Press Gaggle: Donald Trump Speaks to Reporters Before Air Force One Departure - October 28, 2026

Thank you very much. We're going to Ohio. We have a big rally, a lot of people. It's a lot of people, standing room only, as usual. And we're campaigning, as you know, for Jon Husted. And he's doing, I think -- I hear -- very well. And we're also for Vivek. He's planning to be governor, and he'd be a very good governor.

President Trump, Flavio Bolsonaro has declared himself the rightful president of Brazil. Do you agree?

Well, I'm not going to make a comment about that. But I know that we gave him a pass to come into the country, so we'll see. But I won't get involved. It was a very strange election, that's for sure.

Mr. President, why did you decide to give him that visa, him and his family -- Bolsonaro and his family?

I thought they were treated very unfairly.

Have you --

I thought -- I thought they were treated very unfairly. And I didn't take a position in the election, as you know. But when I see something that's inappropriate, I bring it up. I thought he and his family were treated very un-family -- fairly.

Have you spoken to Bolsonaro?

No, I have not.

Have you spoken to Kevin Warsh about the [Inaudible]?

No, I have not, no.

Mary Peltola, what's [Inaudible] Mary Peltola in Alaska?

Oh, it's terrible what's happened in Alaska. So, they said they didn't do this, and it turned out they did. The New York Times just released, actually, an incredible story on it. They created a fake candidate. They took a candidate named Dan Sullivan to run against another candidate, who's a great senator named Dan Sullivan, in order to cheat in the election.

They said they didn't do it, and we caught them cold. And Mary Peltola should resign from the race. I think she should be prosecuted criminally for what she did. And I think that the people that participated with her should. They swore and they -- in all statements that they knew nothing about it. This guy Dan Sullivan just ran against Dan Sullivan.

It turned out it was a scheme by the Democrats. That's what they do best. They cheat. They have bad policy, but they cheat. And it was just revealed 20 minutes ago that this was happening, that -- so they went to court. They knew nothing about it. They had nothing to do with it. So, that's a fraud. It's a fraud to the public.

And they had a Dan Sullivan running against Sen. Dan Sullivan. And they didn't put "senator" in front, so you had two Dan Sullivans. The people aren't going to be able to tell. And it's a fraud, and they said they didn't do it. And they did do it, and they got caught. And in fact, it was a plot by the Democrat Party.

And frankly, they should be -- I think they should be prosecuted. To me, that's voter fraud at the highest level.

What law? Under what law? Did you direct -- did you direct Vice President Vance to help [Inaudible] --

No. What that is is we -- they need help with medical supplies and various things. He asked me what I thought. I said, "If you want to do that, that's OK." Basically, it's getting supplies in to help people that are not well -- well.

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-- on Alaska [Inaudible]?

Well, you know, you have to make sure you have honest elections. When you have a senator, highly respected, named Dan Sullivan, and the Democrats put another person named Dan Sullivan in the race, like, as a third person running against -- so you have two Dan Sullivans running against one Democrat, that's voter fraud.

And when you say you didn't do it, that really makes it bad. So, I think it's a race that should be -- I think Dan Sullivan, the fake Dan Sullivan, and Mary Peltola should be -- number one, they should be taken off the ballot, and number two, they should be prosecuted. Yeah. Thank you.