President Trump (00:00):
... be back in the great state of Texas, which we won over and over again.
Audience (00:06):
USA, USA, USA!
President Trump (00:12):
Ah, thank you very much. The gleaming shores of the Gulf of America. See, that's one of the things we did. We did so much, that's like one of the ... I don't want to call it a throw-in because it's very important, but it's like a little throw-in. And I said, we ought to just sort of change the name. We have 92% of the frontage. But they were there first, they've been here 100 years longer. Gulf of Mexico, 100 years longer. Now it's the Gulf of America because we have 92%. I wouldn't say Mexico was thrilled, but they were fine.
(00:47)
And I'm delighted to be here at this national treasure, one of the largest energy export hubs anywhere in the world, anywhere in the world. The Port of Corpus Christi, we had a lot to do with it. That bridge, we had so much. What a nice bridge. Ooh, I like that color. What a nice bridge. And we dredged nation deeply. I guess they said 54 feet or something. It's about as deep as you can go. I think we could go a few feet deeper and then you could ...
Audience (01:17):
55!
President Trump (01:18):
You want to go a little bit deeper? What the hell? What the hell? It's only money.
(01:24)
With the men and women here today, we're unleashing America's potential, strengthening our security, increasing our prosperity. We had the most successful country anywhere in the world. A year and a half ago, we had a dead country. Our country was dead, you know it better than anybody. And cementing America's status as the number one energy superpower by far, anywhere on earth.
(01:48)
And I want to thank Venezuela because our relationship is a very good one. A very, very good one. We're having a very good relationship. That boat, that ship is from Venezuela.
(02:01)
For four long years before I took office, the Biden administration, sleepy Joe Biden, one of the worst presidents in history. Not one of the ... I have to think, the worst. Can you get worse?
Audience (02:15):
No!
President Trump (02:15):
Somebody said, "Please don't be political today." Okay. But he's the worst president we've ever had. And its allies in Congress waged a radical left war in American oil and natural gas like you've never seen before. They were killing our country and killing your area right here. In fact, they say if I wanted, I could work ... If I ran for the Mayor of Corpus Christi, would I win? I think so. What the hell? I looked at your job stats. You have done very well with Trump.
Audience (02:46):
Run!
President Trump (02:46):
They killed the Keystone XL Pipeline. This is the Biden group. Here's the good news. In all fairness, he had no idea what the hell was happening, but it was his administration of horrible people. Horrible, radical left people. No, he used the autopen very well. There's never been anybody in history that used an autopen like that. Almost conclusively. He piled crippling regulations on producers and refiners, opposed natural gas export ban, and slashed new leases for drilling by 95%. That's Biden. Under their Green New scam, one of the greatest scams in history, gasoline reached a peak of over $ 6 a gallon in some states fueling the worst inflation in the history of our country. We had the worst inflation in the history of our country.
Audience (03:38):
Boo!
President Trump (03:39):
You've heard me say this before, the fake news, sitting back there. They say, "Trump exaggerated. It wasn't in history." They say it was 48 years. Okay, we'll take that too. In a way, 48 years sounds even worse, if you want to know the truth. But they tell me it's 48 years. It's not, I think it's the history of our country. But whether it's 48 years or the history of our country, they're both pretty bad. Do we agree? But all of that changed. My first day back in office, it all changed. Our country started coming back like never before.
Audience (04:16):
Yeah!
President Trump (04:16):
On day one, I declared a national energy emergency. I ended the Biden export ban and I told our great Texas energy workers to, very simply, drill, baby, drill.
Audience (04:28):
Drill, baby, drill.
President Trump (04:35):
Since my inauguration, US oil production is now up by 600,000 barrels a day. Natural gas production is at an all time record high, by far. And today, right here in Corpus Christi, the price of gasoline is down to just, less than actually now, $2.30. I just left Iowa two weeks ago, $1.99. And then I passed another one, $1.85. It's happening. It's happening.
(05:10)
So we're witnessing a historic American energy boom like we've never seen, and this port is right at the center of the action. So, who lives here, or this area? Who lives?
Audience (05:27):
Yeah!
President Trump (05:27):
Not bad. A lot of happy people here. It's nice to be loved. It's nice to be loved.
Audience (05:32):
We love you, Pres.
President Trump (05:33):
Thank you.
Audience (05:33):
Yeah.
President Trump (05:35):
Thank you. In my first term, I approved vital federal funding to deepen the channel and fully modernize the ... Christi. Since that crucial investment, companies have flocked here, creating tens of thousands of jobs and generating billions and billions of dollars in revenue for your community.
(05:59)
Joe Biden came in and tried to cut off the port funding, immediately tried to cut it off what we did. We had a tremendously successful first term, and he came in and tried to take away what we had. 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's got your back.
Audience (06:29):
Yeah!
President Trump (06:30):
Nationwide exports of liquefied natural gas are up 37%. 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. Venezuela, think of it, 80 million. So far, we just started, 80 million barrels of fuel. Think 80 million barrels of oil. Think of what that means. Think of a stadium with 80,000 people. Now say 80 million. That's what we've taken.
(07:11)
And it's great for Venezuela, it is great for us. It's great for us, great for Venezuela. And a lot of it, like that, a lot of it comes right here. And with our new friend and partner, Venezuela, we're going to do a lot of other things. We're going to be doing a lot. We're 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. In fact, 360,000 barrels of Venezuelan crude are right now sitting in the tanker on my left.
Audience (07:48):
Wow!
President Trump (07:54):
It's a nice one. So where the hell does that one come from? For the benefit of both our nations, we're going to refine their oil right here in America and right here in Texas, and then export it to all over the world. We're going to keep some for ourselves. We're going to give some to them and they're going to make more money than they've ever made before. We'll help build their country again, which was a disaster. And we're going to build it up and we're going to benefit also. And that's the way it's supposed to be, right? It's going to be great.
Audience (08:24):
Yeah.
President Trump (08:25):
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 front lines of railroad operations and has risen to become one of the port's key leaders, I can see that by the way you all know him, helping to drive the American energy surge like ... This is a surge like nobody's ever seen. Jesse, come on up and say a few words.
Audience (08:58):
We love you.
President Trump (08:58):
Good to see you.
Jesse Robinson (09:09):
Wow. Good afternoon, everyone. You know I've been on this cargo dock probably a thousand times-
Audience (09:18):
We love you.
Jesse Robinson (09:18):
... 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.
Audience (09:28):
We love you. [inaudible 00:09:28] Yeah.
Jesse Robinson (09:31):
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. 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.
(10:18)
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.
President Trump (10:30):
Thank you, Jesse. Good job. That's a great job you're doing, hey? Thank you, man.
Jesse Robinson (10:30):
Thank you.
President Trump (10:30):
I appreciate it. Thank you, Jesse.
Audience (10:30):
Yeah!
President Trump (10:45):
Thank you, Jesse. Great guy and great family and hard worker. All hard workers. I'm a hard worker. We're all hard workers. Slashing energy costs.
(10:54)
Hey, by the way, how did you like the State of the Union the other night? That was good. That was good.
Audience (11:00):
We love you. USA, USA, USA.
President Trump (11:00):
Thank you. Thank you.
Audience (11:00):
USA, USA, USA.
President Trump (11:20):
Thank you very much. It was fun. Did you see these people on my right, the way they just sat there? Some of them ...
Audience (11:26):
[inaudible 00:11:28]
President Trump (11:28):
How about Omar screaming? Screaming.
Audience (11:31):
Boo.
President Trump (11:32):
Screaming like a lunatic. You looked at her bulging eyes. She's crazy. Get her the hell out of here. Omar and her friend, and her little friend sitting next to her.
Audience (11:42):
Deport them.
President Trump (11:43):
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 ... You just cut the cost of everything. Everything follows ... Look, you're in an industry, a business, whatever you want to call it, a profession in many cases. Everything follows energy.
(12:05)
Now, AI, they build these big plants. I say, "How do you make your money?" "Information." Somehow I like oil better. I'm sorry. I think oil. If I had my choice, I have to stick with oil.
(12:18)
In 12 months, we've driven core inflation down to the lowest level in more than five years. And in the last three months of 2025, it's been down to 1 point inflation, 1.7%. Nobody thought that. So we went from the highest inflation ever, to low inflation. Everything took place. I've been here one year. Think of it. One year, a little bit more than one year now. Time flies. Flying, flies. Maybe we do one more term. Should we do one more term? Do one more term. One more.
Audience (12:58):
One more term. One more term.
President Trump (12:59):
Well, we're entitled to it because they cheated like hell in the second one, so we would actually be entitled to it. But think of it. The price of eggs is down 60%. The cost of chicken, butter, fruit, hotels, automobiles; rent is lower today than it has been in years. And even beef is right now on the way down. It's coming down. It's coming down fast. Prices of almost everything is down.
(13:24)
And we inherited a mess one year ago, a mess. And they came up with a word, affordability. Affordability. And I said, "What are they talking about? They're the ones that caused it." They're cons, they're liars, not good. Other than that, we want to have unity. Let's have unity.
Audience (13:42):
Yeah.
President Trump (13:43):
To have unity, you need sane people on the other side.
Audience (13:47):
Yes.
President Trump (13:47):
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, "Stand up if you love our country," think of it, "and you love great American patriots. But don't stand up if you don't, or if you love illegal alien criminals." And not one of them stood up. They got killed in that.
(14:22)
At the end of the night, they're all standing up for anything because the word was, they are getting killed. Did you see they were passing notes all over the place? "Stand up. Stand up for anything. Stand up." They were instructed. 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."
(14:47)
So I say, "Stand up for a mother who lost her beautiful daughter," and they don't applaud. They sit there like ... and eventually we just looked at him and said, "You people are crazy."
Audience (14:58):
Yeah.
President Trump (14:59):
And they are. They're crazy.
President Trump (15:00):
Crazy, and we got to win the midterms. We brought this country back. We don't 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'll keep it all going better even than it is now, as good as it is. 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, the greatest people on earth. You built the country and to ensure that we always keep America first. They don't keep America first. They keep America last. 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.
(15:52)
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's seen. We also got you an interest deduction if you buy a car. If you borrow some money to buy a car, you have a loan, you're allowed to deduct the interest for income tax purposes. Never happened before, but only if it's an American made car. We put that in. We've 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's been able to do. We terminated the insane electric vehicle mandate where you had to have a car, all electric car, within a couple of years. It was not going to work.
(16:52)
I mean, you don't mind driving 200 miles to get a charger, right? You ever see the signs? You're running out, you're running low, and they say, "Charging booth 112 miles to the right." These people are crazy. 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.
Attendees (17:25):
Whoo!
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Yeah. [inaudible 00:17:26].
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Whoo-hoo!
President Trump (17:26):
In four long years, the last administration got less than $1 trillion, so $1 trillion less. Much less 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, think of what it does to a place like this, four years, much less than one trillion, less than one year, more than $18 trillion. I would say that's...
Attendees (17:54):
[inaudible 00:17:57].
President Trump (17:58):
That's the difference between making America great again and making America a major loser. 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. They invested $2 trillion in our country. I was over there with other great countries, but the king of Saudi Arabia said to me, "President, two years ago, you were a dead country. Now, you have the hottest country anywhere in the world." Can you imagine? 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' pensions, and 401(k)s, and retirement accounts, they're all through the roof. Who has a 401(k)? Wow.
Attendees (18:48):
Yeah!
President Trump (18:48):
Is anybody unhappy with the job I'm doing? Your 401(k)s have doubled, right? Are they doubled? I have a policeman. I tell the story. Same guy, I meet him, but it's this wonderful, tough policeman from New York. He's taken good care of us. And he said, "Sir, it's so good my married life has gotten so much better." "Why?" "My wife thought I was a loser financially. I couldn't make any money because my 401(k) was dying for years. And now she thinks I'm the smartest financial genius ever. It's made my sex life good. It's made my life good. It's given me a tremendous boost in life, sir." This is a big, tough cop. He said, "My wife treated me like a dog, and now she admires my financial genius, and I haven't done anything. My 401(k) has gone through the roof." So, I said, "Thank you very much." But everybody's there, right? Everybody's up. Has anybody gone down with their 401(k)? Because if you do, you're a loser. Nobody.
(19:56)
And then, you hear these radical lunatics say, " The stock market doesn't matter." Well, it does matter because they have 401(k)s. They have investments. They buy stocks without 401(k)s. It matters a lot. Our stock market's going through... 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'd be a tremendous miracle, and we then hit 7,000 on the S&P. And that was even tougher. They said, "There's 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 everybody's happy. And 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. Nobody ever thought that's possible. And we passed the bill, the Great Big Beautiful Bill that the Democrats always said, "Oh, the Great Big Bill." They don't know. It's basically the great, big, beautiful tax cut bill if you really want to look at it, probably more accurate name. Every parent can actively just activate all of their children's accounts. We have a new thing, and it was Michael and Susan Dell, Dell computer. Go out and buy a Dell computer. They're great because he put up 6 billion, 250 million in the Trump Accounts, and it's for children. It's tax-free investment accounts for every American child, every single American child born rich. So, millions and millions will be pre-funded courtesy of the US Treasury. And private individuals like Michael and Susan Dell who have donated the... Think of it, 6 billion. He put up 6 billion, 250 million, and now he wants to put up more to fund what's called the Trump Accounts for 25 million American children.
(22:08)
And that number is growing rapidly all the time. 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'll be rich. They started with nothing and a small amount of seed money, and by the time they're 18 years old, they could have well over $100,000. And to make this investment in our children's future, go to trumpacounts.gov. It is amazing. It's going through the roof.
(22:38)
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's no tax on overtime anymore, Kevin. As a result, Kevin and his wife, Marcy, will take home more than $7,000 extra this year thanks to no tax or overtime with money that they are going to take.
(23:17)
Their two boys are on a road trip to Yellowstone, Yellowstone National Park, nice place. Or, you could save the money, or you could buy a house or do whatever the hell you want with it, right? But you know what? I'd like to have Kevin and Marcy come up. They're 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. [inaudible 00:23:48].
Marcy Rhodes (23:50):
Thank you, sir.
Kevin Rhodes (23:50):
Thank you, sir.
President Trump (23:50):
Thank you for coming, guys. Please.
Kevin Rhodes (23:56):
Thank you, Mr. President. It's a huge honor to be here in Corpus Christi, Texas, with everyone here. Thank you to Oil and Gas Workers Association also. I stand here as a Marine Corps veteran.
Attendees (24:07):
Oorah.
Kevin Rhodes (24:08):
Oorah.
Attendees (24:09):
Whoo-hoo!
Kevin Rhodes (24:12):
With my wife, who's 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.
Attendees (24:26):
Whoo!
Kevin Rhodes (24:28):
With the legislation that has been passed with the no tax on overtime, we were able to buy a commercial refrigerator for our business. And then, like Mr. President said, we're going to take our kids on a trip to Yellowstone and Grand Teton.
Attendees (24:46):
Yay.
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Whoo!
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Yes!
Kevin Rhodes (24:46):
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 gas industry. 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 us to-
Attendees (25:07):
Whoo!
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[inaudible 00:25:10].
Kevin Rhodes (25:13):
Real grateful that he has put America first.
Attendees (25:17):
Yeah!
Kevin Rhodes (25:17):
So, God bless you, Mr. President, and God bless this nation.
Attendees (25:28):
Whoo!
President Trump (25:28):
Thank you again.
Kevin Rhodes (25:28):
Thank you very much, Mr. President.
President Trump (25:28):
Good luck with that. You have a good life, okay?
Kevin Rhodes (25:28):
Yes, sir.
Marcy Rhodes (25:28):
Thank you, sir.
President Trump (25:31):
Thank you, that was great. Thank you very much, both. So, we're also grateful to be joined by a man who's, 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. He said, "Sir, I'm really good at energy, but there's one man that's better, and his name is Chris Wright." 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's got a beautiful hat, beautiful. I love the hat, Gulf of America. I love that hat.
(26:08)
We have one of the great governors of our country. He is an unbelievable guy, a tremendous friend of mine, and he is something very special. He's tough as hell. I want to tell you. If you think he's a nice guy, you're wrong. He's tough. He's mean, but it's all for you. So, I want to just say. Greg Abbott, we love you, Greg Abbott.
Attendees (26:29):
Whoo!
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Whoo!
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Whoo!
President Trump (26:29):
Good.
Attendees (26:33):
Yeah!
President Trump (26:36):
Lieutenant Governor Dan Patrick.
Attendees (26:41):
Yeah!
President Trump (26:41):
Thank you. He's been the chairman of my campaign all three times. All three times, we set records. We set records like nobody. Okay, I don't want to brag. But in the history of Texas, I have... Correct, Governor? I have by far the largest number of votes ever gotten, and it was the highest, then the highest again, and we just topped it big in the last election.
Attendees (27:08):
Whoo!
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Whoo!
President Trump (27:09):
So, we have the highest ever gotten by a lot, by millions of votes. I think I got to move here fast. I'll stay in Washington for a little while.
Attendees (27:19):
Whoo!
President Trump (27:20):
We'll stay in Washington for a little while longer.
Attendees (27:22):
Yeah!
President Trump (27:22):
So, thank you very much. And we have a great attorney general, Ken Paxton. Where's Ken? Hi, Ken. Hi, Ken.
Attendees (27:33):
Yay!
President Trump (27:33):
And we have a great senator, John Cornyn. Hi, John.
Attendees (27:36):
Whoo!
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Whoo!
President Trump (27:38):
Thank you, John. They're in a little race together. You know that, right? A little bit of a race. It's going to be an interesting one, right? They're both great people, too. Thank you both very much. We appreciate it. Texas House Speaker Dustin Burrows, he's here doing a terrific show. Hi, Dustin. Thank you, Dustin. Good job. Like you much better than the last guy, Dustin. And we have a senator who's really an amazing guy. I'm thinking about putting him in the Supreme Court.
Attendees (28:17):
Yeah!
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Yeah!
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Yeah!
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Whoo!
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Whoo!
President Trump (28:17):
No, no. I'm thinking because it's very hard. Getting these nominations through is very tough. He's the only guy I know. He'll get 100% of the Democrat vote, 100% of the Republican vote. They want to get him out of there. He is such a pain in the ass, but he's so good and so talented, Ted Cruz.
Attendees (28:47):
Whoo!
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Whoo!
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Whoo!
President Trump (28:47):
That's right. If we ever had a problem, I'd just picked Ted. That'd solve that problem. No, he's a great guy. He's a very talented guy, too, smart. Representatives John Carter, Randy Weber, Jason Smith, Brian Babin, these are all incredible warriors, by the way, Jodey Arrington, Lance Gooden, Chip Roy running for office.
Attendees (29:11):
Whoo!
President Trump (29:11):
Chip, where's Chip? You're doing a good job, Chip. Michael Cloud.
Attendees (29:16):
Whoo!
President Trump (29:19):
That's right. He's the... Oh, look at that. Whoa.
Attendees (29:22):
Whoo!
President Trump (29:26):
Okay, this is his district, and people like you... I've had some bad things where I introduce people from a district, and then... They like you, Michael. That's good.
Attendees (29:35):
Yeah!
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Whoo!
President Trump (29:36):
And you know what? Honestly, they should because he's a phenomenal congressman, a phenomenal friend, and a phenomenal congressman. Thank you for the great job. 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?
Attendees (29:58):
Yeah!
President Trump (29:59):
Made a big difference. Thank
President Trump (30:00):
Thank you very much. You have a great congressman. Congressman Tony Gonzales is here. Tony, congratulations. Jake Ellzey, Monica De La Cruz. Thank you. Keith Self, good guy. Oh, these are great people. Thank you, Keith. Brandon Gill, a young one. I endorsed him. I said, "A very dear friend of mine happens to have a slight relationship." Right? I endorsed him. I said, "What does he know about politics?" That was like four years ago. He knows a lot. You've been fantastic. Thank you very much. Thank you, Brandon. And another friend of mine who's doing very well, Wesley Hunt. Where's Wesley? Wesley Hunt. Doing a good job. Thank you, Wesley.
(30:53)
Well, you do have an interesting election. You have a couple of them going on. Texas is so good. I never really appreciated Texas because I won by so much. It wasn't fun, but I'd rather have it that way, so let's keep it that way. Let's keep it that way. Director of Federal Housing Finance Agency, a genius, financially, Bill Pulte.
Audience (31:13):
[inaudible 00:31:14]
President Trump (31:15):
Hi, Bill. President and founder of the Oil and Gas Workers Association, very popular guy, Matt Coday. And we have an actor who's 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 here. They like celebrities and actors more than politicians in America. Say a couple of words.
Dennis Quaid (32:03):
Thank you, sir. Hello, Corpus Christi. Hello, Texas. My home state. I love Corpus Christi and I love Donald Trump.
President Trump (32:23):
Thank you, Dennis. Did a great job. Thank you, Dennis. Got a new movie coming out, by the way. Thanks as well to several great Texas Patriots, Jessica Einstein who's doing unbelievably well. Where's Jessica? You're around here someplace. Thank you, Jessica. Alex Mahler. Alex. Thank you. Thank you, Alex. Chris Gaber. Thank you, Chris. Mark? Oh, Mark Teixeira. [inaudible 00:32:55] Are you the great Mark? He could throw that ball. We need you. We need you desperately. And I hear you doing very well. I endorsed all of these people, by the way, and I hear you doing very well.
(33:08)
I'll tell you what, that's the end of the Democrat's chances of winning the game. When you have a top, top major league player in your team, they're in deep trouble. That's good. We're rooting for you, Big. I'm a big fan too. What a great baseball player you are. Thank you very much. Thanks, Mark.
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Jace Yarbrough. Jace, thank you very much, Jace. Good job. They're all leading. John Bonk. They're all leading in the polls, every one of them. And I want to call up three people that are running and we don't even have the polls yet, but they're, I think, doing well when we endorse people. I take it seriously, but these people we endorse 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're all running. And I think they're doing great. Say a couple of words.
Carlos De La Cruz (34:16):
Thank you, sir. 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'm going to make sure that Texas 35 brings you a wingman.
President Trump (34:59):
Thank you. [inaudible 00:35:00]
Tano Tijerina (35:02):
Mr. President, it's true and honored to stand up here. [foreign language 00:35:08]. 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. [foreign language 00:35:34] We're not just a border, but we're the future, Mr. President, and we're here to back you up and continue the fight, fight, fight. Mr. President.
President Trump (36:01):
God bless you.
Eric Flores (36:01):
Woo. 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's the leadership that I will bring to DC to fight for Texas 34 and always have your back, Mr. President. 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. President.
President Trump (36:58):
Thank you. [inaudible 00:37:01]
Eric Flores (36:58):
I'll always have your back.
President Trump (37:06):
Good guys. They're all I hear doing really well. We haven't seen the polls, but they're all winning. Everybody I named is winning. And it's interesting, the governor called me after the last election. He said, "You did something no Republican has ever done. You won every border town and little border city, but every border town, all the way up and down, all the way from one side to the other," he said, "first time it's ever happened since," he used the word, "reconstruction." Right?
(37:36)
And I said, "By reconstruction, are you saying the Civil War? Is that what you're saying?" That was a fancy way of saying the Civil War. He said, "That's the first time it's happened. We won every single and largely Hispanic vote." We love the Hispanic voters. We love them.
Audience (37:50):
[inaudible 00:37:50] Thank you. Thank you.
President Trump (37:54):
And what a lot of people didn't 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 that they voted for Trump. So I just want to thank you very much. Thank you. Thank you, man. Every day under the Trump administration, we're taking on the corruption and fraud that drives up your cost of living, and we're defending the honest, hardworking citizens of our country like you.
(38:26)
Under the most favored nation agreements for drug prices, we're slashing drug prices at record levels like never seen before with price differences of 400, 500, even 600%. I went to other countries. I said, "No way." We were paying the highest prices in the entire world by far, and now we're paying the lowest price. It's numbers that have come down for decades. Think of it. For decades, Americans have paid the highest drug prices. Nobody's ever paid more. We would pay sometimes eight, 10, 12 times more than places in Europe and other countries.
(39:06)
But from now on, because of what I did, we're going to be paying the lowest. It's called favored nations, most favored nations. So these incredible price reductions are available right now. And I didn't name this, but somebody did. They thought it was good. I said whatever sells trumprx.gov, TrumpRX. And you'll see numbers. You'll see numbers where... And I tell the story of a friend of mine, very smart, very heavy guy. I'm trying to be nice. Never use the word fat. Very heavy, slightly obese. But he takes the fat drug and it didn't work. But he's a very brilliant guy. He's 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, one of the many fat drugs."
(39:56)
And he says, "In New York, I pay $1,300. And in London, I'm paying $87. What the hell is going on?" So he checked it. He's a man of means, same plant, same factory, same manufacturer, shipped over to London, and it's a tiny fraction. He said, "What is it? " And I said, "Well, that started years ago and nobody's been able to do anything about it, but I'm working on it hard. I got it done." And I got it done by saying very simply to the other countries, "If you're not going to do it, we're going to charge you a massive tariff that's many times more." Because I had to approve it.
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The drug companies approved it, the countries approved it, and now you'll 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's selling in New York for $2 or $3. Came all the way down. And I said, "That 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's a revolution in prescription drugs.
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Your prices are going down 80%, 85%, 70%, numbers that nobody ever saw. 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, because nobody in 28 years had gotten drug prices done. I got them down from the beginning of the year to the end, one quarter of 1%. I thought it was great because nobody else had done it for 28 years.
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Now, I've got them down 80%, 85%, 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, everything is signed up, done. And there it is. I mean, it's amazing.
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Now, it's just taking hold. When it was done, a major paper, it's the single biggest thing in years in medicine. A major paper put it on page 22 of the newspaper. So we have to explain it. It's the biggest thing. It's the greatest thing, one of the great things. And that also has to do with bringing your healthcare way down. Since the passage of the Unaffordable Care Act, which is Obamacare... Did you ever hear of Barack Hussein Obama? Barack Hussein?
(42:39)
Who likes Barack Hussein Obama? Who doesn't like him? I've heard worse, honestly. I've heard less popular people than that. 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. It rotten health insurance. Good for one reason, 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's why Obamacare is terrible and it's way too expensive.
(43:24)
So that's why in introducing the great... We call it the great healthcare plan. I want to stop all payments to big insurance companies and all money. Billions and billions of dollars 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... How good a chairman was Dan Patrick? He's undefeated as chairman. Right, Dan?
(44:01)
As I announced on Tuesday, under our new rate payer protection pledge, we're also telling the big tech companies that energy usage, AI data centers cannot drive up price in community, electric prices in communities. They have an obligation to pay that. We have told them, "You got to build your own power plant. You can't take it. You got to build it." And actually we're doing them a favor because they never thought they'd have it so good because our grid, which is very old and broken, tired, and doesn't have great capacity, cannot sustain the kind of numbers that you're draining out of it.
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So I gave them the right and now it's mandatory. I made it mandatory where they have to build their own electric power plant so they're 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. They wouldn't have been able... We're leading China, we're
President Trump (45:00):
We're leading everybody right now in AI. And the reason we're doing it is because they're building their own plants, otherwise we couldn't build much at all. And so I just want you to know, as you see these massive plants, they're building their own power plant. They're becoming, essentially, their own utility. We're expanding the dream of homeownership to millions of Americans. And after I directed the purchase of $200 billion in mortgage bonds, that's $200 billion in mortgage bonds, mortgage rates just fell substantially lower than 6% 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. And I have a lousy guy in the Fed. Terrible. Jerome, too late. You know what? He's too late. You know why we call him too late? He's too late in reducing mortgage interest rates or interest rate. He's not doing too good. But fortunately, he's going to be out of there soon. But even despite him, did you ever hear you got a little wall, an obstacle? You power through. We power through the wall. He's a wall that we just power through. In the past 12 months, we've helped over 50,000 first time home buyers in Texas get the house of their dreams. We've really created the American Dream. By the way, our country right now, this is the golden age of America. We're in the golden age. This is the beginning. This is the beginning of the golden ages. They're going to be reading about this in a hundred years. We are in the golden age of America. We got to keep it going. Got to win the midterms. We've got to keep it going. Last month, I signed an executive order to ban large Wall Street investment firms from buying large numbers of family homes, single family home. No, you'd have these firms go out and buy 2,000 houses. We don't want it. We want you to buy the houses, not them.
(46:57)
We're also fighting to pass the SAVE America Act, my all-time favorite. It's my all-time favorite, the SAVE America Act. We got it, John. You hear that, Ted? You're unstoppable, because they cheat like hell in elections in case you haven't noticed. They cheated on the third election. Second election was ridiculous. We got them. We caught them. It's all coming out. Daily, it's coming out. They cheated like dogs. That guy couldn't win. But to stop illegal aliens and other unpermitted persons. See? That's a politically correct. Unpermitted persons. Rather than illegal aliens, they'd rather have us use unpermitted persons. The first time I've ever heard those words, I don't like them, unpermitted persons. Is that the new phrase we're using?
(47:54)
The governor says, "No." Good. Thank you. No, Ted, right? Unpermitted. He's an unpermitted person. He's killed 19 people. We're not permitting him in. From voting in our sacred American elections, we don't want people that aren't citizens of our country voting. We don't want people that aren't studied, and we don't want people that can't love our country voting in our elections. So, it's very simple. All voters must show this is the SAVE America Act. Now, think of it. I watched humor the other day, "We will stop the SAVE America Act."
(48:29)
I said, "No, no. We're talking about SAVE America." It's a really hard thing. It was like MAGA. Biden. Remember Biden? He made those speeches. "We will stop MAGA." Then, he falls off the stage. "We will stop... We will stop MAGA. We must stop MAGA." He had no idea what... And I said, "No, no. MAGA is Make America Great Again. You don't want to stop it. You don't want to stop MAGA." And this may be even better, the SAVE America Act. I watched humor today. "We're going to stop the SAVE America Act." You know what it is? Basically, voter ID, et cetera. But what's wrong with that?
(49:10)
So, they came up with all different theories about why anybody shouldn't... You have voter ID for everything. No matter where you go, it's ID. You have an identification for everything, except for one of the most sacred things you can be doing is voting. And the reason they don't 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. They do stick together. You saw that the other night. They wouldn't stand up and clap for anyone, for anybody. We could introduce, "Ladies and gentlemen, I'd like to introduce you to the late great Amelia Earhart. Here she is." They would not clap. They wouldn't clap for anybody. There was nothing I can think of. Nothing I can think of where they would clap. They're sick people. So, they don't 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'm telling you, it's the most important. No mail-in ballots except for illness, disability, military, or travel.
(50:27)
And if I had my choice, I think I'd take that one. You want to know the truth? There's 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 so terrible. Our elections are so rigged and crooked. 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're on an exception. And if you're traveling, you're on a business trip, you're somewhere, even a vacation, you can vote by mail. But that's 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. They want men playing in women's sports. They want transgender for everybody. They want open borders so that the world's criminals can pour into our country, which have we done a good job. I'll tell you what, ICE has done such a great job. And border patrol.
(51:33)
You know that for the last nine... It's hard to believe. You remember the problems two years ago, you people, everybody was going crazy. People were pouring into our country by the millions. In the last nine months, and this is done by radicals, radical lefts. In the last nine months, zero people came into our country through your southern border illegal.
Audience (51:56):
Let's go, Mr. President!
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Yeah!
President Trump (52:00):
And remember when Biden said, "For that, we need legislation."
(52:04)
I said, "No, you need a new president." And I was right. I didn't get legislation. I said to Paul Perez, "Close your border, Paul. Close it." Where's Paul? Is he here? Where the hell is Paul? He's the greatest. That guy is great. I'd have him come up and speak, but he's such a good speaker that I don't like that. I only want to follow terrible, terrible speakers. That way they say, "Trump is a brilliant speaker." We got big ratings the other night, by the way. Big. Like, record, record writing. Everything was clicking. You want to come up, Paul? Come on up, Paul. Show off to your family. He's got a beautiful family. What a beautiful family.
(52:48)
Now watch, I'll put pressure on him. Don't blow it, Paul. This is your one opportunity. This is a big crowd, Paul. Don't get nervous. No, Paul is just incredible. And he rates Trump the single greatest president in history. That's why I have him. He says he's the goat. The goat. No, we've had a couple good... We haven't had too many, actually. Come on up, Paul.
Paul Perez (53:18):
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 could 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 and 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.
Audience (54:03):
Let's go! Let's go!
President Trump (54:11):
He does a great job. He does a great job. The whole group: ICE, Border Patrol, law enforcement. By the way, our great firemen, how about that? One of the things... And we can just talk today. We're together. One of the things that I'm most proud of, 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't want Army, Air Force, Navy. They didn't want the Marines. They didn't want even beautiful Space Force or Coast Guard. They didn't want to be in the police. They didn't want to be in the fire departments. They didn't want to be anywhere. They didn't want anything with a uniform because it represented our country. Since then, and it started, really, with November 5th, which was the election.
(55:07)
But since November 5th, we have the highest record of recruitment in the history of our country. Think of that. That includes ICE and Border Patrol, and I want to thank Paul because that group of people does a great job. Think of it. It gets its nine months now, registered zero. Now, I don't even believe it could possibly be that low because millions of people, but it's pretty close to zero. And they say it's zero. If they say it's zero, it has to be. They're Democrats that do it, so they're not going to give me any benefits. 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. But today, we have ended that disaster and achieved a turnaround for the ages. Nobody's ever seen it like this. Nobody has ever seen a one-year turnaround like we had. Think of it. We were a laughing stock one and a half years ago, and now we're hot. We're hot.
(56:22)
I was going to say, like, that person in the audience, but I won't say that because that could be career ending. So, I don't do that. We're hot. Our country is the hottest country in the world. America's back. Our economy is roaring, and our country is strong, and we're respected again. They're respecting us again. China respects us. Russia respects us. They all respect. They respect your president, and I respect them. We've 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's been, for 47 years, blowing people's legs off, arms off, the face. They've been knocking out ships, killing people, lots of people. Not only Americans, lots of people. It's been terrible. 32,000 people killed over the last two, three months. Protestors, 32,000. That's some number of people, 32,000.
(57:26)
They want to make a deal, but got to make a deal that's meaningful. I spoke with Ted Cruz, John, all of them. On the way here, I said, "You got to make a deal that's meaningful." We hit them real hard. As you know, with those beautiful B-2 bombers, recently knocked out their nuclear capability. I'd rather do it the peaceful way, but they're very difficult people. I want to tell you that. They're very dangerous people, very difficult people. 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, "Sir, you don't have to go to Texas. You're leading by a lot."
(58:10)
I said, "I want to go to Texas. I want to go there. I love Texas." I love Texas. It just represents something special. It's success. It's great, incredible people.
Audience (58:22):
We love you!
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We love you!
President Trump (58:23):
But they said, "See? You don't have to go there. I'm telling you, sir. You're wasting your time, sir. You don't need it..."
(58:28)
I said, "I'm going to Texas. I don't give a damn if I'm wasting..."
Audience (58:30):
[inaudible 00:58:32]
President Trump (58:34):
But we're going to keep on working and we'll 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've never won before. 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've done for me, and I've done a lot for you too. But I love you all very much.
(59:07)
And thank you, Corpus Christi. Thank you very much. Thank you, Texas. Thank you, everybody.