Administration of Donald J. Trump, 2026
March 27, 2026
Q. Mr. President——
Professional Golfer Eldrick T. "Tiger" Woods
What do you hear about Tiger Woods, sir?
The President. I feel so badly. He's got some difficulty. There was an accident, and that's all I know.
Very close friend of mine. He's an amazing person, amazing man. But some difficulty.
Q. Is he hurt?
The President. We don't—I don't want to talk about it.
Illegal Immigration/Border Security
Q. What's your reaction to what happened in the House? The TSA funding is stalled.
The President. Well, you know, the Democrats want to let illegals come into the country—criminals, murderers, every kind of criminal you can imagine. And the Republicans just don't want to have it happen.
We—I have spent the better part of this year trying to get these criminals out, and the Democrats want to have them come in. And we can't let that happen.
Q. When should——
The President. We just can't let that happen. We've taken out hundreds of thousands, even millions of people, out of this country that shouldn't be. I'm not talking about people that came in illegal and they're working and everything. I'm talking about murderers—11,888 murderers. And we can't let it happen. We can't.
And that's what the Democrats want. They want people to come into this country. They don't care who they are. If they murder people, they're fine with that. They don't care who they are.
They want borders to be open. We have borders that are stone-cold closed. Ten months now in a row, nobody came into the country.
They want to do just the opposite, and this would have ruined the country. If I wasn't elected, we wouldn't have a country right now. So you can't do it.
So I understand John Thune, and I understand Mike Johnson. They want to be sure that people aren't coming into our country like they have for the last 4 years. I don't want to say they've ruined it. They made my job a lot harder.
And now we have it good. We have crime down. We have everything down. But these are people—some of the worst people.
Look at Chicago. Two days ago, they shot—this thug, this horrible human being came in through the Biden open border. They killed this beautiful young girl who was a friend of—whose father was a good friend of Dan Scavino. And it's just happening every single day.
These are the worst gang members, the worst killers, the worst—they allowed the worst people. And you know why? Because the countries sent them out. When they saw open borders,
every country throughout the world, they sent them into our country. And we don't want that, and that's what it's all about.
Thank you.
U.S. Military Operations in Iran
Q. Latest with Iran, sir? Iran? What's the latest with Iran, sir?
Q. When will Iran respond?
The President. On Iran, they are being decimated. They are talking—we are talking now.
They want to make a deal.
Very simply, our military is the greatest in the world, by far. Iran is being decimated. Thank you.
NOTE: The President spoke at 4:41 p.m. on the tarmac at the Miami International Airport after exiting Air Force One. In his remarks, he referred to Senate Majority Leader John R. Thune; Speaker of the House of Representatives J. Michael Johnson; Jose Medina, suspect in the shooting of Sheridan Gorman, a Loyola University Chicago student who was killed in Chicago, IL, on March 19; Thomas Gorman, father of Ms. Gorman; and White House Deputy Chief of Staff Daniel J. Scavino.
Categories: Interviews With the News Media : Exchanges with reporters, Miami, FL. Locations: Miami, FL.
Names: Gorman, Thomas; Johnson, J. Michael; Medina, Jose; Scavino, Daniel J.; Thune, John R.; Woods, Eldrick T. "Tiger".
Subjects: Border security; Crime rates; Florida, President's visit; Illegal immigration; Iran, U.S. military operations; News media, Presidential interviews; Senate majority leader; Speaker of the House of Representatives; Undocumented immigrants, deportation of criminals; White House Deputy Chief of Staff.
DCPD Number: DCPD202600212.