Trump Remarks on Economy, Iran & More @Kentucky Event (Transcript)

You know? They have followed me. What are you up to, about three hundred and fifty rallies? Right? Three hundred and fifty. Don’t know what the hell they do. I don’t know where they get their money, but they follow me a lot. We have a lot of people. They just like a tour, but their Front Row Joes, they’re like professionals at getting on the front row. Thank you. There’s a lot of them too. Thank you very much. Great honor.

Biden, Obama, and America’s Comeback

TRUMP: So a short time ago, under a man named sleepy Joe Biden, has anyone heard of him? Has anyone heard of him? How about Barack Hussein Obama? He went to Jesse Jackson’s funeral. He spoke, and it was like a political hit job. And the family of Jesse Jackson got angry as hell at him because they understand they hated each other. You know? He was there. But I loved watching that. That was so — the family goes outside, and they start screaming at him.

A short time ago under Biden and his allies at Congress, we had a dead — we were dead as a doornail. We were a dead country. I’ll tell you, and it looked like we weren’t going to come back. Now we have the hottest country anywhere in the world. This is the hottest country anywhere in the world.

Economic Records and Investment

TRUMP: Most powerful military. The stock market has set fifty three all time record highs since the election, all time. And the typical American’s 401k is up by almost thirty five thousand dollars since I took office.

And in four years, Joe Biden got less than one trillion dollars of new investment into the United States. So think of this, one trillion dollars over a period of — much less — over a period of four years. We got eighteen trillion dollars, and Jake Paul knows what that means. Eighteen trillion dollars in eleven months because they haven’t calculated the twelve months. So we have eighteen trillion in eleven months. Say in a year, what difference does it make compared to substantially less than one trillion in four years? You would say they didn’t do a good job, Jake.

I didn’t ask Jake who he voted for, but I don’t think it was Kamala. I don’t think so. I think your whole reputation would be shot if you said, “Oh, I voted for Kamala.” That would be the end of your whole career, Jake.

Manufacturing and Jobs Boom

TRUMP: But here in the heartland of America, you’re already seeing the results of what we’ve done. I just came from Thermo Fisher Scientific in Reading, Ohio right across the way. The great American company that’s investing two billion dollars in domestic manufacturing, all because of what we’ve done with the tariffs and with the deductions and all of the other things that we’ve done.

Ford Motor Company — and by the way, we have more jobs in terms of construction. We’re building more factories now in this country than at any time in the history of our country. More factories are being built.

And Ford Motor Company, a good old staple, has announced a two billion dollar assembly plant in Louisville, Kentucky, which will support more than two thousand two hundred Kentucky jobs. And I was with Ford the other day. I was in Detroit, and Bill Ford, the head of it — he had an advantage over everybody else in getting the job, but that’s okay. He was born Ford. But he was showing me a plant that was built in, like, 1914, very old, one of the biggest plants in the country, but one of the oldest.

And they were getting ready to shut it down a year and a half ago, and then he heard Trump was running. And he sort of said, “Let’s wait.” So they were getting ready to shut it down. It was on minimal time. It was just a question of time, but he said, “Let’s wait.” And he waited. And they just announced two weeks ago that they’re now going to run seven days a week, twenty four hours a day building the Ford F-150. Big difference. It’s a big difference. That’s a big difference. You shut it down or you run twenty four hours a day, and they’re doing a good job.

Apple’s Investment in Kentucky

TRUMP: Apple, great company. Two point five billion to manufacture one hundred percent of the glass for iPhones and Apple watches right here in Kentucky, factories all being made in Kentucky. And Apple’s spending six hundred and fifty billion dollars on new plants all over the United States. Think of that. Who the hell else could have done this? Nobody else. Nobody else. I say it kiddingly, but I’m actually not kidding. Nobody else could. He’s done a good job, Tim Cook. But six hundred and fifty billion, think of it.

GE Aerospace and Construction Jobs

TRUMP: Just two days ago, GE Aerospace, they’re doing phenomenally, announced a one billion dollar investment in American manufacturing, including one hundred and fifteen million dollars right across the river in the Queen City, Cincinnati. I love Cincinnati.

So jobs, factories, and new investments are pouring in as they do. We have added seventy thousand new construction jobs in just a short period of time, including eight thousand brand new construction jobs in Kentucky. Okay? Kentucky. I love the way a real Kentuckian pronounces it, but if I do it, I’ll get — but I love Kentucky.

Iran Remarks

TRUMP: More Americans are working today than any time in history, and that number is going to — wait. You see the numbers by the end of the year?

We did an excursion. You know what an excursion is? We had to take a little trip to get rid of some evil, very evil people. It should have been done. For forty seven years, they’ve been killing our people. Forty seven years. Forty seven years.

AUDIENCE: USA! USA! USA!

TRUMP: And I can only say this, they were all prepared. They’re very strong. You know, they’re going to try and take over the whole Middle East. They were going to knock out Israel. They don’t know what the hell hit them. Right? They don’t know what the hell. They got hit by the American military. They don’t know. They say, “What the hell is happening?” They didn’t expect anything like this.

Energy Policy and the Green New Deal

TRUMP: To bring down energy costs for American workers and families and businesses like this, when we ended the Green New Deal scam. You know the scam? Greatest scam in American history. Well, maybe the election results of the second election. I would say — what was the greater scam? The Green New Deal scam or the 2020 rigged election? I would say the 2020. I think the election. I think the election. But what difference? We tripped, but the main thing is we said get out and vote. We’re going to do it again, and we’re going to make it too big to rig. And that’s what we did. We got the highest vote in history. We didn’t need that big. We made it too big to rig.

Electric Vehicle Mandate

TRUMP: We terminated the insane electric vehicle mandate where you were mandated — and I like electric cars. I think they’re great. I like Elon. I said, “Elon, look. Not everybody wants an electric car.” And I like them. It’s a great product, everything, but they have to — we ended the mandate. We ended the mandate. Now you can have gasoline. You can have hybrid. You can have whatever the hell you want. You can have electric.

They wanted you to buy an electric car by 2030. The only problem, you can’t charge it. You ever see a charger? You drive it down the road. You’re running a little low, and they say, “Electric charging plant one hundred and fifty miles up the road.” That’s a bad feeling.

Coal and Energy Production

TRUMP: And we massively increased production of American oil, natural gas, and clean, beautiful Kentucky coal. And we’re not allowed in the Trump administration — we’re not allowed to use the word coal without preceding it with two words, “clean beautiful.” We say clean beautiful coal.

And we had Doug Burgum the other day, Secretary of the Interior, who’s great, and Chris Wright, Secretary of Energy. And they were giving a long speech on coal, and I tried to stop them. I was in the audience. I tried to — they kept saying, “Clean, beautiful coal. Clean, beautiful coal. Clean, beautiful coal.” And after about, like, forty times, I said, “Wait a minute. Just say coal. It’s too much. It’s too much.”

But it’s clean, beautiful coal, and it’s back, and it’s roaring back. You know, it’s interesting. China uses a lot of coal. China is very smart. They use coal. What they don’t use much of, if at all, are windmills. So they make all the windmills, and they sell that garbage to us. Round and round it goes. Keeps losing money. Every time it goes around, it loses twenty five dollars. That’s a lot. You know? And kills a lot of birds. Kills them all. You know, if you shoot a beautiful bald eagle, they put you in jail for five years.

Saving Coal Plants and Energy Policy

TRUMP: Windmills kill them by the thousands. K? Figure that one out. Last year, I took action to save seventy-four coal power plants from crushing restrictions and regulations. They were putting them out of business that would have forced them to shut down, including four plants we saved right here in Kentucky, and some of the people that work at those plants are here with us now.

It’s very powerful, and it is now with modern equipment, clean, beautiful, but it’s a very powerful fuel. It’s very powerful. And if it wasn’t, China and some of these other big behemoths would not be using it. They use it because it’s powerful, very, very powerful.

The wind, you know, you’re watching television and you want to watch, and your beautiful wife, our first lady says, “I’m sorry, darling. You can’t watch tonight. The wind has gone down, and we haven’t gone.” But I want to watch myself on television. I want to watch myself debate. She says, “I’m sorry, darling. We have absolutely no energy. There’s no wind tonight.”

What a scam. That’s a pretty big scam. That’s one of the top. I say that’s a top five. It’s about five that are real beauties.

Uranium Enrichment Facility in Paducah

TRUMP: I also announced a lease agreement for one point five billion dollars of private sector uranium enrichment facility in Paducah. Paducah.

Operation Epic Fury and the Iran Campaign

TRUMP: And as we take decisive action to stop the threat posed by the terrorist regime in Iran with Operation Epic Fury. Is that a great name? Well, it’s only good if you win. You know, you can only — and we’ve won. Let me say, we’ve won. You know, you never like to say too early you won. We won. We won the bet. In the first hour, it was over. We won.

But they gave me a list of names in general. “Sir, you can pick the name you’d like, sir.” I said, “The name of what?” “The name of the attack on Iran, sir.” And they gave me, like, twenty names, and I’m, like, falling asleep. I didn’t like any of them. Then I see Epic Fury. I said, “I like that name. I like that name.”

Keeping Oil Flowing and Naval Operations

TRUMP: And my administration, as you know better than anybody, is also working to keep the oil flowing. It’s flowing all over. We knocked out — you know, they want to drop some mines. Very friendly people. Mines, boats blow up.

And we knocked out — you know, every hour I have to change because they knock them out so fast. Think of it. They knocked out fifty-four ships in two days, and they’re real ships. In fact, I got angry at my people. I said, “Are they?” “Yeah. They’re warships.” I said, “Why the hell did we kill them? Why didn’t we just capture them and use them in our navy?” They said they wouldn’t have qualified for that. But I got a little upset with my people. I said, “Why do we have to knock them?” And actually, one of my generals said, “Sir, it’s a lot more fun doing it this way.”

But we knocked out fifty-eight naval ships. We knocked out their navy. Let’s put it that way. But they also knocked out the mine layers. They call them mine layers. They put mines in the water. Lovely job. Isn’t that nice? Blow up ships. And we knocked out thirty-one of them.

And I suggested — I was very proud of myself. I said, “Why don’t you use the weapon that we use on the drugs that come in by sea?” Do you know that drugs by sea are down ninety-eight percent? And I said, “That’s a hell of a weapon.” And they said, “We’ll give it a shot.” It worked very well. We’ve knocked out, I think, twenty-eight or twenty-nine, almost all of them. They’ll all be gone. By the time I’m finished speaking, they’ll be gone. These people work very fast.

International Energy Agency and Oil Reserves

TRUMP: But I’m pleased to report that earlier today, the International Energy Agency agreed to coordinate the release of a record four hundred million barrels of oil from various national petroleum reserves around the world, which will substantially reduce the oil prices as we end this threat to America and this threat to the world.

We don’t want to leave early, do we? We gotta finish the job. Right?

Iran’s Military Destruction

TRUMP: Over the past eleven days, our military has virtually destroyed Iran. It’s a tough country. Their air force is gone, totally gone. That took the better part of about three hours. They no longer have radar. They don’t have anti-aircraft equipment. They don’t have anything. Their missiles are down ninety percent. Their drones are down eighty-five percent. We’re blowing up the factories where they’re made left and right.

And frankly, nobody has ever seen anything like it. Nobody’s ever seen anything like what you’re witnessing now, and that can include the original killing of Soleimani and Al-Baghdadi, two of the worst killers in the world that I did, as well as Operation Midnight Hammer where we totally obliterated Iran’s nuclear potential. We obliterated it. They don’t have nuclear potential.

And then after Midnight Hammer, we left. We figured that’ll be the end of them for a while, but they started again. That’s why we gotta finish it. Right? We don’t want to go back every two years, and that’s because, you know, there’ll be some day when you don’t have me as president.

Obama’s Iran Deal and Biden’s Failures

TRUMP: You’ll have perhaps a weak, pathetic person like we’ve had in the past, mostly all. Like Barack Hussein Obama, who signed one of the worst deals ever with Iran, where they were going to give up everything. Remember when he filled up a 757 with billions of dollars of cash and sent it to Iran? Billions. People forget that. That’s when I realized the presidency is very powerful. When you could put over a billion dollars in an airplane and fly it over and give it to a foreign country that’s your enemy. How stupid was that?

But that deal, the Iran nuclear deal, gave them the right to have a nuclear weapon as of three years ago. If I didn’t terminate that deal — I terminated it very quickly — if I didn’t terminate that deal, they would have nuclear weapons, and this world would right now be a different place, much different place. Believe me.

And then Biden, he came along. He had no clue. He didn’t know what the hell he was doing. Everything they did was wrong. Think of it. Afghanistan. Biden. Afghanistan. The most embarrassing day in the history of our country. Embarrassing. Thirteen dead, but hundreds and hundreds are dead from — I count both sides. You know, I do. I count both sides. Sorry. But hundreds and hundreds of people dead.

And instead of leaving from Bagram, they fled. You know, I hate to even say it. There’s no reason. We were in there. I was the one — we’re going to get out. We’re going to get out with strength and dignity. We’re pounding the hell out of them. They didn’t like Donald Trump, the Taliban. They would do anything I asked them to do. You know that.

And this guy comes in, left all the equipment behind. I said every piece of equipment will be taken out with us. They said, “No. It’s better to leave the plane.” I said, “Why is it better?” “Well, I think it’s more cost efficient to leave the plane.” No. No. You got a brand new fighter jet, a hundred and fifty million dollars. You give it a tank of gas, jet fuel, and you fly it out. They said, “Sir, I think it’s better to leave the plane.” These are the exact opposite generals as we have now.

General Raisin Cane and Oil Prices

TRUMP: Do we love General Raisin Cane? He’s great. But oil prices are already coming back down, and it’s going to come down. But we’re not leaving until that job is finished, and it’s going to be very fast. It’s going to be very fast, but we’re not going to count on having competent presidents. We have to assume we’re going to have incompetent ones like the one we had last time that couldn’t walk off the stage.

Remember? He’d finish with a speech. The speech would last about two minutes. People would come out, not many, like two people. And he’d be finished with the speech, and then he could never find his way off the platform. He’d look around over here. There’s so many stairs. Like, we — I have four sets of stairs on this platform. Usually, they have at least that. He couldn’t find — or walking up Air Force One.

Now I know the problem with this, it can happen. You could slip. I could slip. I came downstairs today that was soaking wet. You know, it’s a little rainy today. And I have steel stairs, and I’m saying, “Hey. Yay. Yay.” But I do it very slowly. I grab that thing because nobody cares if you set a speed record.

The only thing I admired about Barack Hussein Obama — which was nothing, actually — but the only thing is the way he bobbed down. Remember, he’d bobbed. Hey. You talk about unprecedented. He’d bop. And I couldn’t believe that he made it without at least a noticeable major fall. But Biden was the opposite. Biden couldn’t even walk up the stairs. He fell three times walking up this. And the world watches that, and they don’t like seeing it. Although, they actually do like seeing it because they say, “What the hell is going on?” Or when he fell at the Air Force Academy. Right? And the general was standing there, could have caught him, but he didn’t want to drop the paper that he’s holding in his hand. So Biden went down for the count.

A Medical Moment in the Crowd

TRUMP: Now we have a country that’s respected, and we don’t play games. And we have the greatest military, and it’s so nice to see. It’s so nice to see.

And they want to get back in office for the midterms, and you can’t let them. Did you see that — you know, they went to Munich. Right? You saw that. Right? You saw Gavin — Gavin Newsom. He admitted that he’s — no. Gavin Newsom. So I think his career is over.

Let’s get off the teleprompter for a couple — do you mind if I get off the teleprompter for a couple? Because this is — you know, I have these great speechwriters. I drive them crazy because half of the time, I’m not.

But Gavin Newsom, in an interview — in an interview — you have a doctor in the house, please? Doctor? Yeah. Take your time, please. Take your time. We have all the time. These are great people. They wait so long, hours and hours there. They’re great people. Right? They have all the time. Right? Thank you. First responders are incredible, by the way.

Want to play a song? Do you think the people backstage are listening to me? How about Ave Maria? Well, because — is this going to be okay? How about putting it in right now, Ave Maria, if they are listening. Ave Maria by Pavarotti. Take your time, Doctor. Take your time. She looks great. She looks great. It’s Doctor Oz. Can you believe it? Doctor Oz. Wow. He’s a good doctor. Thank you, Oz. Thank you, everybody. Great job. Thank you.

Gavin Newsom’s Admission

TRUMP: Well, thank you very much. We’re talking about Gavin Newsom. Doesn’t seem like a very good subject right now. It made that young lady not feel so good.

Anyway, he admitted he has mental problems, that he’s not a smart person, that he has a mental lack of ability. He’s unable to read a speech. He can’t read. And all of the other things he said — he said he has a lot of mental problems. And I was attacked by a reporter that said, “Well, what’s wrong with that?” I said, “Nothing’s wrong with it, but I don’t want the president of the United States to have a cognitive deficiency.” Right? And when he admitted this, I said, “I think he just lost the Democrat nomination.” What do I know? But you know what? I’m for everybody, but, you know, when it comes to president, you gotta be sharp. You gotta be sharp as hell.

Tax Cuts for Working Americans

TRUMP: One of the greatest victories we have achieved for hardworking Americans, with the help of our great Republican majorities in Congress, is no tax on tips, no tax on Social Security, and as I told you before, no tax on overtime, which affects you.

Eight hundred thousand Kentucky seniors. And every Democrat voted against it. So remember, and they’ll terminate it. If they take power, they’ll terminate it. Eight hundred thousand Kentucky. So you have — think of that. You have no tax on Social Security. Eight hundred thousand seniors, and they will end it. We gotta win the midterms.

We also made interest on auto loans tax deductible. First time that’s ever happened, but I did put a little proviso. The car has to be made in America for you to get it.

Our tax cuts are projected to raise incomes in the Commonwealth by five thousand four hundred dollars, boost household take-home pay for you by nearly ten thousand dollars, and protect more than eighty-four thousand Kentucky jobs at a minimum.

Introducing Paul from Verse Logistics

TRUMP: And some of the jobs we’re creating and protecting are right here at Verse Logistics. So let me call up your outstanding CEO, Paul. Come on up. Real fast, Paul. Come on. Verse. Come on up here, Paul. Let’s go. Do it fast, Paul. They don’t want to hear from you.

PAUL: I wish I could have gone before him, Mister President. Thank you, President Trump.

No Tax on Overtime and the One Big Beautiful Bill

UNIDENTIFIED SPEAKER: Thank you for allowing me an opportunity to share our experiences, how your economic policies and the one big beautiful bill have positively impacted our employees, company, and family. As mentioned in your earlier comments, the no tax on overtime will greatly benefit our employees producing an average of fourteen hundred dollars additional take home pay per year per person. With this amazing benefit, the savings they will realize can be used to take a family vacation, provide further education for their children, pay bills, or make a down payment on a house or car.

Our family and companies have a mission of giving back to our communities. The savings from the lower tax rates and permanently full expensing of equipment will allow us to invest back in our local communities of supporting nonprofit organizations and providing educational scholarship money for students attending local high schools and colleges.

Many of our versed family owners and members who are with us today understands how vital the extension of the estate tax credit exemption is for the continuity and succession planning of our great family business. Our sweat and equity are tied to this building, many others, and our business. Without this extension, it is possible our thriving business would one day need to be sold to pay family estate taxes.

President Trump, this is all possible because of your vision to make America great again. On behalf of our family, company, and employees, we want to take this opportunity to welcome you to Northern Kentucky and the Cincinnati region. You are in the heart of Kentucky, home of bluegrass, faster horses, and the best damn bourbon in the world. You are in Trump country right now.

If wrapping this up, if we can just take a pause, and I’m going to say a quick little prayer for President Trump if I could. May God bless and keep you healthy and safe. And may God bless our beloved United States of America and everything it stands for.

Sammy Bittle: No Tax on Tips

TRUMP: Thank you, President Trump. Thank you, Paul. Wow. He did a good job. You think that’s easy to do? That’s not easy. I oftentimes will say to the head of a company, please come up and say, no. I don’t want to. Very good. Thank you very much. Thank you for the prayer.

Also with us today is Sammy Biddle who works at the restaurant and bar in nearby Newport, Kentucky. Sammy makes over half of her income through tips. And now thanks to the no tax on tips, her tax liability has been slashed by more than fifty percent. The average filer’s tax refund this year has soared to nearly four thousand dollars.

You’re saving four thousand dollars, and Sammy’s receiving even more — over five thousand dollars. So Sammy’s going to make over five thousand dollars more than anticipated, all because of the great big beautiful bill that the Republicans got passed. But with not one — with not one Democrat vote. They want to raise your taxes. They’re going to raise your taxes. So, Sammy, come on up for a second and say hello, Sammy.

SAMMY BITTLE: Thank you, mister president. Wait. Oh, there we go. Hello, everyone. My name is Sammy Bittle, and I am a general manager and bartender at a local distillery in Newport, Kentucky called Pensive Distilling.

And like most servers and bartenders, a big portion of my annual salary comes from working double shifts and tips. A big dream of mine has always been to save up enough money to buy a nice piece of land and eventually build a home on that land. And this year, due to our president’s no taxes on tips and overtime policy, I got more back in taxes than I ever have, which has helped me get that much closer to my American dream. Thank you, mister president.

Thomas Massie and Ed Gallagher

TRUMP: That’s pretty good. Right? Thank you, Sammy. So millions and millions of Kentucky families have more money in their pockets thanks to what we did with respect to tax cuts. And I just described, but every single Democrat in Congress voted against it. Every single one, not one voted for it. They want tax increases — along with just one Republican voted against. You know what the name is? He is the worst person. His name is — what the hell? How did he ever end up in Kentucky?

His name is Thomas Massie. How did he ever end up here, Paul? Anyway, no. Massie voted against tax cuts for seniors. He voted against tax cuts for overtime workers, and he voted against tax cuts for tip earners. No. He wanted to increase the taxes. He voted with the Democrats. He voted against our historic funding for border security. He voted against border security where we took the worst border in the history of our country, made it the best border in the history of our country in two and a half months. He voted against it. And he voted against eligibility verification for welfare recipients. Nobody has to be eligible. Just pick up whatever you want. The people in this room don’t like that.

Thomas Massie also voted with the radical left Democrats in Congress to keep the federal government shut down during the open border crusade while our military went without pay. He voted for the military not to get that thing. And now Massie — he’s the worst. And I don’t say — I never hit a guy like this. The guy’s the most — he just — we call him Rand Paul junior. He votes against everything. But at least I like Rand a little bit.

Ted — love a guy that votes — I got him elected twice. If I didn’t endorse him, he was not going to get elected. Do you remember that? I came and I did a little rally, and Rand votes against us all the time too, but at least he’s okay. I wouldn’t say the greatest.

And now Thomas Massie is attacking a great Navy SEAL hero. This is a real hero, Ed Gallagher, who’s running against him in the primary. You know why? Because he’s not doing right for our president. He didn’t want to run for office. He’s a hero. He’s a farmer. Hero. He’s a tremendous war hero, but he’s a farmer right here. He’s like central casting. I said, this is the guy I’m looking — I wanted to just give me somebody with a warm body to beat Massie. And I got somebody with a warm body, but a big beautiful brain and a great patriot. He’s unbelievable.

And he did it because he said he’s disrespecting our country. He votes against everything. And Ed became an independent a few years ago because he was so angry at the way the Republican Party was operating, and I don’t disagree with him. Other people did too. But then Ed came back, and he came back strong because I got involved. And he came back stronger than he ever was, and now he’s all the way. He’s in this party, and he’s in it.

And he said, “I came back because of the strength and wisdom that Donald Trump displayed,” and I appreciate that. That’s a nice — I think I’m going to use him in an ad. I think I’ll use that statement. I’m going to use that statement in an ad. “Strength and wisdom.” I put wisdom in quotes because I didn’t say it. He did.

But many people have joined and rejoined our party, but Massie did not because he only votes no. He just votes no. Doesn’t matter. I could give him the best things in the history of a Republican voter, and he’d vote no. There’s something wrong with him.

The Save America Act

TRUMP: It’ll be interesting to see what he does with the Save America Act, which is very simply — I think he has to vote for it, but he’s a nut job, so you never know.

All voters must show voter ID — ninety eight percent. That’s ninety eight percent. All voters must show a little thing called proof of citizenship in order to vote. Right? Right, Paul? Paul agrees. No mail-in ballots except for illness, disability, military, or travel. You’re away. You can’t get there. We’ll be generous.

And then I added two things. We call them “best of.” You know what they are? Best of Trump. These are the best of. No men in women’s sports — ninety nine percent. That’s ninety nine. And no transgender mutilation surgery for our children. That’s it. That’s it.

And I think we’re going to get it approved in the house, and I hear the senate has a hard time. How can you have a hard time with that? How can you have a hard time? But Massie wants to vote no, but on this one, he may be forced. I mean, how can you do it?

So I just want to say this, Thomas Massie is a disaster for our party. He comes from a state that I won by a landslide, got the highest vote in the history of your Commonwealth. The highest vote. I got the highest vote. That means that people like me, and I love them. I love them. I love them more than they love me, but I still got the highest. Remember with your mother? “I love you more than you love me.” We revert back to childhood.

But Massie is a complete and total disaster as a congressman and, frankly, as a human being. You know, he’s got one thing going. He went to a good college, but I know a lot of stupid people that went to a good college. And my uncle was the longest serving professor in the history of that particular college — university, MIT. Forty one years. My uncle was there forty one years, so that means I have much better blood if you go by that. But I went to the hardest college of all to get into, the Wharton School of Finance. That means I’m real smart.

We gotta get rid of this loser. This guy is bad. He’s disloyal to the Republican Party. He’s disloyal to the people of Kentucky. And most importantly, he is disloyal to the United States of America. And he’s gotta be voted out of office as soon as possible.

Ed Gallagher Takes the Stage

TRUMP: On the other hand, Ed Gallagher has my complete and total endorsement. He’s a true American hero, and he’s a great patriot. And he’s doing it because he saw what this guy was doing to our country. And he said, “I’m going to run.” He’s a — he’s now a farmer, successful farmer. And he’s — I can tell you he’s strong as hell. He shook my hand. My hand is still recovering. Sir, I’d like to shake your hand. Absolutely. Holy mackerel. I didn’t tell him that. You know? I’m telling him now officially. Ed, would you come up for a minute, please?

ED GALLAGHER: Mister president, welcome to Kentucky, and thanks for coming to the heartland because you are loved and admired here for your courageous leadership of our great nation at such a critical time in history. Thank you, mister president. Thank you. This is the land of We The People right here.

I want to thank you for your endorsement because once you did that, my support skyrocketed. So I look forward to serving the people as their representative of Kentucky District Four. Because as you folks know, you deserve an authentic, true Republican conservative that stands shoulder to shoulder with our president and the Republican Party and against the Democrats who are trying to destroy our nation.

USA. USA. USA. USA. USA.

So, mister president, I will stand with you and the party to put America first and Kentucky always. Mister president, I hope the fake news gets this. Tom Massie stands with the ladies of The View. Tom Massie stands with the ladies of The View. Mister president, we stand with you. Fight. Fight. Fight. USA. USA. USA.

TRUMP: Violently and miserably as this one, but I just can’t stand this guy. But I’ve had some candidates who weren’t great. They’d get up. They wouldn’t talk well. And I’m trying to beat, like, an incumbent bad congressman, senator, somebody. I do it all the time. If somebody’s bad, I try and get them out of office. I should just leave it alone. My life would be a lot easier. But I have usually candidates that don’t have what it takes. This guy is unbelievable. He is central casting. Just elect him. You’re going to have no problems with him. Thank you. Ed, thank you. Unbelievable. That’s great. He’s a good man.

Recognizing Kentucky’s Leaders

TRUMP: With us today are some of the amazing warriors who, unlike Massie, stood up for the working people of this Commonwealth. This great group of people — the people that built the nation — including a wonderful man who’s been with me all the way, Congressman Andy Barr. All the way. He’s a good guy and a warrior.

Also with us is a senator who came from really behind. He really didn’t have a good chance of winning. The guy was a long time senator, Democrat, that was — he’s terrible. He’s running again. He’s terrible. He was a terrible radical left lunatic. But Bernie Marino did some job on him, and he won the race, and it was amazing. Bernie, congratulations.

And thanks as well to CMS administrator — you just saw him working — Doctor Mehmet Oz. He was just working. Thank you, Doctor Oz. Director of the Center for Medicare, who is an incredible guy, helped us so much with the reduction in drug prices that you got — the biggest reduction in history — Chris Klump. Great job.

Your state attorney general, Russell Coleman. Russell, thank you. Thank you, Russell. Good job. A wonderful secretary of state — we have a good one in Washington too. Marco. Do we like Marco? I think so. Your secretary of state, Michael Adams. Thank you. Thank you, Michael. State auditor, Allison Ball. Thank you. These are great people, and I’ve gotten to know them over the years. Just incredible people. State treasurer Mark Metcalfe. Thank you. Thank you, Mark. Great job. Your former Kentucky attorney general, Daniel Cameron. Daniel? Thank you. Thank you, Daniel. And chairman and CEO of Morris Industries, good man, Nate Morris. Nate, thank you.

Nick Sandmann

TRUMP: Now also with us is a local legend who did quite well suing the Washington Post and various and sundry others. Where’s Nick Sandmann? Where is Nick? Come here. Come here. Come on. Hurry up, Nick. He’s a young guy. He can get up here. Guy walked away with a lot of money. They did a number on him. He said, “We’re not going to take it anymore.” I love these guys. Nick. Wow. Become a big celebrity too. Nick, say a couple of words, Nick. We love Nick.

NICK SANDMANN: Well, thank you.

Closing Remarks and Economic Achievements

UNIDENTIFIED SPEAKER: Thank you. And as I just said, really, the only thing I can say is, mister president, thank you. Thank you, and thank you to all of you because it’s us together which can beat the radical left. So thank you. We will always stand with you.

Jake Paul Introduction

TRUMP: I watched that whole thing unfold, Nick, and I said, that guy is getting scammed. And you know what? He scammed them because what he did was pretty amazing. Him and his group of friends, had good loyal friends, Nick. That’s great.

I loved it. I loved watching what he did. And another one who’s this guy is a piece of work. He’s a very tough cookie. But instead of fighting like a guy his own size, he goes and fights a guy who’s, like, seventy pounds bigger, who won. He’s like a two time Olympian champion.

He’s this massive guy, and my friend is a guy named Jake Paul. And I said, and I’m watching, I didn’t realize there was a slight size variance, like about seven inches and about seventy pounds. This guy fought like, I tell you what, he is courageous.

He’s an incredible guy. He’s got a brand new beautiful fiancee, and you’re not allowed to use the word beautiful when describing a woman anymore. It’s the end of your political career, but I’ll say it anyway. What the hell? She’s beautiful.

She just won the Olympic gold medal. Where’s she? Where’s Utah? She’s a gold medalist. Boy, I tell you, she’s strong. That means she’s strong. You better be careful. She’s a beautiful person, and she’s a big, strong athlete. I watched her win that gold, and they have an expression. If that were a fight, they’d stop it. Right? She’s great.

But Jake Paul is a great guy, and, you know, part of the deal is he said, do you mind if I do an interview with you? I said, Jake, I’m the president of the United States. I don’t do interviews.

Look at Joe Biden. He went two and a half years without doing an interview because he was shot. But he was shot thirty years ago too. He was no good. But I said, Jake, I’m president. How can I do your local podcast? But his local podcast is big stuff, and he’s big stuff. Jake, you gotta come up. Come here. Come on. You gotta — this guy has guts. And he walked out with a broken jaw. Anyway, this was not the greatest fight. But you know what it showed? Lots of courage. Come here, Jake.

Jake Paul Addresses the Crowd

JAKE PAUL: Say it if you want. You’re busy, you people. Yeah. What mister Trump has taught me is courage. You know, we never back down from a fight even if they’re much bigger than you, much, much bigger than you.

And I feel all the local Kentuckians feel the same way. You guys have that fight. You guys have that swag. There’s a lot of young kids in here. The future of America.

I grew up just a few hours away from here, and my dad taught me to fight. And all of our voices matter in America, and I’m never afraid to speak the truth. And I know you guys aren’t. We are here representing the United States, and it’s just a blessing. Thank you, mister Trump.

We need more factories like this thriving all over the country, and I know he’s going to be the one to bring that here to us. I know God is with us. I know he wants us on the right side of history, and everyone here has to do their part. And God’s got us. Trump’s got us. God bless. Love you, Kentucky.

Trump Endorses Jake Paul

TRUMP: No. He’s a great guy. He’s a courageous guy and a talented guy. He’s a hell of a fighter too, by the way. And I just want to say, I predict — I’m going to make a prediction — that you will be in the not too distant future running for political office. Okay? And you have my complete and total endorsement. Okay?

Now that’s what we want. He’s an incredible guy. A lot of courage and smarts.

Economic Achievements Under Trump

TRUMP: So in four long years, Joe Biden and the radical Democrats in Congress gave us the worst inflation in the history of our country, driving up prices all across the board. They left us a mess.

In twelve months, my administration has driven down core inflation to the lowest level in more than five years. And in the last three months, inflation was less than one point seven percent. Under our policies, prices for chicken, eggs, cheese, butter, potatoes, and fresh fruit are lower today by a lot than when I took office. Hotel rates, automobile prices, and rent payments are way down as well.

As a result of my direction to purchase two hundred billion dollars in mortgage bonds, a risky move perhaps, but not for me, mortgage rates are now the lowest in more than five years, and the annual cost of a typical new mortgage is down almost five thousand dollars. And to help our great citizens afford their American dream, I recently signed an executive order to ban large Wall Street investment firms from buying up single family homes.

Drug Price Reductions

TRUMP: Under my most favored nation, for drug prices, we are also slashing drug prices at record levels with price differences of four hundred, five hundred, six hundred, and even seven hundred percent. Can you believe? And I got that with the drug companies, and then I had to convince foreign nations that it’s not fair. And I used the word tariff, the beautiful word.

And I always said one of my most favorite, most beautiful words. I used to say some of my favorite word, most beautiful word, and the fake news killed me. They said, what about your wife? What about God? What about religion? What about your children? I said, okay. It’s my fifth favorite word. Now I don’t get in trouble. No. They actually went after me. I said, it’s my favorite word in the dictionary, the word tariff, and they killed me. These guys had the worst.

For decades, Americans have paid the highest drug costs in the world, but now thanks to our policies, Americans are going to be paying the lowest drug prices paid anywhere in the world. And these incredible price reductions are available right now, and I did not name this. This was done by doctor Oz and Bobby. Where’s Oz? He’s back with the patient. So he stays with the patient. Where’s Oz?

Oz, is it true that I did not name this after myself? Okay. Thank you. If he said no, he’d be out of here. No. He’s done a great job. And is she okay, Oz? Fine. Good. Thank you. Great. Great job. You’re okay.

So it’s available right now, these really low prices, trumprx.gov. Trump Rx, and people are using it at record numbers. He named it. I didn’t name it. I’m not sure I want my name on drugs. Well, drug reduction is probably good. Right? Prices ever go up, I’ll say, get my name off there. But they’re not going to go up. They’re only going to go down.

Other presidents tried to do it, but all they did was talk. It was all talk, no action. I got it done. I got it done for you. Got it done for Kentucky, but it’s doing record type business. Right? Biggest price reduction. I think it’s one of the biggest things to happen in medicine because the prices are just a tiny fraction of what they were.

Healthcare Reform and Obamacare

TRUMP: So Trump Rx is a major step toward a larger goal of reducing the cost of health care for hardworking Americans since the passage of the Unaffordable Care Act. You know what that is? I love the name. The Unaffordable Care Act.

Do the Democrats hate me? I wonder who hates me more. Stupid Tom Massey or the Democrats? I think it’s close. Well, they have Trump derangement syndrome.

If we won that war, which we have basically done, if we won that war in one day, he should’ve done it faster. It’s unacceptable. And by the way, if I didn’t go in, you know, now they like to complain. It’s hard for them to complain with that military. It’s so incredible. But they would like to complain. So let’s assume I didn’t go in. I was like every other president, oh, no. Let them kill people. Let them get an atomic weapon. Let them get a nuclear weapon that could destroy the world. So let’s assume I didn’t go in. They’d say, he should be going in. These are the worst people.

Since the passage of the Unaffordable Care Act, sometimes referred to as Obamacare, named after Barack Hussein Obama. Have you heard of him? Big insurance companies have gotten rich with our government giving them hundreds of billions of dollars as their stock prices soared up to seventeen hundred percent.

Under my plan, I want to stop all payments to big insurance companies and instead give the money directly to the people so that they can buy their own health care, which will be better health care at a lower cost, doctor Raj. Okay? Billions, trillions of dollars a year, literally trillions, go to insurance companies and you get rotten health care. Obamacare is a loser. It was meant for the insurance companies, and the insurance companies totally control the Democrats, not the Republicans.

America’s Turnaround

TRUMP: Just over one year ago, we inherited a mess, a floundering economy, wide open borders, the worst inflation ever, crime, chaos everywhere. Today, just a short time later — look, we’ve been there for one year — we have the most secure border in US history. The flow of fentanyl across our border is down by fifty nine percent. Get it better. The murder rate just saw its single largest drop ever recorded, the lowest in a hundred and twenty five years, before my father, Fred, was born, before he was born. And that’s despite the fact that we have a lot of people that shouldn’t have been allowed in here that are murderers.

Inflation is plummeting. Incomes are rising. The economy is roaring back, and America is respected again, perhaps respected like never before.

Closing Remarks

TRUMP: Every single day of my administration, with the help of the great people of Kentucky — yeah, I love Kentucky — we will keep on working, and we will fight, fight, fight, and we will win, win, win.

And together, we will make America powerful again. We will make America wealthy again. We will make America healthy again. We will make America strong, strong again, strong. We will make America proud again. We will make America safe again. And we will make America great again.

Thank you, Kentucky. Thank you. Thank you very much. Thank you very much.

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