Trump says Pentagon Director of Strategy, Plans and Policy Sylvia 'leaked information'

Trump answered questions from members of the press as he left Washington to attend the Republican Party rally to be held in South Carolina for the Congressional midterm elections on November 3.

When asked about the developments regarding Sylvia's dismissal by Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, Trump said, "Lieutenant General Sylvia leaked confidential information in the Pentagon. She is in trouble." he said.

Emphasizing that the Pentagon director "will experience very big problems", Trump said, "We are after those who leaked information, and he will face very big problems. Long-term problems." he said.

Trump also described it as "terrible" that Democrats in the US Congress are planning to dismiss Hegseth with the prediction that they will win the majority in the midterm elections.

"All they do is talk about impeaching everyone," the US President said. "I mean, honestly, if we wanted to play this game, we could play it just as well as they do. But now they're talking about Pete Hegseth. He's doing a great job. He's a real warrior. I think he's the best guy for many years, and a lot of people agree." he said.

He argued that he would not lose the support of Muslim voters because of his remarks about El-Sayed

Trump stated that he did not believe that making fun of the name and indirectly the religious belief of Muslim candidate Abdul El-Sayed, who will compete for the Senate seat from Michigan in the midterm elections, would cause him to lose the support of Muslim voters.

When asked about this issue, Trump said, "I am doing very well with Arab voters. Let me even put it this way; I won Michigan by a large margin and received the votes of Arab voters as well." he said.

Reminding that he did not take sides in the elections in Brazil, Trump said, "But when I see what happened in Brazil, I can say that it is a disgrace." he said.

Referring to the situation of the markets in Brazil, Trump said, "Look at the markets; the markets have literally collapsed." He said that this was "an extremely embarrassing situation" for the South American country.

Trump also said that he would call Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, who won the presidential elections in Brazil.