President Donald Trump spent Saturday, Oct. 24, between Florida and Georgia: he voted early in Palm Beach, spoke to reporters, then flew to a rally at the Guardian Centers in Perry, Georgia, where he spoke from 4:16 to 5:56 p.m. PT, per the White House pool. This entry in the series Every 24 Hours What the President Says covers 7:03 a.m. PT Saturday to 7:03 a.m. PT Sunday, lists highlights first, ranks topics by likely policy impact and then coverage, and closes with videos.

Highlights. He announced that Audi, owned by Volkswagen, would commit $4.2 billion to a plant near Macon (Audi’s release says “around $4 billion”), and Audi CEO Gernot Döllner joined him on stage: “This is a long-term investment, because we believe in the American market” (AP). He again tied $5,000 per adult to a Republican Congress. And he escalated a fight over Alaska’s Senate ballot, ending in a late-night attack on Murkowski.

1. Jobs and money. Of the Audi plant, he credited his tariffs and said, “Think of that. 200,000 cars a year. That’s incredible.” Döllner said it would make “our biggest and most premium SUVs,” and Republican governor candidate Rick Jackson thanked him “for putting the biggest economic deal in Georgia history right here today.” Audi’s release says the company “intends to invest around $4 billion and create approximately 4,500 jobs,” with construction “scheduled to begin in 2027” and production “planned to start in the early 2030s” (Audi). Christiane Benner, IG Metall chair and deputy chair of Volkswagen’s supervisory board, said Sunday that the final decision still rests with that board, and that Volkswagen’s management owes workers binding, clearly defined prospects at all of the group’s sites, especially in Germany (IG Metall at VW, in German). 41NBC places the site at the Middle Georgia Megasite in Peach County (41NBC). The BBC reports he “repeated his pledge to offer every adult American a $5,000 (£3,700) payout if Republicans win both chambers of Congress,” adding, “we’re taking in massive amounts of money through tariffs.” 41NBC reports he called it a “Trump dividend” that recipients would have to spend in the United States. He gave no cost estimate. On prices he said “those pump prices are going to come down” (BBC), and on data centers, “You should be cool on data centers because you can make a fortune on them” (41NBC). AP calls his tariff policies “unpopular” and writes that Republicans face “an electorate that is angry over high costs and the ongoing war in Iran.” The desk found no named Democratic response to the Audi news by 7 a.m. PT.

2. Alaska’s Senate race. After voting, at about 1:15 p.m. PT, he said of the ballot: “It is a totally corrupt weaponization situation, and they shouldn’t be allowed to do it. So I recommended it to the DOJ. They looked at it, they agreed with me, and they’ve gone to court. Let’s see what happens. But that’s pure corruption” (pool report). CBS News reports the Justice Department suit seeks to block certification if Sen. Dan Sullivan loses because of votes meant for him that went to Daniel J. Sullivan Jr. Murkowski wrote on X that “The Department of Justice should never have filed this lawsuit” and that “Alaskans don’t need any help voting for their preferred candidates” (CBS News). Attorney General Todd Blanche answered that the department “does not seek to stop any ballot from being cast or to stop the certification of Alaska’s election” (Newsweek). At 8:13 p.m. PT Trump called Murkowski “The Republicans’ Worst Senator, by far” and the ranked-choice ballot “a TOTAL DEMOCRAT SCAM meant to confuse the Voter,” urging, “VOTE ‘YES’ AGAINST RANKED CHOICE VOTING, on Ballot Measure 2” (). Twenty-one minutes later: “Everyone thought she came in second or third, but then she ‘won.’ Miracles happen!” ().

3. Pardons, Ukraine, Russia and Iran. Asked about pardons for his staff, he told reporters: “I haven’t thought about it, but certainly I’d be allowed to.” The pool reports he confirmed he talked to Elon Musk about Ukraine but gave no details. “Certainly we’ll do business with Ukraine and with Russia after this war ends,” he said. First Lady Melania Trump said a ceasefire localized to Oleshky would start “on October 27, and I hope everything goes as it’s planned”; asked whether she had spoken with Putin and Zelensky, he said, “With both. She does better than our professionals” (pool report; White House statement, an official source). Asked whether she would go to Ukraine, she said, “We will see,” and he added, “It could happen” (the BBC attributes “We will see” to him; the desk follows the pool). On Iran: “I may have to finish it off, or maybe they’ll make a deal, but I’m not sure. Either way, we win” (BBC). To a Wall Street Journal reporter he said “the Wall Street Journal has lost its way.”

4. Immigration and Democrats. Recalling a meeting with senators, he said at the rally: “I said, ‘Why do we always have to take people from shithouse countries? Why can’t we take people from, like, well... Norway, Sweden? Why not Denmark?’” He said Democrats would “loot your wealth” and “annihilate your borders” (BBC). 41NBC reports he called Sen. Jon Ossoff a disgrace to Georgia and backed Rep. Mike Collins for the Senate; of the press he said, “They’re crooked. They’re false. Everything is fake” (41NBC). On Truth Social he wrote of Barack Obama, “Now he’s campaigning for a Muslim Brotherhood Jihadist, who hates Jews and Blacks and AMERICANS and TRUMP,” called that candidate a “Fake Doctor,” and ended, “VOTE FOR MIKE ROGERS!” (). The post names no one; Rogers’ Democratic opponent in Michigan, Abdul El-Sayed, holds a doctor of medicine degree from Columbia University and a doctorate in public health from Oxford but no license to practice medicine, according to a Bridge Michigan fact check (Bridge Michigan), and Trump offered no evidence. Obama, campaigning in Ohio and Michigan, said, “This election is our last best chance to at least rein in some of the foolishness of this administration” (BBC). The desk found no direct El-Sayed reply by 7 a.m. PT.

5. Voting and endorsements. The pool reports the president and first lady voted at the Palm Beach County Supervisor of Elections office at 12:58 p.m. PT. He wrote that Ohio’s Jon Husted “has just taken the lead in the Polls” () without naming a poll; the latest Fox News poll (Oct. 15–19) had Democrat Sherrod Brown ahead 52% to 47% (Fox News). On X he posted early-voting slates for Florida, Michigan and New Jersey, each urging, “VOTE FOR THE REPUBLICAN IN EVERY RACE, UP AND DOWN THE BALLOT!” (). He also praised Rob Carson’s Newsmax show, shared a story on British Columbia’s Conservatives () and reposted his Georgia rally announcement, which calls the rivals of Collins and Jackson “Radical Left Lowlifes and Lunatics” ().

Deep dive: how firm the $5,000 stands. He frames the payment as conditional: Republicans must hold both the House and the Senate. Even then, a new federal payment would need an act of Congress, as 41NBC notes. He says tariff revenue would fund it but has named no total cost, and the desk found no bill text. For now it reads as a campaign pledge, not enacted policy.

Correction · Oct 26, 2026, 7:10 AM PT: an earlier version said Abdul El-Sayed works as a physician. He holds a medical degree from Columbia University and a public-health doctorate from Oxford, but he has no medical license and does not practice medicine, Bridge Michigan reports (Bridge Michigan). Update: the Audi paragraph now adds Christiane Benner’s point that management owes workers binding prospects at the group’s existing sites (IG Metall at VW, in German).