Posted on 02/23/2018 12:48:22 PM PST by upchuck
A relaxed, confident and jovial president enjoys his first visit to CPAC following a year of MAGAnomic policy implementation. Lots of good stuff to talk about…. and even time for a recitation of “The Snake” poem.
Transcript: Oxon Hill, Maryland – 10:16 A.M. EST – THE PRESIDENT: Thank you very much. Thank you everybody. (Applause.) Thank you. Thank you very much. Thank you, Matt, for that great introduction. And thank you for this big crowd. This is incredible. Really incredible. (Applause.)
We’ve all come a long way together. We’ve come a long way together. I’m thrilled to be back at CPAC, with so many of my wonderful friends and amazing supporters, and proud conservatives. (Applause.) Remember when I first started running? Because I wasn’t a politician, fortunately. But do you remember I started running and people would say, “Are you sure he’s a conservative?” I think now we’ve proved that I’m a conservative, right? (Applause.)
For more than four decades, this event has served as a forum for our nation’s top leaders, activists, writers, thinkers. Year after year, leaders have stood on this stage to discuss what we can do together to protect our heritage, to promote our culture, and to defend our freedom.
CPAC has always been about big ideas and it’s also been about putting those ideas into action. And CPAC really has put a lot of ideas into action. We’ll talk about some of them this morning.
For the last year, with your help, we have put more great conservative ideas into use than perhaps ever before in American history. (Applause.) Right?
By the way, what a nice picture that is. Look at that. I’d love to watch that guy speak. (Laughter.) Oh, boy. That’s a — I try like hell to hide that bald spot, folks. I work hard at it. (Applause.) It doesn’t look bad. Hey, we’re hanging in. We’re hanging in. We’re hanging in there, right? Together, we’re hanging in.
We’ve confirmed a record number — so important — of circuit court judges, and we are going to be putting in a lot more. (Applause.) And they will interpret the law as written. And we’ve confirmed an incredible new Supreme Court justice, a great man, Neil Gorsuch. (Applause.) Right?
We’ve passed massive — biggest in history — tax cuts and reforms. (Applause.) You know, I don’t use the word “reform.” There was a lot of reform, too. Very positive reform. I don’t use it. And when we were first doing it, I told everybody — everybody gathered — I said, “Just talk about tax cuts. People don’t know what reform means. They think reform might mean it’s going up.” And I said, “Do tax cuts.”
Please reread the last paragraph above. President Trump understands marketing!!
IT WAS ONE HELL OF A SPEECH.
Trump was really passionate... and a little bit of sweat looked very good on him.
I just finished reading the transcript. WOW!!!
Winning!
Absolutely spot on. I give speeches here in Central Virginia and I know how great it is to know your material and speak in a relaxed manner among friends. Really a great speech.
The wife and I watched it on FOX this morning and it was a great speech. We were cracking up about how the Marxists were going to loose their little minds over most of the speech.
It was hilarious when he pointed to the large monitor in the hall and said that he loved watching himself, then made some cracks about his great hair and how hard he was working to cover a bald spot.
It was very funny, and I could just hear the Marxists screaming. The Snake story was also priceless.
Trump is without a doubt the greatest speech maker I have ever seen.
He belongs alongside Demosthenes, Cicero and Disraeli as one of the greatest orators humanity has known
Did you read what those unhinged lefties on MSNBC said. Link on Drudge. They are really becoming a comedy show. It’s really funny. Total meltdown.
Did you read what those unhinged lefties on MSNBC said. Link on Drudge. They are really becoming a comedy show. It’s really funny. Total meltdown.
Funny and sad at the same time.
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