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Elon on Xi: 'he’s clearly done an excellent job, and he's very capable'

'Under his tenure, China has prospered immensely. I’ve seen it firsthand'

Saturday, September 26, 2026 at 10:14 AM

The White House has provided a list of some of the travelers with President Trump to Tennessee on AF1 today: 
 
Some of the Travelers on AF1 today:
 
THE PRESIDENT
Secretary Howard Lutnick
Allison Lutnick 
Senator Marsha Blackburn
Senator Bill Hagerty 
Representative Tim Burchett 
Walt Nauta
Chris Ambrosini
Jim Goyer
Natalie Harp
Taylor Roger’s
 
 
IMPORTANT: Please note that there is no TV pool for today’s trip, meaning there won't be widely available independent video of events. Print reporters will do our best to relay all relevant quotes from sprays that aren't carried on official video feeds.

—pool

POTUS Q’S before departure:

Zelensky: 

Question: "Did you speak with Zelensky about Patriot missiles..?" 

Answer: "Spoke to him a lot and he's going along, and Putin's going along, and someday, hopefully, in the not too distant future, maybe before the heavy winter, they'll make a deal. I agreed with Zelensky that we talked about a lot of different subjects, and many of those subjects have very strong agreement. But you know what I want them to do? Make a deal. I want them to settle with Putin, and I want Putin to settle with him." 

Xi understands his position on Taiwan: 
-"We didn't spend a lot of time talking about taiwan. he understands very much how I  feel." 

Spoke with Delcy about elections: 
"she was very nice, very terrific. We're spending a lot of money. They are spending. The oil companies are all going into Venezuela now, and very shortly, I mean, Venezuela is making a lot of money now for its people. Really, a great thing to see it. It went great. It was fantastic. A friend of mine, I endorsed him, right? I mean, I endorsed him. The Iraqi Prime Minister, he's a fantastic guy."

Cuba:

"Cuba and us will make a deal. I don't think we'll need the military. Cuba is failing very badly. We want to help Cuba. We want to open Cuba up to our people. We have great Cuban Americans who want to go back. We want to open Cuba up to our people." 

Hormuz: 
"They want to make a deal where they open the Strait immediately because they're losing so badly. Massive amounts of oil are coming out of the Hormuz Strait last night, we had 29 ships come out. They want to make a deal and I think that's fine. I like making a deal too."

AI/Xi:
"The United States of America is not going to be putting on bricks. "We had a big talk on SI and he likes the idea of changing the name as I do because it's much more accurate. It's actually much more elegant, but it's much more accurate."

Compares AI fears to global warming -- "hoax" 

Talked a lot about the name, did not talk about cooperation

"We didn't spend that much time talking about it. I would rather not integrate because we're leading by a lot. When you're leading, you don't open it up to each other. We're leading by at least a year and maybe a year and a half. Some people say two years.'"

Saturday, September 26, 2026 at 11:46 AM

POTUS emerged from Air Force One at McGhee Tyson Airport in Knoxville at 11:39am. 

He walked down stairs labeled “Tennessee Air National Guard and “Volunteers.” 

He was greeted by a few people in military garb before getting into the Beast. He did not take questions from the press. 

Pool was rolling at 11:43am en route to Neyland Stadium.

July 4th was supposed to be the day I finally showed my face. It wasn’t. I know that let some of you down. When I do it, you’ll understand why I waited.
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The White House Announces September 28 - October 4, 2026, Press Rotation —with
#RealAmericasVoice

Monday, September 28, 2026 3:08 PM

On whether Trump will take further action in the conflict between Rwanda and DRC:
 
“We ended the war with Congo and Rwanda, and they both signed and they both agreed. … If there’s a problem, we’ll stop it,” POTUS said.
 
On when jobs creation can be expected at the steel plant?:
 
“I think immediately because we’re going to start construction,” Trump said.
 
On the trade war with Canada:
 
“They have to treat our country with respect,” POTUS said, adding that the Canadians have “been very, very bad” to American farmers. Trump predicted Canada will come to them over “the next three or four weeks” to make a deal on tariffs. He also touted renaming Lake Ontario to Lake America.
 
On wether motorists should expect high gas and diesel prices over the next few weeks:
 
Trump said Iran cannot have a nuclear weapon and they never will. Said the press isn’t talking enough about the wins his administration has had. Said that if he hadn’t acted in Iran, “Israel would be wiped out right now.”