Press Gaggle: Donald Trump Speaks to Reporters Before Marine One Departure - October 7, 2026

Mr. President, sir?

Mr. President?

Do you have a message from Israel on this October 7th anniversary?

I do. I spoke with Bibi Netanyahu and I wished him well and I wish the people of Israel well. That was a horrible day, a horrible tragedy, a horrible -- and they're -- the other side is paying a very big price for what they did on October 7th, believe me. A very big price.

Also, sir, the FBI just stopped, apparently, an attack on the Mall of America. They arrested an 18-year-old man who was trying to buy weapons and ammunition, apparently ISIS inspired. Did you hear about that?

I did hear about it, and they did a great job. The FBI did a great job.

And Mr. President, do you think that your advisers [Inaudible] should have been in the Balkans less than 30 days [Inaudible]

Well, they're allowed to do that. They have a lot of clients and it's OK. I'm a client of theirs. They have a consulting firm, I guess, separately, as all people in Washington do. That's pretty common.

[Inaudible] what's that doing to the US housing market?

Well, it hurts housing, but the rates are going to come down when the oil comes down. The oil comes down as soon as we finish off with Iran and that's going to be very quickly. We're going to have that taken care of very quickly. Iran is now in desperate condition, as you know, unfortunately for them, but they're in desperate condition.

And as soon as that's finished, oil will go down lower than it was before we started.

The main thing is Iran will never have a nuclear weapon.

Do you think [Inaudible]

Well, we're having a great impact. We're going to Texas right now. We have a very big one, but they're all big. Every one is big. They're all sold out. They have a line that's a mile long or two miles long or something, even long before I get there, even last night.

I think we're helping the Republican Party to rally, yeah. And we're doing almost one a day, so a lot of work, but I like doing it.

Mr. President, why are you going to Texas so much?

We want to make sure that Ken Paxton wins. He's a good man. He was probably the best attorney general in the whole country, or right up there. And we're -- for purposes of that, we want to make sure that Ken Paxton can win.

And why New York on Friday?

Excuse me?

Why going to New York on Friday?

I'd have to look at that schedule.

Do you agree with Ken Paxton that the war and gas prices is the biggest challenge for Republicans?

I think the war is -- when you call it a war, it's a war that's been won from the standpoint of what we have to do. We have to get rid of no nuclear weapons for, as you know, for Iran. Uh, I think when people hear that we've done what other presidents should have done for many years, for -- now we're up to 51 years.

We've taken away their nuclear power. If they would have had nuclear power, you would have had problems like you've never had before. So we did this for that reason. We've essentially accomplished that.

Their military is now wiped out. Their whole country right now is wiped out. It'll be over very quickly. And when it does -- and when it does, oil prices will come tumbling down.

You have a great relationship -- you have great relationship with Poland, but there have been reports in Poland that you support a change of government. Is that true?

That I what?

That you support a change of Polish government.

Well, I -- I love the people in Poland, and the president is a big friend of mine. And as you know, I endorsed him.

What about the government?

Mr. President, thank you very much. Turkey and Pakistan have just agreed to send military forces to Saudi Arabia as part of the [Inaudible] alliance. There's just been an attack on Saudi Arabia as well. What do you make of the deployment of Turkish --

Well, I think they want to help Saudi Arabia and I think that's good.

[Inaudible] the FBI the largest independent investigation into the death of [Inaudible]

Well, we're looking at that. Yes, we are. Yeah.

Mr. President, mortgage rates are the highest that they've been in three years. Is there anything you can do on home prices?

What's the core message for the GOP going down the homestretch [Inaudible]

Well, I think we're doing really well. We're beating Iran very badly and they're not going to have a nuclear weapon, which is very paramount. Uh, we are having, I think it was just announced, the largest amount of money in history ever put into a country, $21 trillion. Nobody can do that. Factories, plants built all over.

Crime is at the all-time lowest we've had in, I guess, 125 years. Best crime stats. Our country is doing great. Thank you very much.

Mr. President, you have sent out rebate checks to 20 million American seniors. What is your message to American seniors ahead of the midterm, and how has your health care plan benefited them?

Well, we have [Inaudible] sending out to more than 20 million people, rebate checks, and it's going to have a lot to do with -- has a lot to do with the fact that the previous administration really did a bad number on them. And we found out and we're giving them back the money. Thank you.