Oct 25, 2026 Pool Report 1

Good morning from Joint Base Andrews. The President landed in Marine 1 at 12:19 and came over for a brief gaggle. We will get you the Otter, but highlights:

On el-Sayed: “We don’t want to see a member of the Muslim Brotherhood in our Senate.” Says “Mike Rogers “is apple pie, , perfect guy” for the job

He said the rallies are helping, “I think we’ve really turned it around.”
“I think Ohio is amazing.”

“If you look at Nebraska, he’s in great shape.” Then complained anew about the other Dan Sullivan on the ballot in Alaska, saying “that’s just outright cheating.”

“At least let him use the name Senator Dan Sullivan, as opposed to incumbent, because a lot of people don’t know what the incumbent means.”

On the Iran intel report, he said: “they’ve had — they’re two very different sets of intelligence reports.” But he would not discuss them, even the summary that was declassified on Friday evening by the DNI.

“We have very advanced sets of intelligence on Iran, some has been declassified, and some has not.”

On Ukraine, he talked about Witkoff trip, the release of Hubbard — “we got a very fine person back who was a prisoner.” But he declined to answer a question about discussion of business deals with Russia beyond the diesel deal.

Taking off at 12:37, bound for Michigan.

David Sanger
New York Times

David E. Sanger
White House and National Security Correspondent