Press Gaggle: Donald Trump Speaks to Reporters After Marine One Arrival - October 6, 2026

Mr. President. Mr. President.

Is Russia --

How will you get Congress to authorize the Trump dividend that you've been talking about?

Uh, it'll work out very easily. It's gonna work out very well. Just like we got 1,776 for our military, just like we, uh, caught the Obamacare scam and we're giving people back their money after they got scammed by President Obama. That'll work out very easily.

How can you ensure the money's spent here, sir?

There's been a lot of protests against the Triumphal Arch that you're going to build. Is that going to affect it getting done?

A protest?

The Trump, the arch?

Well, they're all paid protesters, you know, the same people that protested that, the same people that protested that.

Yup.

I'm used to protests. I think I do pretty well.

Is it going to affect the building of the Arch?

No, they're just scammers. They just, you know --

Mr. President, with the plague in Russia, have you spoken with President Putin? What is the U.S.' next step?

I have a, I have a call scheduled. Yup.

When is that call scheduled for?

Very soon.

Is the call this week?

What are your intelligence agencies saying, President Trump? What are the intelligence agencies saying about the Russian plague workers' death?

Uh, so far, we're in very deep discussions. We'll be able to report about it probably tomorrow.

When did you decide that MAGA Inc. will pay for the ads? When did you decide that MAGA Inc. will pay for the ads?

Uh, well, there's no reason for him to, but, uh, we have a lot of money in MAGA Inc. We've collected a lot of money. We're using it for other candidates. Yeah?

Have you heard the latest comments from Ken Paxton about not having control over his campaign? The message coming from Washington. Just curious your reaction to that.

No, I haven't. But Ken's doing much better now that I've -- everybody is. Uh, since starting three, four days ago, since starting the rallies, it's brought a whole new awareness to how great the Republicans are doing, uh, how great the economy is doing in terms of, uh, $21 trillion being invested, factories being built all over the country, ships being built. Everything is being built.

There's never been anything like it, not only for us, for any country in the world. We are, we have more investment in the United States than any country in the world has, and it's not even close.

Mr. President, the dividends. How would you, how could you ensure that all that money would be spent domestically? How would you track all that money?

Well, we're gonna be able -- it's not gonna be a big problem, but the dividends are happening and, uh, if we win. If we, uh, if Republicans win, uh, that dividend. And the Democrats can't do it because they don't do tariffs, and therefore the country's going to go bankrupt.

Can you clarify what you meant about L.A. and San Diego yesterday?

Mr. President, when I stopped you, you alluded to the midterms. You talk a lot about Iran, but what do you see as the number one issue for American voters in the midterms?

Well, I don't know exactly. When you look at the American voters, we're doing better. We're taking in trillions of dollars of investment. We have more jobs. You know, more people are working in America today than at any time in history. Uh, the poverty rate is the best it's ever been in terms of individual.

That includes African American, Asian American, Hispanic American. Poverty rate is the single best poverty rate, meaning lowest poverty rate we've ever had. The individual rate on individual people are making more money than they've ever made. And if you take a look around, we have more jobs right now in the United States of America than at any time in the history of our country.