White House: President Trump Gaggles with Press at a Halloween Party at Mar-a-Lago, Oct. 31, 2026

Hello everybody! My name is Donald Trump. See? I came as Donald Trump. I didn't have time to get— these people spend a lot of time and money.

Rich people. They'll spend 9 hours getting ready. I had 10 minutes. So I came as Donald Trump tonight. Hello everybody.

What do you know about the FBI's attack by North Korea on finance? Well, we're learning about it. Yeah. How concerned are you that this could be an economic crisis for our country? I'm not concerned.

We're learning about it. We don't know if it's North Korea, but if it is, we'll talk to North Korea about it. And how are you feeling about Tuesday, Mr. President? Are you going to go out? I feel good.

I did many teleconference, the tele-town halls today. I leave early tomorrow for Iowa. I leave early tomorrow for Kansas. And then on Monday, we're doing a lot of different events to see if we can get it over. And I feel very good.

I mean, I I feel like we're doing well. The country has never done better. We've made $25 trillion in wealth over the last— since I'm president, for the last 19 months, I guess. $25 Trillion. We've never done anything.

And $22.2 trillion is being invested in our country. So I feel really good about things. And I think people are starting to find out that we've got Iran. We'll never have a nuclear weapon. They want to make a deal.

We'll find out about that. They're going fine. But, you know, they're not very reliable. Well, I will tell you, they make a deal and then they back out. They want to make a deal.

We'll see if they make a deal. President Trump, do you have any view on the fissure in the Democratic Party between Abdul El-Sayed and Haley Stevens? Well, they're really fighting. Nobody wants Abdul. And Stevens is in there fighting.

She's— you got to give her credit. She tried to do it, but she can't. You can't live with him. He's a jihadist. You can't live with him.

She tried. You know, she's a Democrat, a good, solid, pretty Democrat, I think, and I'd say reasonably solid. She was supposed to get wiped out and she almost won. He wanted to get her support. He got her support.

They spent a day together and she realized he's an absolute jiggot. Look, he is a person that hates black people, hates Jewish people, and I think probably hates all people. And he's not, in my opinion, if he went to Michigan, if he won, that would be a devastating blow for our country. Our country has never done better. He's a jihadist and he's a guy that frankly should not be in the Senate.

It's also been reported that Dan J. Sullivan's whereabouts are unknown. Are you concerned that he's—. Well, he, you know, it's a fraud. And Daniel J. Sullivan tried to change his middle initial to Daniel S. Sullivan, as you know. And it's a fraud.

It's voter fraud at the highest level. And he left the world. I mean, nobody can find him now. So he knows he's guilty. He knows he's guilty.

It's a fraud on the people. And when you look at that ballot, nobody, I don't care, nobody knows what they're doing. That is a total, it's a Democrat con job. And it was done by Schumer. I mean, that really started with Schumer and Elias, a lawyer Elias, Mark Elias.

And I think they should be held criminally responsible for it. Sir, the Russians say that they were warned by the U.S. about a potential terrorist attack. Did we give them intelligence? And who are the suspected terrorists? They're going to be reporting me tomorrow.

I get the report on that tomorrow morning. I will let you know. Washington D.C. and Virginia are suing to stop your march, saying that it violates—. Say it again. Washington D.C. and Virginia are suing to stop your march, saying that it violates the law.

They sued me on everything. They've lost every lawsuit. The Ark is very important militarily for Washington D.C. and our country. It's also going to be the most beautiful Ark ever built. So you have 59 cities that have Arks.

We're the only one that doesn't have it. We're the capital of America, capital of the United States. The Ark is going to be more beautiful than the Arc de Triomphe. In my opinion, the most beautiful of them all is the Arc de Triomphe in Paris. This will be far more beautiful.

And it'll be slightly larger, not a lot larger, but slightly larger. It will be one of Washington's most beautiful things. It's also very important militarily, maybe more importantly, but I don't think so. But it is very important militarily. And I think we're doing very well.

They take a vote next week to vote on it. And it's something the region, whether it's Virginia, Maryland, or Washington, it doesn't matter. It's something the region needs militarily. And I think aesthetically, It was supposed to be built in the circle years ago. Hundreds.

I mean, it was like 150 years ago. They expected to build it. Got interfered with by a little thing called the Civil War. It got interfered with by a Great Depression. It got interfered every time they were about to build something.

So we're going to see if we can get it built. The Ark was supposed to be there or something similar for many, many years. That circle has been there for many, many years. Mr. President, is there a timeframe for the Qatari negotiated— mediated negotiations?

We're not in that much of a hurry from the standpoint that we've knocked out their Navy. We've knocked out their Air Force. We've knocked out their anti-aircraft. We've knocked out almost every piece of military equipment there. We've knocked out a lot of their manufacturing capability.

We've knocked out the nuclear. We've knocked out their nuclear. We still have to take care of— I would I would say 1 or 2 sites, but we can do that in 10 minutes. 10 Minutes. So we have that plan.

The Supreme Leader said today— You. Can look at Pickaxe Mountain and you have to take care of that. We can do that all very quickly. Who are you with? The New York Times.

What did you make of Alina Habba's 15—. I thought it was terrible. I told her and I said, I don't want her paid. I thought we had somebody speak to the people. That did it.

And she used her relationship to do that. And it was far too much. You know, it's one thing for a person to get paid legal fees or whatever. She's a lawyer. I thought it was totally obnoxious and outrageous.

And it's not acceptable. Not acceptable at all. Expect her to make a donation to the library? No, not her. I expect maybe the people— I don't know if anybody wants to make it, but It's unacceptable what she did.

Unacceptable. Have you spoken to the leader of El Salvador about Haiti? Have you spoken to Bukele about Haiti? El Salvador's president, he's sending his forces. I did speak to him.

He said that he has a big problem with Haiti. I said, look, you're running your country. You have to do what you have to do. He had a big problem with Haiti. They killed some of his people.

And I said, you're running your country. You have to do what you have to do. Would you consider— is the U.S. considering helping in any capacity? He. Doesn't need help.

Pretty good shape. And are you concerned about— you got a report that there was concerns about Jensen Huang and NVIDIA and Chinese intelligence operations. Well, I have a lot of respect for Jensen. I didn't know about the specific thing, but I hope he's going to be okay. He's a great, brilliant person, and we want to protect our brilliant people.

When it comes to chips, there's never been anybody like him. So we hope that everything's okay with Jensen. I have a lot of respect for him. I like him. We hope everything's okay.

We'll We're going to check it out. We're going to check it out very closely. Okay? Did he remain your— one of your advisors on science and technology? Huh?

Will Jensen remain one of your advisors on science and technology? Well, I have a lot of advisors. I have a group of advisors. They all meet together. I would like to say yes.

I mean, unless we find out something to the contrary. I've always found Jensen Huang to be very above board. But, you know, you're dealing in a very complex issue. I don't want to say it. President Trump, Angie Nixon says that we're on stolen land here in Florida.

Do you have any response to that? Well, Angie Nixon's a low IQ person and she shouldn't be running. I mean, she's not of the intellect to be running for the Senate. She's a very low IQ person. Yeah, go ahead.

Ukraine. Hello to President Trump. God bless you. See all my rich members? Look at all my rich members.

They spent all day getting ready. Look at these guys. These are the big— Quiet for a second. These are the biggest guys on Wall Street and they spent all day long getting ready. I only had 10 I just put on a red tie.

Do you expect to go back to war against Iran as soon as this week? You said— go back to war with Iran? You said not until after—. Why would you ask such a stupid question? New York Times.

Okay, let's say I did. What'd I tell you? I mean, you're asking, do you expect to go— he asked me, do I expect to go back to war next week? Let's say I did. What'd I tell you?

Let's say I didn't. What'd I tell you? I can't tell you a thing. The Ukraine is not a question for the New York Times. Now, there's a good photographer.

The New York Times. Hit a couple of big Russian refineries in the last 1 or 2 days. Are you going to talk to him about that? What's your take on that? We talk to him.

I think that the war between Ukraine and Russia is going to come to an end in the not too distant future. Okay. Would you invite Zelensky to the G20? You've invited Putin. I would.

Yeah, I would. No problem. Do you have any plans to meet with Flávio Bolsonaro while you're in Florida? No plans to meet, but I think he got treated treated very shabbily. Very shabbily.

So he can stay here as long as he wants. Have you spoken with him? Bolsonaro. He can stay here as long as he wants. He got treated very— in my opinion, the election was a disgrace.

He got treated very shabbily, and he can stay here as long as he wants. Okay? Can we get now Halloween? I'll have about 15 minutes of Halloween, and then I go back to work. I made a lot of calls today, and tomorrow I'm going to take a trip.

Are you going? Tomorrow we're leaving Earth. Relatively early. We're going to Iowa first and Kansas second. And I think we're going to do very well.

I think we're going to surprise a lot of people. Do you like the early returns? And you know why? Because of the rallies. Those rallies are hot.

We have had rallies with tens of thousands of people and they are hot and they've been broadcast all over. They're long beyond the area that they're in. Thank you all. Have a good Halloween, everybody. You have a very fine newsprint.

Have a good time. Thank you, Mr. President. Thank you, Mr. President. Thank you.

Have a good time. Have a good time. Thank you, Mr. President. Happy Halloween.