Interview: Jack Fink of CBS11 KTVT Fort Worth Interviews Donald Trump - September 10, 2026

[Jack Fink interviewed Donald Trump at the National Medal of Honor Museum in Arlington, Texas. Video courtesy and copyright KTVT / CBS News Texas. Video source: https://cqrc.al/ktvt-20260910]

President Donald Trump, thank you so much, and welcome to Eye on Politics.

Oh, thank you very much.

So Mr. Trump, uh, last night you proposed Trump dividends --

Right.

-- giving every American $5,000, American citizen if they're f- -- if they have --

Adult.

Adult citizen --

Yeah.

-- $5,000. And I'm wondering, would Congress need to approve that?

Well, we think not. Uh, I think they will do it if we needed it, but we think not. Uh, the country is doing so well. We've taken in trillions of dollars in tariffs and other things. We have now, uh, over $20 trillion worth of manufacturing plants and other investments being made in the United States, which is far greater than ever before.

And we think it's something that'd be good. We do have a one proviso, and that's that the money be spent, uh, people spend their money in the United States. We don't wanna have that money spent in other countries. And we think it's something that's really good, popular, and it's a great infusion.

Your super PAC, MAGA Inc. is spending $10 million on TV ads for Ken Paxton.

Yeah.

How much more money are you willing to spend to help Paxton win, and what are your plans to return to Texas to campaign for him?

Well, I'll be back in Texas. I love Texas. I won it three times, and I have the honor of having the biggest vote in the history of Texas, politically. I think all three times it got higher. So, uh, I like Texas and I guess they like me. And we, uh, we've done wonders for the oil industry, as you know, and we're doing really well and very proud of Texas.

Ken is a fantastic guy. He's probably the best attorney general that we've had in years in this country, in the whole country. And, uh, I jokingly said, "I don't like the way he dresses. I don't like the way sometimes he talks, but he's the greatest attorney general in the country." And he really is. He's fantastic, actually.

Uh, if it wasn't for him, we probably wouldn't have the wall, at least not to the extent that we have it, and so many other things. So, uh, I've invested in ads and other things for him, because the other side has a lot more money, and he'd be terrible having, uh, Talarico, having him with other nicknames we call him.

I won't use that name right now, but I used it last night. Having him would be a, I think, an in- -- really an insult to Texas.

In 2024, you won most of the Texas counties along the southern border. Republicans wanna flip the South Texas congressional districts, but Democrats say they're feeling pretty good about their chances. And I'm wondering, what is your message to Hispanic voters?

I think I won every county along the border, and they say that's the first time that happened since Reconstruction or the Civil War, another way of putting it. And, uh, I just have a great feeling for Hispanic. They have a great feeling for me. And, uh, you know, it's been that way, uh, if you look in Miami, you look at those numbers, look in Florida, those numbers.

So I think, I think we're in very, very strong shape in Texas. And again, we, we had a, a victory. We won by a lot. I won by a lot. And, uh, everybody that was on the ticket came along with me, so it was good. Now, this time I'm not running, so it's a big difference when you're running and not running. I'm just asking the people, all you people that are listening, pretend I'm running because we have to win.

This is very, very important. We can't let this, we have the hottest country anywhere in the world, and we can't let it go.

President Donald Trump, thank you so much.

Thank you very much, Jack.

We appreciate it.

Appreciate it. Good job.