[000:00:02;12] HE DID KEEP HIS TRAIN OF [000:00:03;12] THOUGHT. [000:00:03;22] I DON'T SEE HOW PEOPLE CAN'T SEE [000:00:06;09] THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION IS [000:00:08;28] BEING RUN BY OBAMA. [000:00:10;11] HE IS THE CHAIRPERSON. [000:00:12;13] GOOGLE MADE ME LOSE MY TELEPHONE [000:00:14;21] BECAUSE I PUT ON THERE THAT HE [000:00:16;22] WAS A CHAIRPERSON. [000:00:18;16] HOST: OKAY HELEN'S THOUGHTS [000:00:21;10] AND CAROLINA. [000:00:23;27] SOME FINAL THOUGHTS FROM THE [000:00:24;17] ASSOCIATED PRESS. [000:00:25;02] ARE WE THERE YET? [000:00:26;00] AS OF SUPER TUESDAY, THERE WILL [000:00:28;18] BE DAYS UNTIL THE REPUBLICAN [000:00:30;23] NATIONAL CONVENTION IN [000:00:32;14] MILWAUKEE. [000:00:33;07] 167 DAYS UNTIL THE DEMOCRATIC [000:00:37;15] NATIONAL CONVENTION IN CHICAGO. [000:00:38;07] AND 245 UNTIL THE NOVEMBER [000:00:41;23] GENERAL ELECTION. [000:00:42;08] THAT DOES IT FOR TONIGHT. [000:00:45;15] WE WILL BE BACK TOMORROW MORNING [000:00:46;15] WITH MORE CONVERSATION WITH ALL [000:00:50;06] OF YOU AND YOUR REACTION TO [000:00:51;03] SUPER TUESDAY, 7:00 A.M. EASTERN [000:00:53;12] TIME. [000:00:54;10] COWEBSITE,MPAIGN AND [000:00:55;07] ARE FREE MOBILE APP C-SPAN NOW. [000:00:58;23] WE WILL BRING YOU TO EARLIER [000:00:59;24] TONIGHT IN CASE YOU MISSED IT, [000:01:02;03] FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP [000:01:04;05] ADDRESSING HIS SUPPORTERS IN [000:01:04;25] FLORIDA. [000:01:41;09] >> LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, PLEASE [000:01:44;20] WELCOME THE NEXT PRESIDENT OF [000:01:45;17] THE UNITED STATES, PRESIDENT [000:01:48;17] DONALD J. TRUMP. [000:01:52;08] >> [VIDEO CLIP] [000:01:55;06] ♪ AND I'M PROUD TO BE AN [000:01:59;12] AMERICAN WHERE I KNOW I'M FREE [000:02:00;13] AND I FORGET THE MEN WHO [000:02:02;19] DIED TO GIVE THAT RIGHT TO ME [000:02:04;20] AND I'LL GLADLY STAND UP NEXT TO [000:02:06;00] YOU AND DEFEND HER STILL TODAY [000:02:08;23] BUT THER DOUBT I LOVE [000:02:09;25] THIS LAND [000:02:12;15] GOD BLESS THE USA ♪ ♪ [000:02:29;28] ♪ FROM THE LIKES OF MINNESOTA TO [000:02:34;11] THE HILLS OF TENNESSEE [000:02:36;03] ACROSS THE PLAINS FROM SEA TO [000:02:40;17] SHINING SEA [000:02:42;08] FROM DETROIT DOWN TO HOUSTON [000:02:45;11] AND NEW YORK TO LA [000:02:48;14] WHERE THERE'S PRIDE IN EVERY [000:02:51;26] AMERICAN HEART AND IT'S TIME TO [000:02:53;25] STAND AND SAY [000:02:55;26] THAT I'M PROUD TO BE AN [000:02:59;15] WHERE AT LEAST I KNOW I'M FREE [000:03:03;18] AND I WON'T FORGET THE MEN WHO [000:03:05;21] DIED WHO GAVE THAT RIGHT TO ME [000:03:08;24] AND I GLADLY STAND UP NEXT TO [000:03:12;08] YOU AND DEFEND HER STILL THERE AIN'T [000:03:16;14] NO DOUBT I LOVE THIS [000:03:19;07] LAND [000:03:20;07] CUT BLESS THE USA -- GOD BLESS [000:03:23;18] THE USA [000:03:29;19] AND I'M PROUD TO AMERICAN [000:03:32;14] WHERE AT LEAST I KNOW I'M FREE [000:03:34;24] AND I WON'T FORGET THE MEN WHO [000:03:38;21] DIED WHOAVE THAT RIGHT TO ME [000:03:41;12] AND I'LL GLADLY STAND UP NEXT TO [000:03:46;08] YOU AND DEFEND HER STILL TODAY [000:03:49;11] BUT THERE AIN'T NO DOUBT I LOVE [000:03:52;13] THIS LAND [000:03:53;23] GOD BLESS THE USA ♪ ♪ [000:04:11;04] [CROWD CHANTING "USA"] [000:04:13;23] MR. TRUMP: WELL, THANK YOU VERY [000:04:16;02] MUCH. [000:04:16;15] THEY CALL IT SUPER TUESDAY FOR A [000:04:19;05] REASON. [000:04:19;18] THIS IS THE BIG ONE. [000:04:21;19] [APPLAUSE] [000:04:22;20] AND THEY TELL ME, THE PUNGENT [000:04:25;05] AND OTHERWISE -- PUNDITS AND [000:04:28;25] OTHERWISE, THAT THERE HAS NEVER [000:04:30;01] BEEN ANYTHING SO CONCLUSIVE. [000:04:32;17] THIS HAS BEEN AN AMAZING NIGHT [000:04:33;18] AN AMAZING DAY. [000:04:35;18] IT HAS BEEN AN INCREDIBLE PER [000:04:36;25] IOD OF TIME IN OUR COUNTRY'S [000:04:39;06] HISTORY. [000:04:41;22] IT IS SAD AND SO MANY WAYS BUT I [000:04:43;01] THINK IT WILL BE INSPIRING [000:04:44;06] BECAUSE WE WILL DO SOME THINGS [000:04:45;21] O DO FOR A LONG TIME. [000:04:47;19] [APPLAUSE] [000:04:53;09] WE HAVE WATCHED OUR COUNTRY TAKE [000:04:54;01] A GREAT BEATING OVER THE LAST [000:04:55;17] THREE YEARS. [000:04:57;10] AND NOBODY THOUGHT A THING LIKE [000:04:59;25] THIS WOULD BE PO'T HAVE RUSSIA [000:05:02;23] ATTACKING UKRAINE. [000:05:03;14] WE WOULDN'T HAVE ISRAEL BEING [000:05:05;16] ATTACKED. [000:05:06;18] IRAN AS YOU KNOW WAS BROKE WHEN [000:05:09;29] I WAS RUNNING THINGS. [000:05:11;21] THEY DID NOT HAVE MONEY FOR [000:05:12;11] HAMAS, FOR HEZBOLLAH. [000:05:14;24] WE HAD NO INFLATION. [000:05:17;26] INFLATION IS DESTROYING THE [000:05:18;16] MIDDLE CLASS IT'S DESTROYING [000:05:20;13] EVERYTHING. [000:05:21;29] INFLATION IF YOU LOOK BACK OVER [000:05:23;10] HUNDREDS OF YEARS BACK, IT IS [000:05:26;01] CALLED A COUNTRY BUSTER. [000:05:28;03] THAT IS WHAT IT IS DOING TO OUR [000:05:29;23] COUNTRY. [000:05:31;05] WHAT HAS HAPPENED WITH INFLATION [000:05:32;25] HAS BEEN UNBELIEVABLE. [000:05:34;00] A LOT OF EXPERTS HAVE SAID THE [000:05:35;19] STOCK MARKET IS THE ONLY THING [000:05:36;10] DOING WELL, AND THAT IS BECAUSE [000:05:38;02] OUR POLL NUMBERS ARE SO MUCH [000:05:40;20] HIGHER THAN BIDEN'S. [000:05:42;27] [APPLAUSE] [000:05:51;09] HE'S THE WORST PRESIDENT IN THE [000:05:52;23] HISTORY OF OUR COUNTRY. [000:05:55;10] THERE HAS NEVER BEEN ANYTHING [000:05:56;01] LIKE WHAT IS HAPPENING TO OUR [000:05:57;21] COUNTRY. [000:05:58;14] TODAY IT WAS ANNOUNCED THAT [000:06:03;18] 325,000 PEOPLE WERE FLOWN IN [000:06:05;25] FROM PARTS UNKNOWN MIGRANTS [000:06:08;26] WERE FLOWN IN, AIRPLANE, NOT [000:06:11;26] GOING THROUGH BORDERS, NOT [000:06:13;27] THROUGH THE GREAT TEXAS BARRIER [000:06:16;01] WHERE I WAS WITH THE GOVERNOR OF [000:06:19;07] TEXAS THE OTHER DAY AND WE WERE [000:06:20;09] LOOKING AT THE JOB THEY WERE [000:06:23;27] DOING. [000:06:24;06] IN THE MEANTIME THEY ARE POURING [000:06:24;28] INTO CALIFORNIA AND ARIZONA [000:06:27;07] BECAUSE THOSE GOVERNORS ARE [000:06:27;27] DOING NOTHING. [000:06:29;03] BUT TODAY HE WAS JUST ANNOUNCED [000:06:30;23] BEFORE I CAME OUT, IT WAS [000:06:33;06] UNBELIEVABLE. [000:06:33;19] I SAID THAT MUST BE A MISTAKE. [000:06:35;08] THEY FLEW 325,000 MIGRANTS OVER [000:06:40;00] THEY. [000:06:40;23] SO THAT REALLY TELLS YOU WHERE [000:06:43;09] THEY ARE COMING FROM. [000:06:43;26] THEY WANT OPEN BORDERS. [000:06:46;27] OPEN BORDERS ARE GOING TO [000:06:47;16] DESTROY OURS AND FREE AND [000:06:49;05] FAIR ELECTIONS OR WE DON'T HAVE [000:06:51;15] A COUNTRY. [000:06:53;25] THIS IS AN INCREDIBLE GROUP OF [000:06:54;16] PEOPLE. [000:06:55;27] SO MANY CELEBRITIES. [000:06:56;27] I WILL NOT INTRODUCE ANY BECAUSE [000:06:59;10] I WILL JUST GET MYSELF IN [000:07:01;00] TROUBLE BECAUSE I WILL LEAVE OUT [000:07:01;22] MOST OF YOU. [000:07:03;00] THIS IS A ROOM CHOCK-FULL OF [000:07:06;04] INCREDIBLE TALENTED PEOPLE, LIKE [000:07:09;08] SOME OF THE GUYS STANDING IN [000:07:09;28] FRONT OF ME. [000:07:10;10] BIG, FAT BEAUTIFUL FUTURES. [000:07:14;23] I WOULD LOVE TO BE YOUR AGE. [000:07:17;25] I WOULD PAY A LOT OF MONEY TO BE [000:07:18;17] YOUR AGE. [000:07:21;26] WE HAVE SOME TREMENDOUSLY [000:07:23;13] TALENTED PEOPLE IN THIS ROOM, [000:07:24;28] INCLUDING TALENTED POLITICAL [000:07:25;18] PEOPLE THAT HELPED ME FROM THE [000:07:28;01] BEGINNING. [000:07:30;01] HAD THE SAFEST BORDER IN THE [000:07:31;15] HISTORY OF OUR COUNTRY. [000:07:32;03] WE BUILT 571 MILES OF WALL. [000:07:36;05] WE HAD MEXICO SUPPLY US WITH [000:07:37;17] 28,000 SOLDIERS BECAUSE WE [000:07:41;20] WANTED THEM. [000:07:42;20] WE SAID WE WON'T DO THAT. [000:07:43;22] IN THE END, THEY DID. [000:07:46;25] IT WAS AN EASY NEGOTIATION. [000:07:48;29] WE HAD THE SAFEST BORDER MOTHER [000:07:50;12] BEST NUMBERS WE EVER HAD. [000:07:53;02] NOW WE HAVE THE WORST NUMBERS [000:07:54;09] PROBABLY IN THE HISTORY OF THE [000:07:55;00] WORLD. [000:07:55;09] IT'S SAD TO SEE WHAT IS [000:07:57;11] HAPPENING TO OUR CITIES. [000:07:58;28] OUR CITIES ARE BEING OVERRUN [000:08:01;00] WITH MIGRANT CRIME. [000:08:06;07] IT IS A NEW CATEGORY OF CRIME. [000:08:08;09] AND IT IS VIOLENT, WHERE THEY [000:08:11;10] WILL STAND IN THE MIDDLE OF THE [000:08:12;02] STREET AND HAVE FISTFIGHTS WITH [000:08:13;28] POLICE OFFICERS, AND IF THEY DID [000:08:16;29] THAT WHERE THEY CAME, THEY WOULD [000:08:19;00] BE KLED INSTANTLY. [000:08:25;21] THE WORLD IS TAKING ADVANTAGE OF [000:08:26;19] US. [000:08:27;12] A [000:08:29;01] LEVEL WHERE WE WERE ENERGY [000:08:30;01] INDEPENDENT. [000:08:31;02] WE WILL BE SHORTLY ENERGY [000:08:32;02] DOMINANT. [000:08:33;04] TODAY WE ARE GETTING OIL FROM [000:08:35;06] VENEZUELA. [000:08:35;17] CAN YOU BELIEVE IT? [000:08:39;10] WE ARE DOING NUMBERS ON THAT. [000:08:41;12] WE ARE REFINING THE OIL. [000:08:44;03] WE HAVE OUR REFINERY FOR THAT [000:08:44;24] OIL. [000:08:45;05] I CALL IT TAR. [000:08:47;07] WE HAVE REAL STUFF. [000:08:50;08] BUT WE ARE REFINING IT IN [000:08:51;16] HOUSTON. [000:08:52;20] FOR ALL THE ENVIRONMENTALS, [000:08:55;07] YOU WANT TO LOOK AT THAT [000:08:57;02] BECAUSE ALL THAT TAR IS GOING UP [000:08:59;08] INTO THEIT IS THE ONLY PLANT THAT [000:09:00;03] CAN DO [000:09:00;20] IT. [000:09:01;21] WE HAVE THE ONLY PLANTS THAT CAN [000:09:03;06] TAKE TAR AND TURN IT INTO OIL. [000:09:06;05] IT IS A SHAME. [000:09:08;28] WE WERE ENERGY INDEPENDENT. [000:09:11;00] WE WILL BE ENERGY DOMINANT. [000:09:13;02] WE WILL BE SUPPLYING OIL TO [000:09:14;02] EUROPE ALL OVER THE WORLD. [000:09:15;13] TRAGIC THING HAPPENED DURING [000:09:16;03] THE ELECTION, IT WAS A TRAGEDY. [000:09:19;17] ALL OF THE PROBLEMS THAT YOU [000:09:21;03] HAVE TODAY, I DON'T THINK HE [000:09:23;11] WOULD HAVE HAD ANY OF THEM. [000:09:24;22] YOU WOULD ONLY HAVE SUCCESS. [000:09:27;24] THAT IS WHAT ULTIMATELY WILL [000:09:28;15] UNIFY THIS COUNTRY AND THIS [000:09:30;12] PARTY. [000:09:34;02] WE HAVE A GREAT REPUBLICAN WITH [000:09:34;24] TREMENDOUS TALENT. [000:09:36;04] WE WANT TO HAVE UNITY, AND WE [000:09:38;18] ARE GOING TO HAVE UNITY. [000:09:42;03] I HAVE BEEN SAYING LATELY, [000:09:44;05] SUCCESS WILL BRING UNITY TO OUR [000:09:45;05] COUNTRY. [000:09:46;05] IT HAPPENED BEFORE WE HAD THE [000:09:48;26] BEST ECONOMY OUR COUNTRY HAS [000:09:49;18] EVER HAD. [000:09:51;07] PEOPLE WERE CALLING ME THAT I [000:09:54;21] WOULD HAVE SAID WOULD NEVER [000:09:55;11] HAPPEN. [000:09:55;21] THEY WANTED TO GET TOGETHER, [000:09:59;13] AFRICAN-AMERICAN, ASIAN [000:10:00;14] AMERICAN, HISPANIC AMERICAN, [000:10:01;21] WOMEN, MEN PEOPLE WITH DIPLOMAS [000:10:04;29] FROM THE BESSCHOOLS IN THE AND PEOPLE [000:10:07;15] THAT DID NOT [000:10:08;09] GRADUATE FROM HIGH SCHOOL, EVERY [000:10:09;22] SINGLE GROUP WAS DOING BETTER [000:10:11;27] THAN BEFORE. [000:10:13;11] IT WAS A BOUR COUNTRY WAS COMING TOGETHER. [000:10:17;02] [APPLAUSE] [000:10:19;04] AND COUNTRY THAT A [000:10:26;04] POLITICAL PERSON USES [000:10:27;27] WEAPONIZATION AGAIPOLITICAL OPPONENT. [000:10:30;20] IT HAPPENS IN OTHER COUNTRIES, [000:10:32;21] BUT THEY ARE THIRD WORLD [000:10:33;22] COUNTRIES. [000:10:35;29] OUNTRY AT [000:10:36;10] OUR BORDERS, AT OUR ELECTIONS [000:10:38;22] AND WE HAVE TO STOP THAT. [000:10:41;24] WE NEED A FAIR AND FREE PRESS. [000:10:43;27] THE PRESS HAS NOT BEEN FAIR, NOR [000:10:46;07] HAS IT BEEN FREE. [000:10:48;01] MAYBE SOMEDAY THEY WILL BE. [000:10:49;01] THEY HAVE BEEN BEATEN UP PRETTY [000:10:50;14] BADLY. [000:10:52;04] PEOPLE ARE NOT BELIEVING THEM. [000:10:56;05] IT IS AN IMPORTANT FACT. [000:11:05;19] WE HAVE TO GET THAT CONFIDENCE [000:11:06;10] BACK. [000:11:07;19] IT IS SO IMPORTANT FOR THE [000:11:09;08] SUCCESS OF OUR COUNTRY. [000:11:10;22] [APPLAUSE] [000:11:18;00] THIS HAS BEEN A DAY THAT WE HAVE [000:11:20;29] BEEN WAITING FOR. [000:11:23;01] I WANT TO THANK MY FAMILY FOR [000:11:24;17] BEING HERE. [000:11:25;05] HAVE A GREAT FAMILY. [000:11:25;21] [APPLAUSE] [000:11:34;03] THEY SAY THANKS A LOT, DAD WE [000:11:36;11] APPRECIATE IT. [000:11:38;04] BUT THEY ARE STRONG AND VERY [000:11:38;24] CAPABLE PEOPLE. [000:11:41;09] THEY LOVE THE COUNTRY, REALLY [000:11:42;20] DO. [000:11:42;28] WE APPRECIATE IT. [000:11:45;13] I WANT TO THANK EVERYBODY, MY [000:11:47;15] STAFF, SUSIE, CHRIS, INCREDIBLE [000:11:51;05] JOB YOU ARE DOING. [000:11:51;22] [APPLAUSE] [000:11:55;26] I READ AN ARTICLE YESTERDAY [000:11:59;14] WHERE IT SAID THIS IS ONE OF THE [000:12:01;11] FINEST RUN CAMPAIGNS THAT ANYONE [000:12:03;10] HAS EVER SEEN. [000:12:04;01] THAT IS PRETTY GOOD, RIGHT? [000:12:09;06] AND WE HAVE NO CHOICE BECAUSE [000:12:11;18] NOVEMBER 5 IS RIGHT AROUND THE [000:12:14;01] NOVEMBER 5 IS GOING TO GO DOWN [000:12:17;16] AS THE SINGLE MOST IMPORTANT DAY [000:12:19;20] IN THE HISTORY OF OUR COUNTRY. [000:12:24;12] [APPLAUSE] [000:12:28;16] [CROWD CHANTING "USA"] [000:12:37;25] MR. TRUMP: WE ARE GOING TO TAKE [000:12:40;26] IT AND WE ARE GOING TO MAKE IT [000:12:42;18] LIKE IT SHOULD BE, RESPECTED. [000:12:46;12] RIGH IS KNOWN [000:12:46;25] AS A JOKE. [000:12:47;08] IT'S SA JOKE. [000:12:49;19] OTHER LEADERS WHO I SPEAK TO [000:12:52;20] CAN'T BELIEVE WHAT HAPPENED TO [000:12:53;13] US. [000:12:55;15] THREE YEARS AGO WE WERE THE MOST [000:12:57;17] RESPECTED COUNTRY ANYWHERE BY [000:12:59;20] FAR. [000:13:01;22] WE WERE DOING THINGS NOBODY [000:13:02;12] COULD [000:13:03;09] CHINA WAS PAYING US BILLIONS OF [000:13:05;10] DOLLARS I. [000:13:07;24] IN 25 YEARS THEY HAVE PAID US [000:13:10;14] I WAS GETTING BILLIONS OF [000:13:11;23] DOLLARS. [000:13:12;15] THEY WERE HAPPY ABOUT IT AS [000:13:13;24] HAPPY AS YOU CAN BE. [000:13:17;18] MAYBE THERE IS REASONS FOR [000:13:18;07] THINGS HAVING HAPPENED. [000:13:20;22] THEY WERE NOT SO HAPPY WITH [000:13:22;03] CERTAIN THINGS I GUESS BASED ON [000:13:25;08] THINGS THAT TOOK PLACE. [000:13:27;28] WE WERE GETTING ALONG WITH [000:13:28;17] EVERYBODY. [000:13:29;29] WE WERE RESPECTED BY EVERYBODY. [000:13:31;00] WE HAD NO WARS, REMEMBER? [000:13:35;05] I HAD THE DEBATE WITH HILLARY [000:13:37;05] CLINTON, SHE SAID LOOK AT THAT [000:13:39;08] PERSONALITY, HE'S GOING TO CAUSE [000:13:40;02] WARS. [000:13:40;11] I SAID MY PERSONALITY WILL KEEP [000:13:42;27] US OUT OF WARS AND THAT IS WHAT [000:13:46;15] HAPPENED. [000:13:46;26] [APPLAUSE] [000:13:53;24] FOR 20 YEARS THEY WERE FIGHTING [000:13:56;13] ISIS. [000:13:56;25] I DEFEATED ISIS IN FOUR WEEKS. [000:14:01;11] ISIS 100%. [000:14:04;15] 100% OF THE ISIS CALIPHATE. [000:14:07;17] AND WE HAD NO WARS. [000:14:09;19] WE STOPPED WARS. [000:14:12;22] WE WERE NOT GETTING ALONG WITH A [000:14:13;14] LOT OF COUNTRIES. [000:14:14;05] ALL OF A SUDDEN, NORTH KOREA [000:14:17;07] WHICH ISPOWER, CAME ALONG. [000:14:19;15] KIM JONG-UN, WE GOT ALONG VERY [000:14:21;18] WELL. [000:14:22;18] WE GOT ALONG VERY WELL WITH [000:14:24;05] CHINA UNTIL COVID, AND THAT WAS [000:14:27;23] A BIT TOO MUCH AS FAR AS I WAS [000:14:28;25] CONCERNED. [000:14:29;26] WE MADE A TRADE DEAL WITH CHINA [000:14:31;15] THAT I DON'T EVEN TALK ABOUT. [000:14:34;00] $50 BILLION A YEAR AND PRODUCT [000:14:35;10] THAT I BOUGHT -- IN PRODUCT THAT [000:14:38;13] THEY BOUGHT FROM OUR FARMERS. [000:14:41;04] COVID, I DON'T EVEN TALK ABOUT [000:14:43;15] THAT BECAUSE COVID WAS SUCH A [000:14:46;29] HORRIBLE THING. [000:14:47;13] IT STARTED IN THE WUHAN LABS, [000:14:50;06] JUST AS I SAID. [000:14:51;00] AND IT CAME IOUT I BELIEVE [000:14:54;15] THROUGH INCOMPETENCE. [000:14:56;04] SOME PEOPLE THINK IT [000:14:59;09] REGARDLESS IT CAUSED $60 [000:15:01;25] TRILLION WORTH OF DAMAGE AND [000:15:02;15] DEATH ALL OVER THE WORLD. [000:15:04;16] AND WE DID A FANTASTIC JOB ON [000:15:07;29] THAT. [000:15:08;20] WE NEVER GOT CREDIT FOR THAT. [000:15:10;22] UNBELIEVABLE JOB ON THAT. [000:15:12;23] WE CAME UP WITH THINGS THAT [000:15:15;09] NOBODY THOUGHT WAS POSSIBLE. [000:15:16;25] NO ONE HAD ANY IDEA WHAT IT WAS. [000:15:20;26] THEY DID NOT EVEN USE THE WORD [000:15:21;17] PANDEMIC. [000:15:22;21] BUT WE DID A FANTASTIC JOB. [000:15:24;22] WE GOT A LOT OF CREDIT FOR THE [000:15:26;07] ECONOMY, FOR OUR FOREIGN POLICY. [000:15:28;26] I THINK CREDIT LIKE VERY FEW [000:15:31;15] PEOPLE HAVE GOTTEN. [000:15:32;01] THE PRESS WAS HONEST ABOUT IT. [000:15:35;01] THEY GAVE US HIGH MARKS ON [000:15:35;20] FOREIGN POLICY, THE ABRAHAM [000:15:37;18] ACCORDS, SO MANY THINGS WE DID. [000:15:41;05] WE NEVER GOT THE KIND OF DUE [000:15:44;19] THAT WE SHOULD HAVE FOR THE [000:15:47;12] COVID, OR AS I CALL IT [000:15:50;16] AFFECTIONATELY, THE CHINESE [000:15:52;17] VIRUS, THE CHINA VIRUS, WHICH IS [000:15:54;02] A MUCH MORE ACCURATE TERM. [000:15:56;21] [APPLAUSE] [000:15:58;23] AND DESPITE THAT, THE STOCK [000:16:01;25] MARKET, WHEN WE TURNED IT OVER [000:16:05;04] THE STOCK MARKET WAS HIGHER [000:16:07;09] PRIOR TO COVID. [000:16:09;02] WE DID IN AMAZING JOB. [000:16:12;05] WE HAD SMANY PEOPLE THAT [000:16:12;23] WORKED ON THAT SO MANY OF THE [000:16:14;20] DOCTORS AND SCIENTISTS. [000:16:17;10] IT WAS REALLY SOMETHING. [000:16:19;11] BUT THERE HAS NEVER BEEN AN [000:16:23;26] ADMINISTRATION THAT HAD MORE [000:16:25;16] SUCCESS IN SO MANY DIFFERENT [000:16:26;06] ELEMENTS. [000:16:27;16] WE GOT THE LARGEST TAX CUTS IN [000:16:29;11] ARGEST REGULATION [000:16:30;04] CUTS IN HISTORY. [000:16:31;04] WE REBUILT OUR MILITARY. [000:16:33;18] AND WHAT HAPPENED WE REBUILT [000:16:37;11] OUR ENTIRE MIL WE HAD JET FIGHTERS [000:16:40;26] THAT WERE 53 [000:16:41;08] YEARS OLD. [000:16:43;25] AND WE HAD ALL BRAND-NEW JET [000:16:45;15] FIGHTERS. [000:16:50;01] AFTER THIS OTHER GROUP OF PEOPLE [000:16:51;10] THAT DID NOT KNOW WHAT THEY WERE [000:16:52;02] DOING, THEY TOOK OVER AND WE HAD [000:16:56;07] THAT HORRIBLE SURRENDER IN [000:16:56;26] AFGHANISTAN. [000:16:58;03] I CALL IT A SURRENDER. [000:17:01;06] WE TOOK THE SHOULDERS OUT FIRST. [000:17:02;19] I DEALT WITH LEADERS OF THE [000:17:04;20] TALIBAN IN AFGHANISTAN. [000:17:06;11] THEY WERE THE ONES CAUSING THE [000:17:08;01] TROUBLE. [000:17:09;14] THE PRESS WERE ANGRY BECAUSE [000:17:10;04] THEY SAID WHY ARE YOU CALLING [000:17:11;03] THEM? [000:17:12;16] I SAID THAT IS WHERE THE PROBLEM [000:17:13;08] IS. [000:17:14;18] THEY ASKED JESSE JAMES, WHY DO [000:17:18;03] YOU ROB BANKS? [000:17:19;21] BECAUSE HE SAID THAT IS WHERE [000:17:21;08] THE MONEY IS. [000:17:22;24] THAT IS WHERE THE PROBLEM IS [000:17:23;26] WITH THE TALIBAN. [000:17:25;08] I SPOKE TO ABDUL. [000:17:29;00] HE IS REALLY THE LEADER OF [000:17:29;19] AFGHANISTAN AND THE TALIBAN A [000:17:31;09] ROUGH GROUP. [000:17:31;21] I SAY DON'T EVER SHOOT OUR [000:17:36;06] WHAT HAPPENED, DURING THE OBAMA [000:17:40;28] ADMINISTRATION PREVIOUSLY, THEY [000:17:43;15] WERE SHOOTING A LOT OF OUR [000:17:46;03] SOLDIERS AND I LET THEM KNOW [000:17:48;07] DON'T EVER LET THAT HAPPEN. [000:17:49;09] I SAID IT IN [000:17:52;03] FASHION. [000:17:53;22] FOR 18 MONTHS, WE LOST NOBODY IN [000:17:57;26] AFGHANISTAN, AND THEN WE HAD [000:18:01;04] WITHDRAWAL WHERE [000:18:01;19] WE LOST 13 SOLDIERS 38 HORRIBLY [000:18:04;18] WOUNDED. [000:18:06;09] LEFT AMERICANS BEHIND. [000:18:08;08] YOU HAVE AMERICANS RIGHT NOW [000:18:09;28] STILL BEHIND, CALL THEM HOSTAGES [000:18:11;22] IF YOU LIKE. [000:18:13;12] WE LEFT 85 BILLION DOLLARS WORTH [000:18:17;14] OF BEAUTIFUL EQUIPMENT BEHIND, [000:18:18;21] JETS AND TANKS AND GOGGLES [000:18:21;27] NIGHT GOGGLES. [000:18:24;18] THEY ARE GOOD FIGHTERS. [000:18:26;18] THEY DID NOT USED TO FIGHT AT [000:18:28;19] NIGHT, BUT NOW THEY DO BECAUSE [000:18:30;06] THEY HAVE GOGGLES. [000:18:31;22] THEY HAVE BETTER GOGGLES THAN WE [000:18:32;14] HAVE. [000:18:33;23] I WANT TO TELL YOU THAT LED TO A [000:18:35;05] LOT OF BAD THINGS. [000:18:36;24] NOW THE WORST THINGS ARE [000:18:38;26] HAPPENING. [000:18:39;27] THE THINGS HAPPENING NOW ARE [000:18:41;25] E AND THEY ARE [000:18:44;03] UNTHINKABLE AT THE BORDER. [000:18:44;23] WE HAVE MILLIONS OF PEOPLE [000:18:49;10] INVADING OUR COUNTRY. [000:18:49;28] THIS IS THE WORST INVASION [000:18:54;00] PROBABLY -- WE HAVE NEVER HAD [000:18:55;19] ANYTHING LIKE IT. [000:18:57;03] NO COUNTRY HAS HAD ANYTHING LIKE [000:18:59;05] IT. [000:19:00;06] THE NUMBER TODAY COULD BE 15 [000:19:01;15] MILLION PEOPLE. [000:19:03;09] AND THEY ARE COMING FROM ROUGH [000:19:06;20] AND DANGEROUS PLACES. [000:19:07;06] WE HAD THAT SHUT DOWN. [000:19:09;09] WHEN JOE BIDEN GOES TO THE BEACH [000:19:13;24] BECAUSE SOMEONE ON HIS STAFF [000:19:15;10] BATHING SUIT -- [000:19:17;00] [LAUGHTER] [000:19:17;22] UNTIL HE CAN'T GET HIS FEET OUT [000:19:20;05] OF THE SAND OR LIFT THE CHAIR [000:19:22;08] WHICH WEIGHS ABOUT NINE OUNCES [000:19:25;02] JOE BIDEN, IF HE HLEFT [000:19:30;11] EVERYTHING ALONE HE COULD HAVE [000:19:31;02] HAD GONE TO THE ACH. [000:19:33;02] WE ARE GOING TO TAKE BACK OUR [000:19:34;03] COUNTRY. [000:19:35;04] [APPLAUSE] [000:19:42;13] WE ARE GOING TO DO IT RIGHT. [000:19:45;13] WE ARE GOING TO HAVE THE [000:19:46;25] GREATEST ECONOMY EVER IN THE [000:19:47;25] HISTORY OF OUR COUNTRY. [000:19:48;24] WE WILL TOP WHAT WE DID. [000:19:53;19] WE ARE GOING TO BECOME AN ENERGY [000:19:55;06] CENTER OF THE WORLD. [000:19:55;22] WE ARE READY TO BECOME ENERGY [000:19:57;21] DOMINANT. [000:19:58;02] THEY STOPPED THAT, BUT WE ARE [000:20:02;00] GOING TO BECOME ENERGY DOMINANT. [000:20:03;23] WE WILL PAY OFF DEBT. [000:20:05;13] WE WILL DO THINGS NO ONE THOUGHT [000:20:06;05] WAS POSSIBLE. [000:20:07;15] WE HAD NOT DONE OUR SECOND PHASE [000:20:08;25] OF THE TAX CUTS. [000:20:10;17] THE DEMOCRATS FOUGHT US VERY [000:20:12;18] HARD. [000:20:13;20] NOW THEY SAY I GUESS THAT WAS [000:20:16;03] PRETTY GOOD BECAUSE WE TOOK IN [000:20:16;24] MUCH MORE REVENUES AFTER WE CUT [000:20:19;26] TAXES, AND THEN WE DID ALL THOSE [000:20:22;12] REGULATION CUTS AND EVERYONE WAS [000:20:25;28] HAPPY AND WE WERE PROUD OF OUR [000:20:26;19] COUNTRY. [000:20:28;00] WE WILL WIN THIS ELECTION [000:20:29;18] BECAUSE WE HAVE NO CHOICE. [000:20:32;02] IF WE LOSE, WE WILL NOT HAVE A [000:20:32;23] COUNTRY LEFT. [000:20:37;06] [APPLAUSE] [000:20:39;09] AND WE ARE GOING TO DO SOMETHING [000:20:42;12] -- THANK YOU VERY MUCH. [000:20:43;13] WE LOVE YOU TOO. [000:20:45;16] AND WE LOVE OUR COUNTRY. [000:20:46;17] AND WE CAN'T LET THIS [000:20:50;00] MAGNIFICENT -- SOME PEOPLE CALL [000:20:52;09] IT AN EXPERIMENT, I DON'T. [000:20:55;05] JUST SAY THIS IS A MAGNIFICENT [000:20:56;05] PLACE, A MAGNIFICENT COUNTRY. [000:20:59;05] IT IS SO SAD TO SEE HOW FAR IT [000:21:01;23] HAS COME AND GONE. [000:21:05;10] WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE DEATHS, WE [000:21:09;20] CANNOT LET THAT HAPPEN. [000:21:10;23] WE WILL CLOSE OUR BORDERS. [000:21:13;14] WE WILL DRILL, BABY DRILL. [000:21:17;16] WE WILL GET THE INFLATION DOWN. [000:21:18;26] AND WE ARE GOING TO MAKE OUR [000:21:24;00] COUNTRY GREATER THAN EVER BEFORE [000:21:25;24] AND WE WILL DO IT QUICKLY. [000:21:27;26] IT IS GOING TO GO FAST. [000:21:29;28] WE HAVE TO GET THE CRIMINALS [000:21:30;18] OUT. [000:21:33;00] WE HAVE MANY CRIMINALS THAT [000:21:33;20] ENTERED OUR COUNTRY. [000:21:35;01] WE HAVE PEOPLE COMING IN FROM [000:21:36;01] SUCH BAD PLACES AND WE WILL HAVE [000:21:38;17] TO GET THEM OUT. [000:21:39;11] WE HAVE MURDERERS BEING [000:21:42;20] DEPOSITED INTO OUR COUNTRY, DRUG [000:21:44;08] DEALERS AT THE HIGHEST LEVELS [000:21:46;08] COMING IN TO OUR COUNTRY. [000:21:49;01] WE HAVE PEOPLE COMING IN THAT [000:21:50;11] SHOULD NOT BE HERE. [000:21:54;05] MANY LARGE PERCENTAGES -- THEY [000:21:56;22] COME IN THROUGH THE CARAVANS. [000:21:59;09] NOW WE FIND THEY COME IN THROUGH [000:22:01;12] AIRPLANES. [000:22:02;13] THIS IS CRAZY. [000:22:03;14] WE ARE GOING TO STOP THEM. [000:22:05;16] WE WILL CLOSE OUR BORDERS. [000:22:07;19] WE WILL HAVE TO DEPORT A LOT OF [000:22:09;03] BAD PEOPLE. [000:22:10;20] OUR COUNTRIES CANNOT LIVE LIKE [000:22:12;11] THIS. [000:22:13;22] OUR CITIES ARE CHOKING TO DEATH. [000:22:15;24] OUR STATES ARE DYING AND FRANKLY [000:22:18;12] OUR COUNTRY IS DYING. [000:22:19;26] WE WILL MAKE AMERICA GREAT [000:22:21;29] AGAIN, GREATER THAN EVER BEFORE. [000:22:24;00] THANK YOU VERY MUCH. [000:22:26;01] BEEN A BIG NIGHT. [000:22:28;01] THANK YOU. [000:22:30;02] [CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] [000:22:34;17] ♪ [000:23:28;28] ♪ [000:24:17;18] O THE T10:00NOY.FIATOR ONLINE AT [000:24:19;09] C-SPAN.ORG. [000:24:20;21] >> TESTIFIES [000:24:23;12] ON THE FEDERALVE'SEE THE FINAN AT [000:24:26;02] 10:00 A.M. [000:24:26;13] EASTERN ON C-SPAN3, C-SPAN NOW [000:24:28;01] OR ONLINE AT C-SPAN.ORG. [000:24:32;04] ♪ [000:24:32;12] >> AS PRESIDENT BIDEN PREPARES [000:24:36;00] FOR HIS STATE OF THE UNION [000:24:37;11] ADDRESS, C-SPAN ENCOURAGES YOU [000:24:38;19] TO ENGAGE AND EXPRESS YOUR [000:24:39;11] OPINION. [000:24:40;12] WE WANT TO KNOW WHICH ISSUE IS [000:24:41;20] MOST IMPORTANT TO YOU AS THE [000:24:44;15] PRESIDENT'S STATE OF THE UNION [000:24:45;15] ADDRESS APPROACHES. [000:24:46;01] >> I AM FROM NEW JERSEY AND ONE [000:24:48;28] OF THE MOST IMPORTANT ISSUES FOR [000:24:49;20] ME THAT I'D LIKE TO HEAR TOUCH UPON [000:24:52;08] IS [000:24:53;09] THE SENTINEL CRISIS AND -- THE [000:24:55;18] FENTANYL CRISIS AND HOW TO DEAL AND [000:24:59;10] ALSO THE LARGE [000:24:59;24] MENTAL HEALTH CRISIS GOING ON IN [000:25:00;24] THIS NATION AND WHAT WE CAN DO [000:25:02;27] TO ADDRESS THOSE PROBLEMS. [000:25:03;22] >> I AM A POSTDOC FELLOW AT JOHN [000:25:06;24] HOPKINS UNIVERSITY. [000:25:08;15] I DO RESEARCH IN HISTORY AND [000:25:12;02] SOCIAL THEORY. [000:25:13;18] I THINK THE MOST IMPORTANT ISSUE [000:25:15;28] I WOULD LOVE TO SEE THE [000:25:16;19] PRESIDENT TOUCH ON THE STATE OF [000:25:17;11] THE UNION IS THE DANGER THAT [000:25:21;28] ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE POSES TO [000:25:23;22] OUR CIVILIZATION, PARTICULARLY [000:25:26;14] IN THE WAY IN WHICH I THINK IT [000:25:27;26] MIGHT UNDERMINE OUR ABILITY TO [000:25:31;00] HAVE A FULLY EMPLOYED ECONOMY [000:25:34;03] AND MIGHT THREATEN OUR CULTURE. [000:25:36;18] >> I AM FROM ST. MISSOURI [000:25:42;09] AND I WOULD LIKE THE PRESIDENT [000:25:43;08] TO CLOSE THE BORDER BECAUSE WE [000:25:46;11] ARE GETTING TOO MANY PEOPLE IN [000:25:47;09] HERE. [000:25:49;27] IT IS JUST GETTING OVERWHELMING [000:25:50;19] AND A LOT OF CRIME. [000:25:51;08] >> I AM FROM NEW JERSEY. [000:25:56;04] I WOULD LIKE TO SEE THE [000:25:58;07] PRESIDENT ADDRESS ANYTHING [000:25:59;07] RELATED TO GAZA AND PALESTINE. [000:26:01;09] IT IS VERY IMPORTANT RIGHT NOW. [000:26:03;28] IT SUCKS TO SEE IGNORANCE AND [000:26:07;15] PEOPLE CHOOSING TO LOOK AT IT IN [000:26:08;07] ONE WAY. [000:26:08;25] >> WATCH THE STATE OF THE UNION [000:26:11;18] ADDRESS LIVE THURSDAY AT 8:00 [000:26:14;01] P.M. EASTERN ON C-SPAN, C-SPAN [000:26:15;22] NOW, OR ONLINE AT C-SPAN.ORG. [000:26:24;21] >> C-SPAN IS YOUR UNFILTERED [000:26:27;11] VIEW OF GOVERNMENT. [000:26:29;25] WE ARE FUNDED BY THESE [000:26:30;12] TELEVISION COMPANIES AND MORE, [000:26:31;25] INCLUDING CHARTER [000:26:33;05] COMMUNICATIONS. [000:26:33;19] >> CHARTER IS PROUD TO BE [000:26:37;12] RECOGNIZED AS ONE OF THE BWE ARE JUST [000:26:38;06] GETTING STARTED. [000:26:41;02] BUILDING 100,000 MILES OF NEW [000:26:42;04] INFRASTRUCTURE TO [000:26:44;14] CHARTER COMMUNI [000:26:45;25] SE [000:26:46;02] PROVIDERS, GIVING YOU [000:26:46;19] A FRONT ROW SEAT TO DEMOCRACY.