Remarks: Donald Trump Signs an Executive Order on Automobile Repairs - June 29, 2026

Hello. Guys all ready? Let's go get them. Well, thank you very much. We have a big ruling that we're just issuing now. It's a -- uh, I think it's very important, going to lower the price of your car. It's going to lower the price of fixing your car. Uh, it has to do with, uh, affordability, has to do with a lot of things.

You know, oil prices are way down. Uh, we hit $69 today. It was higher than that prior to the denuclearization of Iran, a fight that we have, which we're doing very well. There'll be a meeting on that tomorrow, and Doha. And, uh, to go into Qatar. I think they've already left, or they're just about getting ready to leave, so we'll see how that goes, but we're doing very well on that front.

But the meeting in Doha is going to be, uh, perhaps important, perhaps not. We're going to find out. But we're winning militarily. It's almost won militarily, I would say. Uh, and it's really very simple; it's the denuclearization of Iran. We don't want them to have a nuclear weapon, and they're not going to have a nuclear weapon, and they've agreed to that, in all fairness.

Uh, this is something that's very exciting to me and if you bring the bill and I'm going to let Lee explain exactly what it means, but it means a lot to people that own vehicles, uh, cars in particular, but cars and anything else. Uh, it's going to save them a lot of money and they're going to be able to do it themselves.

Please.

Mr. President, this is a presidential memo to the Environmental Protection Agency, a presidential memo supporting the freedom to fix. Americans have the freedom to fix their vehicle. President Trump insists upon it. We are not going to be going after people who are fixing their own vehicle, like past administrations have.

Additionally, we've been concerned, President Trump has been concerned about aftermarket parts, cheap knockoff aftermarket parts coming into the United States, harming small businesses, harming Americans. This presidential memo puts an end to it. Also, the only third-party certification for these aftermarket parts is CARB in California, a process that's backlogged and faulty.

So we're going to break that monopoly and no longer will CARB be the only third-party certifier for these aftermarket parts. Uh, again, President Trump is insisting on fixing it. This presidential memo does that. President Trump was calling me up on a Saturday night when this idea first came to his head, and he says he wants to do a press conference right away to get this over the top, in February.

February 2nd, we signed a right to repair for our farmers so that they can repair their tractors and their non-road equipment and this is covering everyone else.

I mean, think about it, they -- it came to my attention because I noticed they were arresting people for fixing their car. They were arresting people for fixing -- that's not even believable. Anyway, so it's right to fix and I think it's really common sense. If somebody wants to fix -- some of these people have better mechanics than the mechanics in the shop.

They're telling the mechanic in the shop how to fix their car or their truck. We signed a truck one a little while ago. So I'm going to sign this and I'll be happy about it. We rule by common sense to a large extent. All right, Lee, good job. Thank you.

Thank you, sir.

Great. OK? Can you imagine that? They want to put you in jail if you fix your car. Thank you, ma'am. Uh, do you have any questions?

Mr. President, what do you make of the Supreme Court ruling today in regards to the mail-in ballots? And what comes next for the SAVE Act after today's ruling?

Well, because of the mail-in ballot, uh, ruling, which was a little bit surprising, gives people more time to vote illegally, let's say, but the SAVE Act is even more important, and that's the right -- you have to be a citizen of our country. OK? You have to show you're a citizen of our country, called citizenship.

Uh, voter ID by photo, photo voter ID, and no mail-in ballots unless you're in the military disabled, you're ill or you're away or even on a vacation. We're being very open about it, it's pretty easy. And we'll have honest elections but the ruling, which a lot of people were waiting for, that was a ruling that was -- I think it was very detrimental to honest elections.

But it is what it is. Basically, they're keeping it a little bit the way it is now. They may have a little bit of a restriction on based on the wording.

Mr. President, [Inaudible] about firing the parliamentarian?

And then you have the very important one, the slaughter case, which we'll talk about, if you ask that question. But the parliamentarian, what were you asking about, parliamentarian?

Have you talked with Thune about --

I have -- no, I can't imagine why you'd keep a woman that was put there by Harry Reid and Barack Hussein Obama. I cannot understand it. Uh, the leader has the right to fire the person at will and put somebody else there, that could be -- because we get so many negative rulings from her, the parliamentarian.

She's been there for years, and she was put there by Harry Reid and Barack Hussein Obama. Harry Reid was a bad guy, and he was the leader and he put her. And the speaker has the right to immediately fire her and put somebody else there, and it's not even believable that she's still there. She's obviously a good politician or something.

Mr. President, question on the Slaughter case, the Supreme Court just affirmed your right to fire the heads of independent agencies. Should we expect more firings as a result of this ruling?

No. No, I don't think so. It gives me the right. And not me, it gives a president the right to do what the president should have the right to do. And it's very interesting. It's a big ruling. It's been going on for almost 100 years, they've been working on this. And, you know, that it comes down that my term is a very great honor, but it bestows additional powers or maybe the same power on the president.

The president has the right to do this, and that has to do with a lot of agencies all throughout the system. So it was -- it's considered, you know, the biggest of the group. And I can understand it -- this has been going on for almost a hundred years, they've been waiting for this decision. Yes?

Thank you, Mr. President. You were posting about how important it is to get the SAVE America Act passed. Who do you see as the biggest hurdle to getting this across the finish line?

Well, it's held up in the Senate. And, frankly, if you terminated the filibuster, you just need 50 votes and we have 53. And then you have JD. So the Democrats are going to terminate the filibuster. But if you did reconciliation, you could do it with 50 votes. I mean, the best would be to terminate the filibuster.

But for some reason -- but you have the same basic people. But even Rand Paul is in favor of the SAVE America Act, if he can believe it. Think of it. Rand Paul is strongly in favor; he's fighting for it, So that's good news. But you would have, uh, Lisa Murkowski, always against things like this. Nobody knows why.

I think I know why. But you have Lisa Murkowski; you have Susan Collins. You have, uh, Tillis, he's against and he's not in office because of me, so he holds me -- you know, because I wouldn't endorse him. I think you have Senator Cassidy against it, too.

I think he supports it this time.

And I think you have Mitch McConnell against it, too. Mitch McConnell, who's very disloyal to John Thune. You know, John Thune was a very good person for him. I mean, he was a very loyal person. And Mitch McConnell is against him almost all the time, because he's angry, I guess, probably at me.

Mr. President?

Yeah, please.

What about Democrats, Mr. President? Are there any you think you could change their minds?

The Democrats should do it too. I mean, you'll probably get one Democrat who's, you know, a common sense Democrat. You know who that is. And, uh, everybody should vote for this. This is The SAVE America Act, voter ID with photo ideally, but voter ID, proof of citizenship and no mail-in ballots, which is, to my way of thinking, maybe the most important of all because it's so corrupt.

But you have exceptions, if you're away, exceptions for the military, their deployed, exception; illness, disability, you have exceptions, strong exceptions. But the cheating on the ballots, the mail-in ballot -- Jimmy Carter said it a long time ago, he said, you can't have mail-in ballots. he headed up a committee with Scoop Jackson and others, all respected.

And he actually -- I think it was Jimmy Carter's finest moment, not during president. But he headed up a committee and he said he came out with a strong conclusion that if you do mail-in ballots, there's going to be cheating. France gave it up. We're the only country in the world that does this type of mail-in ballot.

There's no other country in the world. You know why? They tried it and it was totally dishonest. And it's really dishonest. So we shouldn't do mail-in ballots. So it's not too much to ask for voter ID, proof of citizenship and no mail-in ballots and you'll have honest elections.

What are your plans for the housing bill, Mr. President? Are you --

I don't know. I think it's so unimportant by compared to -- by compared to the SAVE America Act. I think the SAVE America Act is exactly what it says, it's saving America from crooked elections. And the housing bill is a bill that can get approved. They worked on it long and hard. It's very bipartisan. That means the Democrats like it. I think it's, uh, maybe even, uh, it's probably maybe more that way.

They're getting things that I wouldn't necessarily agree to. Nobody knows more than housing in the history of the presidency, nobody -- nobody -- well, like me in housing. I made a lot Ð I made a lot of money -- I made a lot of money with housing. Uh, but when I look at that bill, it's a bill. But when I look at the SAVE America Act, it's about saving America, and I'd like to have to SAVE America Act added on. Now, that's probably not going to happen because we have four Republican Senators, maybe five, that just won't vote for it. It's crazy.

Somebody ought to -- Lisa Murkowski from Alaska. Nobody's done more for Alaska than me. She's a Trump deranged; what can I tell you? But those four or five people that I mentioned should vote. How do you vote against SAVE America? How do you vote against it? How do you vote against voter identification or proof of citizenship?

The only people that would vote against that are people that are going to cheat in an election. The Democrats need it because their policy is so bad. They want open borders, they want high taxes, they want terrible medical -- anything medical. I'm the one that did Favored Nations. I'm reducing drug prices by 200, 300, 400 percent.

Nobody even talks about -- the news doesn't talk about it. The Democrats are opposed to it. If they get into office, they'll put it back. Your drug prices are going to go up by 200, 300, 400, 500 percent. You know that. But will you sign that housing bill -- I have not -- it hasn't been sent to me yet. It's coming, I understand, and then I'll make -- then I'll make --

Will you rule out [Inaudible]

Here's what I would like to say, much more than a bill, the big deal, it's a yawn. Some people say, it's wonderful. To me, compared to the SAVE America Act, just about everything is a big yawn.

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-- [Inaudible] birthright citizenship is next. What are your thought -- birthright citizenship. What are your thoughts and will you accept it if it rules against you -- Well, I guess I have to accept.

It's the Supreme Court, so I'll accept, I think it's very bad for our nation. We're the only nation that does it. No other nation does that birthright citizenship. No, not even close. Some did it, they ended it. It's tremendously destructive. it's extremely costly. I don't know. It's up to them. But in terms of for the good of the country, it would be great if they didn't allow it. It would be great, but I can't tell you.

Uh, the slaughter case was the big case today that was really a big case because it gave strength to presidents and strength to the presidency a very important case. It's been going on for almost a hundred years, think of that, and this was the ruling that that really topped everything by a lot today. Yeah.

Mr. President, Zohran Mamdani said in an interview this week that he was open to being the poster child for socialist candidates are you worried about more socialist candidates across America?

Well, I think it's a big threat to our nation, actually, because it's not socialism, it's really communism. They use the word social Democrat because it sounds so nice, but it's really communism you're talking about. I think it's the biggest threat to our nation there is, maybe since our founding, that includes World War I, World War II, September 11th. It includes the Pearl Harbor attack.

I think this is the biggest threat to our nation. People will smile when I say that, but the smart people are going to say, you know, he's probably right. It's basically introducing communism into the United States of America. There's never been anything so dangerous. Thank you very much, everybody.

Thank you, press. Thank you, guys. Thank you, all. Thank you so much. Thank you, guys. Thank you, guys. Thank you. Thank you.