What we did, we had a tremendously successful first term. And he came in and tried to take away what we had. But today, the dock workers, we stopped them. And today, the dock workers, energy workers, and great people of Texas once again really have a president that loves our country, a president that fights for our country, and a president who\u2019s got your back.<\/p>\n
Record Energy Exports and the Venezuela Deal<\/p>\n
Nationwide, exports of liquefied natural gas are up 37 percent. Think of that. And the past year, the highest level in American history and going up a lot. Crude oil exports are up by hundreds of thousands of barrels a day.<\/p>\n
Venezuela \u2014 think of it \u2014 80,000 \u2014 80 million. So far \u2014 we just started \u2014 80 million barrels of fuel. Think \u2014 80 million barrels of oil. Think of what that means. Think of a stadium with 80,000 people. Now say 80 million. That\u2019s what we\u2019ve taken. And it\u2019s great for Venezuela, and it\u2019s great for us. It\u2019s great for us, great for Venezuela. And a lot of it, like that \u2014 a lot of it comes right here.<\/p>\n
And with our new friend and partner, Venezuela, we\u2019re going to do a lot of other things. We\u2019re going to be doing a lot. We\u2019re having a great relationship with their government. Has anybody ever witnessed anything so beautiful, so decisive, and so popular with the people of Venezuela? It was very popular.<\/p>\n
In fact, 360,000 barrels of Venezuelan crude are right now sitting in the tanker on my left. It\u2019s a nice one. So where the hell does that one come from? For the benefit of both our nations, we\u2019re going to refine their oil.<\/p>\n
here in America and right here in Texas, and then exported to all over the world. We\u2019re going to keep some for ourselves. We\u2019re going to give some to them. And they\u2019re going to make more money than they\u2019ve ever made before. We\u2019ll help build their country again, which was a disaster. And we\u2019re going to build it up, and we\u2019re going to benefit also. And that\u2019s the way it\u2019s supposed to be. All right? It\u2019s going to be great.<\/p>\n
Jesse Robinson Speaks at the Port<\/p>\n
One person who has witnessed our energy turnaround firsthand is Jesse Robinson. Jesse. Come on up here, Jesse. He began his career at this port working on the frontlines of railroad operations and has risen to become one of the port\u2019s key leaders. I can see that, by the way. You all know I\u2019m helping to drive the American energy surge like \u2014 this is a surge like nobody\u2019s ever seen. Jesse, come on up and say a few words.<\/p>\n
JESSE ROBINSON: Wow. Good afternoon, everyone. You know I\u2019ve been on this cargo dock probably a thousand times, but I never could have imagined standing at this podium at this very moment with all of you as we honor together what an irrefutably historical moment this is.<\/p>\n
In my role as director of asset management here at the port, I see firsthand every day the valuable contributions by President Trump. I see the millions of dollars in federal funds invested in infrastructure that helps us serve our customers so they can then turn and serve the communities around the world.<\/p>\n
At this port, I have the honor of leading roughly 75 employees and contractors, most of which are here today. And I can tell you with utmost sincerity that every one of us takes great pride in our jobs supporting this global gateway. We work hard and with humility. This waterway means something to us. It represents the economic opportunity for tens of thousands of families throughout this region.<\/p>\n
I want to thank my family for supporting my commitment to this port. I want to thank my team for their heart and grit. And I want to thank President Trump for recognizing their tenacity and value. Thank you.<\/p>\n
DONALD TRUMP: Thank you, Jesse. Thank you, Jesse. Great guy and great family and hard worker. All hard workers. I\u2019m a hard worker. We\u2019re all hard workers.<\/p>\n
Slashing Energy Costs<\/p>\n
Slashing energy costs. Hey, by the way, how did you like the State of the Union the other night? That was good. That was good. Thank you. Thank you very much. Thank you. Thank you very much. That was fun.<\/p>\n
Did you see these people on my right, the way they just sat there? Some of them. How about Omar screaming, screaming, screaming like a lunatic? You looked at her bulging eyes. She\u2019s crazy. Get her the hell out of here. And Omar and her friend and her little friend sitting next to her.<\/p>\n
Slashing energy costs is among the most important actions we can take to bring down prices for American consumers. Because when you cut the cost of energy, you really caught \u2014 you just cut the cost of energy. Everything follows \u2014 look, you\u2019re in an industry, a business, whatever you want to call it, a profession, in many cases. Everything follows energy.<\/p>\n
Now, AI, they build these big plants. They say, how do you make your money? Information. Somehow, I like oil better. I\u2019m sorry. I like \u2014 I think oil \u2014 if I had my choice, I have to stick with oil.<\/p>\n
Inflation at Its Lowest in Five Years<\/p>\n
In 12 months, we\u2019ve driven core inflation down to the lowest level in more than five years. And in the last three months of 2025, it\u2019s been down to one point inflation \u2014 1.7 percent. Nobody thought that. So we went from the highest inflation ever to low inflation.<\/p>\n
All the \u2014 you know, everything took place. I\u2019ve been here one year. Think of it. One year. A little bit more than one year now. Time flies. Time flies. Maybe we should \u2014 maybe we do one more term. Should we do one more term? Do one more term.<\/p>\n
Well, we\u2019re entitled to it because they cheated like hell in the second one. We would actually be entitled to it. But think of it. The price of eggs is down 60 percent. The cost of chicken, butter, fruit, hotels, automobiles \u2014 rent is lower today than it has been in years. And even beef is, right now, on the way down. It\u2019s coming down. It\u2019s coming down fast. Prices of almost everything is down.<\/p>\n
And we inherited a mess one year ago. A mess. And they came up with a word \u2014 affordability. And I said, what are they talking about? They\u2019re the ones that caused it. They\u2019re cons. They\u2019re liars. Not good. Other than that, we want to have unity. Let\u2019s have unity. To have unity, you need sane people on the other side.<\/p>\n
On Democrats at the State of the Union<\/p>\n
And when you watch them not stand up for a mother that just lost her daughter, or not stand up for a great, brave helicopter pilot that did so well and so amazing in Venezuela, or not stand up when I asked the question \u2014 stand up if you love our country. Think of it. And you love great American patriots. But don\u2019t stand up if you don\u2019t or if you love illegal alien criminals. And not one of them stood up.<\/p>\n
They got killed in that. You know, at the end of the night, they were all standing up for anything because the word was, they are getting killed. They passed \u2014 did you see? They were passing notes all over the place. Stand up. Stand up for anything. Stand up. They were instructed. You know, they have terrible policy, terrible everything, but they do stay together, as bad as it is. But they were instructed, under no circumstances are you to applaud or stand up.<\/p>\n
So I say, stand up for a mother who lost her beautiful daughter. And they don\u2019t applaud. They sit there like \u2014 and eventually, we just looked at them and said, you people are crazy. And they are. They\u2019re crazy.<\/p>\n
And we got to win the midterms. We are \u2014 we brought this country back. We don\u2019t want to lose the midterm. We got to win the midterms. We got to get out. You got to get out, and we got to vote, and we\u2019ll keep it all going \u2014 better even than it is now, as good as it is.<\/p>\n
State of the Union Highlights: Tax Cuts and Economic Relief<\/p>\n
Tuesday night, in my State of the Union address, I laid out the historic actions my administration is taking to put more money in the pockets of workers and families, like those here today \u2014 the greatest people on Earth. You built the country. And to ensure that we always keep America first. You know, they don\u2019t keep America first. They keep America last.<\/p>\n
With the help of our Republican majorities in Congress, we passed the largest tax cuts in American history. That includes no tax on tips, no tax on overtime, and no tax on Social Security for our great seniors. And the average Texas family will save over $4,000 on their taxes this year alone, and much more next year. We gave you the best tax cuts anyone\u2019s seen.<\/p>\n
We also got you an interest deduction if you buy a car. You can \u2014 if you borrow some money to buy a car, you have a loan, you\u2019re allowed to deduct the interest for income tax purposes. Never happened before. But only if it\u2019s an American-made car. We put that in.<\/p>\n
Cutting Regulations and Ending the EV Mandate<\/p>\n
We have cut a record number of job-killing regulations, slashing 129 old regulations for every one new regulation that we approve. So if we put a regulation on, we slash 129 old regulations, which is far and above what anybody\u2019s been able to do.<\/p>\n
We terminated the insane electric vehicle mandate where you had to have a car \u2014 like, all-electric car \u2014 within a couple of years. Yet, it was not going to work. I mean, you don\u2019t mind driving 200 miles to get a charger, right? You ever see the signs? Charge \u2014 you\u2019re running out, you\u2019re running low, and they say, charging booth 112 miles to the right.<\/p>\n
These people are crazy, I\u2019m telling you. But the mandate is over and the other radical attacks, and now you can go out and you can buy a gasoline-powered car, a hybrid, an electric car. You can buy whatever the hell you want.<\/p>\n
## $18 Trillion in Investment Commitments<\/p>\n
In four long years, the last administration got less than $1 trillion. So $1 trillion less \u2014 much less \u2014 of new investment came into the country. In less than 12 months, I secured commitments for more than $18 trillion. So think of it. For four years \u2014 think of it, what it does to a place like this. Four years, much less than $1 trillion. Less than one year, more than $18 trillion. I would say that\u2019s \u2014 that\u2019s the difference between making America great again and making America a major loser.<\/p>\n
A short time ago, we were a dead country. We were totally a dead country. The King of Saudi Arabia said it to me. I was over \u2014 they invested $2 trillion in our country. I was over there with other great countries. But the King of Saudi Arabia said to me, \u201cPresident, two years ago, you were a dead country. Now you have the hottest country anywhere in the world.\u201d Can you imagine?<\/p>\n
## Record Stock Market Highs and 401k Gains<\/p>\n
The stock market has hit 53 all-time record highs since the election. Think of that in one year. Adding trillions of dollars in value, Americans\u2019 pensions and 401ks and retirement accounts. They\u2019re all through the roof. Who has a 401k? Wow. Is anybody unhappy with the job I\u2019m doing? Your 401ks have doubled, right? Are they doubled?<\/p>\n
I have a policeman. I tell the story. Same guy \u2014 I meet him. But he\u2019s this wonderful, tough policeman from New York. He\u2019s taking good care of us. And he said, \u201cSir, it\u2019s so good. My married life has gotten so much better.\u201d Why? \u201cMy wife thought I was a loser financially. I couldn\u2019t make any money because my 401k was dying for years. And now she thinks I\u2019m the smartest financial genius ever. It\u2019s made my sex life good. It\u2019s made my life good. It\u2019s given me a tremendous boost in life, Sir.\u201d<\/p>\n
This is a big, tough cop. He said, \u201cMy wife treated me like a dog, and now she admires my financial genius. And I haven\u2019t done anything. My 401k has gone through the roof.\u201d So I said, \u201cThank you very much.\u201d<\/p>\n
But everybody\u2019s there, right? Everybody\u2019s up. Has anybody gone down with their 401k? Because if you do, you\u2019re a loser. Nobody. And then, you know, you hear these radical lunatics say, \u201cThe stock market doesn\u2019t matter.\u201d But it does matter because they have 401ks. They have investments. They buy stocks without 401ks. It matters a lot.<\/p>\n
## Beating the Dow and S&P Records<\/p>\n
Our stock market\u2019s going through. You know, we beat 50,000 on the Dow. They said when I got elected, if I could beat 50,000 by the end of my fourth year, it would be a tremendous miracle. And we then hit 7,000 on the S&P. And that was even tougher. They said there\u2019s no way that could be done. I did them both by the end of my first year. Not my fourth year, my first. Which means you also did them both. So, you know, everybody\u2019s happy.<\/p>\n
## Matching Retirement Savings and the Big Beautiful Bill<\/p>\n
To help ensure that all Americans share in the gains from the rising stock market, I announced on Tuesday night that any worker whose employer does not provide matching contributions to a retirement account, my administration will begin matching your retirement savings with up to $1,000 a year. Anybody ever thought that\u2019s possible?<\/p>\n
And we passed a bill, the great, big, beautiful bill, that the Democrats are \u2014 they\u2019re always saying, \u201cOh, the great, big, beautiful \u2014\u201d they don\u2019t know. It\u2019s basically the great, big, beautiful tax cut bill, if you really want to look at it. Probably a more accurate name. Every parent can actively just activate all of their children\u2019s accounts. We have a new thing, and it was Michael and Susan Dell. Dell Computer. Go out and buy a Dell Computer. They\u2019re great.<\/p>\n
Because he put up $6,250,000 in the Trump accounts, and it\u2019s for children. It\u2019s tax-free investment accounts for every American child \u2014 every single American child \u2014 born \u2014 born rich. So millions and millions will be prefunded, courtesy of the U.S. Treasury. Private individuals like Michael and Susan Dell, who have donated the \u2014 think of it \u2014 $6 billion. He put up $6,250,000, and now he wants to put up more to fund what\u2019s called the Trump accounts for 25 million American children. And that number is growing rapidly all the time.<\/p>\n
So these children, they reach 18 or 19 or 20. They could have over 100,000. They could have much more than that. Think of it. They\u2019ll be, like, rich. They started with nothing and a small amount of seed money. And by the time they\u2019re 18 years old, they could have well over $100,000. And to make this investment in our children\u2019s future, go to trumpaccounts.gov. It is amazing. It\u2019s going through the roof.<\/p>\n
No Tax on Overtime: Kevin and Marcy Rhodes<\/p>\n
One American who is benefiting tremendously from our tax cuts is Kevin Rhodes from Andrews, Texas. Kevin is a Marine Corps veteran who has spent 20 years in the oil and gas industry. Great guy. Just met him. He works as a wells tech in Permian Basin, where he averages 15 hours a week in overtime. Now, there\u2019s no tax on overtime anymore, Kevin.<\/p>\n
As a result, Kevin and his wife, Marcy, will take home more than $7,000 extra this year thanks to no tax on overtime with money that they are going to take the two boys on a road trip to Yellowstone, Yellowstone National Park. Nice place where you can save the money or you can buy a house and do whatever the hell you want with it. Right.<\/p>\n
But you know what? I\u2019d like to have Kevin and Marcy come up. They\u2019re so happy. No tax, in this case, overtime. But think of it. No tax on tips. No tax on overtime. No tax on Social Security for the seniors. So, who the hell else could have gotten that? Come on up, Kevin.<\/p>\n
KEVIN RHODES: Thank you, Mr. President. It\u2019s a huge honor to be here in Corpus Christi, Texas with everyone here. Thank you to the Oil and Gas Workers Association also. I stand here as a Marine Corps veteran with my wife, who is a small business owner. We own a small catering company. We are products of the oil and gas industry of West Texas. We send our oil here to Corpus Christi to send out across the world.<\/p>\n
With the legislation that has been passed with a no tax on overtime, we were able to buy a commercial refrigerator for our business. And then, like Mr. President said, we\u2019re going to take our kids on a trip to Yellowstone and Grand Teton. We are just Americans, two parents trying to give the best life to their children, opportunities for both of our sons, one who is in automation fixing to go into the oil and gas industry.<\/p>\n
We have big dreams and are excited for the future of this nation and our family. We are grateful that God has given us a president like Mr. Trump that allows this. We are grateful that he has put America first. So God bless you, Mr. President, and God bless this nation.<\/p>\n
Doug Burgum, Chris Wright, and America\u2019s Energy Leadership<\/p>\n
DONALD TRUMP: That\u2019s great. Thank you very much. Both. So we\u2019re also grateful to be joined by a man who, as they say, the most talented man in the oil industry, Doug Burgum, who, as you know, is a great gentleman. He was former governor of North Dakota. I wanted to put him at energy, said, \u201cSir, I\u2019m really good at energy, but there\u2019s one man that\u2019s better. His name is Chris Wright.\u201d So I made Chris Wright the secretary of energy, and he has really proven to be fantastic wherever you are. Chris. Where is Chris? Thank you. And he\u2019s got a beautiful hat. I love the hat. Gulf of America. I love that hat.<\/p>\n
We have one of the great governors of our country. He is an unbelievable guy, a tremendous friend of mine.<\/p>\n
And he is something very special. He\u2019s tough as hell. I want to tell you, if you think he\u2019s a nice guy, you\u2019re wrong. He\u2019s tough. He\u2019s mean. But it\u2019s all for you. So I want to just say, Greg Abbott, we love you, Greg Abbott.<\/p>\n
Lieutenant Governor Dan Patrick. Thank you. He\u2019s been the chairman of my campaign all three times. All three times. We set records. We set records like nobody. Okay. I don\u2019t want to brag. But in the history of Texas, I have \u2014 correct, Governor \u2014 I have by far the largest number of votes ever gotten. And it was the highest, and the highest again. And we just topped it big in the last election. So we have the highest ever gotten by a lot, by millions. I think I got to move here fast. I\u2019ll stay in Washington for a little while. We\u2019ll stay in Washington for a little while longer. So thank you very much.<\/p>\n
Acknowledging Texas Leaders<\/p>\n
And we have a great attorney general, Ken Paxton. Where\u2019s Ken? Hi, Ken. Hi, Ken. And we have a great senator, John Cornyn. Hi, John. Thank you, John. We\u2019re in a little race together. You know that, right? A little bit of a race. It\u2019s going to be an interesting one, right? They\u2019re both great people, too. Thank you both very much.<\/p>\n
Texas House Speaker Dustin Burroughs. He\u2019s here doing a terrific job. Hi, Dustin. Thank you, Dustin. Good job. I like you much better than the last guy, Dustin.<\/p>\n
And we have a senator who\u2019s really an amazing guy. I\u2019m thinking about putting him in the Supreme Court. And now, now, I\u2019m thinking \u2014 because it\u2019s very hard, you know, getting these nominations through is very tough \u2014 but he\u2019s the only guy I know who will get 100 percent of the Democrat vote, 100 percent of the Republican vote. They want to get him out of there. He is such a pain in the ass, but he\u2019s so good and so talented. Ted Cruz. That\u2019s right. If we ever had a problem, I\u2019d just pick Ted. That would solve \u2014 that would solve that problem. No, he\u2019s a great guy. And he\u2019s a very talented guy, too. Smart.<\/p>\n
Recognizing Texas Representatives<\/p>\n
Representatives John Carter, Randy Weber, Jason Smith, Brian Babin. These are all incredible warriors, by the way. Jody Arrington, Lance Gooden, Chip Roy, running for office. Chip? Where\u2019s Chip? You\u2019re doing a good job, Chip.<\/p>\n
Michael Cloud. That\u2019s right. He\u2019s the \u2014 oh, look at that. Whoa. Okay, this is his district, and people like you \u2014 you know, I\u2019ve had some bad things where I introduce people from a district, and then they like you, Michael. That\u2019s good. And you know what? Honestly, they should, because he\u2019s a phenomenal congressman, a phenomenal friend, and a phenomenal congressman. Thank you for the great job.<\/p>\n
And you got that dredging. Is it 54 or 56 feet? Yeah. In other words, 54. He said, go with 54. You got that done. We got it done together, right? Made a big difference. Thank you very much. You have a great congressman.<\/p>\n
Congressman Tony Gonzalez is here. Tony, congratulations. Jake Elsey. Monica De La Cruz. Thank you. Keith Self. Good guy. Oh, these are great people. Thank you, Keith.<\/p>\n
Brandon Gill, a young one. I endorsed him. I said \u2014 a very dear friend of mine happens to have a slight relationship, right? I endorsed him. I said, \u201cWhat does he know about politics?\u201d That was like four years ago. He knows a lot. You\u2019ve been fantastic. Thank you very much. Thank you, Brandon.<\/p>\n
And another friend of mine who\u2019s doing very well, Wesley Hunt. Where\u2019s Wesley? Wesley Hunt. Doing a good job. Thank you, Wesley.<\/p>\n
Well, you do have an interesting election. You have a couple of them going on. Texas is so good. You know, I never really appreciated Texas because I won by so much it wasn\u2019t fun. But I\u2019d rather have it that way. So let\u2019s keep it that way. Let\u2019s keep it that way.<\/p>\n
Director of Federal Housing Finance Agency, a genius financially, Bill Pulte. Hi, Bill. President and founder of the Oil and Gas Workers Association, very popular guy, Matt Coday. And we have an actor who\u2019s one of the best actors in America. He played a gentleman that preceded me by a few years named Ronald Reagan. And Dennis Quaid has gotten accolades all over the place. And he really is good. Dennis Quaid. Where are you, Dennis? Dennis Quaid. Hey, Dennis, come here, Dennis. Come on. You know, they like celebrities and actors more than politicians. And thank you, sir.<\/p>\n
DENNIS QUAID: Hello, Corpus Christi. Hello, Texas. My home state. I love Corpus Christi and I love Donald Trump.<\/p>\n
DONALD TRUMP: Thank you, Dennis. Did a great job. Thank you, Dennis. Got a new movie coming out, by the way.<\/p>\n
## Recognizing Texas Patriots<\/p>\n
Thanks as well to several great Texas Patriots. Jessica Steinman, who\u2019s doing unbelievably well. Where\u2019s Jessica? You\u2019re around here someplace. Thank you, Jessica. Alex Mailer. Alex, thank you. Thank you, Alex. Chris Gabber. Thank you, Chris. Mark, oh, Mark Tashira. Yates, are you the great Mark? He could throw that ball. We need you. We need you desperately. And I hear you\u2019re doing very well. I endorsed all of these people, by the way, and I hear you\u2019re doing very well.<\/p>\n
I\u2019ll tell you what, that\u2019s the end of the Democrats\u2019 chances of winning the game. When you have a top, top Major League player on your team, they\u2019re in deep trouble. That\u2019s good. That\u2019s \u2014 they\u2019re really \u2014 we\u2019re rooting for you big. I\u2019m a big fan, too. What a great baseball player you are. Thank you very much. Thanks, Mark.<\/p>\n
Jace Yarbrough. Jace, thank you very much, Jace. Good job. They\u2019re all leading. John Bonk. They\u2019re all leading in the polls, every one of them.<\/p>\n
## Endorsed Candidates Take the Stage<\/p>\n
And I want to call up three people that are running, and we don\u2019t even have the polls yet, but they\u2019re, I think, doing well. When we endorse people \u2014 I\u2019d like to take it seriously, but these people we endorse \u2014 and just run on up here real fast. Carlos De La Cruz, Webb County Judge Tano Tijerina. Tijerina, come on up. And former Assistant Attorney Eric Flores. They\u2019re all running, and I think they\u2019re doing great. Say a couple of words.<\/p>\n
ERIC FLORES: I have to first thank our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ, for opening every single door for my family. I want to thank my family, Annette and my daughter, Rebecca. And, Mr. President, I want to thank you, sir, for securing our borders and making America strong. And I got a lot of fighting in me, sir. And I\u2019m going to make sure that Texas 35 brings you a wingman.<\/p>\n
JUDGE TANO TIJERINA: Mr. President, it is truly an honor to stand up here. Soy un Mexicano \u2014 Mexican American. Soy un Mexicano, pero orgulloso, porque aqu\u00ed estoy con el mejor presidente de todo el mundo. Mr. President, this is South Texas right here. Hardworking patriots. Faith-filled patriots, Mr. President. Men and women that power this country, that our ports, our refineries, our ranches, and our military bases \u2014 aqu\u00ed no tenemos miedo para trabajar. Nunca tenemos miedo. We\u2019re not just a border, but we\u2019re the future, Mr. President. And we\u2019re here to back you up and continue to fight, fight, fight.<\/p>\n
CARLOS DE LA CRUZ: Mr. President, I am honored to be here with you today. As someone who has worn the uniform of the United States Army and locked up some of the worst of the worst, I believe in strength, never backing down, and staying focused on the mission. That is the kind of leadership that you have brought back to America, and that\u2019s the leadership that I will bring to D.C. to fight for Texas 34 and always have your back, Mr. President.<\/p>\n
South Texas stands ready to do our part to secure our borders, grow our economy, and keep America strong. Thank you for being here, Mr. President, in Corpus Christi. Thank you for your endorsement and for your trust. And, above all, thank you for your unwavering, unapologetic devotion to our great nation. God bless you, Mr.<\/p>\n
PRESIDENT TRUMP: Thank you. Thank you. God bless you, Mr. President. Always have your back. Good guys. They\u2019re all, I hear, doing really well. We haven\u2019t seen the polls, but they\u2019re all winning. Everybody I named is winning.<\/p>\n
But every day \u2014 and you know, it\u2019s interesting, the governor called me, after the last election. He said, \u201cYou know, you did something no Republican has ever done. You won every border town and little border city, but all the way up and down, all the way from one side to the other.\u201d He said, \u201cFirst time it\u2019s ever happened since\u201d \u2014 he used the word \u2014 \u201cReconstruction, right?\u201d<\/p>\n
And I said, \u201cBy Reconstruction, are you saying the Civil War? Is that what you\u2019re saying?\u201d That was a fancy way of saying the Civil War. He said, \u201cThat\u2019s the first time it\u2019s happened.\u201d We won every single and largely Hispanic vote. We love the Hispanic voters. We love them.<\/p>\n
And what a lot of people didn\u2019t understand, that the Hispanic voter wants safety and understands safety better than anybody else. So when I said we want safety. We want law and order. They got it better than anybody else, and they voted for Trump. So I just want to thank you very much. Thank you. Thank you, man.<\/p>\n
Tackling Corruption, Fraud, and the Cost of Living<\/p>\n
Every day under the Trump administration, we\u2019re taking on the corruption and fraud that drives up your cost of living. And we\u2019re defending the honest, hardworking citizens of our country, like you.<\/p>\n
Slashing Drug Prices: Most Favored Nation Policy<\/p>\n
Under the most favored nation agreements for drug prices, we\u2019re slashing drug prices at record levels like never seen before, with price differences of 400, 500, even 600 percent. I went to other countries. I said, no way. You know, we were paying the highest prices in the entire world by far, and now we\u2019re paying the lowest price. It\u2019s numbers that have come down for decades.<\/p>\n
Think of it. For decades, Americans have paid the highest drug prices. Nobody\u2019s ever paid more. We would pay sometimes 8, 10, 12 times more than places in Europe and other countries. But from now on, because of what I did, we\u2019re going to be paying the lowest price. It\u2019s called favored nations, most favored nations.<\/p>\n
So these incredible price reductions are available right now. And I didn\u2019t name this, but somebody did. They thought it was good. I said, whatever sells. TrumpRx.gov. TrumpRx. And you\u2019ll see numbers.<\/p>\n
And I tell the story of a friend of mine \u2014 very smart, very heavy guy. Very \u2014 I\u2019m trying to be nice. Never use the word fat. Very heavy, slightly obese. But he takes the fat drug, and it didn\u2019t work. But he\u2019s a very brilliant guy. He\u2019s highly neurotic. Very brilliant. Very smart. Rich. He calls me. He was in London. He called me. He said, you know, he takes the fat drug \u2014 one of the many fat drugs. And he says, \u201cIn New York, I pay $1,300. And in London, I\u2019m paying $87. What the hell is going on?\u201d<\/p>\n
So he checked it. He\u2019s a man of means. Same plant, same factory, same manufacturer. Shipped over to London. And it\u2019s a tiny fraction. He said, \u201cWhat is it?\u201d And I said, \u201cWell, that started years ago, and nobody\u2019s been able to do anything about it. But I\u2019m working on it hard.\u201d<\/p>\n
I got it done. And I got it done by saying, very simply to the other countries, if you\u2019re not going to do it, we\u2019re going to charge you a massive tariff that\u2019s many times more because they had to approve it. The drug companies approved it. The countries approved it. And now you\u2019ll have a pill that would sell for $1, but in New York would sell for $13. And now that pill is selling in London for $2 or $3, and it\u2019s selling in New York for $2 or $3. Came all the way down.<\/p>\n
And I said, \u201cThat alone, Governor, that alone should win us the midterms. Ted, that alone should win us the midterms. That is the single biggest thing to happen. It\u2019s a revolution in prescription drugs.\u201d<\/p>\n
Drug Prices and Healthcare<\/p>\n
DONALD TRUMP: Your prices are going down 80 percent, 85 percent, 70 percent. Numbers that nobody ever saw. You know, in my first term, I had a year, my third year, where I got it down one quarter of a percent. Think of it. One quarter. I was so proud of myself. I called the news conference immediately. I announced that I got \u2014 because nobody in 28 years had gotten drug prices down. I got them down from the beginning of the year to the end. One quarter of one percent. I thought it was great because nobody else had done it for 28 years.<\/p>\n
Now I\u2019ve got them down 80 percent, 85 percent, 75, 55. And that should really do it. And other Presidents have tried, and they were unable to get it. They were unable to get the other countries to do it. They were unable to get the drug companies. Everything is done. Everything is signed up. You know that. Ted and John and everybody \u2014 everything is signed up, done. And there it is. I mean, it\u2019s amazing. Now it\u2019s just taking hold.<\/p>\n
The \u2014 when it was done, a major paper \u2014 it\u2019s the single biggest thing in years in medicine. A major paper. Put it on page 22 of this paper. So \u2014 so we have to explain it. It\u2019s the biggest thing. It\u2019s the greatest thing. One of the great things. And that also has to do with bringing your healthcare way down.<\/p>\n
Obamacare and Insurance Companies<\/p>\n
And since the passage of the Unaffordable Care Act, which is Obamacare \u2014 did you ever hear of Barack Hussein Obama? Barack Hussein. Who likes Barack Hussein Obama? Who doesn\u2019t like him? I\u2019ve heard worse, honestly. I\u2019ve heard less popular people than that.<\/p>\n
Big insurance companies have gotten rich with our government, giving them hundreds of billions of dollars as their stock prices soared because Obamacare was good \u2014 rotten health insurance. Good for one reason \u2014 the insurance companies. The insurance companies made a fortune. The insurance companies own Democrats. They own them. So the Democrats never want to do anything good for us. They want to do it for the insurance companies. That\u2019s why Obamacare is terrible, and it\u2019s way too expensive.<\/p>\n
So that\u2019s why, in introducing the great \u2014 we call it the Great Healthcare Plan, I want to stop all payments to big insurance companies. And all money \u2014 billions and billions of dollars \u2014 goes directly to the people so that you can buy your own healthcare, which is better and much less expensive than Obamacare. Right? You like that, Dan? Dan Patrick likes it. If Dan Patrick likes it, I like it. How good a chairman was Dan Patrick, right? He\u2019s undefeated as chairman, right, Dan?<\/p>\n
Big Tech, Energy, and the Power Grid<\/p>\n
As I announced on Tuesday, under our new rate-payer protection pledge, we\u2019re also telling the big tech companies that energy usage, AI data centers cannot drive up electric prices in communities. They have an obligation to pay that. We have told them, \u201cYou got to build your own power plant. You can\u2019t take it. You got to build it.\u201d<\/p>\n
And actually, we\u2019re doing them a favor because they never thought they\u2019d have it so good. Because our grid, which is very old and broken, tired, and doesn\u2019t have great capacity, cannot sustain the kind of numbers that you\u2019re draining out of it. So I gave them the right, and now it\u2019s mandatory. I made it mandatory where they have to build their own electric power plant so they\u2019re no longer taken out of the community. And any excess they give back into the grid. So the grid is actually going to be enhanced, as opposed to hurt.<\/p>\n
They wouldn\u2019t have been able. We\u2019re leading China. We\u2019re leading everybody right now in AI. And the reason we\u2019re doing it is because they\u2019re building their own plants. Otherwise, we couldn\u2019t build much at all. And so I just want you to know, as you see these massive plants, they\u2019re building their own power plant. They\u2019re becoming essentially their own utility.<\/p>\n
Expanding Homeownership<\/p>\n
We\u2019re expanding the dream of homeownership to millions of Americans.<\/p>\n
And after I directed the purchase of $200 billion in mortgage bonds, that\u2019s $200 billion in mortgage bonds. Mortgage rates just fell substantially lower than 6 percent for the first time in five years. The annual cost of a typical new mortgage is now down almost $5,000 in one year. Think of that.<\/p>\n
And I have a lousy guy in the Fed. Terrible. Jerome, too late. You know what? He\u2019s too late. You know why we call him too late? He\u2019s too late in reducing mortgage interest rates or interest rates. He\u2019s not doing too good. But fortunately, he\u2019s going to be out of there soon. But even despite him, you know, did you ever hear you got a little wall, an obstacle you power through? We power through the wall. He\u2019s a wall that we just power through.<\/p>\n
In the past 12 months, we\u2019ve helped over 50,000 first-time homebuyers in Texas get the house of their dreams. And we\u2019ve really created the American Dream.<\/p>\n
The Golden Age of America<\/p>\n
By the way, our country right now, this is the Golden Age of America. We\u2019re in the Golden Age. This is the beginning. This is the beginning of the Golden Age. You\u2019re going to be reading about this in 100 years until we are in the Golden Age of America. We\u2019ve got to keep it going. We\u2019ve got to win the midterms. We\u2019ve got to keep it going.<\/p>\n
Last month, I signed an executive order to ban large Wall Street investment firms from buying large numbers of family homes, single family homes. No, you\u2019d have these firms go out and buy 2,000 houses. We don\u2019t want it. We want you to buy the houses, not them.<\/p>\n
The SAVE AMERICA Act<\/p>\n
We\u2019re also fighting to pass the SAVE AMERICA Act, my all-time favorite. It\u2019s my all-time favorite. The SAVE AMERICA Act. We got it, John. You hear that, Ted? You\u2019re unstoppable. Because, you know, they cheat like hell in elections, in case you haven\u2019t noticed. They cheated in the third election. Second election was ridiculous. We got them. We caught them. It\u2019s all coming out. Coming out. Daily, it\u2019s coming out. They cheated like dogs.<\/p>\n
That guy couldn\u2019t win. But to stop illegal aliens and other unpermitted persons \u2014 see, that\u2019s a politically correct \u2014 unpermitted persons, rather than illegal aliens. They\u2019d rather have us use unpermitted persons. That\u2019s the first time I\u2019ve ever heard that word \u2014 those words. I don\u2019t sort of like them, unpermitted persons. Is that the new phrase we\u2019re using? The governor says, no. Good. Thank you. No, Ted. Right? Unpermitted. He\u2019s an unpermitted person. He\u2019s killed 19 people. We\u2019re not permitting him in.<\/p>\n
From voting in our sacred American elections. We don\u2019t want people that aren\u2019t citizens of our country voting. We don\u2019t want people that aren\u2019t studied. And we don\u2019t want people that can\u2019t love our country voting in our elections. So it\u2019s very simple.<\/p>\n
All voters must show \u2014 this is the Save America Act. Now, think of it. I watched Schumer the other day. \u201cWe will stop the Save America Act.\u201d I said, No, no, we\u2019re talking about saving. It\u2019s a really hard thing. It was like MAGA. Biden. Remember Biden? He made those speeches. \u201cWe will stop MAGA. We would.\u201d Then he falls off the stage. \u201cWe will stop. We will stop MAGA. We must stop MAGA.\u201d He had no idea what. And I said, No, no, MAGA is make America great again. You don\u2019t want to stop it. You don\u2019t want to stop MAGA.<\/p>\n
And this may be even better. The Save America Act. I watched Schumer today. \u201cWe\u2019re going to stop the Save America Act.\u201d You know what it is? Basically, voter ID, et cetera. But what\u2019s wrong with that? So they came up with all different theories about why anybody should. You have voter ID for everything. No matter where you go, it\u2019s ID. You have an identification for everything, except for one of the most sacred things you could be doing is voting.<\/p>\n
And the reason they don\u2019t want voter ID is because they want to cheat. Because the only way they can get elected is to cheat because their policies are no good.<\/p>\n
They do stick together. You saw that the other night. They wouldn\u2019t stand up and clap for anyone, for anybody. We could meet. We could introduce. Ladies and gentlemen, I\u2019d like to introduce you to the late, great Amelia Earhart. Here she is. They would not clap. They wouldn\u2019t clap for anybody. There was nothing I can think of. Nothing I could think of where they would clap. They\u2019re sick people.<\/p>\n
Election Integrity: Voter ID, Proof of Citizenship, and Mail-In Ballots<\/p>\n
So they don\u2019t want all votes must show voter ID. All voters must show three simple things. Proof of citizenship in order to vote. Voter ID. Proof of citizenship. And then third, and I\u2019m telling you it\u2019s the most important, no mail-in ballots except for illness, disability, military, or travel. And if I had my choice, I think I\u2019d take that one. You want to know the truth. There\u2019s more cheating with mail-in ballots. They drop them in the river. See this beautiful port? You see the damn things floating down? It is \u2014 it is so terrible. Our elections are so rigged and crooked.<\/p>\n
And those three things will solve it. Think of it. Voter ID, proof of citizenship, no mail-in ballots, with exceptions. Military, we want an exception. Illness, disability, we want an exception. And if you\u2019re traveling, you\u2019re on a business trip, you\u2019re somewhere \u2014 even a vacation, you can vote by mail, but that\u2019s a very small number of people. And you will see that they will never win another election again. They will never win because their policy is no good. <\/p>\n
They want men playing in women\u2019s sports. They want transgender for everybody. They want open borders so that the world\u2019s criminals can pour into our country, which \u2014 have we done a good job?<\/p>\n
ICE and Border Patrol: Nine Months of Zero Illegal Border Crossings<\/p>\n
I\u2019ll tell you what, ICE \u2014 ICE has done such a great job. And Border Patrol. You know that for the last nine \u2014 it\u2019s hard to believe \u2014 for the \u2014 you remember the problems two years ago. You people \u2014 everybody was going crazy. People were pouring into our country by the millions. In the last nine months \u2014 and this is done by radicals, radical lefts. In the last nine months, zero people came into our country through your southern border illegal. <\/p>\n
And remember when Biden said, well, for that, we need legislation? I said, no, you need a new president. And I was right. I didn\u2019t get legislation. I said to Paul Perez, close your border, Paul. Close it!<\/p>\n
Where\u2019s Paul? Is he here? Where the hell is Paul? He\u2019s the greatest. That guy is great. I\u2019d have him come up and speak, but he\u2019s such a good speaker that I don\u2019t like that. I only want to follow terrible, terrible speakers. That way they say, \u201cTrump is a brilliant speaker.\u201d<\/p>\n
We got big ratings here tonight, by the way. Big. Like, record, record ratings. Everything was clicking. You want to come up, Paul? Come on up, Paul. Show off to your family. He\u2019s got a beautiful family. What a beautiful family. Now, watch, I\u2019ll put pressure on him. Don\u2019t blow it, Paul. This is your one opportunity. This is a big crowd, Paul. Don\u2019t get nervous.<\/p>\n
Now, Paul is just incredible. And he rates Trump the single greatest president in history. That\u2019s why I have him. He says he\u2019s the GOAT. The GOAT. No, we have \u2014 we\u2019ve had a couple of GOATs. We haven\u2019t had too many, actually. Come on up, Paul.<\/p>\n
Paul Perez, National Border Patrol Council President, Speaks<\/p>\n
PAUL PEREZ: Thank you, President Trump. Thank you for the ride home on Air Force One. Really appreciated that. I am the president of the National Border Patrol Council, and I can tell you without a doubt, President Trump is the only president that backed up every campaign promise he made when it came to the border and everything else. We have record drops in immigration, in border crossings, in drug seizures, because President Trump, within one hour of being inaugurated, allowed us to do more than what Biden allowed us to do in the entire four-year term. President Trump is the best president in the history of this country. Prove me wrong.<\/p>\n
DONALD TRUMP: He does a great job. He does a great job. The whole group \u2014 ICE, Border Patrol, law enforcement \u2014 by the way, our great firemen. How about that?<\/p>\n
## Record-Breaking Military and Law Enforcement Recruitment<\/p>\n
You know, one of the things \u2014 and we sort of \u2014 we can just talk today. We\u2019re together. One of the things that I\u2019m most proud of \u2014 if you go back two years, three years, and four years under the last administration, we had the worst recruitment for our military in the history of our country. Nobody wanted to be a soldier. They didn\u2019t want Army, Air Force, Navy. They didn\u2019t want the Marines. They didn\u2019t want even beautiful Space Force or Coast Guard. They didn\u2019t want to be in the police. They didn\u2019t want to be in the fire departments. They didn\u2019t want to be anywhere. They didn\u2019t want anything with a uniform because it represented our country.<\/p>\n
Since then \u2014 and it started, really, with November 5th, which was the election. But since November 5th, we have the highest record of recruitment in the history of our country. Think of it. And that includes ICE and Border Patrol. And I want to thank Paul because that group of people does a great job.<\/p>\n
Think of it. It gets \u2014 it\u2019s nine months now \u2014 registered zero. Now, I don\u2019t even believe it could possibly be that low because millions of people. But it\u2019s pretty close to zero. And they say it\u2019s zero. If they say it\u2019s zero, it has to be. They\u2019re Democrats that do it, so they\u2019re not going to give me any benefits.<\/p>\n
## A Complete Turnaround for the Ages<\/p>\n
Just over one year ago, we inherited a total disaster. Four years now. Think of it. Four years, we had ruinous inflation, economic surrender. We surrendered to the whole world. A border invasion, rampant crime, and chaos. All over the world, they laughed at us.<\/p>\n
But today, we have ended that disaster and achieved a turnaround for the ages. Nobody\u2019s ever seen it like this. Nobody has ever seen a one-year turnaround like we had. Think of it. We were a laughingstock one and a half years ago, and now we\u2019re hot. We\u2019re hot. I was going to say, like that person in the audience, but I won\u2019t say that because that could be career-ending. So I don\u2019t do that. We\u2019re hot. Our country is the hottest country in the world.<\/p>\n
America is back. Our economy is roaring, and our country is strong. And we\u2019re respected again. They\u2019re respecting us again. China respects us. Russia respects us. They all respect. And they respect your President. They respect \u2014 and I respect them.<\/p>\n
## A Very Big Decision to Make<\/p>\n
We\u2019ve got a lot of things going on. Now we have a big decision to make. You know that. Not easy. Not easy. We have a very big decision to make. We have a country that\u2019s been, for 47 years, blowing people\u2019s legs off, arms off, the face. They\u2019ve been knocking out ships, killing people. Lots of people. Not only Americans. Lots of people. It\u2019s been terrible. Thirty-two thousand people killed over the last two, three months. Protesters. Thirty-two thousand. That\u2019s some number of people. Thirty-two thousand.<\/p>\n
They want to make a deal, but got to make a deal that\u2019s meaningful. I spoke with Ted Cruz, John, all of them. On the way here, I said, well, you got to make a deal that\u2019s meaningful. We hit them real hard, as you know, with those beautiful B-2 bombers recently. Knocked out their nuclear capability. But I\u2019d rather do it the peaceful way. But they\u2019re very difficult people, I want to tell you that. They\u2019re very dangerous people, very difficult people.<\/p>\n
## The Love for Texas<\/p>\n
With the help of proud Texans like you and people we have today. And I want to just thank you, because it is true. We have had voting in Texas. They say, \u201cSir, you don\u2019t have to go to Texas. You\u2019re leading by a lot.\u201d I said, I want to go to Texas. I love Texas. I love Texas. It just represents something special. It\u2019s success. It\u2019s great, incredible people. But they said, \u201cSee, you don\u2019t have to go there. I\u2019m telling you, sir, you\u2019re wasting your time, sir. You don\u2019t need us.\u201d<\/p>\n
I\u2019m going to Texas. I don\u2019t give a damn if I\u2019m wasting my time. But we\u2019re going to keep on working and we\u2019ll keep on fighting. Texas will keep on drilling. Corpus Christi will keep on shipping. And the United States of America will keep on winning, winning, winning like we\u2019ve never won before.<\/p>\n
And together, we will make our country richer and stronger and safer and prouder and freer and greater than ever before. And I just want to tell everybody here, I appreciate everything you\u2019ve done for me. And I\u2019ve done a lot for you, too. But I love you all very much. And thank you, Corpus Christi. Thank you very much. Thank you, Texas. <\/p>\n
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