White House: President Trump Gaggles with Press at Joint Base Andrews, Oct. 25, 2026

Well, we're going to Michigan, and it'll be very interesting. We don't want to see a jihadist senator. We don't want to see a member of the Muslim Brotherhood in our Senate. And we want somebody very capable. And I think Mike— Mike Rogers would do a great job.

He's going to be a great senator. Mike Rogers is apple pie. He's a perfect guy for our country. Mr. President, you've done so many of these events over the past few weeks. Yeah.

What are you hearing is the top issue for most voters? Well, first of all, I hear that we've turned the whole thing around. And, you know, for whatever reason, Presidents don't win— almost never— the midterms. And I think we've really turned it around. And, you know, I think the rallies have turned it, frankly, just to be honest.

And every senator feels the same way. You look at Ohio, look at Texas— he's in pretty good shape now, I think. Ohio is amazing. You know, John is going to do— John Usted looks like he's He's a great hero. He's a great— one of the best ever.

I mean, what he did— he was an All-American football player. Nobody even knew that except for football fans. They knew it. And he's been— if you look at Nebraska, he's in great shape. I mean, you can go through so many of them that were down.

I think other than the problem we have with respect to the Daniel Sullivan name being put on the ballot— this is Senator Dan Sullivan. They made it very unclear. Fair. And I think it's very unfair. And then you have ranked choice voting, which is crooked as can be.

So we shouldn't have ranked choice voting. But on his own, Dan Sullivan would win easily. But the Democrats have put another guy named Dan Sullivan, in this case Daniel Sullivan, on the ballot. And that's very unfair. That's just outright cheating.

So we're before the court to see what you can do. But people are totally confused. They shouldn't be confused when voting. At least let him use the name Senator Donald Trump and Dan Sullivan as opposed to incumbent, because a lot of people don't know what incumbent means. President, can I ask you about the imposed amendments?

How is that? I know you say it's not fair with his name being on the ballot, but how is it illegal? I think it's illegal because it's unfair. If it's unfair, you want fairness in voting. You just said it.

I mean, you need fairness. They come up with a guy who's never partook in any election, was never involved. I think he wasn't even a voter. He didn't vote, didn't do anything. He just happens to have that name.

And they put him on. And I think it's very unfair. So I think Dan Sullivan is doing great if they don't make it unfair. The Press: Mr. President, can I just ask you about the intelligence reports that have got declassified on Iran?

Did that strike you as very different from what you'd read on Iran before? Obviously, they've had— No, I didn't think it was. There are two very different sets of intelligence reports. I have them both. But they're very different.

I have two very different sets. So—. So there's one that was declassified. You saw that, that said that they are in the advanced stages of attacks on the U.S. What is the other? What is your other?

Well, I have others, but I'm not going to say right now. But we have—. Are they contradictory? We have very advanced sets of intelligence on Iran, and we're doing very well with Iran, as you know. But we have very advanced sets of intelligence on Iran.

Some has been declassified and some hasn't. I can't tell you what the—. What message did Steve Whitkopf send to President Putin when he went to Moscow earlier this week? Well, he went really to see about a couple of things. The war with Ukraine, which I think is something's going to happen there.

And also, we got a very fine person back who was a prisoner, as you know, for a long time during the Biden administration. And we got him back. Mr. President, what do you think of the fact that Abdul al-Sayed portrays himself as a medical doctor? He even appeared in a white coat, despite the fact that he never completed the qualifications after medical school to be a licensed doctor. Well, he's— I think he's practicing illegally, from what I've been told.

If he actually saw a patient, it would be illegal. So it's just like everything else. He's a jihadist, and he should not be allowed to serve in our Senate. So back on Ukraine— And why do you think he dodged questions, you know, about his letter of support for the Muslim Brotherhood? Oh, I do.

Yes, I do think so. In fact, he's at least very, very supportive of that group, and we can't have that. Back on Ukraine, you said you thought that something could be happening there. Your policy until a few months ago was no deal with Russia, no business deals with Russia until there is a peace agreement. Well, the only deal we made with Russia, frankly, they released oil into the world.

Right. They didn't give us oil. They gave the world oil. Well, one on the last—. And that was a very good thing.

And the only thing we're talking about with Russia is we just got a man back that Biden was unable to get back. He should have never been detained. And I got him back by asking Vladimir Putin to back. Right. And I gave nothing in return because Putin thought it was a reasonable request.

But the Alaska gas deal, the Lukoil deal, those are all things. Those are deals that will happen at some point. But we're not going to be hostage with the oil industry over something that frankly should have been settled. It should have never started. Look, that war should have never started, the Ukraine-Russia war.

And it wouldn't have if the election weren't rigged. The election was rigged and stolen. And because it was rigged and stolen, you had a a war start that should have never started, and we got to get that war ended. Thank you very much.