--- description: President Trump gave an 81-minute press conference about Brett Kavanaugh, Rod Rosenstein and more on Wednesday. Here's everything he said. title: Here's Everything President Trump Said During an 81-Minute Press Conference About Kavanaugh, Rosenstein and More image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltb7a13f0597d328e1/69893b39bc6cfcea6f3e70b5/donald-trump-press-conference-transcript.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Politics](/section/politics/) ## Politics Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [Donald Trump](/tag/donald-trump/) ## Donald Trump Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Here's Everything President Trump Said During an 81-Minute Press Conference About Kavanaugh, Rosenstein and More  by [Katie Reilly](/author/katie-reilly/)  ## Katie Reilly Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Sep 27, 2018 12:23 AM CUT  President Donald Trump speaks during a press conference on Sept. 26, 2018, on the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) in New York. President Donald Trump speaks during a press conference on Sept. 26, 2018, on the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) in New York.Nicholas Kamm—AFP/Getty Images  by [Katie Reilly](/author/katie-reilly/)  ## Katie Reilly Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Sep 27, 2018 12:23 AM CUT President Trump gave an 81-minute, wide-ranging press conference Wednesday. In it, he [addressed the mounting sexual misconduct allegations](http://time.com/5407590/doanld-trump-less-likely-to-believe-kavanaugh-accusers/ "undefined") against [Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh](http://time.com/5407289/brett-kavanaugh-julie-swetnick-congress/ "undefined"), discussed his [highly anticipated meeting](http://time.com/5404821/white-house-trump-rosenstein-meeting/ "undefined") with [embattled](http://time.com/5403501/trump-rosenstein/ "undefined") Deputy Attorney General [Rod Rosenstein](http://time.com/5404957/rod-rosenstein-fired-resigned-vacancies/ "undefined") and explained away the [laughter of world leaders](http://time.com/5405800/donald-trump-united-nations-speech-laughter/ "undefined") during his [United Nations speech](http://time.com/5406000/donald-trump-united-nations-speech-criticism/ "undefined"). Read Trump’s full remarks from his press conference in New York City: --- > “” --- ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/5407665/president-trump-press-conference-transcript/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/5407665/president-trump-press-conference-transcript/"},"headline":"Here's Everything President Trump Said During an 81-Minute Press Conference About Kavanaugh, Rosenstein and More","datePublished":"2018-09-27T00:23:37.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-23T21:33:30.478Z","description":"Read the full transcript of his remarks","url":"https://time.com/5407665/president-trump-press-conference-transcript/","keywords":["Donald Trump","transcript","onetime"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltb7a13f0597d328e1/69893b39bc6cfcea6f3e70b5/donald-trump-press-conference-transcript.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Katie Reilly","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/katie-reilly/"}],"articleSection":"Politics","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltb7a13f0597d328e1/69893b39bc6cfcea6f3e70b5/donald-trump-press-conference-transcript.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"US-TRUMP-politics","caption":"US-TRUMP-politics","creditText":"Nicholas Kamm—AFP/Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/politics/","name":"Politics"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/donald-trump/","name":"Donald Trump"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/5407665/president-trump-press-conference-transcript/","name":"Here's Everything President Trump Said During an 81-Minute Press Conference About Kavanaugh, Rosenstein and More"}}]}] ```