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Trump Gaggles with Press Upon Arrival at Joint Base Andrews, Oct. 26, 2026

October 26, 2026 · The White House · 0:01:32

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What happened

President Donald Trump took questions from reporters on arrival at Joint Base Andrews, Maryland on October 26, 2026, returning from his trip to Mississippi for Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith. The President called it “an amazing night in Mississippi” with an “unbelievable” crowd, saying there were “tens of thousands of people that couldn’t even get in,” and said of Hyde-Smith: “I think she’s going to win very big. She’s been a great senator,” adding that he has won Mississippi “every time by a record margin,” all as he stated it.

Asked for comment on James Comey and a judge, the President said, “I don’t know too much about it. I just heard about it,” and added: “Well, I think he’s a dirty cop, James Comey, but I know nothing about it. He’s a dirty cop, but I know nothing about what’s going on,” as he stated it.

Asked about a golf course, the President said it is not his course but “a public course that’s being built in Washington DC,” that a judge “would like to approve it as it goes along,” and that “we’ll appeal that,” while saying “the course itself will move along” and calling it “a beautiful project for Washington DC,” as he stated it.

Asked whether he was worried that violence in Europe would escalate, the President said, “I’m not worried about that at all,” calling it “an immigration problem,” saying European countries “have huge problems” and “should have stopped it a long time ago,” and adding, “I told every one of them they should do that,” as he stated it.

Why it matters

The arrival gaggle closes the loop on the President’s October 26 Mississippi trip, putting a dated midterm prediction on the record — that Senator Hyde-Smith will win very big — a week before the midterms, alongside his on-record characterization of James Comey and his statement that the Washington, D.C. public golf course project will proceed with an appeal of the judge’s review. This chronicle files it on the Elections & Governance hub with every claim attributed to the President.

Scoreboard watch

Scoreboard watch: the President’s October 26, 2026 prediction that Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith will “win very big” in Mississippi, and his claim to have won Mississippi “every time by a record margin,” are dated, checkable claims as stated. Noted for the scoreboard editor; no entry is published from this page.

Sources: The White House, “President Trump Gaggles with Press Upon Arrival at Joint Base Andrews, Oct. 26, 2026,” Joint Base Andrews, MD, October 26, 2026 (official upload, embedded above; published October 27, 2026). All figures and characterizations as stated by the President in the gaggle.