Posted on 12/22/2019 8:37:55 PM PST by ransomnote
Palm Beach County Convention Center
West Palm Beach, Florida
5:23 P.M. EST
THE PRESIDENT: Well, thank you very much. Thank you everybody. What a group. What a group. (Applause.) What a group. I also want to thank a true American legend, and a beloved national hero, Rush Limbaugh. Thank you, Rush. (Applause.)
You know, I dont know if you know it or not: Hes got like 39 million people listening. Hes been from day one, hes been so incredible. Good times, bad times, he doesnt waver because hes tough as hell. He makes like they tell me he makes like $50 million a year. And it may be that may be on the low side. So if anybody wants to be a nice conservative talk show host, its not a bad living. I will say. (Applause.)
But I have to say, hes a very unique guy and hes a great man and hes been a great friend. So thank you to Rush. Thank you. (Applause.)
And let me begin by wishing you a beautiful look, do you remember this? Do you remember they were trying to take Christmas out of Christmas? Do you remember?
AUDIENCE: Booo
THE PRESIDENT: They didnt want to let you say Merry Christmas. You would go around, youd see department stores that have everything red, snow, beautiful ribbons, bows. Everything was there, but they wouldnt say Merry Christmas. Theyre all saying Merry Christmas again. You remember? (Applause.)
I went through that, during the campaign: They going to say Merry Christmas again. And they are. Thats the least of it, too, because we got a lot of things that theyre doing that they werent doing. And we got to keep the country we got to keep what were doing.
Please sit down. We got to keep (applause) we have plenty of time. Its a Saturday night.
See, if I were Sleepy Joe, Id say, Its a Saturday night in Ohio. We have plenty of time. (Laughter.) And he wouldnt say it that way. Theyd say, No, no, were in Florida. Were in Florida. Hes only done that about four times, where: Its a Saturday night. Its great to be in Delaware. No, were Iowa. Oh. Oh. (Applause.)
You know, if youre speaking and you do that, its over. You cant make you could be Winston Churchill and the speech is no good. Once you do that, its over and he does it a lot. Theres something going on up there. (Laughter.)
And theres something going on with the rest of them. I mean, they want to take away everything. They want to destroy what weve built.
But Im thrilled to be here tonight with thousands of proud, patriotic young Americans at Turning Point USA Student Action Summit. (Applause.) Incredible, the job that Charlies done.
Youre the fearless young leaders and warriors who stare down the hatred of the radical left and bravely fight for our liberty, our values, and our God-given freedom. (Applause.)
Each of you is a fighter on the frontlines of defending our way of life. And I am profoundly grateful to all of you. The whole country is.
And by the way, your crowds are getting bigger and bigger and bigger. (Applause.) I see on television, where Charlie had a deal going on where they had 4- or 5,000 people standing outside. I get a little angry because thats supposed to be only me. (Laughter.)
But they had thousands of people on one of the colleges where they couldnt get in, and you have that. You have that. Were sort of different. We dont do it quite the other you know, we do the nice way. But the truth is, youre tougher. Youre smarter. Youre far more elite.
Dont you love it when they say the elite? Theyre referring to the others the elite. No, no, youre the elite. (Applause.) The elite.
But I want to congratulate my friend, Charlie Kirk (applause) for mobilizing students on more than 1,500 high school and college campuses all across the country. Amazing. (Applause.)
And I see my son Don is standing with Charlie. They like each other. (Applause.) And Kimberly, did Don speak? Did you speak, Don? Because I heard did you speak?
AUDIENCE MEMBERS: Tomorrow!
THE PRESIDENT: Oh, tomorrow? Oh, I Im going to come. (Applause.) Oh, I want to put pressure on him. You got to see how they handle it. Ill sit there and Ill say, Come on, lets go. Lets go. (Laughter.)
No, people love him. They love him. They love him. Hes a good hes a good young guy. Hes a little Im a little prejudiced. You know, hes my son. But hes a good guy, and he loves this country a lot. And he loves you. So thank you very much. (Applause.) Thank you, Kimberly. Great job, Kimberly.
The radical left doesnt stand a chance against young conservatives who put America first. Were putting America first. You know, we werent (applause) America was not considered these people, what they were doing to our country was just unbelievable. Were putting America first.
And you know what? Other leaders should put their country first. Why not? What are you going to do, put it second? Put it ninth? (Laughter.)
They should I tell them. Because it sounds very insulting when you say, We put America first. I say, Do you know what? You should put your country first, too. But if we put America first, and they put their country first, we win every single time. (Applause.)
And were joined by a man that Ive gotten to know and respect. And hes highly, highly this is a very capable person who has really developed a voice that you rarely develop as such a young person, and so new to this whole crazy political game. But Im new too, Dan Crenshaw. Im new too. (Applause.) Where is Dan Crenshaw? Where is he? Where is Dan?
You are great. Thank you, Dan. Thank you, Dan. What a voice hes developed. What a voice. Thank you, Dan. He did it quickly. Some guys are in Congress there they have 40 years, they dont have your voice. Thank you. And I dont mean the voice, speaking; I mean people listening to what you say. Thank you very much. Great job. (Applause.)
And, by the way, I have to say, while Dan is here: What kind of great support did we have from those incredible congressmen and women this week? (Applause.) They got up and they spoke and they were fantastic.
And I guess the vote was like 196, or something, to nothing. We had three Democrats coming to our side. So we have to say it was a bipartisan vote. (Laughter.) You call that bipartisan? Hey, no Republican went to their side. We had like 195, Dan, to nothing, right? Something like that 195 to nothing. You dont see that. You dont see that. What a great group of people.
Come here, Dan. What do you have? (Applause.)
AUDIENCE: USA! USA! USA!
AUDIENCE MEMBER: We love you, Trump! (Applause.)
(Representative Crenshaw gives President Trump a piece of paper.)
THE PRESIDENT: I said, This better be good, Dan. (Laughter.) That took a long time. (Laughter.) I said, Dan, what the hell is it? He said, Its a no vote on impeachment day. That was a no vote. (Applause.) Ill save that, Dan. Ill save that, Dan. (Applause.)
Well, we had a lot of no votes. And the Senate now is how about that deal, where they had nothing? Theres no crime. Theres no nothing. How do you impeach? You had no crime. Even their people said there was no crime. In fact, theres no impeachment. Theres no their own lawyers said theres no impeachment. What are we doing here? (Applause.) The world is watching.
Crazy Nancy. Shes crazy. (Laughter.) No, no, so now she says you know, she has no case. She has no case. So lets not submit it. Thats good, right? Thats good. But you know what? So unfair. Its so unfair. She has no case. Did they look bad? They got up the same thing, the Constitution. They are violating the Constitution totally. Totally. (Applause.) Theyre violating the Constitution.
In the meantime, our polls have gone through the roof. (Applause.) And the Senate, like the House weve done great work together. You know, today, with the judges. Last week, we did 13 judges 13 extra. (Applause.) Were going to talk about it in a second.
But were doing like no other party has done in the first, think of it, less than three years, and what weve done. Last night was so exciting, with the National Defense bill. The greatest military ever. Ever. (Applause.) New jets, new ships, new rockets, new missiles. (Applause.) All made in the USA, folks. Made in the USA. (Applause.)
But as we near the end of another extraordinary year, we celebrate Americas incredible comeback, and thats what it is. Our country was down. We were depressed. We were depleted. Our military was so, so down and so out. I mean, I could tell you stories, and I wont tell you because its embarrassing to tell you, but weve rebuilt it.
Two and a half trillion dollars. Somebody said, Well, thats bad for the budget. Let me tell you about budgets: Im a big budget person, but when it comes to the military, there is no budget. There is no budget. (Applause.) Theres no budget when it comes to the military.
Somebody says, Well, were doing really badly in the war. We dont have enough ammunition. But were losing the war. But you know, we had a good budget last year. No, its you have people that think that way. You know, it doesnt work that way. Were so powerful, militarily, now, especially at the end of another six months.
This stuff is all pouring in: brand-new jets, the most incredible stealth jets, the F-35 fighters, the F-18, the F-16s, the (applause) nobody has ever seen what were doing. Ships, submarines I wont even tell you about the submarine. The most powerful ships in the world. The most powerful boats. The most powerful weapon in the world is our submarines, and theyre under construction. And we just hope to God that we never have to use them. (Applause.) We hope that we never have to use them, and we do.
And the way we wont have to use them is if the power is so great that nobodys ever going to say, Gee You know, we learned that a long time ago. We learned that in high school. We learned it in grade school, right? But we will have and we have now overwhelming power, and just hope we dont have to use it.
Our economy is booming. (Applause.) Wages are rising. Crime is falling. Poverty is plummeting. And our nation is stronger and more powerful right now than it has ever been before. (Applause.)
And weve achieved more in this month alone than almost any President has achieved in eight years in office, if you think about it if you think what weve done. (Applause.) We reached an agreement to replace one of the worst trade deals in the history of the world: NAFTA. (Applause.)
Remember when all the companies were leaving our country, Charlie, and they were going to Mexico and a couple of other places, frankly? But they were leaving, leaving us with no jobs, no income, empty factories all over the country. You go to Ohio, you go to New England you saw that. It was like a empty everything was gone. NAFTA.
Remember a certain man said it was that sucking feeling? You know what that do you remember who said that? It was that
AUDIENCE MEMBER: Ross Perot!
THE PRESIDENT: Right. Hes a student. It was Ross Perot. He said its got that sucking feeling. All of our jobs, all of our companies were being sucked out of our country.
Were replacing NAFTA and the NAFTA disaster with the brand-new USMCA, which is an incredible deal. (Applause.) Except to globalists. You know, you have some globalists that dont like it. You know why? Because they think its okay when a company closes its doors and opens up in Mexico or another country. They think its okay, as long as theres a company someplace.
I say, No, no, I want the companies to build our products here. (Applause.) Okay? We dont need those deals. I mean, these are people that theyre called globalists. Anybody a globalist here? I dont know, you know.
AUDIENCE: Booo
THE PRESIDENT: We tried that. Not too many globalists, I dont think, in this room. I think, frankly, once they understand whats happening, there arent too many globalists, period.
But the only one that would be opposed and I think NAFTA passed by a number that was incredible. There were only, what? Forty-one votes against it? And people, for a trade deal, thats almost impossible. We got labor support. We got support, and the farmers are going to do so well. And what it does (applause).
And I asked for one thing, I said, Look, I want to make it very prohibitively expensive for a company to leave our country, go to another country let me be nice go to another country You know, 32 percent of our car industry has gone to Mexico over the last 20 years. Can you imagine? 32 percent. And it was heading there. They going to have all of it. And thats about the end, folks. Thats about the end. (Applause.)
So were saving the American auto industry, keep creating and, very importantly, creating countless number of American jobs, and opening vast new opportunities for Americas farmers, growers, and manufacturers. (Applause.)
For years, politicians came and went, promising to replace NAFTA. Remember that? All the time. Its probably why Im here. Probably.
I was honored about 10 years ago long before I thought of coming down that beautiful escalator with our great future First Lady. (Applause.) But NAFTA is probably I used to go I just used to say I was honored in Michigan. I just left Michigan. (Applause.) We just had they had me Man of the Year in Michigan. (Applause.)
And I made a speech and a lot of people were shaken up. They said, Why are you allowing this to happen? Mexico is taking all of your car companies and so is Canada. Canada sells us tremendous numbers of cars that they didnt used to sell. Why are you letting this happen? And it was a rough speech. But the truth is, that was the way I felt, and Ive never changed. Ive never changed. And the new USMCA stops that. (Applause.)
But the politicians, they talked about it, but they never did anything about it. Absolutely nothing. And they just kept selling America out.
But where other administrations failed, we delivered. So I guess we had, Don, 385 or something like that to 41. Something like that.
Oh, theres Laura Ingraham. How good is Laura? Come here, Laura. (Applause.) How good is Laura? You know, now the CNN (applause) the CNN cameras all the cameras just turned off. Thats okay. (Laughter.) They dont want to promote Laura. Shes got what a job she does. And, by the way, look, its still always about the ratings. Her ratings are through the roof. Congratulations. Through the roof. (Applause.) Shes great. Shes great. Great person, too.
We also took the toughest-ever action against China. And as a result (applause) we just achieved a breakthrough on the trade deal and well be signing it very shortly. Theyre already buying billions and billions of dollars of products agricultural products. (Applause.)
I spoke to President Xi yesterday. And you know, hes also coming down and clamping down, Laura, on fentanyl. I said you got to do that: fentanyl coming out of China. (Applause.) Theyre clamping down, and theyre clamping down strongly. Thats a big thing. It came out of China and it hasnt been hasnt been good. Its been terrible, actually. And I said, You got to do that. And they have been doing it. Theyve been going very strongly against it. Weve had a big its had a big impact.
Yesterday I signed into law the largest-ever investment in our military 700 its $738 billion. And I also officially created the sixth branch of the U.S. Armed Forces, the Space Force. (Applause.)
AUDIENCE: USA! USA! USA!
THE PRESIDENT: And Ill tell you you know, Id go, and a lot of times a lot of times, Ill say something, and youre like a poll. Youre like a free poll for me, okay? (Laughter.) Its true. Id ask questions like, What do you like better for this campaign? MAGA Make America Great Again, which we always like. Were never (applause) or Keep America Great. (Applause.) And its very surprising.
So normally, most candidates like, you know, the people that dont know too much theyll go and do a theyd hire a pollster. The pollster goes to about 92 people. (Laughter.) Then they wonder why the polls are wrong. How come the polls were wrong?
In my case, they do a poll and then they add 10 or 12 percent now to it. Theyve learned that. Took them a little while to figure that one out. But you know what? I do it. And I say look, I have these room full of incredible people I say, What do you like better?
Now, Im a little superstitious. Ill never give up Make America Great Again. I cant do that, Dan, right? (Applause.) I cant do it, Dan. So Im never going to do that. So well have it.
But I was thinking, we have the highest stock market in the history of our country, by far. (Applause.) One hundred and thirty-five times, since Im President which is less than three years. Substantially well, you know, its January 20th. Thats a long way away, meaning not too long. But think of it: One hundred and thirty-five times, we broke a record. We had a stock market record. And that to me is not a stock market record. Its a record for 401(k)s. Its a record of people owning stock. Its a record of jobs, jobs, jobs. (Applause.)
So we have this great country. Our military is rebuilt. Weve never done better than were doing right now and our country is respected again. And I said, Well, wait a minute. If I say Make America Great Again, thats like were continuing. We just set the record in the history of our country.
Hey, excuse me, African American Terrence African American they all know him. (Applause.) African American unemployment is at the lowest level its ever been. (Applause.) Hispanic American employ- right? Right? (Applause.) Hispanic American unemployment: lowest level ever. Asian American: lowest level ever. (Applause.)
By the way, women. Women. Women. (Applause.) I failed you. I failed you lowest level in 71 years. Im sorry. I failed. (Applause.) But, remember this, youre going to have very soon, youre going to have historic. Lowest in 71 years. African American. Hispanic American. Asian American.
So, and poverty levels are the best numbers theyve ever been for African American, for Hispanic American. (Applause.) For young African Americans, our numbers on employment are the best theyve ever been. So, I mean, weve done great.
So Im saying, Make America Great Again. Well, weve already made it. Weve had such an impact. So, in a way, its sort of competed with the real message right? of what were trying to do. So I said, You know, how about the and I didnt pay millions of dollars for this.
Remember, Hillary? She came up with a phrase; it was a disaster. They paid millions, then she had to change it one day into the campaign because I attacked it. I said remember, I said, See its all about her. They changed it. They paid a guy millions of dollars. He walked away retired. (Laughter.) I like to make it up myself.
But Keep America Great, right? Keep America Great. (Applause.) So, lets have a poll. Ready? Well go first MAGA. And Keep America Great I didnt like it. It was KAG. But KAG is now becoming cool, right? KAG. KAG. (Applause.) Its okay.
So lets have a quick poll. You ready? But I see a lot of these Keep America Great hats. Stand up, sir. Look at that beautiful hat. (Applause.) Got the higher front. Gives you an extra couple of inches. Thats not too bad, right? (Laughter.) Got that high front. Got big letters.
But Keep America Great. Make America Okay, ready? Who wants to keep Make America Great Again? (Applause.) See? Who wants to have Keep America Great? (Applause.) Im telling you. Im telling you.
No, its an amazing thing. One more shot at it. Who wants Make America Great Again? (Applause.) Who wants Keep America Great? (Applause.)
Okay, so Ive done that like 10 times with audiences and smart audiences. This is my poll. Thank you. You just saved me a million dollars. (Laughter.)
But Ive done that like 10 times with big audiences, right? And every single time, its Keep America Great. Now, at the same time, none of us want to lose MAGA. So Kimberly, Don, Charlie, all of you people, lets do both, okay? Lets do both. (Applause.) Because if youre superstitious because, look, lets face it, when we came in, and when we started that campaign, like four years even more than four years ago Make America Great, that was probably the greatest phrase in the history of politics. Really, right? (Applause.)
So Im a loyalist. I dont take things and just throw it to the side. But the truth is, our country is doing better than ever before. Were so respected again. Leaders come in from other countries prime ministers, presidents, kings, queens, dictators, in some cases they just dont know theyre dictators (laughter) or our people dont either but they come in and they say, Congratulations. What youve done is amazing. Theyre talking about all of us. And you know what? It is.
But well keep both. Were going to probably be focusing a little bit more on Keep America Great, but were going to keep both.
This week, we confirmed 13 more highly qualified, brilliant federal judges to interpret the law as written (applause) bringing the total to 187 federal judges right now. One hundred and eighty-seven, right? (Applause.) Including two great Supreme Court justices, Neil Gorsuch and Brett Kavanaugh. (Applause.)
You know, I was going around yesterday, I heard about this, we just got 13 more. I think it might even be 15 yesterday. But they always say judges are the most important thing a President can do. And I disagree, I think defense okay, you got to have a country, right? (Laughter.) So I always think defense and all of that. But judges are right up there probably, maybe number two. And maybe I mean, people say its the single-most important thing you do: judges, and especially, obviously, Supreme Court justices.
So we have a number that can never be surpassed. We could have more than 50 percent of the judges in the United States. And one of the things that helped us so much is that President Obama left us 142 federal judges. Think of that. Who would think thats possible? One hundred and forty-two federal judges. So we want to thank you very much, President Obama. Thank you. (Applause.)
I mean, normally, when you leave office, you leave none. You leave none. That position is so power- its so important for the future of the country. I said to a gentleman I came in, I said by the way, first day How many judges do I have to appoint? Sir, you have 142. I said, You have to be kidding. (Laughter.) Right? You understand that, Dan. Can you believe he gave us 142? And I think now I thought it was going to be wed be up to 182 by the end of the year. I was expecting to be at 182. Yesterday, we hit 187. Can you believe that? (Applause.) Pretty amazing.
And when the left-wing arsonists came for Judge Kavanaugh, we refused to back down and he refused to back down. (Applause.) And thats what they are.
This week, I also signed legislation delivering record funding for our nations amazing historically black colleges and universities. (Applause.) We secured full funding for our bold campaign to end the AIDS epidemic in America. (Applause.) Who would have thought that could have been done? And to top it off, this week, the Dow Jones broke all of those records. (Applause.)
The fact is, America is winning again. America is respected again. Were respected like never before, I can tell you that. (Applause.)
And, you know, I went to NATO and they werent carrying their way. They werent putting up the money. The press didnt want to talk about it. But there oh, thats a lot of press back there. The fake news, yeah.
AUDIENCE: Booo
THE PRESIDENT: Its a lot of press. Its always a lot of press. You know, with these guys, you can speak for weeks; if you make one little statement, they go after you. Because you know why? Theyre fake news. Youre right. (Applause.)
But we are together, all of us and you are such an important part of it. And a number of you will probably be here someday standing in this same position. (Applause.) I mean, its where a great group of people are going to come, but were saving the Republic.
But theres still much to be done. You know, we have to win this election. (Applause.) That was the most important election and Ill always look, itll always be how exciting was that night, right? Right? (Applause.) How exciting was that?
Remember that great evening in November of 2016? That night and everybody was saying, We dont think hes going make it. They were so happy. We dont think hes going to make it. Its going to be a short evening for Donald Trump. They didnt call me President Trump. Going to be a short evening.
Because remember? The exit polls werent good. Do you know why they werent good? Did you know? Because people would walk out theyd walk out of the voting booth, Who are you voting for? Its none of your business. (Applause.) And they had like 35 percent of the people said that. So they didnt count that. They didnt know that 100 percent of the people who said that voted for us, right? So they didnt count it. (Applause.)
But were in a battle of survival of this nation. We really are. When you look at these people talk, with their Green New Deal. But I dont want to knock it now, if you dont mind. I dont want to knock it. I knocked I knocked the hell out of Pocahontas. I got her down. (Applause.) I dont want to too early. Its too early. They can change. I dont want say the Green New Deal. I think its a wonderful thing. I do want to think about it. I want to study it closely. (Laughter.) I want to see whether or not we should ever use airplanes again. (Laughter.)
How about the senator from Hawaii? Nasty. Nasty. Horrible. Gee, what she says what she says is so mean and angry. Shes not the smartest person on the planet. (Laughter.) She wants the Green New Deal, and then they informed her that that does not include airplanes. And youre the senator from Hawaii. So they said, What are you going to do? And then they talked about building a train to Hawaii, can you believe it? (Laughter.)
No, no, she wants it, even though you cant youll never get to Hawaii again. Say goodbye to Hawaii. No, its crazy, isnt it, though?
But I dont want to knock it. All of these things have to be st- its too soon. Its too soon. Let it go. Let let it seed. Like just like our great agenda has to seed like a tree. It has to seed. Let the Green New Deal seed. (Laughter.) And then about two months before the campaign ends, I will rip that sucker like you have (applause). Well let it seed, the Green New Deal. (Applause.)
Well have an economy based on wind. I never understood wind. You know, I know windmills very much. Ive studied it better than anybody I know. Its very expensive. Theyre made in China and Germany mostly very few made here, almost none. But theyre manufactured tremendous if youre into this tremendous fumes. Gases are spewing into the atmosphere. You know we have a world, right? So the world is tiny compared to the universe. So tremendous, tremendous amount of fumes and everything. You talk about the carbon footprint fumes are spewing into the air. Right? Spewing. Whether its in China, Germany, its going into the air. Its our air, their air, everything right?
So they make these things and then they put them up. And if you own a house within vision of some of these monsters, your house is worth 50 percent of the price. Theyre noisy. They kill the birds. You want to see a bird graveyard? You just go. Take a look. A bird graveyard. Go under a windmill someday. Youll see more birds than youve ever seen ever in your life. (Laughter.)
You know, in California, they were killing the bald eagle. If you shoot a bald eagle, they want to put you in jail for 10 years. A windmill will kill many bald eagles. Its true.
And you know what? After a certain number, they make you turn the windmill off. Thats true, by the way. This is they make you turn it off after you and yet, if you killed one they put you in jail. Thats okay. But why is it okay for these windmills to destroy the bird population? And thats what theyre doing.
AUDIENCE MEMBER: Because theyre idiots!
THE PRESIDENT: (Laughs.) This is a conservative group, Dan. (Applause.) No, but its true. Am I right? (Applause.)
Ill tell you another thing about windmills. And Im not look, I like all forms of energy. And I think (inaudible) really, theyre okay in industrial areas. Like you have an industrial plant, you put up a windmill you know, et cetera, et cetera.
Ive seen the most beautiful fields, farms, fields most gorgeous things youve ever seen, and then you have these ugly things going up. And sometimes theyre made by different companies. You know, Im like a perfectionist; I really built good stuff. And so youll see like a few windmills made by one company: General Electric. And then youll see a few made by Siemens, and youll see a few made by some other guy that doesnt have 10 cents, so it looks like a so you see all these windows, theyre all different shades of color. Theyre like sort of white, but one is like an orange-white. (Laughter.) Its my favorite color: orange. (Applause.)
No, but and you see these magnificent fields, and theyre owned and you know what they dont tell you about windmills? After 10 years, they look like hell. You know, they start to get tired, old. You got to replace them. A lot of times, people dont replace them. They need massive subsidy from the government in order to make it. Its really a terrible thing.
And what they want to do is they want to get rid of all petroleum product. That means you basically wont have any factories in the United States.
So tell me though, how are you going to win Texas when you say, Were going to get rid of all petroleum, right? (Applause.) If you win how about this guy, Beto? Beto. He was a beauty.
AUDIENCE: Booo
THE PRESIDENT: Beto came out hes from Texas. He came out against religion, he came out against guns, and he came out against energy oil, right? So hes against oil, guns, and the Bible. Abraham Lincoln cant win with that platform in Texas. I can tell you, right? (Laughter and applause.)
No, were doing it right. Were doing it right. And you know, our numbers, environmentally, right now are better than theyve ever been before, just so you know, because Im an environmentalist. I am. (Applause.) I want the cleanest water on the planet. I want the cleanest air anywhere crystal-clean water. I want perfectly clean air. And we have the best numbers right now that weve ever had, meaning in the last 40 years. (Applause.) I assume the numbers a couple of hundred years ago were better because we didnt have anything. So, over the last 40 years were in very good shape.
The coming months will decide whether our country will be governed by a corrupt, failed, and far-left ruling class or whether we will govern our country. Will it be governed of and by the American people? Thats what were talking about. (Applause.)
On every front, the extreme leftists and they are leftists
AUDIENCE: Four more years! Four more years! Four more years!
THE PRESIDENT: Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Now, if you want to drive them crazy go, 16 more years. (Applause.) Sixteen more years.
You know, you heard me say though theres this whackjob on television, and hes sitting down interviewing a guest, and hes a crazed lunatic. These people we have driven them crazy. I you know, at first, I didnt really like the term Trump Derangement Syndrome. I didnt. But it is its true. People actually go see psychiatrists. And all were trying to do is make our country better. I just is there anything wrong with that? (Applause.) You know, its crazy. Think of it.
We want great education. We want low taxes. We want a strong military. We want homes. We want low mortgage rates. What are we doing that bad? What are we doing? And yet they have Trump Derangement Syndrome. Its crazy. Its so crazy, but its going to all work out.
But, you know, this guy is sitting down hes interviewing a guest and hes saying, You know, hes going to win, dont you? Hes going to win. Just a couple of months ago: Hes going to win. The guest says, No, were going to fight very hard. We have a good chance. No, no, were going to fight very No, no, hes going to win, and in four years hes not leaving. (Laughter.) Hes never leaving. Im telling you, hes never And I thought he was kidding. You know, hes a comedian, I guess. I dont know, hes nothing. (Laughter.) But the guy is a zero. But hes going hes going, No, no hes never leaving.
And I started thinking, and the guy really believes that, okay? So from now on, start yelling, 16 more years. Youre going to drive them crazy. (Applause.) Youll drive them crazy. On every front, the extreme leftists who control so much of the media, which is I cant say totally corrupt, but Ill say almost totally corrupt. And you see it now more than youve ever seen it. And you know, I see it better than you because Im involved. In other words, we call up and we say, That story is wrong. Would you please make a correction? And they say, No. We say, But the story is wrong. They say, We dont care. They dont care. These people are really corrupt and dishonest, okay? And its a shame.
And we have some great journalists. We have some great people. But the level of the media corruptness and you know, it would be so great for our country if they, in fact, were straight and honest, but theyre really not. And nobody can I cant tell you how bad it is. (Applause.)
The Washington swamp and nobody knew how bad that was either. We used the word swamp. It thought it was okay. Wed wipe it out. These people are crazy. (Laughter.) Theyre vicious. Theyre totally out of control, but were knocking them down pretty good right now. (Applause.)
Theyre waging war on the values and principles that have always defined America. Theyre trying to silence, censor, and punish anyone who dissents from their oppressive ideology. You know that. They want to hound conservatives. You see what they do. You see what they do the reporter who was beat up, but so many others.
But they only go after people that arent fighters. They only go after the non-fighters. I could tell you some stories. They dont go after they dont go after the tough ones. We have the toughest people, but our toughest people dont need to do that and hopefully they never will. Hopefully, they never will. But we have incredible people. But they always go after people that are non-fighters, people that are not going to do anything bad, other than theyll write or theyll put down their feelings. And they just decimate them. And they have to be careful, because you cant do that. You cant do that.
AUDIENCE MEMBER: Wheres Hunter?
THE PRESIDENT: They want to where is Hunter, by the way? Where is Hunter? (Applause.) Where is he? Where is Hunter? Heres a guy who made no money, then all of a sudden hes making a fortune. And I watch as Biden is being interviewed: While this claim is totally unsubstantiated No, its not. And when Biden got up and made the quid pro quo, the likes of which Ive never seen before right? Theyre not going to get the billion dollars a billion dollars unless they get rid of the prosecutor. You see it? Everybody saw that, Dan.
And if you say it, they say, Oh, its terrible what he said. You see the debate where they practically apologized? Im sorry, sir, for having to ask you, because while its totally unsubstantiated and then they talk about his son. Heres a guy who made no money, had no energy experience, no nothing, and hes making millions.
But, you know, forget about Ukraine; how about when he went to China? Okay. And he walks away with $1.5 billion to manage.
And I went to the biggest guys on Wall Street the smartest, the biggest guys you all know of. I said, Let me ask you a question: Is that possible? No, we cant do it. And these are the smartest guys most respected. They have, you know, many trillions billions of dollars of funds that they manage. No, its not possible. Not with China. They dont do that. He gets $1.5 billion.
And then if you say oh, by the way, thats not all. Other countries are now coming out. And it only took place when this guy became the Vice President. Oh, I hope he wins because he will never ever be able to answer these questions. Okay? Ever. The fake news can do whatever they want to do. He will never ever be able to answer why a guy who was making absolutely no money is making millions and millions of dollars a year on companies that there are those that they say they were corrupt.
But they want to blame all of us. And Ill tell you what, what weve done is weve kept our country solid and grounded. Thats what were doing. (Applause.) Were doing a very important service. Were performing a very, very important service for the future of our country. I can tell you, Charlie Kirk and the whole group, very important. (Applause.)
Because the radical left socialists, or in many cases I hate to say this beyond socialists. You know what the next word is, right? Beyond
AUDIENCE MEMBERS: Communists!
THE PRESIDENT: (Laughs.) You guys I wont say it. If I say it, even if I
AUDIENCE MEMBERS: Communists!
THE PRESIDENT: Ill retweet it. (Laughter and applause.) He goes I wont say it, theres too many cameras.
You know, I said to Charlie, last time I spoke, I said, Lets not have any press, so we can have but you know what? Theres always press. Theres always press. Theres even people here with a cell phone. You think youre doing us favors, and youre not doing us any favors. But theres always press.
But, no, I wont say that comment. I can imagine, what most of you are thinking. But anyway hes going, Come on, please. (Laughter.)
But they want to ban believers you know, that from the public square. They want to indoctrinate children with a far-left ideology in our schools. You see whats going on in the schools: Kids come home and they tell their parents, What the hell is happening here? No, no, it really is true. Its a problem, and its a problem that has to be taken care of.
The Democrat Party is trying to shred our Constitution, tear down our history, erase the nations borders. They dont want to have any borders. By the way, didnt you love the fact that I got funding for wall? Were building it anyway. I you know, didnt matter. (Applause.)
AUDIENCE: Build the wall! Build the wall! Build the wall!
THE PRESIDENT: Were building it anyway. You know, the only thing more popular then theres Space Force. You know, I do go back to polling, right? So I would say Space Force, and everybody went crazy all the time. The first time I mentioned it, like a year and a half ago, I said, Someday were going to have a Space Force. The place goes crazy, probably Star Wars people or something. Who the hell knows? (Applause.) No, but the place went crazy. I said Hey theres something to that. And Im not doing this for political reasons; we need that. Thats the next frontier. But the only thing more popular always is the wall, and its being built. (Applause.) But now we have funding.
And you know, its funny. I got that one through, as part of the defense bill, because you know what? The Democrats dont like the issue anymore, because they know were right. When you see whats happening over there, they know were right. They sort of let that one sail through. They got tired of that wall fight. That wall fight was not good for them, politically, I can tell you, right? So weve built almost 100 miles already. Its going up rapidly, and its the real deal. (Applause.)
So do you remember when they always used to call themselves the Democratic Party? It sounded better, right? The Democratic everybody you, me, everybody. You know, the Democratic Party no, no its not. Its the Democrat Party. Doesnt sound as good; thats why I use it. Its not as good for speech. I hate it, you know, in a way, because Im saying the Democrat Party. The Democratic Party sounds better, but were not here to make them look great, right? (Applause.)
And you know, Schumer Cryin Chuck? This guy no, this guy gets angry at people when they say the Democrat Party, because it doesnt you know, it doesnt go. They should probably change the name; Ill give them a little free idea. But they call it, the Democratic Party, but its actually the Democrat Party. So lets call them the Democrat Party. Thats what I do. I dont like it, because in a speech its not as beautiful. Theyll say, We didnt like Trumps speech.
You know, its a funny thing: They never talk about my speaking ability, and yet Ive never had an empty seat. Im trying to figure it out. Its true. (Applause.) No, its true. I dont know how you figure that out. Weve never had from the time we came down.
But but, think of it: So we call it the Democrat Party. It doesnt flow the same way, but thats okay.
But their radical judges invent laws that Congress never passed. What weve gone through with immigration is terrible. These judges come up, and they want to set immigration from a certain area lets say well, okay how about the Ninth Circuit? Do you know that, as of
AUDIENCE: Booo
THE PRESIDENT: next week do you know that were going to be even on the Ninth Circuit? This was a disaster. (Applause.) We put a lot of judges on the Ninth Circuit. A lot of those judges that we mentioned are on the Ninth Circuit. But they have these radical judges and radical prosecutors. They ignore the laws that they dont like. And their unbelievably, crazy partisans seek to nullify elections they didnt win. Remember that we won an election? And Ill tell you what, its never been so much in the fore- not only did we win the election, we had an Electoral College landslide. Okay? It was a landslide. (Applause.)
And when all else fails, they pursue an illegal, unconstitutional, and hyper-partisan impeachment. They go with the impeachment thing.
AUDIENCE: Booo
THE PRESIDENT: Some of these extremists may call themselves Democrats, but they really dont believe in democracy. They cant. They cant believe in democracy.
Generations of patriots before us didnt work look, we had people they want to work. We have people now that maybe it just doesnt work for them. But generations of patriots before us did not work, fight, and sacrifice so that we could surrender our country to a raging left-wing mob. And thats whats happening. (Applause.)
While they want to punish America, we will fight to preserve America. And thats what were doing. And youre doing it incredibly well. Together well stand up to socialists. We will defend our nation the greatest and most glorious republic in the history of this world. (Applause.)
And you know what? The best is yet to come. You know that, right? (Applause.)
Each of you is coming of age at a critical moment in our countrys history. And your spirit is so unbelievable. Your spirit through thick and thin has been unbelievable. The level of excitement in the Republican Party today is greater, in my opinion, than its ever been in the history of the Republican Party. I really believe that. (Applause.) Never been this way.
In fact, they have polls enthusiasm polls, they call them that have us at a level that weve never been at before. The Democrats always had the edge on that. We are higher than them. We have more enthusiasm. They are cutting themselves up. They dont know if theyre down the middle, if theyre far left. Theyre fighting with each other. And thats okay with us. But you know what? After we win the election, lets see if we can put everybody together, because it would really be a great thing. Lets see if we can put everybody together. (Applause.)
But we have to win the election. And I think we have to win the election big. And you know what what does bring together? Two things: Bad things really bad things happen, and people come together and really good things. And lets do it the good way.
Were doing so well as a country. People are doing so well that I think its going to bring people together. Its starting to bring people together, believe it or not. (Applause.)
Were facing an opposition willing to use totalitarian methods to get their way, and you see it. Think of what the Democrats and their deep state allies have been caught doing. They spied on my campaign. So you know, we have a reason to be angry, folks. Its not we have a reason to be angry. They spied on my campaign.
And I said it two years ago. I said it two and a half, three years ago. But now, its come out: They spied on my campaign. If this were reversed, you would have had people in jail for years already. Years. (Applause.) They defrauded the FISA court. The FISA court is highly respected. They totally defrauded. The FISA court. They concealed exculpatory evidence. They knew, a few days into the Russian witch hunt, that it was nothing. It didnt exist.
Did you see the other day? Crooked Hillary came out. Did you see the other day? She said that Jill Stein Jill Stein, from the Greeny Party she said Jill Stein was a Russian agent. Now, I dont know, Jill Stein. Im sure shes a fine woman. But I know shes not a Russian agent.
Then she said Tulsi Gabbard is a weapon of Russia. And they lost also credibility, because we know that Tulsi Gabbard and I give her respect. She didnt vote the other day. I give her a lot of respect (applause) because she knew it was wrong. She took a pass. But I dont know her. But I know one thing: She is not an agent of Russia.
Now what they said about me three years ago took me two and half years ago two and a half years of phony, horrible hits, where they hurt a lot of people. They hurt a lot of innocent people. Two and a half years. But then, when they said Jill Stein they mean it, too.
They even said it about Louie Gohmert. You know Louie Gohmert of Texas the congressman of Texas? (Applause.) The difference is hes such a tough guy, he started screaming at them. He made a statement. It was like a perfect statement. He made a statement, and they start screaming, Hes an agent of Russia. These people have gone crazy, okay? Theyve gone crazy.
They perpetrated the Russia hoax the biggest lie ever told to the American public and they encouraged an unelected group of bureaucrats to thwart the will of the American voters. Our opponents have spent every waking minute of the last three years trying to overthrow the election of 2016, and, at a minimum, to sabotage the election of 2020. Thats not going to happen. Were not going let it happen. (Applause.)
And if it did happen and if they were successful, they will destroy this country. Remember that: They will destroy this country. And thats why its more important than ever to drain the swamp, and were doing that. (Applause.)
Despite everything the failed ruling class has thrown at us and dont forget, when I came here, I didnt have great experience. I mean, I learned quickly. Ive been a very good spokesman. Have I done well as a spokesman? (Applause.) But but, we went through eight years of Clinton, eight years of Bush, eight years of Obama.
AUDIENCE: Booo
THE PRESIDENT: So we have Bush and Clinton and Obama. So I thats 24 years. Thats a lot of people they put in. They put in. They put in. Its thousands and thousands of people, and they fight you. And we have Republicans, frankly, that are worse. These Never Trumpers. You have Never-Trumper Republicans.
AUDIENCE: Booo
THE PRESIDENT: In some cases, theyre worse than the Obama and the Clinton people. Theyre Never Trumpers. These are the dumbest human beings on Earth, okay? (Applause.) Theyre the dumbest human beings.
We give them the judges. We give them the great military. We give them low taxes. We had the greatest tax cut in the history of our country. We give them all of these things, right? And they just hate me.
If it was Jim Smith, President of the United States, theyll say hes the greatest President that ever lived. But with me, they cant get over it. But there, fortunately, arent too many of them left. But they are sick people. Theres no question about it.
But despite crooked leadership at the top of the FBI they were crooked. There were dirty cops at the top. FBI: great people. But at the top of the FBI, you had dirty cops. Deep state sabotage. Eighteen angry Democrat prosecutors. These were all put in there to destroy us. Think of what we did. You heard Rush. Think of what we did. Think of what weve where weve come, how vicious it was. They had 13 angry Democrats that were smart, vicious, evil and it built up to 18. They had 49 FBI agents, thousands of subpoenas, hundreds of people, and they found nothing. Theres nobody in this room that could have gone through that and found nothing. I really mean that, too. Its incredible. They found nothing. How clean am I? No, think of that. (Applause.)
But endless congressional investigations but think of it. Hundreds of people, interviewing everybody that I and they found nothing. The Mueller report came out; it was a total dud. After two and a half years, they have a baseless impeachment, millions of pages of fake-news propaganda because the news was totally on their side. Its a Democrat its part of the Democrat Party. Its a wing; the media is a wing of the Democrat Party.
And all of the Washington powers they were all arrayed against us. Theyre losing. Were winning. And were succeeding in our mission to make America great again. (Applause.)
And just in closing: Look, there has never been a better time to be young and to be American. (Applause.) Your future and the future of our nation is unlimited.
Weve created more than 7 million jobs since the election, including 266,000 new jobs last month alone. (Applause.) For everyone graduating into the workforce this year, there are now more job openings than jobseekers for the first time in the history of our country. (Applause.)
Young people like you have seen their wages rise by more than 10 percent since the election, a number that has not been surpassed. Median household incomes are the highest in the history of our country. Real household take-home pay gains will reach up to $10,000 a year. Never happened. Under President Obama, it was $975 for eight years. Right? Median income. Under President Obama: $975. Under President Bush, it was $450. Under President and thats eight years, eight years $450, $975. Right? Three years but really, less two and a half years, when the numbers came out. Under President Trump, per family, more than $10,000. Thats why the economy is so good. (Applause.)
Unemployment among young Americans has reached a 63-year low. (Applause.) And I just want to tell you look, I am so proud of what weve done with the employment numbers. I am so proud of what weve done with African American and Hispanic American numbers. (Applause.) When you look at the unemployment rate for youth, and you look at the fact for youth, so important remember, three, four years ago they couldnt there was no work. Now its the lowest theyve ever had.
So while our opponents have abandoned African Americans and they have; theyve abandoned. You know what they do, Terrence? They come up and, before the election, they start courting the African American. The election is over and then they leave them. We did just the opposite. What weve done for Hispanic, for African American, for minorities what weve done is unprecedented. Its unprecedented.
And you remember my phrase you remember the phrase, right? What do you have to lose? Remember that? I was reading stats, and the stats were terrible: highest crime rate, highest this, worst income, worst this, worst edu- Im reading these stats. There were 10 of them, and I looked at the audience; it was largely African American. I say, Vote for me. What the hell do you have to lose? Remember? Right? (Applause.)
And some of my people didnt like it, but I said, I have to say it, because its true. And they did vote for me and we won the race. And now were setting records. And Im so proud of those records that were setting with African American at every category, and with Hispanic American and Asian American. (Applause.)
Every day, were welcoming more and more people to our movement from every background traditional Democrats, independent, union members. You see the way were growing. And were growing untraditionally. Were taking in workers now. Were taking in people that had great jobs and didnt have them any longer because the fools that ran our country were letting these companies leave. And they were leaving, and everybody was out of work. But were not doing that anymore. So weve changed the system. And the Republican Party is growing like nobodys ever seen before. And youre going to see that.
And remember: We did well in the 18 election. I wasnt able to go out other than Andy Barr and a couple of people, I wasnt able to go out and work for the House members because I had to win the Senate. And we picked up two seats and nobody talks we picked up two Senate seats; we got up to 53. And nobody ever talks about that. And its the Senate that has to confirm the judges.
But the other thing is, a lot of the voters said, But hes not on the ballot. Trump isnt on the ballot. Were not going to vote. I wish they would, but they didnt. Thats what they say. They said, Hes not on the ballot. But Im on the ballot this time, and I think were going to have numbers that are going to be record-setting numbers. Were going to have record-setting numbers. (Applause.)
We passed massive tax cuts to bring back jobs and factories home from other countries. Weve cut a record number of job-killing regulation. We ended the war on American energy. And the United States is now the number-one producer of oil and natural gas anywhere in the world, by far. (Applause.)
While the socialist left is trying to take away the doctors and healthcare plans Americans know and love you know theyre trying to take away your plan. Medicare for All: Do you know how bad that is?
AUDIENCE: Booo
THE PRESIDENT: Im fighting to let you keep your doctor, keep your plan at lower cost. You look at whats happening, how were doing it we want all Americans to have great healthcare at a price that they can afford. And for the first time in half a century, weve lowered the price of prescription drugs. First time 50 years. (Applause.)
Through our Pledge to American Workers, private sector partners have pledged to provide training and career opportunity for 14 million Americans where private companies teach these people that did not have work. They couldnt get a job. Theyre being taught what to do, how to do it, how to use computers. Government cant do that. Fourteen million people are in those programs and theyre working today. (Applause.)
After years of rebuilding foreign countries, we are finally rebuilding our country. Thats what its all about. (Applause.)
And thanks to our tireless efforts to secure our southern border, illegal crossings are down 75 percent since May. And we have ended catch and release. (Applause.) We have cracked down on illegal welfare abuse. (Applause.) We have massively reduced asylum fraud. (Applause.) We have achieved record prosecutions of chronic immigration violators. And the southern border wall is going up at a much faster rate than anybody thought possible. (Applause.)
One of the gravest dangers we face is the menace of a thing called sanctuary cities.
AUDIENCE: Booo
THE PRESIDENT: The far lefts embrace of sanctuary cities demonstrates their scorn and disdain for everyday Americans. Sanctuary cities deliberately release dangerous criminal aliens out of their jails and right onto our city streets.
I want to commend Florida and its terrific new governor, Ron DeSantis, for banning sanctuary cities. (Applause.)
And our very tough and very patriotic ICE agents are now removing countless dangerous gang members, drug smugglers. Look, you take a look at whats going on with the drug smugglers. And we are sending MS-13 out of our country by the thousands. (Applause.) Were getting rid of criminal aliens from Florida communities. Were sending them back home, and we will not let them back in. Theyre not coming back in. Were taking them far away. (Applause.)
We believe our country should be a sanctuary for law-abiding Americans, not for criminal aliens. (Applause.) The open-borders agenda of the radical left causes profound harm to poor, working-class Americans. Their extreme policies overcrowd schools and hospitals. They drain vital public resources, deplete healthcare dollars, and place enormous burdens on taxpayers of every background. It also brings them to our country. If they didnt get it, we wouldnt have millions of people trying to get in.
By one estimate, illegal immigration costs Americans more than $200 billion every single year. When it comes to setting immigration policy, we always remember this sacred truth: Our first duty and our one true allegiance is to you, the American citizen. (Applause.)
Throughout the Western Hemisphere, we are facing down the evil forces of communism and socialism. Ive taken historic actions to confront the brutal regimes in Cuba, Venezuela, and Nicaragua. (Applause.) And we stand with the people of those nations and their righteous struggle for freedom. (Applause.)
To those who would try to impose the horrors of socialism on our country, I say to you again tonight: America will never be a socialist country. (Applause.) Right? Never.
AUDIENCE: USA! USA! USA!
THE PRESIDENT: We will always defend our beloved Constitution. In the face of belligerent left trying to crush organized religion, we are standing strong for religious liberty. (Applause.)
We are protecting the conscious you know this and the rights of doctors, teachers, nurses, and groups like the Little Sisters of the Poor. And we are fighting for the lives of the unborn. (Applause.)
We are also firmly protecting the Second Amendment and your right to keep and bear arms, and it is under siege. (Applause.) It is under siege, but we are protecting. Dont worry.
In addition, were safeguarding your First Amendment right to free speech, including online and on campus. And Charlie Kirk knows that very well. (Applause.) Ive issued a historic executive order, stating that any college that refuses to let you meaning you, but anybody speak, stands to lose billions and billions of taxpayer dollar. (Applause.)
We give them all of this money, and then they dont let you speak. Well, we just ended that. (Applause.)
I also took we call it bold action, but lets just call it action this month to confront anti-Semitism on the college campus. (Applause.) Our message to these universalities is simple: If you want to accept federal funding, you must reject anti-Semitic hate and hate of all kinds. (Applause.)
Few Americans know more about oppressive tactics of the radical left than conservatives on college campuses with what youve been through, especially the intrepid young men and women of Turning Point USA. (Applause.)
With us today is Laura Schoeck, a student at North Carolina State University, who was violently attacked by Antifa thugs while promoting a Turning Point event on campus. Where is she? Is she around here someplace? Where are you?
AUDIENCE MEMBER: Shes back here!
THE PRESIDENT: Where is that you? Oh, hi. (Laughter.) Good. You okay? You good? Shes good. Shes tough. (Applause.)
Despite these vicious tactics, Lauras event was so popular that they had to turn away almost 1,000 people. (Applause.) So, Laura come up here, Laura. Please tell us what happened. (Applause.)
AUDIENCE: Laura! Laura! Laura!
MS. SCHOECK: Thank you, President Trump. What an honor it is to be up here. As you know, I go to NC State, where our friend, Lara Trump, went. (Applause.) Members of Antifa and other socialist groups violently attacked Jack Bishop Dan Bishop Congressman Bishops son, as well as pulled peoples hair even my hair and mocked people for their medical conditions. But at the end of the day, we have a responsibility. Us Turning Point USA members have a duty to stand up for what is right and continue to fight for freedom. (Applause.)
THE PRESIDENT: Thank you, Laura. Great job.
So earlier this year, at Binghamton University, a few conservative students were promoting an event featuring the renowned economist at Art Laf- does an- where is Art Laffer here? Art Laffer. Where is Art? You know, we gave him the Presidential Medal of Freedom. Everybody loves Art Laffer. (Applause.)
They were surrounded by hundreds of radicals, screaming at them in vile terms. On the day the event and this was incredible occurred, a mob flooded the place wearing masks and red armbands, and acting tough. Take the mask off, take their jackets off youll see the arms are about this big. (Laughter.) They swing clubs. They swing bats. They swing everything.
One brave freshman student who faced them down is with us tonight: Lacey Kestecher. Wheres Lacey? Lacey, come up. Lacey, come up. (Applause.) Come up, Lacey. Come up, Lacey.
And by the way, what President gives you this kind of time? (Applause.) Does any other President? I said to Charlie: Could I give you the B or the C or the D or maybe even the F job? The F job, you know what that is? I stay up here for about a minute. I say, Hi, everybody, and Im gone. He said, Could you give us the A job? Were giving you the A job. Were giving you a lot of time. (Applause.)
Lacey!
MS. KESTECHER: Thank you so much. Thank you so much.
THE PRESIDENT: Congratulations.
MS. KESTECHER: Thank you so much, Mr. President. So what a lot of these protesters these leftist tyrants, ultimately what they didnt know about me is I do jiu jitsu. (Applause.) So even though theyre protesting me, they dont really know that Im just standing there completely calm, while theyre going off unhinged, ultimately.
Really what we need to do is we need to bring back freedom of speech on our campuses. (Applause.) We cannot let these radical leftists continue to suppress our speech. Given that were at a Turning Point event, we all have the God-given right to express our point of view, and to be able to have our inalienable rights. (Applause.) We cannot let our individual freedoms, in terms of liberty, be unhinged by these leftist liberals, who are going to try and shut us down.
We need to fight back together. We need to come together. We are America. Were conservatives. We need to join as one and fight back against this nation of liberals who are trying to suppress people like me and you. (Applause.)
God bless you guys, and thank you so much, Mr. Trump.
THE PRESIDENT: Thank you, Lacey. That was a great job.
Every young person in this room has a vital role to play in the never-ending mission of defending the America we love. The future of our nation depends on the courage and devotion of its young people. It depends on all of you.
Conservatives and patriots cannot and must not surrender our cherished institutions and culture to the radical, America-hating left. We must have the heart, which we have, and the tenacity, which we have, to preserve them, protect them, and reclaim them. Our nation badly needs more young people like those here tonight to study up, work hard, and then go into government, go into journalism, go into media, go into teaching, and, yes, go into academia, and retake these institutions, rebuild our culture, and take back our country. (Applause.)
In everything you do, wherever life takes you, each of you must be a proud voice of our great nation. (Applause.) You must be a powerful fighter for liberty. You must be a confident champion of justice. And you must never lose faith in our values, our nation, our destiny, and in our grace, and the glory of Almighty God. (Applause.)
With your help, we are making our nation safer, and stronger, and wealthier, and prouder, and greater than ever before. And as I look around in this big, beautiful, very full room of brilliant young people a couple of older ones that I know, but we wont even talk about them. (Laughter.) Theyre good people, but you had your chance. (Laughter.)
But I have to tell you, you have great people in this room. You have our great future leaders in this room. And you are going to have an incredible life, but youre going to do very, very important things. And there can be nothing more important than protecting our great country.
Thank you very much. Its been an honor. Thank you. (Applause.) Thank you. Thank you, Charlie.
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A beautiful read! Thanks for posting this. I feel like I was there in person! I could feel the excitement in the room! I LOVE OUR PRESIDENT AND EVERYONE WHO SUPPORTS HIM!
AMEN!!
So many great parts in this speech! My 2 favorites:
And one of the things that helped us so much is that President Obama left us 142 federal judges. Think of that. Who would think thats possible? One hundred and forty-two federal judges. So we want to thank you very much, President Obama. Thank you. (Applause.)
You can just imagine a liberal head exploding upon hearing that! My other favorite, The President getting the audience to call his enemies communist was also classic President Trump:
Because the radical left socialists, or in many cases I hate to say this beyond socialists. You know what the next word is, right? Beyond
AUDIENCE MEMBERS: Communists!
THE PRESIDENT: (Laughs.) You guys I wont say it. If I say it, even if I
AUDIENCE MEMBERS: Communists!
THE PRESIDENT: Ill retweet it. (Laughter and applause.) He goes I wont say it, theres too many cameras.
If more people actually read or heard him talk his numbers would be thru the roof!
At the end of the speech he walked off the stage and you could see the huge Secret Service agents directing him to the back door. Instead, he turned and walked into the crowd to talk to the deplorables. He genuinely like us little people.
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