‘I Hope You Enjoy This Garbage Truck’: Trump Takes Questions While Sitting in Trash Truck with His Campaign Logo on It

BLITZER: “I’m going to interrupt you for a moment, stand by for a moment. Trump is answering some questions from reporters.”

Trump: “For Joe Biden to make that statement, it’s really a disgrace.”

Reporter 1: “President Trump, you said the other day that the military could be used [inaudible] on Election Day if necessary. Can you explain what you meant by that?”

Trump: “I don’t think they’ll have to be used. I think we’re going to have a big victory. And I think 250 million people in this country are going to be very happy because we’re going to bring the country back. We’re a nation in decline. Very, very serious decline. And we’re going to bring our country back.”

Reporter 2: “Did you know that Elon Musk was in close contact with President Putin? Did you know about Elon Musk at all [inaudible]?”

Trump: “No, I don’t know. Elon is a great guy. He’s one of our geniuses, and we have to protect our geniuses. We have to take care of our geniuses. There aren’t too many of them. Yes, please?”

Reporter 3: “Mr. Trump, do you think you owe the people of Puerto Rico an apology for what the comedian said?”

Trump: “I love Puerto Rico and Puerto Rico loves me. I don’t know — I don’t know anything about a comedian. I just — I love Puerto Rico. Nobody’s done more for Puerto Rico than me. I took care of them when they had the big hurricanes. And nobody, nobody gets along better with Puerto Rico and the Puerto Rican people than me. They love me and I love them.”

Reporter 4: “[inaudible]”

Trump: “What do I what?”

Reporter 4: “What did you think [inaudible]?”

Trump: “I don’t know anything about the comedian. I don’t know who he is. I’ve never seen him. I heard he made a statement, but it was just a statement that he made. He’s a comedian. What can I tell you? I know nothing about him. I don’t know why he’s there. You put comedians up and I guess he went on earlier in the show. I don’t know who he is.”

Reporter 5: “Is [inaudible] campaign with you now that he’s out of prison?”

Trump: “I don’t know, but I think he’s a terrific guy. I think he was treated very unfairly.”

Reporter 6: “Mr. President, you’ve been talking about Democrats cheating. Could you imagine any circumstances under which you would be defeated but not say that the election was stolen?”

Trump: “If it was a corrupt election, that could happen, but so far we’re doing pretty well. They found a lot of smaller things in Pennsylvania, as you know, and I think they’ve been corrupted. And taken care of. They were, they were corrupt, they were corrupted and — but I think it’s been taken care of.”

Reporter 7: “You called for law enforcement to investigate —“

Reporter 8: “I was going to say, do you anticipate to declare victory on election night?”

Trump: “I hope that we’re going to declare a victory. I mean, they spent all that money on machines. Paper ballots cost you 8 percent of what a machine costs, 8 percent. And it’s encrypted paper, it’s watermarked paper. It’s very secure. Your elections would be over at 10:00 and that’s when you can announce something and there would be no question. And we’re not talking about more money, we’re talking about a tiny fraction of the money. You want paper, ideally you want one-day voting. And I think it’s just very important. You have to have the country and you have to have voter ID and you — and you have a great election. And you’re talking about 8 percent of the cost. It’s, like, very sad when you get machines, you pay all that money and they talk about 3 days later. I think we’re going to have a big enough victory to maybe have it that night. You should always have it, you know, every night. If you look at France, 38 million votes, at 10:00 in the evening it was over. All paper ballots, all voter ID, one-day voting and it was over. How do you like my garbage truck? This truck is in honor of Kamala and Joe Biden.”

Reporter 9: “President Trump, you asked for law enforcement to investigate in Pennsylvania. If they find no evidence of cheating, will you accept the result if you lose?”

Trump: “I guess they had quite a few ballots, 2,600 ballots where the same person was signing them.”

Reporter 9: “But if they find no evidence, will you accept the results?”

Trump: “In Pennsylvania? Sure. Oh, if they find no evidence of cheating anywhere else. I hope that’s going to be the case. Win, lose or draw, I hope that’s going to be the [inaudible]”

Reporter 10: “[inaudible]”

Trump: “Now, listen, I have to do something because Brett Favre is a great guy. He just endorsed me and he’s very important at this moment. I mean, you know, he’s got — he’s got a little problem for himself. And I thought it was very brave that he came out and I want to go over and see Brett Favre. We’re all going together. I assume you’re going over. I’m going to make a speech, we’re going to then try and beat the weather out because we have some bad weather coming in. But I just wanted to let you know that 250 million people, that’s what I think the real number is for making America great again, 250 million, the real number. They don’t think in terms of garbage, okay? They don’t use terms like that. And it’s a shame. And Joe Biden should be ashamed of himself if he knows what he’s even doing. And she should be ashamed because she shouldn’t let him do it. She’s the vice president. But I assume she’s acting as the president. She should never have let that happen. I hope you enjoyed this garbage truck. Thank you very much.”

BLITZER: “All right, Trump sitting in a garbage truck in Green Bay, Wisconsin.”