President Donald J. Trump took the stage at the Port of Corpus Christi on Feb. 27 to deliver remarks on American Energy Dominance, his economic agenda and foreign policy. Those gathered for the event had no indication that he had approved military action involving Iran only moments earlier.<\/p>\n
While his remarks only briefly addressed Iran, Trump told the crowd, \u201cWe\u2019ve got big decisions to make.\u201d Referring to the deaths of protesters in the country and negotiations that he said must produce a \u201cmeaningful deal,\u201d he added, \u201cWe would rather do it the peaceful way.\u201d As he spoke, plans were already underway for what would become an intense strike on Iran.<\/p>\n
The Progress\/South Texas News attended the event after receiving an invitation from the White House. Gov. Greg Abbott and Congresswoman Monica De La Cruz, among other dignitaries, spoke at the event.<\/p>\n
The core of Trump\u2019s speech centered on \u201cAmerican Energy Dominance,\u201d a policy of expanded domestic oil and gas production to strengthen economic and national security. Surrounded by oil tankers, including one from Venezuela, and oil transport trucks, Trump revived his familiar refrain, \u201cDrill, baby, drill,\u201d drawing cheers from the crowd.<\/p>\n
He touted recent increases in U.S. crude oil and natural gas production, highlighting output that he said has risen significantly under his administration. \u201cSince my inauguration, U.S. oil production is now up by 600,000 barrels a day. Natural gas production is at an all-time record high by far,\u201d Trump said, adding that liquefied natural gas exports are up 37 percent. \u201cWe are witnessing an historic American energy boom, like we have never seen before, and this port is right at the center of the action.\u201d<\/p>\n
Trump expanded on broader economic themes tied to his \u201cKeep America First\u201d agenda. He highlighted the benefits of tax cuts, declaring that \u201cthe average Texas family will save over $4,000 on their taxes,\u201d and adding that in one year the country has gone from the highest inflation to the lowest.<\/p>\n
Before he concluded his remarks, he also touched on topics including closing the border to illegal immigration and voter ID. He celebrated his wins, saying, \u201cNo one has ever seen a turnaround like this,\u201d adding, \u201cAmerica is respected again.\u201d<\/p>\n
Earlier in the day, Gov. Abbott addressed the crowd in support of Trump\u2019s energy policy and border security measures. Support for law enforcement was also a key theme, saying, \u201cWe will defund any city that tries to defund our law enforcement.\u201d He highlighted trends that show the crime rate has gone down and the murder rate has dropped by 20%.<\/p>\n
Abbott also emphasized that Texas is leading the nation in job creation and the relocation of corporate headquarters, saying, \u201cTexas is the economic engine of the United States.\u201d<\/p>\n
Other actions, such as forbidding foreign adversaries from buying land in Texas, designating the Muslim Brotherhood as a terrorist organization and not allowing boys in girls\u2019 sports, drew loud applause from the audience.<\/p>\n
The event concluded with Trump thanking supporters, waving to the crowd and doing his celebratory \u201cTrump Dance,\u201d before departing to board Air Force One as plans intensified for action in Iran.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"President Donald J. Trump took the stage at the Port of Corpus Christi on Feb. 27 to deliver…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":191994,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[155,157,156,7810,392,74838,25890,5023,2992],"class_list":{"0":"post-191993","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-corpus-christi","8":"tag-corpus-christi","9":"tag-corpus-christi-headlines","10":"tag-corpus-christi-news","11":"tag-donald-j-trump","12":"tag-greg-abbott","13":"tag-live-oak-county","14":"tag-mcmullen-county","15":"tag-monica-de-la-cruz","16":"tag-port-of-corpus-christi"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/191993","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=191993"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/191993\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/191994"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=191993"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=191993"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=191993"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}