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Trump Gaggles with Press Upon Arrival at Fort Myers, FL, Oct. 23, 2026

October 23, 2026 · The White House · 0:02:31

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What happened

President Donald Trump took questions upon arrival at Fort Myers, Florida, on October 23, 2026, in a gaggle carried on the White House channel. A supporter presented him with a coin, welcoming him back to his home state, and the President gave his message to voters that night: “Just get out and vote. If they vote, we’re going to win big,” as he stated the turnout case.

He then turned to Alaska’s Senate race, saying two candidates named Dan Sullivan were running: “One is Daniel S, one is Daniel J. The Daniel J is the fake, and he wants to change his middle initial to Daniel S,” as he characterized the challenger, adding that the candidate “just so happens to be funded by liberal donors,” funded by ActBlue as he stated the claim, and calling the situation “a disgrace.” Florida’s governor, taking a question in the same gaggle, backed the turnout message with the state’s registration figures as he stated them: eight years ago Florida had 300,000 more registered Democrats than Republicans, and “today, we have 1.5 million more registered Republicans,” as he stated the shift. Asked about his ambassador to Turkey’s reported statement that there could be a strike on Iran this weekend, the President answered: “Well, if that’s the case, I don’t know anything about it,” as he responded to the report.

Why it matters

This arrival gaggle is the President’s election-eve-season turnout message delivered in his home state — get-out-the-vote, the Alaska ballot-name dispute stated in his own words, and a same-day distancing from his ambassador’s reported Iran remark — on the record hours before the evening’s Florida events.

Scoreboard watch

This gaggle is a scoreboard reference point: the President’s October 23, 2026 statements on the Alaska Senate race and on the reported Iran-strike remark, each as stated by the President, to be checked against the race and diplomatic records.

Sources: The White House, “President Trump Gaggles with Press Upon Arrival at Fort Myers, FL, Oct. 23, 2026” (official upload, embedded above). All figures and characterizations as stated by the President and by Florida’s governor in the gaggle.