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FULL TRANSCRIPT: Trump Hosts MAGA Rally in Savannah, Georgia

Read here the full transcript of former president Donald Trump’s speech at a campaign event in Savannah, Georgia on September 24, 2024.

Listen to the audio version here:

TRANSCRIPT:

A Call for American Manufacturing

Thank you very much, everybody. Thank you. And hello, Savannah. I love Georgia. We love Georgia. It’s great to be back in this beautiful state with thousands of proud, hardworking American patriots. That’s what you are, American patriots.

Think of this: 42 days from now, we are going to win the state of Georgia. We are going to defeat Comrade Kamala Harris. And we are going to make America great again.

We’re here today to talk about how we’re going to launch a historic buildup of American manufacturing muscle and might. This is not a rally, although it feels like one. It’s really a little event with my five or six thousand closest friends in the whole world. Georgia and Savannah are going to be right in the center of the action.

We’re going to rebuild our manufacturing, and it’s going to happen. It’s going to happen fast and beautifully.

The Decline of American Industry

For years, Americans have watched as our country was stripped of jobs and wealth, and our companies were sold off to foreign countries. You’ve been watching, and it’s been a horror show. I’ve been watching for many years, and we had it stemmed. And then all of a sudden, bad things happened. Bad things happened.

If we would have had four more years, everything would be such a different country right now. We would have had no inflation. You wouldn’t have Russia attacking Ukraine. You wouldn’t have had October 7th with Israel. The Middle East is blowing up. We could be very close to World War Three with these characters that don’t have any idea what they’re doing. But what a shame. And Afghanistan, what a disaster. That was the most embarrassing day in the history of our country, I believe.

GE appliances were sold to the Chinese. IBM computers were again sold to China under Kamala Harris. U.S. Steel is now being sold to Japan. I will stop it. We’ve got to do it fast. We’ve got to work fast.

A Vision for American Manufacturing

But we’re not going to let it happen. We’re not going to let U.S. Steel, seventy years ago the greatest company on Earth, be sold off like it was nothing. We’re going to build it up. We’ll make it strong.

With the vision I’m outlining today, not only will we stop our businesses from leaving for foreign lands, but under my leadership, we’re going to take other countries’ jobs. Did you ever hear that expression before? Have you ever heard that we’re going to take other countries’ jobs? It’s never been stated before. We’re going to take their factories. And we had it really rocking four years ago.

We’re going to bring thousands and thousands of businesses and trillions of dollars in wealth back to the good old USA. That’s what we’re going to be doing, and doing it fast.

A New Era for American Workers

Under my plan, American workers will no longer be worried about losing your jobs to foreign nations. Instead, foreign nations will be worried about losing their jobs to America. And it won’t even be difficult. Your only worry will be deciding which job to take. There will be plenty of them. That will be your biggest problem. “Darling, which company should I go with?”

We’re going to bring them back, and we’re going to bring them back at levels not to be believed. But you’ll believe it in about two years from now. You’re going to say, “Wow, that happened fast.” You’re going to have so many companies wanting to come in because this is where the money is.

The Plan for American Industry

I want German car companies to become American car companies. I want them to build their plants here. I want to beat China in electronics production. And we’ll be able to do that easily. We have the greatest genius, the greatest minds here. And then we end up building them in different places. A lot of that’s really stupid tax policy.

I want GE, IBM, and every other manufacturer that left us to be filled with regret and come sprinting back to our shores. And they will.

The Deal for Global Companies

So as your president, here is the deal that I will be offering to every major company and manufacturer on Earth: I will give you the lowest taxes, the lowest energy costs, the lowest regulatory burden, and free access to the best and biggest market on the planet. But only if you make your product here in America. It all goes away if you don’t make your product here and hire American workers for the job.

If you don’t make your product here, then you will have to pay a tariff, a very substantial tariff when you send your product into the United States. And by the way, you know, for years, they knocked the word. The word “tariff,” properly used, is a beautiful word. One of the most beautiful words I’ve ever heard. It’s music to my ears.

The Benefits of Tariffs

A lot of bad people didn’t like that word, but now they’re finding out I was right. And we will take in hundreds of billions of dollars into our treasury and use that money to benefit the American citizens. And it will not cause inflation, by the way.

You know, I took in from China hundreds of billions of dollars in taxes and tariffs, and I had no inflation. We didn’t have any inflation. 1.2 percent. We had billions of dollars. 1.2 percent. We had essentially no inflation. Now you’ve had over the last four years, you’ve had the highest inflation, I think, in the history of our country. Somebody said, “No, sir, it’s only 58 years.” Well, that’s pretty bad, too. I think it’s really in the history of our country.

America First Policy

This is the policy that built America, and this is the policy that is going to save America.