Travel pool #7 - Rally quotes

President Trump started by talking about Florida's races.

He also made comments on Katie Zacharia, said he didn't "give a shit" about all the lawsuits tied to his renovation/building projects; repeated his demand Rep. Omar resign from Congress, said he would take care of Cuba "on our way back from Iran," and offered commentary on RFK Jr's physique.

Note: No protesters during the president's remarks. Speech clocked in at about 1 hour 30 minutes.

Quotes below and, as always, please double check:

Trump slammed Democratic Senate candidate Angie Nixon as "a card-carrying member of the Democrat Socialists of America."

And he said of Democratic gubernatorial candidate David Jolly: "I knew Jolly. I knew him as a Republican. ... He was thrown out of the party like a dog. We threw him the hell out. ... Everybody hated this guy so much he couldn't get him out of there fast enough. He's a bad guy, very disloyal person, and he's changed virtually every position he had."

Note: Senator Ashley Moody is here, seated on the side of the stage with cabinet officials. Gov candidate Byron Donalds is also here, seated on the side of the stage next to Chief of Staff Susie Wiles. State AG James Uthmeier, Sen. Rick Scott, and Rep. Brian Mast are also here along with the Florida pols who traveled on Air Force One.

"I've never seen a midterm with this kind of action," the president said, adding Republicans have "far more energy" than Democrats.

He talked about building the helipad and other work at the White House. "So I got sued," he noted; "I don't give a shit about it." The line garnered huge applause and a standing ovation.

"The White House is beautiful now," POTUS said, claiming it "hasn't been fixed up since 1792."

He referred to Katie Zacharia as "that poor, poor young woman" during one of his rifts on the "fake news."

More Trump on Zacharia: "She was a perfect, beautiful woman. When she walked into that press room and they started screaming at her, she freaked out. And I said, 'You know what? There are nicer ways for you to make a living. You want to deal with these maniacs? You can deal with them. There are easier ways for you to live.'"

Trump repeated his demand that Rep. Ilhan Omar should immediately resign from Congress. He said she would not "legally be allowed to be a member" of Congress because she changed her name when she came from "her shithouse country."

"We have many, many Congressmen working on it," he added. "Kick her out," the crowd shouted.

Trump repeated his schtick where he pretends to leave the rally. As the crowd cheered for him to come back, he retook the podium and said Susie Wiles told him: "You're driving Secret Service crazy. They think you're leaving and they're rushing with their guns all over the place."

He said "we'll take care of Cuba on our way back from Iran." More Trump: "When we come back from Iran, those beautiful ships will pass Cuba. ... Then we send Marco Rubio into finish."

He added of Rubio: "We don't even have to stop. We can just put him in there and he'll figure it out. He's a great guy."

The Cuba comments got a standing ovation from the crowd with some shouting "liberate Cuba."

Trump also said, while talking about Iran, he could do "another Epic Fury."

He talked about his renaming of the Gulf of America. Said he called Google's Sundar Pichai about getting the maps changed so the Atlantic Ocean is now the American Ocean and he wanted change the name of the Strait of Hormuz to Trump Strait. He said Pichai told him "Sir, I've had it. I can't do it." Trump then added: "I was only kidding." Then he said: "The problem with this kind of fun is the fake news is going to report it."

Trump brought HHS Secretary Robert F Kennedy Jr to the stage to talk about what they're doing for commercial fishermen in Florida.

After RFK Jr spoke, POTUS complimented his physique: "Did anybody see the build, the body? He's got the body of a 30 year old."

Trump also brought Byron Donalds and Ashley Moody to the stage to speak.
In closing, Trump said: "Let's go out and do what we do best, which is to win."

—
Emily Goodin
White House Correspondent
New York Post