President Trump Gaggles with Press on Air Force One En Route Palm Beach, FL, Feb. 6, 2026

We had uh very very good talks today

having to do with Russia, Ukraine that

could something could be happening. Uh

we likewise had very good talks on uh

Iran. Iran looks like it wants to make a

deal very badly. We have to see what

that deal is, but I think Iran looks

like they want to make a deal very

badly, as they should. Last time they

decided maybe not to do it, but I think

they probably feel differently. We'll

see what the deal is. It'll be different

than last time. And we have a big

armada. We have a big fleet heading in

that direction. Going to be there pretty

soon. So, we'll see how that works out.

The stock market, as you know, broke a

number that they thought was going to be

impossible to break during certainly

during my first year. They said if you

could do it in your fourth year, by the

fourth year, we broke 50,000 on the Dow.

Most people thought that was not

possible to do so quickly. We did it in

the first year. So, we're about 3 years

ahead of schedule. It's going good.

Prices are way down. You don't hear the

Democrats talking about affordability

anymore, which they caused the the

affordability problem very badly. Uh but

you don't hear that word. I haven't

heard that word spoken in a week and a

half because they can't speak because

the prices are down. Uh energyy's down.

If you look at oil, uh if you look at

gasoline, uh a gallon of gasoline in

Iowa, I was there last week, uh was 185,

189, and 199 in three different

stations. And that's it's that way in a

lot of places. So gasoline is way down,

energyy's down, uh groceries are down.

We've broken the Biden disaster, the

mess that I inherited. The border is

extremely secure, more so than it's ever

been. We've gone nine months with zero

people coming in illegally. And I think

the immigration problem is we're doing

very well. And crime uh is at a record

low for 125 years. Just was just

announced, lowest it's been since 1900.

That's pretty good. That's a long time.

So, uh do you have any questions, John?

>> Mr. Social media post that you took down

earlier today. Um, the White House says

that a a staffer sent it. Who sent it

and are you going to fire them?

>> I looked at it. No, I looked at it. I

saw it and I just looked at the first

part. It was about voter fraud in some

place Georgia. There was a lot of voter

fraud, 2020 voter fraud that I didn't

see the whole thing. I guess during the

end of it, there was uh some kind of

that people don't like. I wouldn't like

it either, but I didn't see it. I just I

looked in the first part and it was

really about voter fraud in uh and and

the machines how crooked it is, how

disgusting it is. Uh then I gave it to

the people to generally they look at the

whole thing but I guess somebody didn't

and they posted and we took it down and

we didn't you know but that was a voter

fraud that nobody talks about. They

don't like to talk about that uh post.

We took it down as soon as we found out

about it.

>> Mr. President, a number of Republicans

are calling on you to apologize for that

post. Is that something you're going to

do?

>> No, I didn't make a mistake. I mean, you

give I look at a lot of thousands of

things. Um, and uh I looked at the

beginning of it. It was fine. They had

that one post and I guess it was a

takeoff. By the way, a lot of people

were covered. If you look at where it

came from, a lot of I guess it was a

takeoff on the Lion King and uh

certainly it was a a very strong post in

terms of voter fraud. Nobody knew that

that was in the end. If they would have

looked, they would have seen it and

probably they would have had the sense

to take it down, but that was a takeoff

on the Lion King and a lot of people

were covered on different uh in

different positions. So, uh but I spoke

to Tim Scott. He was great. Tim is a

great guy. He understood that 100%. Uh,

go ahead,

>> Mr. President. Uh, your Steve Woodoff,

Jared Kushner met with Iran's foreign

minister today. You also had Brad Cooper

there, the head of SenCom. A deal

doesn't look like it's been reached yet.

How long are you willing to wait?

>> It can be reached. Well, we you have to

get in position. We have plenty of time.

If you remember Venezuela, we waited

around for a while and uh we're in no

rush. We have, you know, very good talks

going with Iran. We have very good talks

going with Russia and Ukraine.

We're doing a lot of good talking and uh

I think we had the results today were

with Iran. It was a meeting. We're going

to meet again early next week. And they

want to make a deal. Iran as they should

want to make a deal. They know the

consequences. If they don't if they

don't make a deal, the consequences are

very steep. So, we'll see what happens.

But they had a very they had a very good

meeting with a very high representative

Iran of Iran and we'll see how it all

turns out.

>> Civil human rights groups see that. By

the way, I'd love to see that. If we

could if we could do that, I'd love to

see it.

>> Mr. President,

>> Iran, is there an is a deal that is

acceptable that's only that only covers

>> with Iran. Is there a deal that's only

covers nuclear? That would be acceptable

to you because they don't they just

wouldn't have nuclear. They don't want

to have anything else.

>> That would be acceptable. But the one

thing and right up front, no nuclear

weapons.

Uh if we could have made that deal two

years ago, we would have made that deal.

But they weren't willing to do that. Now

they are willing to do it. So they're

willing to do much more than they would

have

a year and a half ago or even a year ago

when we've heard. Don't forget we've

only been doing this for exactly one

year. And we started with them a few

months after the beginning of this term.

This term has been amazing. But but the

results could very it could surprise

people. If they would have offered this

deal originally when we first started,

it would have been accepted immediately.

We'll see what happens now.

>> Mr. President, a number of people in the

MAGA base say they aren't satisfied with

the administration just focusing on

deporting violent criminals. That they

>> Who you with?

>> I'm Natalie Allison with the Washington

Post.

>> Washington, you having a hard time

getting readers? Washington Post is

doing very poorly. Go ahead. You have a

very bad attitude. Go ahead.

>> Uh, well, a number of of people in your

base say that they want to see all

illegal immigrants deported, even once

we're

>> Let me tell you about my base. Let me

tell you about my base. My base has

never been stronger. My base is me and

other very good people, people that love

our country. And if you talk about my

base or the MAGA base, you could call it

a lot of America first base. Uh, they

couldn't be more thrilled. We have crime

down to the lowest level that has been

in 125 years. We have a border that's

totally closed. We have all the things

that our base wanted and we have the

best economy in history. Prices are

down. We inherited very high prices and

the highest inflation in the history of

our country. Think of it. The highest or

48 years. Some people say 48 years, but

I'll take either one. Uh so my base is

very happy. But would you would you

support uh mass deportations of people

who are otherwise law abiding?

>> Seeing everybody, but we focus we're

focusing on the criminals. We're

focusing on killers. We're focusing but

ultimately uh they all broke the law.

Some can if they go if they do it in a

certain way they can go out. They can

come back if they do it properly. But as

you know a lot of people have been

deported a lot. But uh the focus is on

the murderers, the drug dealers. We have

many people mentally insane. They dumped

everything in our country. But

ultimately, yeah, it's exactly as I said

during the campaign. Yeah. Mr.

President, can you set the record

straight? There were reports circulating

that you told Chuck Schumer that in

order to restore funding for the Gateway

Train Tunnel in New York, New Jersey,

you would want Penn Station and Dallas

Airport to be named after you. Is that

true?

>> He suggested that to me. Chuck Schumer

suggested that to me about changing the

name of Penn Station to Trump station.

Tulles airport is really separate.

Tulles airport is really not too

involved with Congress. It's a separate

kind of a deal as you know. Uh but it

was suggested to be by numerous people,

unions, uh Democrats, Republicans, a lot

of people suggested. Uh nothing's been

done on that.

Uh, you frequently criticize Joe Biden

for not knowing what is going on in his

name. This racist video that was posted

on your social media

>> going on a hell of a lot better than you

do. You don't know what's going on. I

know what's going on. No, Joe Biden

didn't have a clue. Uh, but uh, we know

everything. And when you look at what's

happening while our economy, think of

it, we're way years ahead of schedule.

We have thousands and thousands of

businesses being built right now. So,

uh, Joe Biden had no clue. If Joe Biden

were elected or if Kamla were elected,

we wouldn't have a country right now.

>> You won the election because of minority

voters. Does this post maybe hurt

Republicans with, you know, black voters

after the

>> I think No, I was Look, we did criminal

justice reform. I did uh the uh

historically black colleges and

universities. I got them funded. Nobody

has been and that's why I got a

tremendous the highest vote with male

black voters that they've seen in many

many decades. I've done great with black

voters have been great to me. I've been

great to them. Black voters have been

great to me. I've been great to them.

And I am, by the way, the least racist

president you've had in a long time. As

far as I'm concerned, we have uh I've

had a great relation. Think of what I've

done. Criminal justice reform. Nobody

else could do it. Obama couldn't do it.

Nobody could do it. Clinton couldn't do

it. They actually went the other way.

They went into a a very bad thing for

African-American people, black people.

They went to They did very bad things. I

did very good things, but criminal

justice reform. And then I funded the

universities, which nobody else was

willing to do. They were going every

year they'd come back to Washington and

they'd be begging for money, begging. I

got to be friendly with some of the

heads of the schools and they would come

back and they would literally tell me

they're forcing us to beg. I'm the one

that got them long-term financing and

more than they were looking for. So

there's nobody that's done more and I

think maybe more than anything else was

criminal justice reform. They've been

trying to get it for years and I'm the

one that got it done. So nobody can tell

me about that that somebody posts a

staffer you know post and I knew it was

all about if you take a look at that and

see the whole thing it was a small

section at the very end but that was

about uh fraudulent elections which we

have a lot of them we're going to get it

stopped and uh I like the beginning I

saw it and just passed it on and I guess

probably nobody reviewed the end of it

because what I saw at the was really

really strong. It was about fraudulent

elections and anytime I see that stuff

and when it's credible you put it up but

somebody slipped and missed a very small

part. Now by the way again a takeoff on

I guess I didn't do it by the way this

was done by somebody else this was a

retruth that was not done by us but uh

that was a very strong truth. There was

a very strong statement made about the

fraudulent elections in a certain part

of our country which are really bad.

>> Mr. President, Mr. President, you

promised Savannah Guthri's family the

full support of federal law enforcement.

FBI is now

>> a little I'll give you a little

statement. I think we're doing very well

on that regard. You're probably

surprised to hear that. Uh I think we're

doing very well. Very well. meeting.

We have some clues, I think, that are

very strong and I think we could have

some answers coming up fairly soon.

>> Is this a nationwide search? Is this a

search going to Mexico?

>> Talking about a search, I'm talking

about a solution. Uh, we have some

things I think that will maybe come out

reasonably soon from DOJ or FBI or

whoever that could be uh suspect.

>> Yeah. Could be definitive.

What do you expect us to hear?

>> A lot's taken place in the last couple

of hours.

>> A lot of a lot of things have happened

>> with regard to that horrible situation

the last couple of hours. Mr.

>> President, at the very least, do you

condemn the racist parts of the video?

>> Of course I do.

>> Yeah. Mr. President,

>> the Dow and S&P have done really well

under you, Mr. President. The Dow and

S&P have done very well under you. Do

you think that there's still more to

>> Everything's done well.

>> Do you think there's still

>> everything? What hasn't done well?

>> Do you think there's still more to do

for Americans who can't afford to invest

in the stock market here?

>> Well, I brought prices way down. You

don't hear it anymore. You know, when I

first came in, the Democrats were

screaming affordability and I I just got

there. Remember eggs because eggs were

up four times higher than they ever

were. And that was I think my first

press conference was about 3 days in and

they were screaming about eggs. They

said, "I didn't do it. They did it. We

got the eggs down. We got the groceries

down. We got it all down. It's really

going good. Now we have interest rates.

We have a great new Fed person coming in

hopefully soon. Uh interest rates are

trending downward even without that. And

uh it's been amazing. I mean we have we

have potentially the greatest the

greatest uh economy in history. If you

look at what's happened $18 trillion we

have $18 trillion coming in. No other

country's gotten anywhere near that. No

other country. China. Nobody. And I

think we have potentially the greatest

and you're going to see that when these

factories that are being up. We have car

plants, AI plants, many plants, and

thousands of businesses right now are

being built. When they start opening up

in a year from now, less than a year

from now, it's going to be something

that I don't think we've ever witnessed

before in this country. We've never,

nobody's ever seen investment like this.

We have never seen anything like it. So,

it's very exciting. But when you add

that to the best crime numbers we've

ever had, when you add that to so many

other things, the wall, as an example,

we had a border that was out of control.

25 million people came in during four

years of bite. We have nobody coming in.

They come in, but they come in legally.

They have to come in legally. Uh our

country is doing really well.

>> Mr. President, you sued the or suing the

federal you're suing the federal

government about your taxes. And um I'm

wondering, is it fair to ask the

American people to pay for that? Well,

anything I win, I'm going to give 100%

to charity.

>> But that still takes it from the

American people.

>> No, no, because they give money to

charity anyway. They give away $40

billion a year to charity. Our

government, you know, our government

gives away $40 billion plus a year to

charity. So, anything I win from that,

but when they go and release your tax

returns, which is totally illegal, uh

people go to jail for that. And they've

already found a person that did it. And

as you know, they got in big trouble.

And uh based upon that and other things

we did and we did sue and anything I win

I'm giving a 100% to charity. Really

good very very good and respected

charities.

>> Do you decide

>> winter Olympics the winter Olympics

begin this weekend Mr. President I just

spoke to Marco Ruby. I just spoke to JD

Vancer over in Italy and uh representing

us very well. They're doing a they're

doing a great job. Did you say that the

vice president got booed during the

opening ceremony though? What do you

make of that sort of frosty? The vice

president got booed during the opening

ceremony. What do you make of that

frosty?

>> No, I didn't see. Is that true? Is that

right?

>> Yeah.

>> It's surprising because people like him.

Well, I mean, he is in a foreign

country, you know, in all fairness, but

uh he doesn't get booed in this country.

>> Is there a particular sport you're

interested in seeing

>> in the Super Bowl? Who are you going for

>> what? The game.

>> The Super Bowl. Yeah. I can't say that,

but they are really two good teams.

They're very interesting because you had

one quarterback who looks like he wasn't

going to make it and he made it. And

then you have another one who's young

and they probably wish they played him

last year, right? He's done great. Uh

but you have two great teams. Bob Draft

is a fabulous owner, friend of mine. Uh

New England's amazing that they're

there. Who would think? It's like a

second uh you can't say dynasty yet.

They had a dynasty. You have to win a

lot of games before you create another

one. But uh it's I think it's going to

be a great game. Very a lot of

interesting storylines. Going to be very

interesting.

>> What's your message to the many

Americans who are offended by the video?

>> What do you want to tell those

Americans?

>> Message. I didn't know about it. So I

mean it went up. I I really have no

message. All I know is here's my message

that our country has never been in a

position like this. We were a

laughingstock all over the world. And

now we're a country that's respected

more than we've ever been respected

before. If you go back a year and a half

ago, our country was a laughings sock

and now we're respected all over the

world like probably almost never before.

I would say maybe like never before. And

you know, it's uh if you look at from an

economic standpoint, the king of Saudi

Arabia said it, others said it. Uh we

were

not a country that was even thought of

as a country that was going to make it

back. And in one year, we're the hottest

country. We are right now the hottest

country anywhere in the world. So that's

my message. Thank you everybody. Mr.

>> President, thank you.