Press Gaggle: Donald Trump Speaks to Reporters Before Air Force One Departure - August 4, 2026

Thank you everyone. So we had a very successful event as you probably know. A lot of good things happened. I have not found out who won the election tonight with Abdul. Who won?

It looks like it's gonna go late -- it's gonna be a long night.

Oh really.

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Ooh, that's interesting. That's what I heard. Um --

[Inaudible] democratic socialists [Inaudible] Is that true for the Democrats?

It could be. I would say so. The communists are the new base. Yeah, I would say so.

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I mean, don't forget, Abdul was way down a few weeks ago. Now it looks like it's gonna be a little bit of a horse race.

Mr. President, Israel [Inaudible] Iran?

We're moving along very nicely.

Mr. Pre- --

We'll find out. We'll know in 48 hours.

Mr. President --

[Inaudible] yesterday in the Oval Office. How [Inaudible] what happened [Inaudible]

Well, I just think she was totally wrong. Uh, they did a beautiful job. There were a couple of little things, but that was not a big deal. And everybody saw the vandalism. All you have to do is look at the tape. If you look at the tape, plus we have a witness or two witnesses that saw the vandalism. So certainly where there was vandalism, it was actually, in my opinion, it was major vandalism.

And I told her I was not happy.

Did she say -- are you going to keep her in the position?

Uh, I haven't made a determination.

Well [Inaudible] for Democrats. Does that hurt Democrats in the midterms so the Republican can keep the majority?

What, what, does what hurt?

Democratic socialists winning.

Look, they've got a party. It's a mess. I think it's a mess. I think they could form another party, the Communists of America party. You know.

Republicans have --

I, I think they should, should have a new party, the Communists of America, and it will do well. It'll get about 10% of the vote.

Uh, the Strait of Hormuz, uh, Axios is reporting that you might open as soon as tomorrow?

It could happen. Tomorrow is the next day, yeah.

Tomorrow, Thursday?

A lot of progress has been made.

What --

And they called me and they said, please, let's talk. They want to talk. The funny thing is they never mentioned that. They always say, we're not talking. But they called, they wanted to talk, we've been talking. They wanna make a deal. They do not wanna be hit. This was the biggest hit since World War II, as I've said.

They did not, and they saw it happening. They saw all the goods being loaded. So everythi- -- they knew exactly what was happening. And I think it'd be very smart to make a deal. We'll see what happens. Uh, they had a very good day. The negotiations were good. The stock market was up tremendously over the last three, four days.

We set new records today in the stock market. Yesterday, today. I think it's like 78 times now during a very short period of time. So a lot of good things are happening. The trade numbers are phenomenal, you saw that. Uh, our economic numbers are unbelievable that, like never, ever before. The investment into our country is at a number that nobody's ever even imagined.

We are doing really well. Uh, I'll see you on the plane, okay.

Max Miller? Can you comment on Representative Miller?

I hope he's able to work it out. I feel badly for him.