Travel pool report 8: Trump remarks continued/loading into motorcade
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- Jon Raasch
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- Monday, October 19, 2026 at 8:40 PM CDT
"Thank you Trump, thank you Trump, Thank you Trump," broke out from the crowd.
The president playfully turned and told them to quiet down so he could nail his next line. He then said he was joking and appreciated the support.
The president also touted his domestic policies, such as his efforts to bring down drug prices, cut illegal immigration, implementing policies targeting transgender surgeries and ushering in the "best job numbers" this year.
On Canada:
"But I do like their national anthem, and I promised them that they'd become a 51st state, which is actually what. He said, "I will let you keep ice hockey, and I will let you keep your Oh Canada."
Back on Senator Marshall:
Trump complimented his "perfect, beautiful" family saying he'd love to use them in an ad for one of his hotels.
"All the people that use Trump hotels look just like that family," the president said.
On the media:
Trump said that the TV broadcasts of his rallies o my show his face, adding that they only move and show the crowd when something bad happens, perhaps a reference to the protestors.
"They don't move it for anything good," he said of the cameras at the rally. "They only move it for anything bad."
On the $5,000 he pledged to give each US adult if Republicans win both chambers of Congress in the midterms:
"If the Republicans win, you will each have $5,000 in your pocket. You can have $5,000 in your pocket, an economic success for our country like we have never ever seen before."
"But the Trump dividend, which is the 5000, just to show you how it does work, it's approximately $1 trillion. But we have a record-setting $22.2 trillion that's being invested in the United States right now."
On Iran:
Trump noted how he's killed so many Iranian officials that it's now an issue for him to find someone to negotiate with to end the war.
"Everything's gone. Their leaders are gone. That's what's the problem. I don't know who the hell to negotiate with. Remember, their first level of leaders gone. Their second level of leaders gone. Their third level of leaders half gone, and the remainder said, "Please stop this. This is terrible. They wanted me to guarantee that we won't kill them like we killed the others."
Trump gave a warning that people will soon be imprisoned after he claimed once again that the 2029 election was rigged.
"You know they cheated so badly in 2020. It gets harder because we have a lot of people watching right now. A lot of people are going to go to jail. A lot of people."
Trump announce an $8 billion diesel fuel relief initiative to offset prices during the harvest.
“I'm also pleased to announce that the Department of Agriculture will be launching a new harvest fuel relief program, providing our farmers with $8 billion in support to offset diesel funds during this harvest."
On Kansas's political trends:
Trump noted than Kansas is looking a little more purple, meaning less of a Republican stronghold than prior.
Trump invited Senator Marshall to make brief remarks at 8:21pm.
"This is what the president stands. Republicans stand for secure borders, strong military, lower taxes. We're going to cut wasteful spending. We're going to throw rosters in jail. We're going to roll back regulations. We're going to keep America safe for our children and our grandchildren. God bless America. Thank you," Marshall said.
Trump gave a shoutout to Ty Masterson, the Republican running for Governor in Kansas. He invited the candidate on stage at 8:24pm.
The president gave condolences for the tragic car crash last week in Wichita that killed two and injured ten at a sports complex:
"And I also want to express our profound sympathy for the victims of the horrific car crash at the Stryker Sports Complex last weekend, and we grieve for the beautiful lives that were lost, and pray for those who were tragically injured. What a horrible event! We saw that so often, so much last week. So to all victims and their families, may God be with you. And we want to get to the bottom of what happened."
The president played multiple clips from CNN with Harry Enten talking about the president's approval rating from MAGA supporters. The clips got lots of applause from the MAGA-friendly crowd.
The speech lasted an hour and 37 minutes.
We have loaded into the vans and will be rolling back to MConnell Air Force Base soon before heading back to Washington.
Jon Michael Raasch
Daily Mail