Transcript - Speech: Donald Trump Holds a Political Rally in Duluth, Minnesota - June 20, 2018 | Factba.se

Donald Trump

00:00:00 - 00:00:40 (40 sec)

Thank you. Thank you. Thank you very much, Duluth. Thank you very much. I am thrilled to be back in the great state of Minnesota -- [Applause] -- with truly some of the most incredible people anywhere on Earth. You know that. [Applause] And you know, I hate to bring this up -- [Laughter] -- but we came this close to winning the state of Minnesota. [Applause] And in two and a half years, it's going to be really easy I think. [Applause]

Donald Trump

00:00:40 - 00:01:23 (43 sec)

It's been many, many decades since a Republican did that, and I thought I was going to do it. I needed one more visit, one more speech. That's why never give up. Never, ever give up. One more speech. [Applause] No, we're very proud of Minnesota. Let me also say congratulations to the Bulldogs on winning the NCAA Championship hockey tournament.

Donald Trump

00:01:23 - 00:01:44 (22 sec)

Wow, that's a big deal. Right in this arena. This is where they play, right? Boy, I hear they're a great team. And how many are going to the NHL? How many? Two? Three? That's a lot. They're going to do it. Great team. Thank you. Great team. The Bulldogs. [Applause]

Donald Trump

00:01:44 - 00:02:14 (29 sec)

So we're honored to be joined tonight by many wonderful Republican leaders, including our incredible House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy. Kevin, come up please. Please come. Where is he? Kevin. [Applause] He sends a lot of money this way, I want to tell you.

Donald Trump

00:02:14 - 00:02:59 (45 sec)

I also want to thank and maybe just ask him to come up -- we have all night long, right? Do we have time? All night. [Applause] We're not going anywhere. Some great people. Congressman Sean Duffy. [Applause] Great champion. Come up, Sean. Come up. Great champion. You know, there -- you know, the whole thing going up the trees and down the trees. Number one in the world for four or five years. Come here. [Applause] With a great, great wife by the way. Very talented.

Donald Trump

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Tom Emmer -- Congressman. Loves this state. [Applause] And a very popular man in the state of Minnesota, Jason Lewis. [Applause]

Donald Trump

00:03:20 - 00:04:06 (45 sec)

I also want to thank Lieutenant Governor Michelle Fischbach for being here. She has been so great. Got a big race coming along. It's going to do great. Along with State Senator Karin Housley. Karin. Come on up here. Get them up here. [Applause] Where are you? Stay there. It's too much of a deal. Good luck, Karin. Good luck, Michelle. Thank you.

Donald Trump

00:04:06 - 00:04:27 (22 sec)

Also, a friend of mine and a man who's been incredible and a great supporter, Minnesota Senate Majority Leader Paul Gazelka. [Applause] And Minnesota Republican Party Chair Jennifer Carnahan, who has been fantastic. Thank you. [Applause] Thank you.

Donald Trump

00:04:27 - 00:05:00 (33 sec)

And finally, the person we're all here to support tonight, somebody who's very special -- by the way, loves ice hockey -- real ice hockey family. In fact, his brother, you know, the coach of the winning women's team in the Olympics. Not bad. [Applause] Great family. The next congressman from Minnesota's 8th Congressional District, the great Pete Stauber. Come on up. [Applause]

Donald Trump

00:05:00 - 00:05:44 (44 sec)

I'll tell you, is this a pretty good sendoff for Pete? This is not bad, right? [Applause] Hey, Pete. Come here. Say a few words. He wasn't supposed to do this, but let's hear him. Right? [Laughter] Come on. Come on.

Peter Stauber

00:05:44 - 00:06:11 (26 sec)

Thank you, Mr. President. Welcome to the city of Duluth and the great state of Minnesota. [Applause] And as you alluded to, the home of college hockey's National Champions, the University of Minnesota Duluth Bulldogs. [Applause]

Peter Stauber

00:06:11 - 00:06:36 (25 sec)

I'm Pete Stauber, and I'm running in Minnesota's 8th Congressional District because, like President Trump, I love this country. [Applause] I love our freedoms. [Applause] And I love our Constitution. [Applause]

Peter Stauber

00:06:36 - 00:06:56 (20 sec)

Mr. President, before your election, you made a promise to visit Minnesota. And you promised more jobs, fewer regulations, and a better economy for everyone. [Applause] Now, jobs are up, unemployment numbers are at a historic low, small businesses and manufacturers are surging -- [Applause] -- and optimism is at an all-time high. [Applause]

Peter Stauber

00:06:56 - 00:07:18 (22 sec)

My blue-collar, commonsense conservative message is resonating throughout the 8th District. Mr. President, these people support you. [Applause] And, Mr. President, these are the same people that are going to send me to Washington so together we can unleash the economic engine in Northern Minnesota. [Applause]

Peter Stauber

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On behalf of the Minnesotans here today, thank you for coming to our great state and for always putting America --

Audience

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First! [Applause]

Peter Stauber

00:07:31 - 00:07:37 (7 sec)

-- for always putting America and the American worker first. [Applause] Thank you. God bless America. [Applause]

Donald Trump

00:07:37 - 00:08:32 (55 sec)

So I didn't know he was going to do that, and then he takes out a speech and reads it. I said, "That's pretty good." [Laughter] He is a great guy, and he loves you, and he loves this country. And he's going to do fantastically. He's going to win. We're going to keep on winning. Remember, I used to say in a little jest, but I really meant it, "We're going to win so much." Remember? We're going to win, win, win. [Applause] It's what we're doing.

Donald Trump

00:08:32 - 00:09:36 (64 sec)

Remember? I said, your governor or your senator or Pete or somebody, they're going to come into Washington say, "Mr. President, please, we're winning too much. The people of Minnesota cannot stand winning so much. Please, can we take it easy?" And I said, "No, we're going to keep winning, winning, winning." [Applause]

Donald Trump

00:09:36 - 00:09:48 (12 sec)

So we've created 3.4 million new jobs since Election Day. 3.4. And I've said before, if I would have said that to you during the campaign, those very dishonest people back there, the fake news --

Audience

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Donald Trump

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Very dishonest. They would have said, "He's exaggerating."

Audience

00:10:03 - 00:10:07 (4 sec)

CNN sucks! CNN sucks! CNN sucks! [Applause]

Donald Trump

00:10:07 - 00:10:40 (32 sec)

These are very dishonest people. Many of them. And we have some people, too, doing that. But there's a lot of very dishonest people. For instance, I just got back, as you know, from Singapore, where I met -- [Applause] -- where I met Kim Jong Un. And we had a great meeting, great chemistry. We got along really well, which is very important. They didn't want us too. But, you know, it's like nice to do that.

Donald Trump

00:10:40 - 00:11:27 (47 sec)

And very interestingly, at first everybody was amazed -- amazed that we had the meeting. They couldn't believe it the first 24 hours. They said, "I can't believe it." You remember that, a while ago? They said, "They're going to meet." Then about a day later they said, "What's the big deal with the meeting? What's the big deal?" In other words, their bosses said, "You can't say that."

Donald Trump

00:11:27 - 00:11:58 (31 sec)

But the beauty was this: So we had a meeting. It was an incredible success. And they said, "The President gave away so much. He met with them." I said, "What else?" That was -- I met. What am I supposed to do? I had to meet. Right? "He met." Now, sentence one says, a total denuclearization of North Korea. That's what it says. [Applause]

Donald Trump

00:11:58 - 00:12:31 (33 sec)

We got back our hostages. [Applause] And I didn't pay $1.8 billion to get back our hostages -- paid. We got back our great fallen heroes, the remains. In fact, today already 200 have been sent back. [Applause] They stopped shooting missiles over Japan. They stopped all nuclear testing. They stopped nuclear research. They stopped rocketry. They stopped everything that you'd want them to stop. And they blew up sites where they test and do the testing. [Applause]

Donald Trump

00:12:31 - 00:13:29 (58 sec)

And it was a great meeting. And Kim Jong Un will turn down -- and I will tell -- he will turn -- Chairman Kim will turn that country into a great, successful country. And let me tell you, and let me tell you -- [Applause] -- let me tell you this: A year and a half ago, nobody thought that was possible. In fact, before I was elected, everybody assumed we were going to war. It would be a vicious war. In Seoul, you have 28 million people living 30 miles off the border. They don't even need nuclear weapons for that. They have thousands of cannons aiming right on top of Seoul. You could have lost millions and millions of people.

Donald Trump

00:13:29 - 00:14:13 (44 sec)

But I got along with Kim Jong Un. I got along. [Applause] And that's a good thing, not a bad thing. [Applause] And these people, you remember, I said, "I can't believe it. He's giving away so much." You know what I gave away? A meeting. [Laughter] [Inaudible] And the fact that we do get along means we're safe. I'm not saying things can't happen. Things go wrong. Mistakes are made. Relationships get broken. But right now you are so safe, and such a great event took place.

Donald Trump

00:14:13 - 00:14:34 (22 sec)

And all over Asia -- [Applause] -- and all over Asia they're celebrating the great achievement that we made because you were the ones that put me here. We made -- that we made all over Asia. [Applause] And really all over the world. And by the way, in our country. Everybody knows what a great achievement this is not only for us, but for North Korea, for South Korea, for Japan, for China, for everybody.

Donald Trump

00:14:34 - 00:15:12 (38 sec)

And I have to say, you know, you've been reading where I've been putting very large tariffs on China. Very, very large. [Applause] We hit the $250 billion mark. But I want to say, and we have to do that because it has to be balanced, it has to be fair. It wasn't fair. China and President Xi have really helped us a lot at the border of North Korea. Really helped us a lot, and he's a friend of mine. He's a friend of mine. [Applause]

Donald Trump

00:15:12 - 00:15:47 (35 sec)

So you should be very proud of yourselves for what took place because that was very close to war for many years. Many years, it was very, very close. And now we can have something where everybody is going to live in peace for a long period of time. And there will be denuclearization. So that's the real story. Thank you. [Applause] That's the real story.

Donald Trump

00:15:47 - 00:16:15 (28 sec)

So unemployment numbers are among the best in the history of our country. African American unemployment is at its lowest level in the history of our country. [Applause] Hispanic American unemployment has reached its lowest level ever recorded the history of our country. And remember I'd go into big stadiums like this that were packed?

Donald Trump

00:16:15 - 00:16:40 (25 sec)

And by the way, you're very good at real estate. Did you see the thousands and thousands of people outside? That will never be reported by the fake news. But the thousands of people that couldn't get in. [Applause] Many thousands. They're all over. The parking lots. They're all over. And it would be great if the cameras could take a shot of the arena. [Applause]

Donald Trump

00:16:40 - 00:17:29 (49 sec)

So usually they don't do it. And I usually go home and my wife would say, "How was the crowd?" Although honestly, when you have many thousands of people like we have tonight -- you know, I was at an event three weeks ago where a person from the New York Times said, "There was only a thousand people." And the people -- the many thousands that were there protested. I didn't even have to do it. And they wrote a slight correction. They were off by many thousands of people. That's the way it is. It's fake news, I'm telling you. So fake. [Applause]

Donald Trump

00:17:29 - 00:18:22 (52 sec)

But usually they don't show the arena. They just show my face. So people would say, "Did you have many people there?" Um, didn't you see? No, no. They've only showed your face. And we all have ego, but I don't want to show my face. I want to show the crowds. It's much prettier. [Applause] Because you people are incredible.

Donald Trump

00:18:22 - 00:18:41 (20 sec)

Unemployment among women has reached the lowest level, as of today, in 65 years. Sixty-five years. [Applause] And most importantly of all, America is respected again. We're respected. [Applause] We're fighting to protect American iron, aluminum, and steel, and to protect our incredible and very brave miners. [Applause]

Donald Trump

00:18:41 - 00:19:09 (28 sec)

But I'll tell you, to keep this incredible momentum, I think maybe the most successful that the country has ever had. I think we are now at the most successful level that the country has ever seen. That's how we're doing. [Applause] And let me just tell you, because I hear a couple of the fakers, the other day, said, "Well, I think it's Obama's economy." Obama's economy? Obama?

Audience

00:19:09 - 00:19:10 (1 sec)

Donald Trump

00:19:10 - 00:19:44 (34 sec)

They want to put on more regulations. They want to take back your tax cuts, which are massive. They want to take them back, and they want to raise the hell out of your taxes. And the whole thing will go "boom."

Audience

00:19:44 - 00:19:45 (1 sec)

Donald Trump

00:19:45 - 00:20:08 (23 sec)

So we need more Republicans. We got to get out there in the midterms. We got to get more Republicans. Got to get more Republicans. [Applause] A vote for a Democrat for Congress is really a vote for Nancy Pelosi and her radical agenda.

Audience

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Donald Trump

00:20:08 - 00:20:35 (27 sec)

Democrats want to raise your taxes; increase your regulations; shut down American energy; take over American healthcare, which has been a disaster with Obamacare; and ship away American jobs. And that's what they will do. If anything bad happens to this country, it will be a disaster for all of you. But we're not going to let it happen. We worked too hard to get here. [Applause]

Donald Trump

00:20:35 - 00:21:14 (39 sec)

And the greatest phrase, I think, in the history of politics is on all of those red and white hats that I see out there: "Make America Great Again." And that's exactly what we're doing. [Applause] Make America great again. And you know what our new phrase is in two and a half years. You know what it is, right? "Keep America Great." That's what it is. Because that's what we are. [Applause]

Donald Trump

00:21:14 - 00:22:03 (50 sec)

So the Democrats want open borders. Let everybody come in. Let everybody pour in. We don't care. Let them come in from the Middle East; let them come in from all over the place. We don't care. We're not going to let it happen. And by the way, today, I signed an executive order. We're going to keep families together, but the border is going to be just as tough as it's been. [Applause]

Donald Trump

00:22:03 - 00:22:33 (30 sec)

Democrats don't care about the impact of uncontrolled migration on your communities, your schools, your hospitals, your jobs, or your safety. Democrats put illegal immigrants before they put American citizens. What the hell is going on?

Audience

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Donald Trump

00:22:34 - 00:22:52 (18 sec)

Illegal immigration costs our country hundreds of billions of dollars. So imagine if we could spend that money to help bring opportunity to our inner cities and our rural communities and our roads and our highways and our schools. [Applause]

Audience

00:22:52 - 00:22:56 (5 sec)

Build that wall! Build that wall! Build that wall!

Donald Trump

00:22:56 - 00:23:10 (14 sec)

So we've already started the wall. We got $1.6 billion. The wall has been started. [Applause] San Diego and lots of different places. And we go -- but, boy, it's tough. They want to do anything they can to obstruct and to make sure it doesn't happen. But it's happening. It's happening.

Donald Trump

00:23:10 - 00:23:12 (2 sec)

Oh, we have a single protestor. There we go. Goodbye, darling. Goodbye, darling.

Audience

00:23:12 - 00:23:13 (0 sec)

Donald Trump

00:23:13 - 00:23:22 (9 sec)

So we have a single protestor. He's going home to his mom. Say hello to mommy. [Applause] And tomorrow, the fake news will say tomorrow, "Massive protests at the Trump rally." One person. Massive protests. Aye yai yai.

Donald Trump

00:23:22 - 00:24:01 (39 sec)

So we're going to make it great for Americans. And we're going to take care of people. And we do want people coming across our border, going through our ports of entry, but we want people to come in through merit. Not just through luck or happenstance. We want them to come in through merit. [Applause]

Donald Trump

00:24:01 - 00:24:41 (40 sec)

And we need people, because we have so many companies now -- and you know very well in Minnesota what's happening. They just gave me a run-through. What's happening in Minnesota is incredible. But we have so many companies moving back into our country. We need people to help, but we want them to come in through the merit system, not a system where we get MS-13 and everybody else that other countries don't want. [Applause]

Donald Trump

00:24:41 - 00:24:51 (10 sec)

And the Democrats' open border policies have also allowed MS-13 to break into our country and drugs to pour into our streets. And we're stopping it.

Audience

00:24:51 - 00:24:52 (1 sec)

Donald Trump

00:24:52 - 00:25:19 (28 sec)

We have taken out of our country -- and actually -- can you believe I have to say this -- we have liberated towns. Liberated. Like it was captured by a foreign country. We have liberated towns out in Long Island. [Applause] MS-13, gangs. We have taken them out of our country by the thousands. [Applause]

Donald Trump

00:25:19 - 00:25:57 (37 sec)

And these countries that send them back, we're putting in legislation -- we're not giving them anymore aid. When they send people up. Remember the original speech -- right? My original speech. They are sending -- you remember those words? Everyone said, "Oh, how terrible." They are sending -- well, let me tell you, they're sending -- and they're not sending their finest. That I can tell you. And we're sending them the hell back. And what we're doing -- [Applause] -- what we're doing -- we give hundreds of millions of dollars of aid to countries. We have a horrible deal, as an example, with NAFTA and Mexico. Horrible deal.

Audience

00:25:57 - 00:25:57 (0 sec)

Donald Trump

00:25:57 - 00:26:27 (30 sec)

They make over a hundred billion dollars on that horrible trade deal where factories were emptied. So many bad things have happened, and we're going to make it a part of NAFTA. Because you have to mark up thousands of miles coming through Mexico -- you come up thousands of miles coming through Mexico, and we're going to stop it.

Donald Trump

00:26:27 - 00:26:29 (3 sec)

Get him out of here. Get him out of here.

Audience

00:26:29 - 00:26:30 (0 sec)

Donald Trump

00:26:30 - 00:26:34 (4 sec)

Go home to your mom, darling. Go home. Get him out of here. Out.

Audience

00:26:34 - 00:26:35 (1 sec)

Audience

00:26:35 - 00:26:38 (3 sec)

USA! USA! USA! [Applause]

Donald Trump

00:26:38 - 00:26:45 (7 sec)

Was that a man or a woman? Because he needs a haircut more than I do. It's true. [Applause] I couldn't tell. Needs a haircut.

Donald Trump

00:26:45 - 00:27:11 (26 sec)

But the media never talks about the American victims of illegal immigration. I know them well. I know so many of them. I campaigned with them. What's happened to their children, what's happened to their husbands, what's happened to their wives. The media doesn't talk about the American families permanently separated from their loved ones because Democrat policies release violent criminals into our communities. We need safety. We need safety.

Donald Trump

00:27:11 - 00:27:24 (12 sec)

They don't bring cameras to interview the angel moms whose children were killed by criminal aliens who should have never been here in the first place. Not even close. They don't want to talk to the angel moms. [Applause]

Donald Trump

00:27:24 - 00:29:23 (120 sec)

But as your President, I will always fight to protect American families. I will. [Applause] I will always fight for an immigration system that defends our borders and takes care of our sovereignty as a nation. [Applause] I will never sacrifice the safety and security of the American people. And I will never be silent in the face of vicious smears and attacks, and the heroic agents and officers of ICE and the Border Patrol who save millions. Just the job they do -- saves thousands and thousands of lives. And are so brave, and are so tough. [Applause]

Donald Trump

00:29:23 - 00:30:00 (37 sec)

If you want to create a humane, lawful system of immigration, then you need to retire the Democrats and elect Republicans to finally secure our borders. [Applause] Because we need Democrat votes. We have a majority of one in the Senate. We need Democrat votes in the Senate. We need additional votes in the House. We will have the greatest borders, the greatest walls.

Donald Trump

00:30:00 - 00:30:44 (43 sec)

We've already started, but it's a lot tougher than it needs to be. We need Republicans to get out and put Republicans in. In case you don't know, in the Senate, we need, unfortunately, 60 votes. We have 51 votes. We need Democrats. They will do anything to obstruct, anything to make it as uncomfortable as possible. Because they think it's good politics. I actually think it's bad politics. We will see very soon. [Applause]

Audience

00:30:44 - 00:30:57 (13 sec)

Build that wall! Build that wall! Build that wall!

Donald Trump

00:30:57 - 00:31:02 (5 sec)

We're building it. We're building the wall. That wall is happening.

Donald Trump

00:31:02 - 00:31:38 (36 sec)

Under the previous administration, America's rich, natural resources, of which your state has a lot, were put under lock and key, including thousands of acres in Superior National Forest. You know what that is, right? Tonight, I'm proudly announcing that we will soon be taking the first steps to rescind the federal withdrawal in Superior National Forest -- [Applause] -- and restore mineral exploration for our amazing people and miners and workers, and for the people of Minnesota -- one of the great natural reserves of the world.

Donald Trump

00:31:38 - 00:32:15 (37 sec)

And we'll do it carefully. And maybe, if it doesn't pass muster, we won't do it all. But it is going to happen, I will tell you. It's going to happen. And it's happening fast. We've already taken it, as you know, a long way down the road. And it's going to make things better. It's going to make it, from an environmental standpoint, better.

Donald Trump

00:32:15 - 00:33:09 (54 sec)

As a result of our massive tax cuts, millions of Americans are receiving much bigger paychecks. Much bigger. [Applause] We've eliminated record numbers of job-killing regulations. By the way -- so, a few days ago, it was 500 days. So now it's like 511. In 500 days, we've cut more regulations than any President in the history of our country, whether it's 4 years, 8 years, or in 1 year -- in one case, 16 years. We've cut more regulations in 500 days than any President, even our 16-year President.

Donald Trump

00:33:09 - 00:33:22 (13 sec)

We've opened up energy exploration in ANWR in Alaska. [Applause] They've been trying to do that from before the days of Ronald Reagan. Couldn't get it done.

Donald Trump

00:33:22 - 00:33:52 (30 sec)

We repealed the core of Obamacare. The individual mandate is gone. So unpopular. [Applause] The individual mandate where you pay a fortune for the privilege of not paying for insurance for healthcare. Let me tell you, we just repealed it. You don't have to pay anymore. So big. So big. [Applause]

Donald Trump

00:33:52 - 00:34:59 (67 sec)

And we would have repealed and replaced Obamacare, although we've gone a long way toward doing that anyway -- we just had to do it a longer route. Because we had a gentleman, late into the morning hours, go thumbs down. That was not a good thing he did. That was not a good thing for our people, for our country, whether you're a Democrat or Republican. And everybody said, "Oh, good. We have his vote. We have everybody's vote." We were going in for a routine repeal and replace, and he went thumbs down. Not nice. That was not nice.

Audience

00:34:59 - 00:34:59 (1 sec)

Donald Trump

00:34:59 - 00:35:50 (50 sec)

We're bringing back our jobs from other countries. We're bringing back our companies from other countries. Chrysler is coming back. Chrysler just announced they're coming back. [Applause] Many, many companies are coming back to our country. They know where the action is. This is where they want to be. And as far as trade is concerned with other countries, we want fair and reciprocal trade. We don't want stupid trade like we had for so long. Stupid trade. Right? [Applause]

Donald Trump

00:35:50 - 00:36:20 (30 sec)

Remember the word "reciprocal." Remember the word "reciprocal." We have been ripped off by almost every country on Earth -- our friends and our enemies. And I hate to say it, our friends do a bigger and better job than the enemies. But those days are over. Those days are over. [Applause]

Donald Trump

00:36:20 - 00:37:23 (63 sec)

And even before we finish off with the trade deals -- and we will finish off with the trade deals. People don't realize we have the cards. Because we're the piggy bank that everybody was robbing for 30 years. We're like the piggy bank. Let's go get some more. You look at the European Union. They put up barriers so that we can't sell our farm products in. And yet they sell Mercedes and BMW and the cars come in by the millions. And we hardly tax them at all. They don't take our cars. And if they do, the tax is massive. So they're basically saying, "We're going to sell you millions of cars. By the way, you're not going to sell us any." Not going to work that way anymore, folks. Not going to work that way. [Applause]

Donald Trump

00:37:23 - 00:37:36 (14 sec)

We will not be taken advantage of anymore. We're a great country. We're going to be an even greater country. Hopefully, greater than we've ever been before. We have such potential. [Applause]

Donald Trump

00:37:36 - 00:38:25 (49 sec)

We just secured a record $700 billion in funding to rebuild our military, which was in very sad shape. [Applause] And we have approval for next year: $716 billion. We're ordering new planes. We make the best in the world. We're ordering new ships. We're ordering new military equipment. And we even gave our great warriors a raise. [Applause] Gave them a raise.

Donald Trump

00:38:25 - 00:38:49 (23 sec)

For the veterans, we passed the largest VA reforms in half a century. A landmark VA accountability law. You know what that is. You couldn't fire anybody that worked in the VA. They were sadistic in some cases, they were lazy, they were this, they were that. Lots of different things. You could never fire anybody because the accountability, you could forget it.

Donald Trump

00:38:49 - 00:39:02 (13 sec)

So we passed a bill that they've been trying to pass for almost 40 years. It's called VA Accountability, where now you bring the person into the office and you say, "Jim, I'm sorry to tell you you're fired. Get out of here. Boom." [Applause] Right?

Donald Trump

00:39:02 - 00:39:32 (30 sec)

And even more important -- and I didn't think I'd be saying this so soon because I would campaign on this -- I used to go out during the campaigns -- and you know it because I was in Minnesota a lot. But obviously, one more trip. Aye yai yai. That won't happen again. [Applause]

Donald Trump

00:39:32 - 00:40:13 (41 sec)

But one that's really important to me. And I used to say to myself, "I wonder why doctors don't just take care of our great vets." We just passed Veterans Choice legislation. Passed; signed. [Applause] That gives our veterans the care they deserve, the care they earned. Now look, so our veterans were waiting online for 9 days, for 12 days, for 3 weeks. Someone online with a minor problem, they ended up having a terminal disease.

Donald Trump

00:40:13 - 00:40:37 (23 sec)

Now, I said during the campaign, before I knew too much about it, but there's a lot of common sense in life. I say, instead of one of our great veterans waiting for two, three, four, five weeks, why don't we let them go see a doctor and pay the bill? And that's what we're doing. That's Veterans Choice. That's Veterans Choice. [Applause]

Donald Trump

00:40:37 - 00:40:57 (21 sec)

And you know, I went to people -- I thought about it -- I thought, oh, I think I'm such a genius. Okay. I thought this was the -- like, the greatest idea. But I went to the vet groups, I went to every -- "Yeah, we've been trying to get that passed, sir, for 30 years." Okay? I didn't know that. But what I did know is I knew how to get it passed, and we got it passed. Two weeks ago. [Applause]

Donald Trump

00:40:57 - 00:41:29 (32 sec)

And by the way, we passed another one. It's called "Right to Try." You know what Right to Try is? Very proud of it. Right to Try. These are people that are terminally ill. It's sad. They travel all over the world if they have the money. If they don't, they don't know what to do. If we have drugs that haven't been approved yet but are showing tremendous promise, it didn't matter.

Donald Trump

00:41:29 - 00:41:52 (23 sec)

It didn't matter how sick you were, where you were. You couldn't get it. And the reason was, they didn't want to do anything that's going to hurt you. You're not going to be around for five weeks. In five weeks -- I kept saying, "Why can't we do something?" If people had the money, they'd travel to Africa, to Asia, to Europe trying to find the cure.

Donald Trump

00:41:52 - 00:42:19 (27 sec)

It was called "hope." They wanted hope. And they couldn't get it. I said it's ridiculous. I got involved. And this is also -- like Veterans Choice, for many years people have tried pass it. And Kevin was a great help. I have to tell you. Kevin McCarthy, who just left the stage, was a great help. So were your congressmen. A great help. [Applause]

Donald Trump

00:42:19 - 00:42:52 (34 sec)

And we got Right to Try passed. And four weeks ago, I signed final legislation, and we're very proud. [Applause] And many people are going to be saved. Many, many people are going to be saved. And you'd think it would be easy, but it wasn't. Between the insurance companies and the healthcare companies and the pharmaceutical companies -- it was incredible. But we did that, and now we're bringing down the prices for prescription drugs way down. [Applause]

Donald Trump

00:42:52 - 00:43:12 (19 sec)

So we've made this incredible progress together with your help, with the help of the millions and millions of people that -- well, some polls got it right. But not all polls got it right. But they showed up, and the beginning of that night, people are saying, "You know, this could be a big problem for the Democrats."

Donald Trump

00:43:12 - 00:43:31 (19 sec)

They were not liking what they were seeing. They were seeing too many of those hats. They were seeing too many people with -- you know that. That was an amazing evening. That was one of the most incredible evenings. Because that's a movement, the likes of which this country has never seen before. This country has never seen it. [Applause]

Donald Trump

00:43:31 - 00:43:56 (26 sec)

You know, we talk about the forgotten men and women. They're the smartest people. They work the hardest. They pay taxes. They do all of the things. And yet, they were the forgotten people. And believe me, our people are the smartest and the hardest working. Smarter than anybody, and the hardest working. [Applause]

Donald Trump

00:43:56 - 00:44:57 (61 sec)

You know, a little thing I was talking about today. You ever notice they always call the other side -- and they do this on -- "the elite." The elite. Why are they elite? I have a much better apartment than they do. [Applause] I'm smarter than they are. I'm richer than they are. [Applause] I became President and they didn't. [Applause] And I'm representing the greatest, smartest, most loyal, best people on Earth -- the deplorables. Remember that? The deplorables. [Applause]

Audience

00:44:57 - 00:45:00 (2 sec)

Donald Trump

00:45:00 - 00:45:04 (4 sec)

You know, I was watching when Crooked Hillary made -- and by the way -- [Laughter] -- hey, excuse me. Have you been seeing --

Audience

00:45:04 - 00:45:05 (1 sec)

Donald Trump

00:45:05 - 00:45:11 (6 sec)

Have you been watching what's been going on with the Inspector General's report? What a scam this whole thing is? Okay?

Audience

00:45:11 - 00:45:11 (0 sec)

Donald Trump

00:45:11 - 00:45:12 (1 sec)

How guilty is she?

Audience

00:45:12 - 00:45:15 (3 sec)

Lock her up! Lock her up! Lock her up!

Donald Trump

00:45:15 - 00:45:33 (18 sec)

With Peter Strzok and his lover, Lisa Page.

Audience

00:45:33 - 00:45:33 (0 sec)

Donald Trump

00:45:33 - 00:45:45 (12 sec)

I don't think their wife and husband are too happy about that. What do you think? What do you think? I don't think so.

Donald Trump

00:45:45 - 00:46:22 (37 sec)

No, but have you been seeing this whole scam? Have you been -- do you believe what you're seeing? No matter what she did, no matter how many crimes she committed, which were numerous, they wanted her to be innocent. With me, nothing. No collusion, no nothing. And they just wanted to take all of us. They wanted to put us in trouble. And it's not working too well, I'll tell you. Disgusting. [Applause] Called the "phony witch hunt." Phony witch hunt.

Donald Trump

00:46:22 - 00:47:06 (44 sec)

But you look at the corruption. Did you ever see anything like it? Really, today more things -- that's why they're building up immigration so you can't see what's going on in Congress. They're building up immigration. They don't want to show what's happening in Congress where this whole scam has been revealed. So they want to stay on immigration where Obama had bigger problems than anybody, where Bush had problems, where other -- they want to stay on immigration because they don't want to go into the halls of Congress, which has totally revealed the Russian scam that's going on. [Applause] What a group. What a group.

Donald Trump

00:47:06 - 00:47:38 (32 sec)

I'll tell you something, we want to get along with Russia. But Russia is looking out and they're saying, "Man, I wish she won." Between our military, our oil that we're doing. She wanted to have windmills. You know? We want to compete with the oil. All the things we've done. All the things we've done, including sanctions. So many things. They're looking back, they're saying, "You know, I wish Crooked Hillary won that election. It would have been a lot better for Russia."

Donald Trump

00:47:38 - 00:47:57 (19 sec)

So what we want to do is we want to elect more Republicans so that we can deliver on all of the things I'm talking about. And I'll be honest with you, we're going to deliver it anyway. We're going to be able to deliver it anyway. [Applause]

Donald Trump

00:47:57 - 00:48:22 (25 sec)

We're going to lift millions of Americans from welfare to work, from dependence to independence, and from poverty to prosperity. We are going to lift them. [Applause] You know, one of the greatest things about all the jobs we've created -- to me, the greatest -- is that people now don't get stuck in one job and they hate it.

Donald Trump

00:48:22 - 00:48:39 (17 sec)

They don't want to get up in the morning. They have many, many options. They can go out. Wages are rising. It's a beautiful thing taking place. They can get something -- I've always said, you know, when I make speeches on how to be successful -- I always say, like the first thing, you got to love it. You got to love it. You got to love your job or you're never going to be good.

Donald Trump

00:48:39 - 00:49:18 (38 sec)

These people now that didn't have any options -- they were hanging on to one job that they hated. They have many, many choices. They get the job they want. And for the first time in 20 years, wages are rising. [Applause] We're going to build new airports, and we're going to build railways and highways and waterways all across this magnificent land. We have spent, because of horrible decision-making, $7 trillion in the Middle East. Think of it. Seven trillion.

Audience

00:49:18 - 00:49:18 (1 sec)

Donald Trump

00:49:18 - 00:49:51 (33 sec)

And if we want to fix a window, it's like a big deal. Seven trillion dollars. It's all coming back. Remember during the debates, I'd talk about growth. Growth. We need growth. Nobody has ever seen growth like we're having right now. When I go around and meet foreign leaders, they all congratulate me. "Mr. President, congratulations on the growth of the United States. Congratulations." Every one of them. First thing they say. First thing they say. [Applause]

Audience

00:49:51 - 00:49:57 (6 sec)

Donald Trump

00:49:57 - 00:50:27 (30 sec)

By the way, is there anything more fun than a Trump rally? Is there? Seriously. [Applause] And we break every attendance record every single time, just about. [Applause]

Donald Trump

00:50:27 - 00:51:06 (38 sec)

We're going to put new steel into the backbone of our country, and we're going to make that steel right here in the United States. [Applause] We're going to breathe new hope into our communities. And our workers are already so proud again. We will do it all with American hands and American heart and American pride. And everything we do, we will stand up for our citizens. We will fight for our country. We'll stand up for America. And we're going to stand up for the great state of Minnesota. And you're seeing that. [Applause]

Donald Trump

00:51:06 - 00:51:48 (42 sec)

Your great state was pioneered by men and women who braved the wilderness and the winters to build a better life for themselves and for their incredible families. They were really tough, and they were really smart and strong. [Applause] They didn't have a lot of money, they didn't have a lot of luxury. But they had grit and they had faith and they had courage and they had each other. Right? [Applause]

Donald Trump

00:51:48 - 00:52:37 (49 sec)

They were miners, and ministers, and fishermen, and farmers, and shipbuilders, and shopkeepers. But they all had one thing in common: They loved their families, they loved their country, and they loved their God. [Applause]

Donald Trump

00:52:37 - 00:53:06 (29 sec)

Together, we're renewing the miracle of the great American Midwest. Do you remember not so long ago, we were producing those cars and we producing all of this stuff? And since then, so many companies went to Mexico and went to other places. As I said before, they are coming back, and they're coming back faster than anybody could ever believe. [Applause]

Donald Trump

00:53:06 - 00:53:39 (34 sec)

We're standing on the shoulders of great American patriots who put down the railroads, built up the highways, and dug out the most amazing Panama Canal, losing thousands of lives in doing it. They crossed the oceans, trekked the deserts, scaled the mountains, created the most incredible republic the world has ever seen. And you know what? Our republic today is prouder and greater than it ever was before. [Applause]

Donald Trump

00:53:39 - 00:54:06 (27 sec)

Our beautiful ancestors won two world wars, defeated fascism and communism, and put a man on the face of the moon. [Applause] And I think you saw the other day, we're reopening NASA. We're going to be going to space. [Applause]

Audience

00:54:06 - 00:54:18 (12 sec)

Space Force! Space Force! Space Force!

Donald Trump

00:54:18 - 00:54:44 (25 sec)

Space Force. Space Force. So we have the Army, the Navy, the Air Force, the Marines, the Coast Guard. But we have the Air Force. Now we're going to have the Space Force because it's a whole -- we need it. [Applause] We need it.

Donald Trump

00:54:44 - 00:54:57 (13 sec)

As long as we are proud of who we are and what we are fighting for, we will never, ever fail. There is no place like our place. There is no place. [Applause]

Donald Trump

00:54:57 - 00:55:25 (28 sec)

With your help and with your voice and with your vote, the Republicans will win and keep on winning. We will keep on winning. We have great people. [Applause] And Pete is a great guy. You got to get him a victory. Great guy. Got to get Pete a victory. You got to get him a victory. We need him.

Donald Trump

00:55:25 - 00:55:48 (23 sec)

We will achieve victory for our magnificent country and our magnificent land -- the land that we love. Because we are Americans, and our hearts bleed red, white, and blue. [Applause]

Donald Trump

00:55:48 - 00:56:07 (19 sec)

We will never give in, we will never give up, and we will never, ever stop fighting for our country or for our flag or for our freedom. [Applause]

Donald Trump

00:56:07 - 00:56:25 (18 sec)

We are one people, one family, and one glorious nation under God. And together, we will make America wealthy again. We will make America strong again. We will make America safe again. And we will make America great again. [Applause]

Donald Trump

00:56:25 - 00:56:35 (10 sec)

Thank you. Thank you. Thank you, Minnesota. Thank you, Minnesota. [Applause]