SPEECH: Trump holds pre-Inauguration rally

[0:00] well thank you very much thank you thank you very much we won thank you very much everybody [0:26] what a good feeling we like winning don't we yeah we're gonna make our country greater than [0:35] ever before hello washington and hello america we're all over america i'm thrilled to be back [0:45] with so many friends supporters and true american patriots or the eve of taking back our country [0:51] that's what we're going to do take back our country tomorrow at noon the curtain closes on [1:01] four long years of american decline and we begin a brand new day of american strength and prosperity [1:10] dignity and pride bringing it all back once and for all we're going to end the reign of [1:19] a failed and corrupt political establishment in washington a failed [1:26] administration we're not going to take it anymore we're going to stop the invasion of our borders [1:37] we're going to reclaim our wealth we're going to unlock the liquid gold that's right under our feet [1:44] liquid gold we're going to bring back law and order to our cities we're going to restore [1:56] patriotism to our schools get radical left woke ideologies the hell out of our military and out [2:04] of our government [2:06] and we are going to make america great again i want to thank the tens of thousands of incredible [2:28] men and women who have come from all over the nation to take part of this very special moment [2:34] and i just heard and watching some of the coverage that there are rallies like this taking place [2:40] all over the country people are happy people are happy it's been a long time none of this would [2:49] have been possible without you and the missionaries of the united states thank you so much for joining [2:51] us we thank you thank you i'd like to send my best wishes because of all the money came for us [2:58] they،re seeing the world through the grapevine and they're seeing the Hackettמעne [3:02] and [3:11] we're going to continue this twins сиг Committee's best support for these young people that probably [3:16] wouldn't have received any studio pass if it wasn't for you and your family and those that [3:22] are in the front row these beautiful include our great emcees we would see millions of hardworking [3:27] Joe's all over the place, Uncle Sam, Mr. Wall. [3:31] Ah, boy, oh, boy. [3:33] But we've been through so much together, [3:35] and for the next four years, I will fight for you. [3:38] Every single day, we're going to be fighting for you. [3:42] This is the greatest political movement in American history, [3:46] and 75 days ago, we achieved the most epic political victory [3:51] our country has ever seen. [3:54] That's what they say. [3:55] We won the popular vote for the first time [4:00] of any Republican in many, many years. [4:03] We swept all seven swing states by big numbers. [4:12] We won Pennsylvania. [4:13] We won Georgia. [4:14] We won North Carolina. [4:16] We won Michigan. [4:17] We won Wisconsin. [4:20] We won Arizona. [4:22] We won Nevada. [4:24] We won them all by historic margins, [4:27] and we won the great state of Florida by 13 points. [4:31] Nobody's done that ever. [4:32] And a record that will never be broken, [4:40] all 50 states. [4:42] Shifting toward the Republican Party, [4:44] the first time that that's ever happened. [4:46] All 50 states. [4:48] We won the largest number of African-American voters [4:53] in Republican Party history. [4:55] We won more Hispanic-American votes [4:59] than any Republican has ever gotten before by a lot. [5:03] And we won Latino men and women, [5:07] and on top of that, youth. [5:09] Men, women, urban, suburban, rural, and people [5:14] from everywhere. [5:15] Everywhere in between are joining us in record numbers. [5:18] We've never had anything like this. [5:20] Too big to rig, that's what I used to say. [5:22] Too big to rig. [5:23] We made it too big. [5:24] Oh, and they tried. [5:27] They tried. [5:28] It was too big. [5:29] Around 9-02, they just said, [5:31] let's get the hell out of here. [5:32] This isn't working. [5:33] They were swamped, to put it nicely. [5:37] We also took back the U.S. Senate. [5:41] We had some great people running, [5:43] and the House Republicans won their largest popular vote majority [5:48] in presidential years. [5:49] Since 1928, we had a lot of people voting. [5:54] So the Senate, the House Republicans, [5:58] we got all three of them. [6:02] A little bit close on those two. [6:04] Senate's in great shape. [6:06] House Republicans, actually, they both have great leaders. [6:09] They both have great people. [6:11] Heading John Thune is fantastic. [6:14] If you look at Mike Johnson, [6:17] he's got a pretty tight majority, [6:19] but actually it's very tight, [6:21] but it's very good. [6:22] Because we vote unified. [6:24] We're really voting unified, [6:25] and so it doesn't make much difference. [6:27] In the election of 2024, [6:30] which will be the most consequential election [6:34] in American history, [6:36] we not only won a mandate, [6:37] but we built a new American majority [6:40] that will lead our country to unparalleled success [6:43] for generations to come. [6:45] That's what we want to do. [6:46] And someday in 30 years from now, [6:52] 40 years from now, [6:53] 50 years from now, [6:54] some of these young people [6:56] are going to say, [6:57] I remember Donald Trump. [6:58] He did a good job. [6:59] He set us on his way. [7:01] He set us, [7:02] he told us, [7:03] he gave us a path. [7:04] Our new administration will inherit disasters [7:08] at home and abroad, [7:09] an economy plagued by inflation [7:11] and high interest rates, [7:13] a catastrophic border crisis. [7:15] Nobody can believe they let people in. [7:18] They have an open border policy. [7:21] Do you think that makes sense? [7:22] Open borders. [7:23] Anybody wants to. [7:24] Jails, prisons, mental institutions, [7:27] gangs being emptied [7:29] right through that ugly open border. [7:32] A government that cannot care for its citizens [7:34] in a time of emergency. [7:36] Look at what's happening in Los Angeles. [7:38] Look at what's happening in North Carolina. [7:40] They've treated them so badly. [7:42] And a planet on the brink of World War III. [7:46] It's not going to happen. [7:47] That's not going to happen. [7:49] But starting tomorrow, [7:50] I will act with historic speed and strength [7:53] and fix every single crisis [7:55] facing our country. [7:56] We have to do it. [7:59] We're not going to have a country now. [8:04] Before even taking office, [8:06] you are already seeing results [8:09] that nobody expected to see. [8:12] Everyone is calling it the... [8:15] I don't want to say this. [8:16] It's too braggadocious, [8:17] but we'll say it anyway. [8:19] The Trump effect. [8:20] It's you. [8:21] You're the effect. [8:22] Since the election, [8:23] the stock market has surged [8:25] and small business optimism has soared [8:28] a record 41 points to a 39-year high. [8:33] Bitcoin has shattered [8:34] one record high after another. [8:36] The major investment company known as DMACC, [8:41] the properties, [8:43] has announced that it will be investing [8:45] between 20 and 40 billion dollars [8:48] in the United States. [8:49] And SoftBank, [8:50] another great company, [8:51] has pledged between 100 and 200 billion dollars. [8:55] These are all investments [8:57] that are only being made [8:58] because of the fact that we won the election. [9:00] It can create jobs for hundreds of thousands, [9:03] even millions of Americans. [9:05] Today I spoke with Tim Cook of Apple. [9:08] He said they're going to make [9:09] a massive investment in the United States [9:11] because of our big election win. [9:14] And as of today, [9:19] TikTok is back. [9:21] So, you know, [9:30] I did a little TikTok thing. [9:33] We have a guy, TikTok Jack. [9:34] He's a young kid, [9:36] like 21 years old. [9:37] And we hired this guy [9:40] and I went on TikTok. [9:41] Can you believe what I'll do [9:42] to win an election? [9:43] And we went on TikTok [9:46] and Republicans have never won [9:48] the young vote, [9:49] the youth vote. [9:50] They win a lot of votes, [9:51] but they never won the youth vote. [9:53] We won the youth vote by 36 points. [9:57] So I like TikTok. [9:58] I like it. [10:04] I like it. [10:05] I had a slightly good experience, [10:06] wouldn't you say? [10:07] Romney lost it by 40 points [10:12] not so long ago. [10:13] We won it by 36 points. [10:15] That's a very big spread. [10:18] But I said we need to save TikTok [10:20] because we're talking about a tremendous... [10:22] Who in this audience goes with TikTok? [10:25] Many? [10:26] Yeah. [10:28] Very popular. [10:30] And frankly, [10:31] we have no choice. [10:33] We have to save it. [10:34] A lot of jobs. [10:35] We don't want to give our business to China. [10:37] We don't want to give our business [10:38] to other people. [10:39] And I said, [10:40] you know, [10:41] TikTok without my approval, [10:43] meaning the president's approval [10:45] because Congress gave the president [10:47] the right to make a deal, [10:49] do whatever he wants. [10:50] And they did that a long time ago [10:53] when they had a different president. [10:55] They didn't know that I was going to be [10:56] the president, I guess. [10:57] So I said very simply, [11:00] a joint venture. [11:01] A joint venture. [11:03] So if TikTok is worth nothing, [11:07] zero, [11:08] without an approval, [11:09] you know, if you don't approve, [11:10] they're out of business, [11:11] they're worth nothing. [11:12] If you do approve, [11:13] they're worth like a trillion dollars. [11:15] They're worth some crazy number. [11:17] So I said, [11:19] I'll approve, [11:20] but let the United States of America [11:23] own 50% of TikTok. [11:26] I'm approving on behalf of the United States. [11:30] So they'll have a partner, [11:31] the United States, [11:32] and they'll have a lot of bidders [11:33] and the United States will [11:35] do what we call a joint venture. [11:37] And there's no risk. [11:39] We're not putting up any money. [11:40] All we're doing is [11:41] giving them the approval [11:43] without which they don't have anything. [11:44] So I don't know. [11:45] It sounds like that works. [11:46] What do you think? [11:47] Good? [11:48] I think so. [11:49] So whether you like TikTok or not, [11:52] we're going to make a lot of money. [11:53] Perhaps most beautiful of all, [11:56] this week we achieved an epic [11:58] ceasefire agreement [11:59] as a first step toward lasting peace [12:02] in the Middle East. [12:03] And this agreement could only have happened [12:08] as a result of our historic victory in November. [12:11] That was some victory. [12:12] Was that that great? [12:14] I don't even know which was greater, [12:16] 2016 or this one. [12:19] I think this one. [12:20] Look. [12:21] Honest Abe Lincoln. [12:22] We have Honest Abe. [12:23] We have Uncle Sam. [12:26] You know, Uncle Sam shook my hand [12:29] about two months ago. [12:30] He's got the strongest grip I've ever... [12:33] You are a strong... [12:34] You are a strong man. [12:37] I said, what the hell was that? [12:40] But I'm glad to report that the [12:42] first hostages have just been released. [12:45] And who knows what's going to happen? [12:53] I know that Biden is saying [12:56] that they made the deal. [12:57] Well, you know, [12:59] I mean, that deal should have... [13:05] First of all, [13:06] it would have never happened [13:07] if I were president. [13:09] Would have never happened. [13:10] There was not even a thought of it. [13:12] Iran was broke. [13:14] They had no money for Hezbollah. [13:16] They had no money for Hamas. [13:18] They had no money. [13:19] They were broke. [13:20] Totally broke. [13:21] And they would have never done anything. [13:23] But they did it. [13:24] You know, [13:25] I like to think back to the past. [13:26] I said, if only the election weren't rigged, [13:28] all the things that would have happened [13:30] that would have been so good. [13:31] But it was. [13:32] We're not going to let that happen again. [13:34] I want to thank my friend Steve Witkoff, [13:37] who I think is here. [13:38] I know he made a beautiful speech. [13:40] I heard he made a great speech. [13:42] But he's an amazing guy. [13:45] I said, I got to get myself a negotiator. [13:47] We have to get a good negotiator. [13:49] A lot of guys are knowledgeable, [13:50] but they can't negotiate. [13:52] They don't have the personality or whatever. [13:54] And Steve does. [13:55] And Steve's a great negotiator, [13:57] very successful guy. [13:58] But he's our new special envoy to the Middle East [14:03] for helping reach this great breakthrough [14:06] and really couldn't have been done without Steve. [14:08] Where is Steve Witkoff? [14:09] Is he around here someplace? [14:11] Because he was so great. [14:13] There he is. [14:15] Hello, Steve. [14:16] Thank you, Steve. [14:17] Thank you, Steve. [14:18] What a job. [14:21] Our incoming administration has achieved all of this [14:25] in the Middle East in less than three months [14:27] without him. [14:28] Without being president. [14:29] We've achieved more without being president [14:32] than they've achieved in four years with being president. [14:37] But just imagine all of the good things [14:42] that we will accomplish together [14:44] with four more years in the White House. [14:46] And we're going to do a lot of things. [14:48] You're going to see something tomorrow. [14:49] You're going to see executive orders [14:52] that are going to make you extremely happy. [14:54] Lots of them. [14:55] Lots of them. [15:00] We have to set our country on the proper course. [15:03] By the time the sun sets tomorrow evening, [15:07] the invasion of our borders will have come to a halt [15:10] and all the illegal border trespassers [15:13] will in some form or another be on their way back home. [15:19] Think of it. [15:23] We've allowed millions and millions of people [15:27] into our country through open borders. [15:29] No checks, no vetting, no anything. [15:33] Millions and millions of people. [15:35] And lots of those people are murderers. [15:37] 52% of them killed more than one person. [15:41] Other than that, they're quite fine. [15:42] They're nice people. [15:43] They're nice people. [15:44] These are rough people. [15:46] Remember, I used to say these people are rough. [15:48] And they would say, no, no, these are illegal immigrants. [15:51] They're very safe. [15:52] I said, they're not safe. [15:53] Look at what's happened with Venezuela [15:55] where they're sending these gangs in [15:58] and they're taking over apartment complexes in Colorado [16:01] and then cutting off the fingers of a man [16:04] who had the nerve and desire to call the police. [16:08] He said, you want to call the police? [16:09] Bah, guess what? [16:10] You have no fingers. [16:12] These are rough people [16:13] and they're getting the hell out of our country. [16:15] They're out. [16:16] The border security measures I will outline in my inaugural address tomorrow [16:23] will be the most aggressive, sweeping effort to restore our borders [16:27] the world has ever seen. [16:29] You know, we had the best, safest border in the history of our country. [16:34] You remember that with the great chart that I put up. [16:37] I don't even know if they have that chart now. [16:39] Maybe they do. [16:40] These guys are good. [16:41] Maybe they do. [16:42] Who do they have? [16:43] I don't know. [16:46] I didn't tell them I was going to do this. [16:48] I didn't tell. [16:49] We have some very good people, but I didn't say. [16:51] But we had a chart and I looked to my right [16:53] and then they said, ooh, that hurt. [16:55] What the hell was that? [16:56] I still have that throbbing feeling in my ear. [17:01] Oh, there it is. [17:02] Look at it. [17:03] These people are amazing. [17:04] I didn't tell them I was doing this. [17:05] That's fantastic. [17:07] Yeah, it's all over the place. [17:09] I love that. [17:10] That is the most beautiful piece of paper I've ever seen in my life. [17:13] But if you look at that chart [17:19] and you look at the red arrow on the bottom, [17:22] that's the single lowest we ever had [17:25] in history, at least recorded history, [17:28] of illegals pouring into our country. [17:31] We had done a great job. [17:34] And then they took over and look what happened. [17:36] It's like an Elon Musk rocket ship going up. [17:41] That reminds me of Elon, his rocket ships. [17:44] Look at that. [17:45] Look at the difference. [17:47] And it just continued and continued [17:49] and we're taking in people that shouldn't be here. [17:51] They come in from prisons, from jails. [17:55] They shouldn't be here. [17:56] Mental institutions. [17:58] You mentioned, and the press would always excoriate me, [18:01] I'd say the late, great Hannibal Lecter came into our country today. [18:07] Silence of the Lambs. [18:09] Anybody see that movie? [18:10] Lovely movie. [18:11] And when people went to the voter booth, [18:14] they said, we don't want Hannibal Lecter in our country. [18:17] The press would say, why is he bringing up Hannibal Lecter? [18:20] That was a fictitious character. [18:22] Actually, they're not so fictitious. [18:24] We have people in our country that are probably worse that we allowed in. [18:28] But we will quickly reestablish, [18:30] take control of our sovereign territory and borders. [18:33] We will expel every single illegal alien gang member [18:36] and migrant criminal operating on American soil [18:39] and remove the savage gang Tren d'Iraqua [18:43] from the United States. [18:45] Here's a little video for you to see about this gang. [18:47] Go ahead. [18:48] Deadly consequences. [18:52] Border crisis. [18:53] Record high crossings are putting a strain on cities across America. [18:57] It is a foregone invasion. [18:59] Armed Venezuelan gang members [19:01] storming an apartment complex in Aurora, Colorado. [19:04] When people talk about migrant crime, this is what they're talking about. [19:07] San Antonio, Texas, just one of the latest cities [19:10] to have apartment complexes taken over by members of the Venezuelan gang. [19:14] Biden and Harris had created a program to bring them in under humanitarian parole. [19:18] I am in favor of saying that we're not going to treat people [19:21] who are undocumented across the border as criminals. [19:23] More than 13,000 illegal immigrants convicted of murder [19:27] have been released into the United States. [19:30] 20-year-old daughter Kayla Hamilton was murdered in her own room. [19:33] Kayla's murderer was apprehended by border patrol [19:36] crossing illegally into the U.S. [19:38] Kayla's murderer had been improperly released into the United States. [19:42] Abolish ICE. [19:43] Yeah, we need to probably think about starting from scratch. [19:45] More than a dozen people suspected of being Tren d'Iraqua gang members [19:49] right here in San Antonio. [19:50] The gang members had been terrorizing the apartment complex. [19:53] New details on the murder of Lakin Riley. [19:55] The illegal immigrant suspect who cops say committed the heinous murder [19:59] is a Venezuelan national. [20:01] And was paroled and released into the country by the Biden administration. [20:05] If they'd all been properly vetted, that probably wouldn't have happened. [20:07] Two men investigators say are in the country illegally from Venezuela [20:10] are charged with capital murder and the death of Jocelyn Nangaray. [20:14] Martinez and Angel wrapped his arms around Jocelyn's neck, [20:17] took off her pants and climbed on top of her, [20:20] later strangled Jocelyn to death and then tied up her hands and feet. [20:24] Court documents suggest a group of men arrested for beating and robbing [20:28] a Dallas woman last month are members of a Venezuelan street gang. [20:31] The men threatened to cut off her fingers if she did not cooperate. [20:35] Manuel Hernandez Hernandez was booked by Colleyville police just two days earlier [20:40] and released the day before the robbery. [20:42] A Peruvian gang leader who was wanted for 23 murders, [20:47] who was arrested by border patrol near Roma, Texas, [20:50] then released into America. [20:58] That's what we allowed in and they're nice people compared to some of them. [21:02] They're nicer than others. [21:03] These are really vicious people, gang members, [21:07] and many, many people from prisons and crime all over the world is down. [21:12] You know why? [21:13] Because they got their criminals into the United States of America. [21:16] You look at Venezuela. [21:17] They've emptied their prisons into our country. [21:20] Many other places the same. [21:22] I would have done the same if I headed up any of the countries. [21:25] I know most of those guys are smart. [21:28] They're leaders. [21:29] They are smart, streetwise people. [21:31] As soon as I heard they were going to have open borders, [21:34] I said, [21:35] if you do that, [21:36] every prison all over the world is going to be emptied out into our country. [21:40] They come in from the Congo. [21:41] The Congo is big on emptying their prisons. [21:44] The only thing good about it is they make our criminals look like really nice people. [21:49] These people are vicious people all over the world, [21:53] not just South America, all over the world. [21:55] They come from mental institutions and from jails and prisons. [22:01] With our actions tomorrow, [22:03] my administration will deliver justice for every family whose loved one, [22:06] especially whose loved one, [22:08] has been stolen from them by migrant crime, [22:10] including Lakin Riley, Rachel Morin, [22:14] Jocelyn Nungari, [22:16] Kayla Hamilton, [22:18] and every other precious American soul that we have lost to these animals. [22:23] Their memories will live in the hearts forever, [22:27] in our hearts forever, [22:28] and we will never, ever forget them. [22:31] Their contribution, [22:34] I told their mothers who were devastated, [22:36] their parents, [22:37] their fathers, [22:38] they're devastated. [22:39] They'll never be the same. [22:41] They'll never be the same. [22:42] But I said, [22:43] your daughter has made a major contribution. [22:46] Your son has made a major contribution. [22:49] There are hundreds and even thousands of victims of this horrible atrocity. [22:54] And you add those numbers [22:56] to the numbers of crime that we're already going through the roof, [22:59] and it's something that you wouldn't even believe. [23:01] Do you remember I did the debate [23:03] and I had David Muir from ABC [23:06] saying, [23:07] crime has gone down. [23:08] I said, [23:09] no, no, [23:10] it's gone through the roof. [23:11] Crime has gone through the roof, David. [23:12] No, no, [23:13] crime has gone down. [23:14] I said, [23:15] it's gone through the roof. [23:17] And then he goes, [23:18] I disagree with that. [23:20] The next day they announced the crime was up like 40%. [23:23] This guy is, [23:25] the whole thing is so, [23:26] it's so bad. [23:27] You can't even imagine how anybody could be for these things of, [23:32] you know, [23:33] think of it, [23:34] open borders, prisons, [23:35] and mental institutions, [23:37] men playing in women's sports, [23:38] transgender for everyone, [23:41] transgender. [23:44] And very soon we'll begin the largest deportation operation in American history, [23:50] larger than, [23:51] even larger than President Dwight Eisenhower, [23:54] who has the record right now. [23:56] And we're going to end the Biden war on American energy [24:00] and unleash our energy resources to quickly defeat inflation [24:04] and achieve the lowest cost of energy and electricity on earth. [24:08] And we're going to be using our emergency powers [24:11] to allow countries and entrepreneurs [24:15] and people with a lot of money build big plants, [24:18] AI plants. [24:19] We need double the energy that we already have, [24:21] and it's going to end up being more than that. [24:23] And we're going to slash, [24:25] we're going to slash the regulations, [24:29] environmental regulations that are really put in there [24:33] in order to stop progress in this country. [24:35] We're going to also slash something else, [24:40] the waste in our bloated federal bureaucracy. [24:43] We will create, [24:44] the new Department of Government Efficiency, [24:49] headed by a gentleman named Elon Musk, [24:52] who's here someplace. [24:53] I don't know where the hell he is. [24:55] He's here someplace. [25:13] Did you see his rocket yesterday? [25:15] It was captured. [25:16] And X is with him. [25:21] X. [25:22] Come on, Elon. [25:24] Say it. [25:26] Okay. [25:27] Thank you. [25:28] Thank you, Mr. President. [25:30] Sorry. [25:31] Little X just followed me on the stage here. [25:33] He's a very enthusiastic supporter. [25:35] As you can see. [25:37] So, we're looking forward to making a lot of changes. [25:50] And, you know, this victory is the start, really. [25:57] What matters going forward is to actually make significant changes, [26:04] cement those changes, [26:06] and set the foundation for America to be strong, [26:12] for a century, [26:13] for centuries, [26:14] forever. [26:15] So. [26:17] And make America great again. [26:20] Yeah. [26:21] So. [26:25] Yeah. [26:28] So, anyway. [26:34] We're going to do great things here. [26:36] Thank you. [26:37] Thank you, Elon. [26:38] You know, I always say we have to be protective of our geniuses, [26:39] because we don't have too many. [26:48] But that one is a good one. [26:49] Now, I watched this rocket come down about three months ago, [26:57] and I thought it was crashing. [26:58] I was talking to somebody on the phone. [26:59] By the way, [27:00] I don't know if you can hear me. [27:01] I don't know if you can hear me. [27:02] I don't know if you can hear me. [27:03] I don't know if you can hear me. [27:04] I don't know if you can hear me. [27:05] I don't know if you can hear me. [27:06] By the way, [27:08] same thing happened yesterday. [27:09] It came down, [27:10] and it was captured so beautifully. [27:11] It came down. [27:12] It's tumbling. [27:13] It's a mess. [27:14] It's going down. [27:15] I say, oh, look at that thing. [27:16] That's a disaster. [27:17] And then it gets like a couple of miles away from Earth. [27:18] And all of a sudden, [27:19] the engines start going on. [27:20] The things start. [27:21] And then I see it coming in [27:22] and landing in the gantry. [27:23] And I'm watching it. [27:24] I'm saying, oh, it's going to crash. [27:25] Oh. [27:26] But the thing is, [27:27] it's going to crash. [27:28] It's going to crash. [27:29] It's going to crash. [27:30] It's going to crash. [27:31] It's going to crash. [27:33] It's going to crash. [27:34] It's going to crash. [27:35] I'm watching it. [27:36] I'm saying, oh, [27:37] it's going to crash. [27:38] Oh. [27:39] But those engines came out, [27:40] and they blew the fire all over the place. [27:42] And all of a sudden, [27:43] those two big arms came and hugged it [27:45] like you would hug your little baby. [27:49] And that sucker landed it. [27:50] Nobody's been able to do that but him. [27:53] And he's a great guy. [27:55] And we have him and Vivek [27:57] and some great people working on a thing called COSS. [28:01] And he's got the credibility to do it, too. [28:03] And we're going to do things that are really amazing. [28:06] But he went out to Pennsylvania [28:07] after that. [28:08] He landed that rocket nobody had ever seen. [28:11] By the way, China can't do it. [28:13] Russia can't do it. [28:14] Or come close. [28:15] It would be 10 years before they can do it. [28:17] And the US can't do it except for him. [28:20] And it's pretty amazing. [28:21] But he did that. [28:23] And then he journeyed to Pennsylvania, [28:25] where he spent like a month and a half [28:27] campaigning for me in Pennsylvania. [28:29] And he's a popular guy. [28:31] And he was very effective. [28:33] And he knows those computers better than anybody. [28:36] All those computers, [28:37] those vote counting computers. [28:39] And we ended up winning Pennsylvania [28:41] like in a landslide. [28:42] So it was pretty good. [28:43] It was pretty good. [28:44] So thank you to Elon. [28:45] And his son's name, who's cute as a button, [28:50] his son's name is X. [28:52] He's the only guy could get away with the name X. [28:57] But his son is a great guy. [28:59] One thing we know, his son is smart. [29:02] If you believe in the racehorse theory, [29:04] he's got a nice, smart son. [29:07] But thank you very much to Elon and everybody. [29:09] We've had so much help. [29:10] And thank you for the money. [29:12] We can learn so much more. [29:14] And thank you very much to the American people [29:15] who gave us their出来. [29:16] Thank you very much to the great woman [29:17] who helped us get here. [29:19] And I mean, we're so proud of you and everyone [29:20] you've raised our spirits. [29:25] And thank you to our wonderful owners [29:26] and our wonderful people, [29:27] who really got us here. [29:29] And I'll just say, [29:32] thank you to the people who supported us. [29:33] Thank you to our amazing people [29:34] who are willing to pay for this. [29:35] And thank you to all the people [29:36] who are asking for this. [29:37] Thank you to the people [29:38] who will help us. [29:39] And thank you to the friends [29:40] and colleagues who are here. [29:41] And thank you to everybody [29:51] who are supporting us today. [29:52] And thank you to my friends [29:53] who are supporting me [29:54] who are supporting us today. [29:58] in the future don't worry about it it's not going to stop but we're going to stop the destructive [30:04] and divisive diversity equity and inclusion mandates all across the government and private [30:14] sector in return our country to the merit system you know the supreme court ruled that the united [30:22] states is allowed to go by the merit system which is what made us great in the first place that was [30:29] a big big ruling that a lot of people don't even know about but it was a big tremendous ruling and [30:36] you're focusing on character competence and qualifications in all hiring decisions now [30:43] you're allowed to go by competence and ability and genius you don't have to hire somebody to [30:49] send up one of his rocket ships that doesn't know anything about what's happening as the first step [30:55] toward restoring transparency and accountability to government we will also reverse the [31:00] you [31:00] over classification of government documents and in the coming days we are going to make public [31:07] remaining records relating to the assassinations of president john f kennedy his brother robert [31:14] kennedy as well as dr martin luther king jr and other topics of great public interest it's all [31:22] going to be released uncle sam and i will direct our military to begin construction of the great [31:36] iron dome missile defense shield [31:38] which will all be made in the usa and we will get wokeness the hell out of our military immediately [31:50] and make it like it used to be take a look at this happy pride happy pride month and actually [32:12] let's declare it a summer of pride so you're a killer sir yes sir let me see your war face [32:18] you've got a war face let me see your real death praying for war but until that day you are huge [32:45] life on earth [32:49] fucking big nothing but unorganized gravastic pieces of amphibian shit how to abracadabra these [32:57] bitches know i got answers the way i want to be like the best part of you and i'm cracking your [33:02] mama's ass and ended up so we won two world wars with that and that's the way it's going to be the [33:46] american people have given us their trust and in return we're going to give them the best first [33:53] day the biggest first week and the most extraordinary first 100 days of any [33:58] president's [33:59] presidency in American history. To implement this historic agenda, I've assembled an all-star [34:08] cabinet of patriots and visionaries and reformers who will fight for America, and together we will [34:15] win, win, win for America. To restore the spirit of American armed forces, I have appointed Pete [34:24] Hegseth as our next Secretary of Defense. Where's Pete? Where's Pete? Pete's here someplace. Where [34:33] is he? Good job, Pete. They like you, Pete. They like him. To bring back integrity to our [34:55] intelligence community, Tulsi Gabbard will be our next Director of National Intelligence. [35:01] To make America healthy again, we will have Robert F. Kennedy Jr. as Secretary of Health [35:14] and Human Services. To end the weaponization of our government and restore the impartial [35:26] rule of law. Oh, this is so important. She's so incredible. [35:31] Pam Bumgarner. [35:32] Gandhi will be an outstanding Attorney General. She's going to do an incredible job. She will do [35:39] an incredible job, and she's working with another person who's going to be unbelievable [35:44] at the FBI, Kash Patel. And tomorrow, everybody in this very large arena will be very happy [35:59] with my decision on the J6 hostages. I think you'll be very, very happy. I would say about [36:15] 99.9% of this beautiful arena. And by the way, I want to thank the owners of this arena. They are [36:25] great. They're up here someplace in one of those beautiful boxes. And their team is doing very well. [36:31] And Ovechkin is a great player, right? But I want to thank Ted and all of the owners for allowing [36:39] this to take place. It was really great. And thank you. It's a hell of an operation. Great place. [36:46] Fantastic arena. Thank you, Ted. [36:48] Thank you, everybody. At Homeland Security, we will have a tough leader in Christy Noem. [36:56] And we will have an outstanding Secretary of Transportation in Sean Duffy, Congressman Sean [37:05] Duffy. Great people. And we're going to win so much at Governor Burgum of the Interior. You know [37:15] Governor Burgum, one of the best governors in the country, is in charge of Department of the Interior. [37:22] And the hottest man anywhere in the world. [37:24] For energy. When I announced him, people couldn't believe it. You didn't hear of him. But if you're [37:31] in the energy business, he's considered the absolute best. Mr. Chris Wright of the Energy [37:36] Department. He's going to head up the Energy Department. He's the hottest guy. And there is [37:42] anybody in the energy business. They said, I can't believe you got Chris Wright. [37:48] And a man named Marco Rubio is going to be our great future Secretary of State. And Howard [37:57] Lutnick, a tremendous successor. [37:59] On Wall Street, is going to be our Secretary of Commerce. They have to go through these drills, [38:07] but they're going to. And I have to want to thank the Republican senators. They've been doing great. [38:11] And John Thune has been doing a great job in moving the process along quickly. We're going to [38:17] have a lot of them hopefully approved very quickly. And a very special woman, Linda McMahon, [38:24] is going to be our future Secretary of Education, which we're going to be giving back to the states. [38:30] Let's go. [38:30] Let the state run education. I said to Linda, I said, Linda, I'm making you the Secretary of [38:42] Education. But if you do a great job, you will put yourself out of a job because you're going to be [38:50] sending it back to the states. And she's fantastic. And her staff, which has been largely hired, [38:56] is fantastic. And all of the other leaders will come to me and they're going to say, do you [39:01] remember I used to do this for fun? But it's really not fun. It's fact. Because we have to do [39:07] some of the best stuff. [39:08] Right. But they're going to come and say to me, sir, sir, we're winning too much, sir. We can't [39:16] take it anymore. We have to stop winning, sir. We can't do it. We're not used to winning in our [39:21] country. And each one of them is going to say every single one, sir, please, please, you're [39:28] destroying our country. We're winning too much. Our country isn't prepared for this. They're not [39:35] used to winning, sir. And I'll say, no, no, Linda and everybody, we're not going to stop winning. [39:41] The people of our country want us to keep on winning and we're going to go win like never, [39:48] ever before. And that's what we're going to do. We're going to be doing it. Uncle Sam, [39:54] Uncle Sam is having a heart attack down here. Look at him. Uncle Sam is going wild. And they [40:01] think I pay for these people. I have no idea who he is. All I know is he does. And there's [40:05] Abe Lincoln. Thank you, honest Abe. I have no idea. I swear, I have no idea who the hell he is. [40:10] But he looks like Abe. He's probably a little bit shorter in all fairness. [40:16] Abe was 6'6". He's a little bit shorter. He's about a foot shorter. Other than that, he's perfect. [40:25] Thank you, Abe. In addition to the most talented cabinet ever assembled, and we think we're hearing [40:31] things like that, we will be supported in our mission by countless wonderful American patriots. [40:37] First, let me thank my incredible family. And I want to thank in particular somebody that headed [40:43] up the Republican Party, along with Mike, the two of them, Larry Trump, who, [40:51] as you saw before, produced those two beautiful children. Larry Trump is unbelievable. She was [40:57] the chairman of the Republican Party. And nobody ever said, oh, gee, it's a family member. They [41:04] actually said, how the hell did you get her to do it? And she did a phenomenal job. We had [41:10] a minimum of cheating. We watched them like a hawk. Where is Lara? Where the hell is she? [41:16] But she did some job. See, she wants to be nice and quiet. She's here someplace. Thank you, Lara. [41:23] Thank you very much. She's phenomenal. The job she did and her son was up. Didn't they do a [41:32] beautiful job? The son and the daughter. How many young kids know that one? They don't know that one. [41:38] But her husband is somebody I'm very proud of. He's doing a great job. He's been subpoenaed more [41:45] than any human being in history, I believe. Every day he'd get a subpoena from Congress on something [41:50] all bullshit. But he'd get a subpoena. He's got a Ph.D. in subpoenas. But he, [42:00] he did a fantastic job. And Don, you know all about Don, how he did. He's, he's great. He's [42:06] very popular, too. He knows a lot about guns, I want to tell you that. We had, by the way, [42:14] I have to tell you, we had great support from every gun group, including the NRA. It's really [42:20] worked hard. And Ivanka and Jared are here. And Tiffany and Michael are here. And Barron and my [42:29] ten incredible grandchildren. And another one coming through, Tiffany. [42:34] And of course, I want to thank our next Vice President of the United States, J.D. Vance, [42:43] wherever he may be. There's a lot of people. Wherever the hell he is, he's here someplace. [42:55] It's a lot of people. It's a little tough when you say, where is he? You know, you got a lot [42:59] of people in here. But J.D. Vance has been extraordinary. And he's got an unbelievable [43:07] wife, the Second Lady of the United States, Usha Vance. So, Usha, thank you very much. [43:13] Beautiful couple. [43:17] Beautiful people. We're also pleased to be joined tonight by Hulk Hogan, the Hulk show. [43:24] The Hulk show. One thing, it's not hard to find him. All he has to do is stand up and you say, [43:32] there he is. But he's great. And Kid Rock. Wow. Kid Rock is a friend of mine. He's a friend of [43:41] mine for a long, long time. He did that thing on Budweiser. Budweiser will never be the same [43:47] when he did the gun with a MAGA hat. That was the commercial that everybody saw. [43:54] With us tonight is a great actor, tremendously talented guy, Jon Voight, who's great, and [44:00] a friend of mine. And Sylvester Stallone is here. Great guy. And you know, I got Mel Gibson, [44:15] Sylvester Stallone, and Jon Voight to become ambassadors to Hollywood, California, to put [44:22] it back on track. So, they're all ambassadors. You have to refer to them as ambassador, Mr. [44:28] Ambassador. [44:32] Of young people, Charlie Kirk is here. And I want to thank Charlie. Charlie is fantastic. I mean, [44:42] this guy, don't believe this stuff when you hear the kids are liberal. They're not liberal. Maybe [44:46] they used to be, but they're not anymore. You got to see how many people are for us. And I want to [44:51] thank Megyn Kelly. She's been terrific. She's been really good. And Billy Ray Cyrus. And Lee [44:58] Greenwood. Wow, has he been something. What a song and what a man. And you know, by the way, [45:05] these microphones, you see the microphone? [45:08] I said, what the hell are those microphones doing standing behind me? You're going to have a little [45:13] special treat at the end of this speech. I don't want to tell you because you'll rush me off the [45:21] stage. Get off the stage. But you have a little special treat. And I won't tell you, but let's put [45:29] it this way. It's the people that 30 years ago had a hot song, never hit number one, hit number five. [45:37] But 30 years later, it hit number one, week after week. [45:42] And they're here to sing. They're here to sing for you. And you won't recognize them. They're [45:55] slightly larger than they used to be. But that's the way life goes. We can all tell you that's the [46:01] way life goes. There's nothing we can do about that. Sebastian Gorka. Stand up, Sebastian. I see [46:06] Sebastian here. As a patriot, he's been with me through thick and thin, right, Sebastian? Now he's [46:13] with the administration. Thank you. Great guy. And again, I want to thank Elon for what he did in [46:21] Pennsylvania. He worked so hard. He worked so hard. He worked so hard. He worked so hard. He worked so [46:24] hard in Pennsylvania. Great guy. And a man who is a champion, a man who took something from [46:33] nothing. Nobody, everybody said this is something will never work. It's too violent. But he [46:40] understood people. He said they like violence, unfortunately, right? But a man who understood [46:45] fighting better than any man ever. There's never been anything like this. What Dana White did with [46:51] the UFC and building it into a monster sport franchise. So I want to thank Dana White for [46:57] being here. And Dana, you've done a job like nobody could have done. Thank you. A great guy and a [47:02] friend of mine. Great friend of mine. He's a tough cookie. You want him on your side at all time. [47:11] Every one of those people you want on your side. And we have dozens of other celebrities and [47:17] everything. But we're going to get back to what we're doing. But I do want to say in the audience, [47:21] we have many governors, many, many senators, many members of Congress and other dignitaries. But we [47:29] have other distinguished guests, far too many to name, unless you'd like me to name them. No. Do you [47:34] want me to name governors, senators and Congress people? No. I thought you were going to say that. [47:41] Sorry, governors. No, but we appreciate all of the love that we've gotten from them. I'll tell you, [47:48] our House and our Senate Republicans have been unbelievable and the governors are unbelievable, [47:54] the job they're doing. Of the crime ridden cities, the top 25, every [48:02] single one of them is run by a Democrat. Does that tell you something? We don't have problems in [48:11] the Republican cities. Tonight, I also want to send our love to everyone affected by the terrible [48:16] wildfires raging in California. We're praying for you all. We love you all. We're going to be there [48:23] very soon. I'm going to go out there on Friday to see it and to get it moving back. We're going to [48:28] get some of the best builders in the world. We'll get it moving back. And I also want to pay my [48:36] respect. [48:36] The great people of North Carolina, you know, I want it every single time. And they've been [48:43] treated very badly. FEMA almost didn't know it existed. And we're going to get North Carolina [48:50] rocking and rolling. Okay, we're going to get them rocking and rolling. They've been treated [48:55] very badly as a state. Together, we will rebuild Los Angeles better, more beautiful than ever [49:04] before. We're going to get it going. We have the best builders in the world. It's the only [49:08] people that could do it. Nobody else knows what the hell they're doing. [49:10] And in 2028, the Los Angeles Olympics will be one of the great sporting events and [49:17] patriotic celebrations in history. I was with Gianni, the head of the Olympics. And [49:22] because of the wildfires, they're going to do a special, special job. They're going to really [49:27] do something very special for the Olympics. And the opposite. Some people said, oh, [49:33] maybe the Olympics can't go there. Turned out just the opposite. They came to see me the other day [49:38] and the committee, and it's just the opposite. So the Olympics are going to be special. So the [49:41] Olympics is great. And Gianni, for the others, you know, the World Cup, Gianni is the head of it. [49:48] We had our top people, Wasserman. They all came in on the Olympics. And then I saw Gianni, [49:56] and we got the World Cup too. And you know, it's only because they rigged the election [50:00] that I'll be your president representing you there. You know, I got both of them. I got the [50:05] Olympics and I got the World Cup. And I said, you know, it's too bad. One was in 2026 and the other [50:14] in 2028 and i said i won't be there i won't be your president but then they rigged the election [50:21] and now we won so i'm going to be your president for the olympics and for the world cup so johnny [50:29] thank you for the world cup and everybody thank you for the olympics we're going to have a great [50:35] time we have another thing happening 250 years a celebration like no other 250 years and that's [50:47] going to be taking place next year so we have a lot of big events coming and everything we do we [50:53] do everything we take it very very seriously but what do we do more than anything else we put [50:59] america first and it all starts tomorrow when i raise my hand on the bible [51:07] to be sworn as your will be sworn in tomorrow we're all going to be sworn in together that's [51:14] the way i look at it it's not me it's you greatest of all time so we will be sworn in [51:23] tomorrow i'll be representing you as your 47th president of the united states [51:35] and just in conclusion together we're going to cut your taxes [51:39] end inflation slash your prices getting them back down raise your wages and bring thousands [51:46] of factories back to the usa right where they belong and that'll be done through tariffs and [51:52] smart policy we will build american we will buy american and we will hire american i will [52:01] end the war in ukraine i will stop the chaos in the middle east and i will prevent world war [52:07] iii from happening and you have no idea how close we are we will crush violent crime in our cities [52:14] and give our police the support protection resources and respect they so dearly deserve [52:22] we will strengthen and modernize our military again we did it we rebuilt our entire military [52:30] and then they gave billions and billions of dollars of it to [52:34] you remember to the taliban they gave it to the taliban they gave our military equipment a big [52:43] chunk of it to the enemy do you know that we pay billions of dollars a year do you know this does [52:50] anyone know this too afghanistan do you know that and i say if we're going to pay billions [52:58] of dollars a year tell them we're not going to give them the money unless they give back [53:03] our military equipment that these poor stupid people allowed allowed [53:11] for them to have. So we'll give them a couple of bucks. We want the military equipment back. [53:17] We will rebuild our once great cities, including our capital in Washington, D.C., [53:23] making them safe, clean and beautiful again. And we want to make this city again safe. We don't [53:29] want people coming to Washington and getting mugged, shot, killed. We're going to stop it. [53:35] Law enforcement and they have very good police here, but they have to be allowed to do their [53:39] job. We're going to stop it. We're going to beautify it. We're going to make it the most [53:43] beautiful capital in the world. We will teach our children to love our country, to honor our [53:48] history and to always respect our great American flag. And we will get critical race theory and [54:00] transgender insanity the hell out of our schools. And always remember, this is so easy. This will [54:16] be done tomorrow. We will keep men out of women's sports. It's over. I will defend religious [54:29] liberty. [54:29] I will restore free speech and I will defend the right to keep and bear arms. We're going to defend [54:37] that right. After years of building up foreign nations, defending foreign borders and protecting [54:44] foreign lands, we are finally going to build up our country, defend our borders and protect [54:51] our citizens. And we will stop illegal immigration once and for all. We will not be invaded. We will [55:00] not be occupied. We will not be invaded. We will not be occupied. We will not be occupied. We will [55:02] not be overrun. We will not be conquered. We will be a free and proud nation once again. And that [55:10] will take place tomorrow at 12 o'clock. Everyone in our country will prosper. Every family will [55:25] thrive. And every day will be filled with opportunity and hope and also filled with a thing [55:31] called the American dream that you don't hear much about anymore. For the past nine years, you and I [55:38] fought side by side against the United States. We fought side by side against the United States. We [55:40] fought side by side against the United States. We fought side by side against the United States. We [55:41] fought side by side against the United States. We fought side by side against the United States. We [55:42] fought side by side against the United States. We fought side by side against the United States. We [55:44] fought side by side against the United States. We fought side by side against the United States. We [55:45] fought side by side against the United States. We fought side by side against the United States. We [55:46] fought side by side against the United States. We fought side by side against the United States. We [55:47] fought side by side against the United States. We fought side by side against the United States. We [55:48] fought side by side against the United States. We fought side by side against the United States. We [55:49] fought side by side against the United States. We fought side by side against the United States. We [55:50] fought side by side against the United States. We fought side by side against the United States. We [55:51] them. This nation belongs to you. From New York to Los Angeles, from Philadelphia to Phoenix, [56:05] from Chicago to Miami, and from Houston to right here in Washington D.C., our country was won and [56:15] built by generations of patriots who gave everything they had for our rights and for our [56:22] freedom. They were farmers and soldiers, cowboys and factory workers, steel workers, coal miners, [56:29] police officers, and pioneers who pushed onward, marched forward, and let no obstacle stand in [56:37] their path. Nothing could get in their way. Together they laid down the railroads, raised up [56:43] the skyscrapers, built the great highways, won two world wars, defeated fascism and communism, [56:51] and launched American astronauts to the moon. It was hard-working patriots like you who built this [56:57] country. And seventy-five days ago, and [57:01] November 5th, it was hard-working patriots like you who saved our country. You saved our country. [57:13] Now, after all we have been through together, we stand on the verge of the four greatest years [57:21] in American history. With your help, we will restore America's promise and we will rebuild [57:29] the nation that we all love so much. We are one people, one family, and one glorious nation, [57:36] one culture. All of us be hip, be young, and be brave. We are one nation, one mystery, [57:41] and all of us shine in the seja. Will stand for what America is amazing, [57:44] excited to be with its native speak, [57:47] the origin of the [57:54] American people, the [57:55] common reason we exist, [57:56] and [58:00] support [58:02] our [58:02] ?!" [58:04] We will make America healthy again. [58:10] We will make America strong again. [58:15] We will make America proud again. [58:20] We will make America safe again. [58:25] And we will make America great again. [58:31] Thank you very much. [58:32] Thank you very much. [58:34] What a great victory for everybody. [58:37] Thank you, America. [58:38] Thank you very much. [58:41] Thank you.