President Donald Trump’s Thursday, Oct. 22, ran from morning posts on Iran and oil to a South Lawn exchange with reporters and an evening rally in Sioux City, Iowa, with Senate candidate Ashley Hinson. This entry in the series Every 24 Hours What the President Says covers 7:08 a.m. PT Thursday to 7:08 a.m. PT Friday, lists highlights first, ranks topics by likely policy impact and closes with a closer look at the day’s energy thread. Of his 89 Truth Social posts, 62 carried get-out-the-vote slates or endorsements.

Highlights. He announced Defense Production Act money for fuel refining and signed the determination the same day. He said of Musk and Ukraine’s satellite service, “he put it back,” which Kyiv disputes (CNBC, Kyiv Independent). And he demanded Rep. Ilhan Omar resign over a court filing’s use of another name, which her office rejects (Newsweek).

1. Energy, fuel prices and Iran. At the rally: “I think Russia-Ukraine is getting at that position … then we’re going to have Iran finished one way or the other … your gasoline prices and your oil is going to come tumbling down” (Radio Iowa). The determination waives several usual DPA findings; the Energy Department says the money comes from $1 billion Congress already appropriated and that “this funding is expected to increase U.S. refining output by millions of gallons per day.” Energy Secretary Chris Wright said the funds “will be used strategically and in partnership with private industry” (UPI), and UPI notes how the funds would get allocated “was not stated.” That morning he posted: “Iran is doing everything they can to drive up the price of Oil prior to the U.S. Midterm Election. They are even making up fake hits, mines, and everything else” (); the same post gives a figure of 75,000 dead protesters, which the desk did not verify. On the South Lawn, per a pool report, he said of the war: “there’s a price to pay, which I knew immediately when I did it, but we can’t let Iran have a nuclear weapon.” Iowa Democratic Senate nominee Josh Turek said Trump “needs to see what the policies, like the tariffs and the war in Iran, cuts to healthcare, have done to a state like Iowa” (Semafor); Hinson, on stage, said “Josh Turek is too liberal for Iowa” (Radio Iowa).

2. Musk, Starlink and Ukraine. Besides “he put it back,” he said “my relationship with Elon is a very good one,” per the pool report and CNBC. The Ukrainian official told the Kyiv Independent the restoration reports looked “all false.” Sen. Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) said the limits “put Ukrainian forces at risk and their people in peril,” and Sen. John Cornyn (R-Texas) doubted Musk would act without “at least the acquiescence of the White House” (CNBC).

3. Rep. Ilhan Omar. He wrote that “because she used a fake name to be sworn in, I assume she must IMMEDIATELY resign from Congress” (). The post repeats a long-running claim about her former husband that Omar has repeatedly denied. Newsweek reports that a court filing from U.S. Attorney Jeanine Pirro’s office calls her “Ilhan Nur Said Elmi, a/k/a Ilhan Abdullahi Omar,” and that his claim about her oath “has not been established.” Her spokesperson said: “This is completely false. Ilhan Omar is her real name,” calling it a “desperate smear.” After an Oct. 12 FBI search of her home, House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries and other Democrats called it a “rogue abuse of power” (Guardian).

4. Ohio governor’s race. He defended a Vivek Ramaswamy ad featuring Democratic nominee Amy Acton’s mother: “Vivek Ramaswamy put up a very powerful Ad about a mother saying that her daughter, Amy Acton, who is running for Governor of Ohio, is a liar, and much worse” (). Acton told CBS affiliate WBNS, as quoted by The Hill: “My mother is not well.” She added: “So, I think it’s despicable.” In the same post he called Ohio’s Republican governor, Mike DeWine, a “RINO,” and the BBC notes DeWine has endorsed Ramaswamy; Ramaswamy said “Amy Acton has been repeatedly and serially dishonest during this campaign” (The Hill).

5. A third term. At the rally he said: “I’ve studied that phrase forever … Unfortunately, it’s quite concise. There’s not a lot of wiggle room,” then: “They cheated us on the second one because we won it three times, so I think I have the right to run again” (Newsweek). Newsweek notes he lost the 2020 election and that no evidence shows fraud changed its outcome. No named response from either party surfaced by 7 a.m. PT.

6. Midterms. On the Texas Senate race he said Democratic nominee James Talarico runs as “a guy they call him a freak … Texas cannot have Talafreako,” per a pool report; the desk found no Talarico reply. In Iowa: “get ready to vote and then take a look at your 401ks and what we’ve done for you and then vote” (Radio Iowa). On Mississippi Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith: “if I need to get her over the top, I would go there.”

7. Business, polls and media. He wrote that “Bombardier is investing 270 MILLION DOLLARS, creating THOUSANDS of American Jobs in Kansas, Texas, and Indiana” (); Bombardier’s release describes “an initial phase of investment estimated at $270M” and hiring “800 people” across four states, with thousands counted across its supply chain. He also wrote: “The New York Times got caught! They used a Company, Wedgewood Polls, that ADMITTED that the Poll Numbers they published were made up and FAKE” (); PBS reports that the Times and FiftyPlusOne “have since removed the data.”

8. Culture and Washington. “While listening to our National Anthem, LeBron James disrespects our Country!” he wrote over a video (); James answered, “It must be a slow news day at the office” (Guardian). He mourned the end of Central Park’s horse carriages () and wrote: “The Reflecting Pool is 85% full, and looking really good!” (); his claim in that post about 1922 went unverified.

Deep dive: one day, two energy messages. Fuel prices tied the day together. In the morning he blamed Iran for high oil prices and posted a Wall Street Journal headline, “More Oil Is Now Coming Out of the Persian Gulf Than Before the Iran War” (). By afternoon he conceded the war carries “a price to pay.” At night he added a federal tool. The determination itself carries the direct policy effect, yet the Energy Department gave no timeline, and UPI cites Energy Information Administration data putting average diesel at $6.28 a gallon on Monday, $2.66 above a year earlier (UPI). Supporters frame the order as relief for farmers and drivers; Democrats like Turek blame tariffs and the war for the costs.