White House Press Pool Reports

Real-time emails circulated to White House Reporters to track @POTUS’s daily schedule, travel, and statements.

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President Trump’s Daily Schedule 📅
Wednesday, Oct. 21, 2026

8:00 AM EDT THE PRESIDENT participates in Executive Time
CLOSED PRESS
📍 The White House

11:00 AM EDT THE PRESIDENT participates in a Policy Meeting
CLOSED PRESS
📍 Oval Office

12:30 PM EDT THE PRESIDENT participates in a Policy Meeting
CLOSED PRESS
📍 Oval Office

2:30 PM EDT THE PRESIDENT participates in a Roundtable
PRE-CREDENTIALED MEDIA
📍 East Room

THE PRESIDENT departs the White House en route Clemson, South Carolina
OPEN PRESS
📍 The White House

THE PRESIDENT arrives Clemson, South Carolina
📍 Clemson, South Carolina

7:00 PM EDT THE PRESIDENT delivers Remarks
PRE-CREDENTIALED MEDIA
📍 T. Ed Garrison Arena at Clemson University

THE PRESIDENT departs Clemson, South Carolina en route the White House
📍 Clemson, South Carolina

THE PRESIDENT arrives the White House
OPEN PRESS
📍 The White House

Distributed on Oct. 21, 2026

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Pool report #9a

From the president’s tarmac gaggle after joking “a lot of people want to see me try” to fight Evander Holyfield.

Asked if he spoke to Darline Graham about Russia sanctions named for her brother:

“She thinks everyone thinks I did the right thing because we're able to get a great person back. You know, we have the person that is called hostage or prisoner or whatever it is, but he's now just landed, and you couldn't have done that if you did what foolish people wanted me to do.”

What’s next with the war?

“We want to also settle the war, but we also want to keep it the way it is because Russia has not been involved very much, certainly in a very minimal way with respect to Iran.”

Trilateral meeting on Ukraine?

“I can't tell you that because it's not just about that. That's about denuclearization. So it's not just about that. But we have a lot of steps. But I think it's the closest I've seen. You see what I see. You saw the. You saw as an example, President Zelensky today. I think it's the closest I've seen to maybe working out.”

On most recent talk w Putin:

“We talked mostly the hostage, and he was very good on it. You know, we got a hostage. He didn't ask for anything back, like you know, normally with Biden or Obama, they end up giving back a fortune. He was very good about that. I asked him if he could. We could have Stephen Hubbard back. Been there a long time. His son has been campaigning to get his father back, which is beautiful.”

Are you negotiating with the Iranians at this point?

“No, I think we're not negotiating with. We are going to have something one way or the other that'll happen fairly soon. Most people seem to think it's after the election, and we're going to see what happens. But I will say this: what we've done with Iran is amazing. We've taken out their military and their navy, their air force, their everything. They have no money. You know what? They have one thing: inflation. They've got the worst inflation any country has seen for 50 years.”

Good night.

Arthur Delaney
HuffPost
Wed. Oct. 21, 11:04 PM

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🚁 out-of-town pool report #9 - back at JBA

The Qatari Air Force One landed at Joint Base Andrews at 10:25 pm.

The president, with Evander Holyfield at his side, spoke with reporters for about five minutes before getting on Marine One at 10:44, wheels up at 10:49.

Will send some quotes shortly.

Arthur Delaney
HuffPost
Wed. Oct. 21, 10:50 PM

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In-town press pool#10: Lid

Lid was called at 11:06.

Have a good night!

Joe Reberkenny
Wed. Oct. 21, 11:08 PM

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🚁 In-town press pool#9: M1 landing

Pool was told to gather at Palm doors at 10:28 p.m.

M1 had wheels down on South Lawn at 11 p .m.

President Trump exited M1 at 11:02 p.m. and didn’t take any pictures.

Natalie harp walked in alongside Stephen miller and another man.

Joe Reberkenny
Wed. Oct. 21, 11:04 PM

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🛫🚁 out-of-town pool report #8 - back at the airport

The president returned to Greenville-Spartanburg International Airport via Marine One and boarded AF1 at 9:18pm for our return to Joint Base Andrews. He waved but didn’t stop to talk.

Arthur Delaney
HuffPost
Wed. Oct. 21, 9:22 PM

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out-of-town pool report #7 - end of remarks

The president wrapped up his speech at 8:42 after speaking for right around 90 minutes.

He asked Darline Graham onto the stage at 8:23. She spoke about five minutes. After that the president had former Clemson golfer Jacob Bridgeman on stage for brief remarks, and then former boxer Evander Holyfield joined Trump and spoke for less than a minute.

correction to pool report #6 the rally attendee's name was Linda Stumberg, not Linda Stumper. Also, apologies for mislabeling pool reports #5 and #6 as "in-town" instead of "out-of-town."

Arthur Delaney
HuffPost
Wed. Oct. 21, 8:42 PM

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President Trump’s Daily Schedule 📅
Thursday, Oct. 22, 2026

8:00 AM EDT THE PRESIDENT participates in Executive Time
CLOSED PRESS
📍 The White House

11:00 AM EDT THE PRESIDENT receives his Intelligence Briefing
CLOSED PRESS
📍 The White House

12:30 PM EDT THE PRESIDENT participates in a Policy Meeting
CLOSED PRESS
📍 Oval Office

3:00 PM EDT THE PRESIDENT participates in Signing Time
CLOSED PRESS
📍 Oval Office

THE PRESIDENT departs the White House en route Sioux City, Iowa
OPEN PRESS
📍 The White House

THE PRESIDENT arrives Sioux City, Iowa
📍 Sioux City, Iowa

6:30 PM CDT THE PRESIDENT delivers Remarks
PRE-CREDENTIALED MEDIA
📍 Sioux Gateway Airport

THE PRESIDENT departs Sioux City, Iowa en route the White House
📍 Sioux City, Iowa

THE PRESIDENT arrives the White House
OPEN PRESS
📍 The White House

Distributed on Oct. 22, 2026

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in-town-pool report #6 - rallygoer quotes, more hecklers

Police removed three more hecklers from the arena about 20 minutes into the president's speech. One man yelled "traitor" and another yelled "release the Epstein files" as she was led away by police.

"These people are crazy," Trump said.

A few minutes later another heckler started making noise. Your pooler saw a melee as police moved in.

Trump said, "That was incredible…Who was the guy who threw that punch."

"The guy stood up and he got whacked, man."

Your pooler interviewed rallygoer Linda Stumper, a 66-year-old retiree from Anderson, S.C., who said she likes Darline Graham. "I didn't know anything about her until recently."

"I'm thrilled that you know we're getting oil brought it back into the country. I'd love to see the end of the wars. I think enough people have died, and if it was up to him, I know he would end it if he could."

Another rallygoer, Melody Edie of Anderson, S.C., who is 58 and also retired, worea Darline Graham t-shirt but said she didn't know her too well.

"I just trust Trump. I trust his decision. If he backs her, then I back her."

Regarding the economy, Edie said, "I don't think it's any worse than when we've had Democrats in office. And we've got a president that's having to work extra hard to fix what they put us in. This mess that we're going through is because of the Democrats."

Arthur Delaney
HuffPost
Wed. Oct. 21, 7:33 PM

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in-town-pool-report #5 - POTUS speaking, hecklers

The president entered the packed arena to cheers around 7:08 and started speaking minutes afterward, saying voters would send Darline Graham to the Senate. He criticized Graham's opponent over "radical transgender mutilization." Will send some quotes later.

By 7:17 the president had been interrupted by heckers six times. Your pooler couldn't make out their shouting they were drowned out by USA chants and quickly removed by security.

Arthur Delaney
HuffPost
Wed. Oct. 21, 7:19 PM

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🚁 out-of-town pool report #4 - arrival at rally

Marine One landed near the rally venue the Clemson University and The T. Ed Garrison Livestock Arena around 6:33. POTUS got off the helicopter and into the presidential limo at 6:39.

There are more than 4,000 people in here waiting for the president.

Arthur Delaney
HuffPost
Wed. Oct. 21, 6:56 PM

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🛬 🚁 out-of-town pool report #3 - POTUS deplanes

The president disembarked AF1 at 6:08 after landing at 5:46. He shouted something about “progress” to the pool it was tough to hear before making his way to Marine One to head over to Clemson.

Arthur Delaney
HuffPost
Wed. Oct. 21, 6:16 PM

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🛬 out of town pool report #2 - arrival in SC

AF1 touched down at Greenville-Spartanburg International Airport at 5:46.

Correction to precious pool report the senator’s first name is spelled Darline, not Darlene.

Arthur Delaney
HuffPost
Wed. Oct. 21, 5:53 PM

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🚁✈️ Out-of-town pool report #1

Hello from Joint Base Andrews. I’m your print pooler for the president’s trip to Clemson, South Carolina for a campaign rally with Darlene Graham.

Marine One landed here at 4:33. The president boarded Qatari-given Air Force One at 4:38.

Per the White House, below is a list of people accompanying the president for this trip on AF1. Please consider this your wheels up.

Secretary Scott Turner
Susie Wiles
Senator John Barrasso
Representative William Timmons
Dan Scavino
Stephen Miller
Ben Moss
Ross Worthington
Walt Nauta
Chris Ambrosini
Matt Brasseaux
Natalie Harp
Danielle Alvarez
Bill Pulte
James Blair
Evander Holyfield

Arthur Delaney
HuffPost
Wed. Oct. 21, 4:39 PM

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🚁 In-Town Press Pool#8: Marine 1 take off

The President left the Oval Office and started to walk to Marine 1. He took questions from a few reporters but your pooler was behind too many ladders and too close to M1 to hear anything.

Your pooler heard the last question asked regarding cartels…

Will you investigate cartels a reporter asked
“I always have” he responded before walking into M1.

He waved at workers working on the east wing before getting in M1 at 4:17 p.m.

Multiple cabinet members including Wiles, miller, harp and two others joined the president on M1 moments later.

M1 had wheels up at 4:20 p.m.

Joe Reberkenny
Wed. Oct. 21, 4:25 PM

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In-Town Press Pool#7: Full East Room Scam audio and roundtable particpants

Here is a link to the full transcript of the scam roundtable: https://t.co/3vJOazNDEs

Let me know if there is any issue accessing the audio.

Roundtable Participants:

THE PRESIDENT

Dan Holler, Counselor of the Department of State

Secretary Pete Hegseth, Department of War

Attorney General Todd Blanche, Department of Justice

Gene Lange, Performing the Duties of Under Secretary for Terrorism and Financial Intelligence

Susie Wiles, Chief of Staff

Stephen Miller, Deputy Chief of Staff for Policy and Homeland Security Advisor

Secretary Markwayne Mullin, Department of Homeland Security

Director Kash Patel, Federal Bureau of Investigation

David Venturella, Acting ICE Director

John Condon, Acting Executive Associate Director, Homeland Security Investigations

Colin McDonald, Assistant Attorney General, National Fraud Enforcement Division

Sean Cairncross, National Cyber Director

Jay Clayton, Director of National Intelligence

Thanks,

Joe Reberkenny
Wed. Oct. 21, 3:32 PM

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In-Town Press Pool#6: quotes cont 2

Trump

“What we’re doing is very positive… it has gone totally unchecked
“Should have had this meeting 20/30 years ago

Stephen prisoner release from Russia
“High quality innocent man…
“Talked to Putin about settling the war with Ukraine
“He’ll be landing soon… I spoke to him this morning”

“Taking Iran down to levels never before”

“Russia could have participated more with Iran … and china…”

The president left at 3:19 p.m.

“We are not waiting for scammers to hit our citizens”

Joe Reberkenny
Wed. Oct. 21, 3:20 PM

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In-Town Press Pool#5: quotes cont

Blanche read from notes about the federal government’s response to cyber crimes and scams from DOJ

Thanked X as a collaborator in helping recover losses and find criminals

“Restrained 52 million dollars”

“Sending your grandmother links”

“Restrained nearly a million dollars”

Markwayne started to speak

“600k websites”

“Actionable results”

Thanked secret service as well for helping with child abuse videos being taken down

“7.7 billion” from elderly people 60 and above

Hegseth spoke

“Real issues that impact real people”

“Working shoulder to shoulder… in mass deportations of illegals
“Requisite capabilities that the War department has
“Map, disrupt, and dismantle [at Dept of War]

Stephen Miller

“No one else Had the vision, courage, leadership…” thanking Trump for engaging on the criminal enterprises through cyber landscape
“Face real jail time”
“Brining cyber crimes to the lowest level in its industry”

“Welfare fraud… America is not a pile of treasure… for others to loot for themselves”

Patel

“No president put pen to paper [like trump]
“Dismantled… over 20 compounds
“Saved 17 billion dollars from scam compounds
“Arrested 300 [in africa for scam relations]
“We are not waiting for scammers to hit our citizens”

Joe Reberkenny
Wed. Oct. 21, 2:58 PM

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In-Town Press Pool#5: Cyber crime quotes

Trump:
“20 billion of us $ is lost to cyber crimes”
“We have marshaled full force of fed gov…
In March I signed an executive order… to get as much money as we could
“To stop these hackers, predators,…. “

Listed those sitting at the table and thanked them

“Helped 10k Americans targeted”
“Frozen 1 billion cyber dollars”

“Arrested 100s of foreign scammers”
“Top priority of First Lady… take it down act”
“Trump admin is here to support you”

“Work tirelessly to recover”

Joe Reberkenny
Wed. Oct. 21, 2:58 PM

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In-Town Press Pool#4: East Room

Pool was brought to the east room ahead of President Trump’s meeting on scam justice.

About 10 rows of guests sit in front of a table in a U shape awaiting the president and a slew of other cabinet members ahead of his meeting on scam management.

Four posters frame the stage, one highlighting “276 international perpetrators being brought to justice, 503 fraudulent web domains disrupted, $938 M in criminal cryptocurrency restrained,” and lastly a “$50B taking” threatening American families and businesses.

Cabinet members including Patel, Wiles, mullin, Blanche, and others sat down at 2:49.

The President entered at 2:50 p.m.

“Cyber crime” meeting quotes to come

Joe Reberkenny
Wed. Oct. 21, 2:51 PM