White House: President Trump Gaggles with Press Upon Departure from the White House, Oct. 19, 2026

Hello, everybody. I'm going to take a nice trip to Kansas, where we have a wonderful Senator Marshall. He's going to do very well, I think. He's going to win. I won the state by many, many points.

I love the people of Kansas, and that's why I go there. So hopefully we'll have a great victory in Kansas. But we'll know soon enough. I think he's going to do very well. Roger Marshall is one of the finest people in government, as far as I'm concerned.

Mr. President, you said that you don't want to drive Vladimir Putin away from the bargaining table. Right. What guarantee has he made you that he's willing to strike a bargain? Well, you'll see soon enough because I'm trying to get a hostage that the country has been after for a long time and before my time.

And let's see what happens. That'll be soon. We also have a very good situation with respect to Iran. He's laying off Iran. It's nice because we're hitting Iran very very hard, as you know, economically as well as militarily.

And Russia has done nothing there that we can see. And I think that's a very positive. And, of course, we're negotiating with him on Ukraine. So I'm not looking to break up negotiations right in the middle. And, by the way, I have the right to do that at any time, immediately.

So if things don't work out, I can always do it. The Press: Have you ever heard the trilateral Republicans who have been speaking out— Say it? The Press: Have you seen the. Republicans who have been speaking out against.

Well, I think when they find out what the deal is, they— I've had 4 of them call up because I only put out word last night. I'm in the midst of negotiating a deal. When you're negotiating a deal, you don't do that to the people you're negotiating. And the deal is the Ukraine deal. Also, I'm negotiating with them on Iran because they've been very well behaved on Iran.

Also, I'm negotiating with them on hostages. And I'm also negotiating on diesel. So when you do that, that's about good.

When you're negotiating, you don't do that. When I tell that to Republicans that speak out, and there aren't many of them because they have confidence in me. I'm the one that got them there. I'm the one that's winning. I'm the one that's doing the rallies and taking people into a winning position.

When you look at what's happened, if you take a look at what's happened since I've been doing these massive, totally sold out rallies, nobody's ever seen anything like it. As an example, we're up in Texas. We weren't. We're up in Alaska. We weren't.

We're up Everybody, every place that I've gone to, we're up. Mr. President, would you agree to a trilateral meeting with President Putin to talk about Ukraine? No, but I would do it. Not so much for Ukraine, because Russia, frankly, has been fine on Ukraine. They haven't been doing much.

And the same thing with China. We would have him to talk about nuclear weapons and denuclearization. And anytime I can have a meeting on denuclearization— so we have more— during my term, I did it. We have more nuclear weapons than Nobody. Russia is second.

China is third, but catching up. China was way behind, and now they're catching up. It'll take them probably 5 years. We would schedule a meeting based on the denuclearization. And that's a very positive thing for the world.

It's very good. So I would do it if they want to have a— I just heard about it. If they'd like to have it, I think it would be held in China. He just left here. If President Xi wants to have it, I'd have it.

I'm sure we'd talk about other things like trade, too. But— Yeah, I would do that. Are you investigating at all the slowdown or the interruption of Starlink in Ukraine? Who ordered that interruption? I don't know who it was, but I'd like to find out.

Yeah. Mr. President, Emmanuel Macron is blaming the Iran war and you, essentially, for the rioting in France right now. I don't think— no, I think that's fake news. Who are you with? No, sir.

Mary Vargas with the Daily Wire. Oh, Daily Wire is good. Mr. President. Sorry. Daily Wire is good.

Mr. President, would you do a meeting with President. Macron? Emmanuel Macron, he's a friend of mine. I told him I told him a long time ago, you're making a big mistake in France. You're letting everybody from the world come in.

The whole world was coming in. And, you know, as you know, Paris is going to be a Muslim city very soon. And that wasn't the deal. That wasn't the deal. I told Emmanuel, you should close up your borders.

And let's see, I've known him for probably 8 or 9 years. I told him as soon as I met him, I said, you're making a big mistake. We closed our borders. He didn't. And you know what?

His borders are a problem. And he also has a little bit of a problem with energy, but they have gotten, you know, they're doing better than others. But Emmanuel should have closed his borders a long time ago. I told him to do it. Mr.

President, Zelensky said you're supporting Putin by maybe being sanctioned. No, I'm supporting stopping the war between Russia and Ukraine. How does that look like you're supporting Putin? And you know what? Why?

Because that's what I do for a living. And frankly, Zelensky is not helping matters much. I think he doesn't want to stop it, but I want to see people not die. They're losing probably on average 25,000 to 35,000 soldiers every single month. All I want to do, I don't care.

I want to get the war stopped. I don't want to see 25,000 to 35,000. Last month it was 32,000. I don't want to see 32,000 soldiers dead. Has nothing to do with this country.

But you know what? From a human standpoint, Ukraine is losing a lot of soldiers. Ukraine is losing all of its men. You know, I was watching a woman on television the other and she blames Zelensky. She said, he's killing our men.

And the fact is, she said, and it was very poignant. She said, our men are dying. Our men have no legs in many cases. You look around, they have no legs. They're in mental institutions.

She's talking about Ukraine and she's very well known and they want to put her in prison. I want to see the war stop. You're losing tremendous numbers of mostly young military men. And that means 25,000 $35,000 a month. All I want is for Russia and Ukraine to stop that stupid war.

Nobody wants it. Mr. President, would you meet with Presidents Xi and Putin to discuss the end of the war without Zelensky there? Well, I would meet in order— anything I can do to end the war, whether somebody is there or not, whatever I can do to end the war. And they do want to have a meeting at my suggestion because I'm going to be over in China in November on the denuclearization.

And if we can do denuclearization, I We will have done the world a big, big favor. So we are going to have—. We are going to have—. What'd. You.

Say? Zelensky says you're on the wrong side of history on this one. Zelensky says— Zelensky doesn't know what he's talking about. Zelensky is a man that should have had this war settled a long time ago. If he would have listened to me, he would have made a much better deal a long time ago and he'd have a million people living from his side.

And to be honest, I don't think— I think it's time for somebody else to negotiate on behalf of Ukraine. Because what's happened, very little land destroyed, but a million people, a tremendous number of people are dead. They're losing their male population. Ukraine could have had this thing settled a long time ago. If he would have listened to me and you remember the Oval Office, he would have had this settled a long time ago.

Maybe it's time for Zelensky to get somebody else to negotiate. Is it a bad sign for Republicans in you after your campaign in Kansas today? No, I tell you, I have a man named Roger, and you know him very well, Roger Marshall. He's a fantastic senator. He's one of the best.

It's a close race. It shouldn't be. And as you know, I won by a tremendous amount, like 25, 30 points. I won by a lot, Kansas. And they should be winning by a lot.

So I went to—. Why is it so close? Do you want to listen to him? Listen. I went to Alaska, and Dan Sullivan is up.

I went to Ohio. John And you said, is up. I went to Texas and Ken Paxton is up. So far, and I went to many other places. Wherever I go, they seem to be up.

And I have the biggest rallies anybody's ever seen. They're packed houses. We have thousands and thousands of people today. And beyond the House, they're broadcast all over. And my rallies are having a huge impact and a positive impact on the Republican Party.

I'm going to Kansas. Because I won it by a lot. And the great senator— and he's a great senator— Roger Marshall. He's one of the best senators.

I think he's tied or up by a little bit, according to polls. Look, the polls are fake. But according to polls— so I want to make sure Roger Marshall gets in. Roger Marshall is a great man and he's a great senator. So that's why I'm going.

I think that's fine. The Press: Why do you think it's so close?

Actually, we share a lot. We've given a lot to Ukraine. You know what? We've given a lot to Ukraine. They've given nothing to us.

Remember that. We've given hundreds of billions of dollars. I gave the Javelins to Ukraine when he knocked out. That was me. Obama gave them pillows.

You know the expression? Obama gave them sheets and pillows. Trump gave them the Javelins. So don't tell me about Ukraine. We've given a lot to Ukraine.

They've given us nothing. Mr. President, you said you're going to put money in Mr. Trump and what's his name's pocket. Russia could have done way more to help. You said Russia could have done way more to help Iran if they wanted. Did Russia do that?

Russia could have done a lot more. That's right. Russia could have done a lot more to help. If you could put it bluntly, Russia could have done a lot more to help Iran. Russia's done very little for Iran.

China could have done a lot more for Iran. They've done— and I remember that. When China does not that much, maybe nothing, almost, But very little for Iran. And Russia does very little for Iran. I view that as being a very positive thing.

But you're doing so well, Mr. President. You seem like you're really doing good on the midterms. Is that accurate? I feel good. I feel good.

I mean, I think good. I think it's fake polls. Look, I had one poll where I was down by 3 and I won by 20. And the person that was the pollster had to quit in disgrace. So, you know, one of those things.

I don't I don't rely on the polls, but polls mean something. But a lot of the polls are rigged, just like the journalists are rigged. I could name 6 of them that I'm looking right here. You're rigged journalists. A lot of the polls are rigged.

Not all of you, but there's some good ones I can name also. But a lot of the polls are rigged. A lot of the pollsters— look at what happened in Iowa, where a pollster said that I was going to lose Iowa, and I ended up winning by almost 20 points. You know what? And by the way, she knew what what she was doing.

That was a crooked— that was a crooked deal. Because up until then, for years, she was always calling me correctly. I was going to win by a lot. I had a great win in Iowa, and she said I was going to lose by 4, and I won by almost 20. That was a crooked deal.

Mr. President, on the French protests, what's your message to the young people in France who are protesting peacefully, hoping for a better future? Well, the French citizens are very sad. Situation, what's happening in France. Because what's happening in France has to do with immigration, not schools, not anything. It's immigration.

And I told President Macron, close up your borders. I told him the first time I met him, which was years ago in my first term, close up your borders. You're going to have nothing but trouble. And they've got a lot of trouble. They let people into their country that don't love their country.

They don't love their buildings. They don't love their art. And I said the first time I met Macron, I said, "You got to close up your borders. You're going to ruin your country." And they've ruined their country. It's going to be hard to get it back, but hopefully friends will come back.

Mr. President, have you gotten to the bottom of Alina Haba's claims against Rick Grenell? Say it? Have you gotten to the bottom of Alina Haba's claims against Rick Grenell? No, I don't know what she's claiming. I know they're having a little bit of a feud.

Whatever it is, I wish him luck. Mr. President, a lot of Republicans are worried about the changes in the President's— National Guard member was shot at in D.C. after he tried to break up. A fight. What's your message to the National Guard? Unfortunately, Washington, D.C. will be a battlefield.

Mr. President, Mr. President,. Mr. President, you're sending 600— Mr. President, throw them to France. We're all sure that our friends in Afghanistan— what have you advised the two European leaders? Well, I told many of those leaders, your immigration is going to cause you a tremendous amount of problems in Europe— in France and in Europe. And I've been right.

That's an immigration problem. These are people that come in, as an example, in France, where it's so bad. They don't love the country. They don't love their art. They don't love their buildings.

They don't love their people. And they've got themselves a riot. This isn't about schools. This is about immigration. And these are people that are coming.

They're taking over the country. And he made a mistake. And I've told Putin, and I've told others. I told Putin, having to do with Russia on another subject, but we talked about it. I told Macron.

I told I told all of these leaders, you better watch your borders because your countries are being destroyed. And you know who agrees with me? Some of the leaders that you people don't like.

Mr. President, the violence was also in Italy during this weekend. So, did you see that? What's your reaction in Italy, Milan? The same violence of France. Well, it has to do with— when you look at Italy and France, it has to do with immigration.

And I told them all it was going to happen. That is a It's a boiler waiting to explode. It's a very sad thing to watch, for me to watch. We have closed borders. Nobody comes in.

And we're getting all the people out. All the people that came in illegally, they're coming out. What happened is they let people in. They didn't get them out. And they came in by the millions.

And honestly, they're different countries than they were 10 years ago. Do you think you're going to be able to get that meeting with North Korea next month in China? Oh, I don't know. I don't know.

I get along with him very well. With Kim Jong Un, I get along with him very well. And I'm not sure that anybody is asking for a meeting, but my relationship with Kim Jong Un is very good.

Would you like to see Delcy Rodriguez facing Maria Corina Machado in a presidential election in Venezuela? Well, that would be interesting. Yes, ma'am. Good evening, Mr. President. What are your thoughts on Senate Senator Lisa Slotkin suggesting that Democrats hand constitutions of Republican leaders should scare young conservatives away from getting involved.

Well, I think what they've done is weaponized government. Slotkin is a lowlife. She's ruining her state. She's destroying her state. But what they're doing is really discouraging people from going into politics.

No, they've weaponized government, the Democrats. That's what they've done.

I want Hispanics. And then, more than any Republican in history, I got tremendous support. But don't you think Republicans have been losing ground from what you want? No, I think they're good. And I think every time I have a rally— right now, as you know, you know where I'm going— to Kansas, right?

And we have Roger Marshall. And we want to make sure he wins. He's a great senator. I just want to make sure— every place I've gone to, they're doing well. So that means I have a good— The President—.

Will you talk to the President? We can talk to President Xi about Ukraine. I would do, but so far, I think he's been very fair with Ukraine. He hasn't been very much involved. And the same with Russia.

They haven't been nearly what they could have been. And I appreciate that. They know I appreciate it. Mr. President, on the border TPS, would you let them stay under the temporary protected status until the war ends?

Mr. President, why are you trying to—. Why are you trying to undermine the election? Why are you trying to undermine the election? Mr. President, how do you see the future of Europe? As we know, Europe is in absolute— if Europe doesn't close its borders and bring the criminals out, like the people that are protesting, Europe is finished.

Europe has to close its borders, like I've been telling them for 10 years. They have to close their borders and they have They have to take people that hate their countries out because otherwise they're finished. They will not have a chance of surviving. When I look at France, when you look at Italy, when you look at all the turmoil and the hatred, that's not about school. That's about people coming into the countries that hate the country.

They hate the building. They hate the people. They hate the art. They have to close their borders and they have to take those bad people out. Now let's go ahead.

Now let's go ahead. Thank you, sir. Senator Blumenthal, Democrat. She says she wants there to be prosecutions of Republicans to scare conservatives young into going into criminality or politics. That's disgusting!

So Slotkin said that there should be prosecutions in order to scare people from going into politics. That's a Democrat, and that's what they do. That's all they're good at. And you know what? That's why they're getting their asses kicked.

The president— President Obama served 8 years. The president was not accused of no Republican I want to build a wonderful golf course. I want to build a wonderful golf course. I want to build a wonderful golf course right now. It's old, it's tired, it's beaten up, it's useless.

It doesn't do much business. We want to do something great for Washington D.C. We're going to basically build a better golf course. You could call it a renovation. It should be very simple. And it's something that the Department of Interior is allowed to do, absolutely.

All they want to do is fix up their property. It's been allowed to get run down.

Bad, dangerous, dirty, lousy, and it's going to be one of the great— What, what, what, what is that? What was.