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Trump Gaggle on White House Arrival: Navy Celebration, Hamas Talks, Shutdown

October 6, 2025 · The White House · 0:01:51

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What happened

President Trump, arriving at the White House after the Navy celebration, called the day amazing and said there is nothing like it in the world, praising the quality of the planes and equipment and saying the Navy was rebuilt mostly in his first term and is being built beyond that now.

Asked whether he would set a deadline for Hamas to release hostages, the President said the administration had some very good meetings, that countries surrounding Israel — Muslim, Arab, and many others — had held great meetings with Hamas, and that it looked like it was working. He said he thought it would work very quickly and that the public would be informed soon.

On other questions, he said his people would provide information on a reported strike in the Caribbean, said the administration was looking into continued rebel activity in Congo, and blamed Democrats for the government shutdown, saying it is their shutdown, not ours, and that they are causing the loss of a lot of jobs. He also pointed reporters to the new Presidential Walk of Fame.

Why it matters

The brief gaggle captures the President’s posture in the first days of the shutdown and the Gaza diplomacy: optimism on a fast Hamas outcome, credit for naval rebuilding, and shutdown blame assigned to Democrats.

Scoreboard watch

Trump said the Hamas meetings were going well and that he expected the process to move very quickly; the pace of any resulting hostage-release or ceasefire steps is checkable against subsequent announcements.

Sources: The White House, “President Trump Gaggles with the Press Upon Arrival to the White House, Oct. 5, 2025”, 2025-10-06 (official upload, embedded above; published 2025-10-06). Transcript via Supadata (private research store, paraphrased and attributed, not republished). All figures and characterizations as stated by the speakers.