone in 2020? >> I might. I mean, we have a a great bench of people. We have tremendous people. We really The Democrats don't have a bench at all. We have a great bench of people. >> You know why? Do you know why the UK were released? >> No, I was surprised at that. We are going to speak. I was surprised. They were released on bail. I have a lot of respect, however, for Scotland Yard. I think they know what they're doing. But I was a little bit surprised. I was surprised. The US special invoice to Iraq said leaving Iraq does not mean abandoning the allies. Uh they will be kept up. >> I will never abandon our allies. How rules are you following the elector >> very closely? how important that country is from your perception from Brazil is a very important country. It's a very great country. >> The people of Brazil are fantastic people. Very important election. Mr. >> President, are you planning to part in your top before you leave office? >> Well, it's it's a long time from now and they've been very honorable. Uh we've done a great job. We're the hottest country anywhere in the world. Uh, I'm going to cut, as an example, a ribbon in Texas from Peterbuilt. They're building a massive truck factory. They're moving from outside of the United States to inside. So, it's not something I'm thinking about now, but based on Biden, I can do whatever I want because he certainly pardoned a lot of people. He pardoned everybody of note. >> You're going to Texas, Oklahoma, Ohio, Alabama, and Nebraska, right? Why such Republican states if you're so confident your party's going to do all right? >> Well, I won all of them by a lot. I'm going there just to make sure. But in the case of Oklahoma, we pretty much I hope won that race because that was a race in the Republican party for governor. And the person that I endorsed who was not at all leading when I endorsed him, he was down by 22 points and he ended up winning. And I'm really going to Oklahoma to thank him because for three terms I think of it three elections I've won 87 out of 87 counties and I'm going to thank Oklahoma. They've been just an unbelievable state. You know, you have to give back too. You can't like win a state every I I was number one. You know who number two was? I think it was Ronald Reagan in 56. So I had 77 out of 77 counties. every county voted for Trump three times. Second was Ronald Reagan, 56 out of 77, and I'm sort of going there to thank him. But they also have a very important governor's race, but I think he's in good shape because he won with my endorsement. He won the primary >> yesterday. Yesterday, you expressed some frustration >> about the sales job that your party is doing. >> Do you think everyone else in the Republican party is doing enough? >> Well, I think the press isn't covering, Mr. It was just announced. We have the best economic numbers of any president in the history of our country. >> And yet people don't know about it because the press won't talk about it. You talk about it on occasion, but we have, as an example, we have the best poverty numbers ever per individual. We have the best individual numbers ever. We have the best 401k numbers ever. We have the number one stock market 80 81 days out of a short period of time ever. We have the best numbers in history. We have the most money being invested in our country ever by many times. So we have all these numbers and honestly the press doesn't talk about it. And I would say this I give us an A+ on the government, on economics, on everything. Look at inflation. I inherited the worst inflation in history under Biden. Worst in history. And now it's great. It's really good. We got it down. And oil is going to come down very, very soon. Oil is coming down as soon as Iran is finished. And they're finished pretty much right now. We're getting more oil out of the Hormone Straight now than we did before the war. >> Mr. President, of the proxies in the Middle East. What about the proxy of >> they go as goes Iran. So go the proxy. >> Mr. President, you made the final decision on US Army based Poland. Whitehead. >> Well, you don't know if I made it or not. I might have made it. >> What are you looking for in a new press secretary? >> Well, we have a lot of people that want that job. I would say many of them are right here. Would you like that job? >> Uh, maybe a guy like Peter, but he's making too much money. He's gone. >> I lost him as soon as he negotiated his last contract, didn't I? >> What do you say to Democrats who are concerned with rising? >> What do you say to >> Costs are coming way down? Uh, the Democrats gave us the highest cost in history. They gave us the highest inflation in history. As you know, costs are coming way down. Oil is lower now than it was in the Biden administration. And the difference is Iran will not have a nuclear weapon. They would have had a nuclear weapon in the Biden administration. Uh costs are way down and they're coming down further. We have inflation totally in control and we've done a great job. And the thing I haven't done a good job with is explaining it to people. We have the most successful period of time for a president in terms of building our country in the history of our country. There's never been a time like this. We were a dead country two years ago. Now we're the hottest country in the world. And economically we have 21 trillion with a T trillion dollars being invested in the US. The record was a different country, a very big country, and it was 10 years ago, and the number was three. We're at 21 trillion for a period of 15 months. Mr. President, as an example, as an example, we're at 21 trillion for 15 months. It ended at the 15. Biden was a half a trillion dollars for four years, and he was going negative. If they got in, you would have had a depression. If they got in, if the Democrats get in, but if they got in, instead of having the hottest country in the world, you would have had a depression. I'm talking about a 1929 style depression. >> I think the president, first of all, first of all, has anybody briefed you about whether or not the the guy the pilot of the Fly Dubai plane is linked to Iran? We're working on it right now. They're being very open with us. Uh, I would say the answer based on what I'm hearing is yes, but we're working on it right now. >> So, so this guy might have been either put in there by the IRGC or radicalized some other way and then he tries to take down this plane. >> It could have been. Yeah. And my other question for you is, if Paxton is telling people behind closed doors that he thinks the convention hurt his poll numbers, why go to Texas? Well, I'll tell you what. we have to win this election. That convention, you were there. That convention was a tremendous success. It went up against the NFL and as you know, they had 24 I guess it was I said 25 yesterday. It was actually they had 24 million views and we had 107 million views. In other words, we beat the NFL by four times. And maybe that was so for Ken, but I could tell you uh we were there for a lot of reasons. First of all, I won Texas all three times. I won the Hispanic vote all three times. Texas has been great to me. I'm going to Oklahoma now uh for the most part, but we have the governor's race, but he should win. He wasn't favored to win, but I endorsed him and he beat somebody that was unbeatable, Drummond. And uh he's going to be great. So, I'm going to Oklahoma now because I won a hund I won all think of it. I won all three every county. They have 77 counties. I won every single county all three times. Number two was Ronald Reagan at 56. I was 77. So they have 77 counties. I want them. So they say, "Why are you going?" I'm going there because like Alabama, same thing. I'm going because you have to thank these states that are with you a thousand%. And I haven't been there in a while and I want to just thank them. But we also have a governor's race that I don't I think it's over, but we have to make sure people get out and vote even in Oklahoma. So, I love Oklahoma. I love Alabama. I love a lot of the Texas as an example, but I go there because they want to see me there. >> Mr. President, Mr. President, President, Mr. President, do you think that Cornell University has done enough to investigate the alleged rape on? >> Well, I don't know that much about it, but Cornell is a fine school, and I'm sure they'll do what's right. Mr. Does the US retaliate against Iran? If they are behind that attack on the plane, did the US retaliate? >> Oh, they'll be hit very hard. Don't worry. >> You just ask them. >> They know what happened. >> Should taxpayer money service? >> Look, Iran now Iran now is got 301% inflation. That their money is valueless. Their economy is gone. They have no military. They have no anti-aircraft shooters. They have very little going. And we control the straight. We took out more oil in the last two days than at any time in the history of the strait. And that includes before the war. >> I tell you what, you know what it is? Our Navy is incredible. Our military is incredible. The job they've done. Now I have to make a decision. They'll either sign a very fair deal or they won't exist any longer. Thank you very much.