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FULL TRANSCRIPT: Trump Speaks At Antisemitism Event in DC

Read here the full transcript of former president Donald Trump’s address at Israeli-American Council’s “Fighting Anti-Semitism in America” event in Washington, D.C. Thursday, August 19, 2024.

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TRANSCRIPT:

Opening Remarks and Acknowledgments

Well, thank you very much. Thank you very much, Miriam. I don’t know if you know it. It’s a great lady. This is a great lady. This is a great one. Thank you, Miriam. Thank you very much, everybody. All right, let’s sit down. Let’s talk about Israel. Or Israel, as they say. I love the pronunciation. I love it. But you really are — you’re a great lady, a great woman, my friend.

I’ve known you and Sheldon for a long time. We lost Sheldon. And nobody like him, right? You would say that. Nobody like him, but nobody like you either. And he’s very proud of you right now. Thank you very much.

I’d also like to thank Rabbis Yehuda Kaploun and Yaakov Kaplan.

Recognition of Senators and Representatives

Senators Rick Scott — doing well. Where’s Rick? He’s doing well. I saw a poll. And another one who’s doing well is Ted Cruz. Ted, stand up, Ted. Thank you, Ted. Thank you.

And Lindsey doesn’t have to do well because he’s got another few years to go before he runs. There’s something nice about that. But Lindsey Graham is terrific. Terrific guy.

Bill Hagerty, who’s fantastic. Bill, thank you very much. And Joni Ernst. Where’s Joni Ernst? Joni, thank you very much, Joni. Great. Doing a great job. Those farmers love Joni, I’ll tell you. She was tough, right? When she came to see me, and I thought I made a deal. And then she said, “No, no, no. We want more, more, more.” But that’s what you’re supposed to have, right? Good job, Joni. And you got it.

Former Senator Norm Coleman. Norm, thank you. Thank you, Norm. You look good. And a spectacular person, Elise Stefanik. Spectacular. What she did to that woman at Harvard, with the big, big, fat glasses. That woman had no idea what was happening. That was beautiful to watch, actually.

Friend of mine, Carlos Jimenez. Carlos, thank you, Carlos. Got a lot of power here. There’s a lot of power here.

Political Commentary

You know, this is like the old days. Because, frankly, there’s been a movement going on. I call it AOC plus three, but the plus three is a lot more. And we have to end that. We have to end it. We have to end it fast. I’ve never seen anything like it.

John Carter, please. John, where’s John? Thank you, John. Thank you very much. Good job. Mario Diaz-Balart. Mario, thank you. Thank you, Mario. Byron Donalds. Boy, he’s a popular guy. He is. And he’s a great guy with a great future. Good. I didn’t see you back there. You didn’t — he has so many pictures with me, he didn’t need a picture. You know, he doesn’t want another picture.

Praise for Ronny Jackson

Ronny Jackson. What a great guy. Think of this, he was an admiral, a great admiral, respected by everybody. Then he became the White House doctor, took care of — maybe Bush, a little bit. And Obama, right? And then Trump. And they asked him, “Who’s the most healthy of the group?” And he said, “Not even a contest. Who? Trump. Trump.” In fact, he said Trump would live for 200 years if he didn’t eat junk food. I don’t know if I like that, but that was okay.

Great doctor. And now he’s a really popular congressman, and he’s our friend. And when I had a little ear problem, he was there. He literally came from Texas, and he did a great job. And I appreciate it very much, Ron. Thank you. Because once you’re a doctor, you’re always a doctor, even if you’re a congressman, I guess. Right? Don’t you think?

More Acknowledgments and Praise

Somebody who’s been really spectacular for — especially for the last few months. I don’t know what happened to him, but, boy, he likes me a lot better now than he used to. Michael Lawler. Am I correct on that? Where’s Michael? Right? Something happened. But he likes me better now than he used to, and I like that because he’s a good man, great man. Mike Flood. Mike, thank you.

Virginia Foxx. Virginia. Thank you, Virginia. Michael Waltz, who’s doing a great job in defending all of us on television. He’s doing a great job on television.

And a spectacular woman, a beautiful woman — I’m not allowed to say that anymore because, you know, it usually puts you out of politics, but I’ve said much worse than that. But she’s a beautiful woman, and she really is the most incredible family. And she came to me about endorsing someone in her area who had no chance, and I said, okay, we’ll do it against an incumbent Republican that I didn’t like very much and probably didn’t like me. So we took a chance, Mary, didn’t we? Mary Miller, we took a chance. And our candidate won in a landslide, right? So that was great. We don’t like having to do that, but in that case, we had no choice.

Ambassador Lana Marks, who was terrific. Thank you, Lana. Good job. You did a great job as ambassador. West Virginia Treasurer Riley Moore. Thank you, Riley. Thank you. Going on to very big things, actually. Jacob Helberg. Jacob, thank you. Thank you, Jacob. Great job. Somebody who’s very talented, knows a lot about a lot at a very young age, Morgan Ortagus. Morgan. Thank you, darling.

And also, somebody who defends me so well, Elizabeth Pipko. Elizabeth. Wow. I watched you last night, Elizabeth. You were brutal to this other person. They didn’t have a chance last night, Elizabeth. Thank you very much. I appreciate it. We need all the defense we can get.

Environmental Stance

And a friend of mine and a man who’s actually a great environmentalist.