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Speech: Donald Trump Addresses a Midterm Political Rally in Mobile, Alabama - October 2, 2026

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Donald Trump 00:00:00-00:00:55 (56 sec)

[Audience chants "USA"] Wow, thank you. Thank you very much. And I want to say a very special hello to a place called Mobile, Mobile because, I don't know if you know, it sort of all began here. We had a little hotel, and the hotels called up. I was coming to speak, and they called, they said, "We can't take it. We're being inundated." This is the first, you know, then he said, "Look, there's a convention center." Said, "Go to the convention center." So we signed up for the conven- -- and the convention center said, "We can't take it. There's too many people." So I said, "Where the hell do we go?" They sent us to a stadium someplace here, right?

Donald Trump 00:00:55-00:01:37 (42 sec)

You know that. And we packed the stadium, and the rest is history. [Inaudible] It's right here in Mobile. And a very, very special to the people of Alabama. We love Alabama. And [Inaudible] to watch a football game between Georgia and Alabama. They say it's gonna be a good game. I would think so. So let's see.

Donald Trump 00:01:37-00:02:08 (31 sec)

One is rated number two, one's rated number seven, but that doesn't matter too much at this stage. So let's say, will Alabama or Georgia win that game? I thought you said. I thought you said. But as you know, we all together working together. It's been an amazing state. We won the state all three times, all three elections, and we had another very great distinction.

Donald Trump 00:02:08-00:02:42 (34 sec)

And that distinction is we got the highest vote total of any candidate in Alabama history. Now explain. Well, we had, I wouldn't say, I wouldn't say Kamala and Joe were the toughest, but they were candidates. But I'm here to say really more than anything, elections, you have Tommy, of all these guys, they're gonna win, but you gotta still, you gotta get out and vote.

Donald Trump 00:02:42-00:03:12 (30 sec)

But, uh, well, we have one new one that's coming. I'm gonna talk a little bit about Mr. Marques. We gotta get h- [Inaudible]. And I'm here. Where the hell are you, Marques? He's around here someplace. Where are you? We're gonna say hello to him. New, it's fresh. It's brand-new -- twice. And I see you're doing great in the polls.

Donald Trump 00:03:12-00:03:57 (45 sec)

We gotta make sure. The rest of these guys, they're so high. The only reason, uh, really I'm here, like last night I went to- by a lot, and then I went to Oklahoma and they say, "Why is he going to Texas?" Uh -- the counties. The only one that's done that ever in history. 77 out of 77- Reagan and Richard Nixon, 50, s- -- they said, "Why are you doing it?" And I said, "You know, I win-" like 55, I think 55 points.

Donald Trump 00:03:57-00:04:40 (43 sec)

They said, "Why are you going to Alabama? Why are you going to Oklahoma? Why are you going to Texas?" But, you know, especially in the- Ken Paxton has to win -- gonna win your races. Oklahoma and Alabama, I'm here to say hello. I love you, and I'm coming really as a sign of respect. So, or there's some tight- And by the way, you have a Senate candidate who's my friend.

Donald Trump 00:04:40-00:04:56 (15 sec)

He's so strong. He's winning all the way. But I'm here really because, you know, sometimes even though you don't have to come here, you gotta pay respect to, the -- so that's, And on top of it, I come next week too, like to watch a football game, but I like football and I like that- that- Like, it looks like we're gonna be passing something.

Donald Trump 00:04:56-00:05:10 (14 sec)

Hopefully we're gonna pa- -- and, uh, we're gonna pass something that brings sanity to colla- It was easier. We haven't done it yet, this- And we had a lot of, uh, help, bipartisan help. Can you believe it? It's shocking. We were very honored by that. And now it goes back to the House, and hopefully the Hou- you get a lot of bipartisan vote there.

Donald Trump 00:05:10-00:05:24 (14 sec)

Speaker and we'll get that one done and J- -- Mike Johnson and Senator Cantwell, who has been really great. She's been great. She's on the other side, you know, but she's been great. But we, Tommy Tuberville as your next governor. You know, Tommy was a, I didn't know him, I just knew him Tu- -- but I knew of him.

Donald Trump 00:05:24-00:05:41 (16 sec)

He, problem, I said. He can't, and Jose said, "I can't." He beat, I got to get, I remember that. I remember that. I never forget. But he's gonna be, uh, he's a leader. He's an amazing guy, respected. So, we miss him. But the good news is Barry Moore is gonna take his place and -- [Inaudible]. And, but I knew how well we did and everyone else did too.

Donald Trump 00:05:41-00:05:49 (9 sec)

And I said -- be able. And that's what we did. We had record numbers. We won all seven swing states. We won the, we won the popular vote. We won every vote you could win. We did great and it was an honor to do it. And now we have the hottest country anywhere in the world. We are the hottest country anywhere in the world.

Donald Trump 00:05:49-00:06:01 (11 sec)

But today, I'm bringing some good news to the people of Alabama because earlier, Secretary of Transportation Sean Duffy, who is doing a fantastic job, a lot better than Buttigieg. Remember Buttigieg, he'd drive his bike to work? He'd drive a, he'd take a bike to work all the time, down a highway. Give me a break.

Donald Trump 00:06:01-00:06:21 (20 sec)

But Sean Duffy helped break ground on the brand-new I-10 Corridor and Bridge project connecting Mobile and Eastern Shore, all made possible by $3 billion in funding from the Trump administration, and we were proud to do it. And this is the largest infrastructure project in the history of Alabama by far. So, Tommy, you're gonna spend the money wisely. You're not gonna have cost overruns.

Donald Trump 00:06:21-00:07:23 (62 sec)

Please, not like the Fed building in Washington, where the head of the Federal Reserve, to do a little renovation, spent $3.5 billion. I would -- can you imagine? We could build the bridge for less than these couple of little buildings that they touched up. What a disgrace. And he's telling us about interest rates, this guy.

Donald Trump 00:07:23-00:07:59 (36 sec)

But, Tommy, no overruns, please, if you don't mind. You know all about that, right? It's a lot of money, $3 billion. Well, maybe I'll be happy. Maybe they'll name the bridge after me, and I'll be happy. I'll be happy. Then I'll say, "You can have overruns. I don't care. Have some overruns." Then I'll say, "Have all the overruns you want.

Donald Trump 00:07:59-00:08:20 (20 sec)

Make it just absolutely, make it that greatest bridge in the world." But you're going to, but you're going to, he's fantastic. The last time the radical Democrats had power, they gave you the worst inflation in American history, the highest energy prices in American history, the worst trade deficit in American history.

Donald Trump 00:08:20-00:10:58 (159 sec)

They allowed 25 million people to pour across our borders from all over the world. They came from all over the world. And just remember this, you remember the scene of 25 million people unchecked and unvetted pouring into our country. If they win the midterms, they will do everything possible to open up those borders and screw up our country and do it again.

Donald Trump 00:10:58-00:11:32 (34 sec)

And we're not gonna let that happen. And I said, "Well, we're just not gonna let it happen. It's, uh, it's such a big deal. I really believe, hey, by the way, if you guys wanna sit down, can you imagine, you know, it's an honor. Everybody, all these guys up front, they're loaded with cash. Sit down. We even have the Front Row Joes.

Donald Trump 00:11:32-00:12:04 (32 sec)

They follow us and we have the most incredible people, the beautiful women of North Carolina. They followed me to 312 rallies. Can you believe it? Well, I think the Front Row Joes are at about 900. I mean, but they're, they're totally crazy. But the beautiful women, North Carolina, they follow me all over and I say, and they're happily married.

Donald Trump 00:12:04-00:12:29 (25 sec)

Are you happily married or just married? They're happily married. No, they're great. They've been so loyal and, and like really amazing. Very, very, uh, successful people, beautiful people. And we appreciate it. Thank you. Thank you. Look at them. I can always tell they're always so prim and proper, so beautifully dressed and nice and beautiful.

Donald Trump 00:12:29-00:12:49 (20 sec)

Thank you very much. We appreciate it. And thank you very much, Front Row Joes. I don't know how you always get front row seats, but thank you. Appreciate it. On November 3rd, we're going to tell the radical left Democrats that we have not forgotten the disasters they created, and we're never going back.

Donald Trump 00:12:49-00:13:18 (29 sec)

We're never going back to that hellhole that we lived in for four years, a laughingstock. We're a laughingstock. Less than two years ago, the, I'll be nice, Democrats handed us the dark age of America. We quickly turned that into what's now called the Golden Age of America. This is the golden age of America.

Donald Trump 00:13:18-00:13:41 (23 sec)

Tommy, you guys are taking over the golden age. This is a golden age. Our nation is doing better now than ever before, but the fake news media right back then, ooh, that's a lot of fake news. But the fake news media refuses to talk about our record-setting numbers, so I have to do it myself and I do it. It was just announced that under Republican leadership, median income for hardworking Americans have soared to the highest level.

Donald Trump 00:13:41-00:14:03 (22 sec)

Think of it, median income. What's more important than that? The highest level ever recorded. More Americans are working today than at any time in the history of our country. Think of that. They don't, they don't report that stuff. They keep talking about affordability. You know, it's af- -- it's a word that the Democrats gave.

Donald Trump 00:14:03-00:14:28 (25 sec)

They created a tremendous problem, the worst inflation in history. I took over, and in my first news conference on January 21st at a news, a day after, a day after that beautiful day we had in quite cold weather, the inauguration, a day later I had a news conference and they said, "Affordability." I said, "I just got here.

Donald Trump 00:14:28-00:14:55 (27 sec)

What do they mean?" It's a, they're phonies. They lie. We've done nothing but bring prices way down. And when the war with Iran is over, which is gonna be very soon, number one, Iran will never have a nuclear weapon. Never have a nuclear weapon. Never. Can't have a nuclear weapon. Because they're crazy.

Donald Trump 00:14:55-00:15:27 (32 sec)

No, they're never gonna have a nuclear weapon. And by the way, this should have done, been done by other presidents for years, or another country. You know, we always have to do the dirty work, but it should have been done for years and years. This has gone on now for 51 years, the bully of the Middle East.

Donald Trump 00:15:27-00:16:03 (36 sec)

And, uh, they'll never have a nuclear weapon. And as you can see, they have no Navy, they have no Air Force, they have no radar, they have no anti-aircraft. Their economy is down the tubes. They have one thing they really do have. It's called inflation. They have about 310% inflation. And we'll see what happens, but as soon as, it's gonna end very soon, probably right after the election.

Donald Trump 00:16:03-00:16:48 (45 sec)

But as soon as it does end, oil prices will come tumbling down. But remember, before I even say that, everybody knows. Everybody knows it. You know, we had the best numbers of, actually, we have better numbers now than we did before. The stock market's at an all-time high. 82 times during a short period of time, year and a half, the stock markets hit all-time highs. 401(k)s, the highest in the history of our country by 40%. But remember about the oil, you're paying a price, but boy, is that a small price than what it would be if these lunatics were allowed to have a nuclear weapon and used it on Mobile, Alabama.

Donald Trump 00:16:48-00:17:20 (32 sec)

Okay, not gonna happen. And we've had tremendous support. We've really had great support. But, uh, you'll see the ra- -- those come down. Remember, the oil prices now are lower than they were under Biden. And Biden didn't do anything about nuclear weapons. He didn't do anything about anything. The guy was sleeping all the time. He couldn't do anything.

Donald Trump 00:17:20-00:17:44 (23 sec)

Also, the poverty rate has just reached its lowest level in American history. Think of that. So you have the best on the upside of the best, the best poverty numbers in the history of our country. African American poverty, Hispanic American poverty, and Native American poverty rates are all at the lowest levels, meaning the best numbers ever recorded.

Donald Trump 00:17:44-00:18:20 (37 sec)

And another stat, and we have to tell you the stats because the fake news won't do it. You don't hear this stuff. And these are right out of the book. These aren't Trump numbers, they're not your numbers. They're not any, these are right smack out of the book. And if they weren't, I'll have breaking news tomorrow. "He lied, he lied.

Donald Trump 00:18:20-00:18:54 (34 sec)

I swear he lied." They go crazy. "He's got the Pinocchio," they call me if I lie. "Pinocchio." I don't lie. American exports. Listen to this though, because remember when Barack Hussein Obama, do you know Barack Hussein Obama? Did you ever hear of Barack? Barack Hussein Obama said, "Manufacturing will never come back to America." We're setting records in manufacturing.

Donald Trump 00:18:54-00:19:20 (25 sec)

Listen to this. Records. And when those plants and factories all over the country, thousands of them, $21 trillion being invested in our country, five times more than ever invested in any country before. They're building plants, they're building factories, they're building medical facilities, all the big drug companies, pharmaceutical companies.

Donald Trump 00:19:20-00:19:48 (29 sec)

There's never been anything like, when they open in a year, year and a half from now, you'll see numbers like this country, like no country, has ever seen. But American exports are at their all-time, I think of it, "Exports." We send things out, people pay us. The American exports just hit the highest level by far that they've ever had or hit before.

Donald Trump 00:19:48-00:20:23 (35 sec)

Export. And less than two years ago, our country was dead. Remember that? I told you the king of Saudi Arabia was talking to me. He said, "You know, sir, just a short time ago, your country was dead. The whole Middle East, the whole world was laughing at you, and now you have the hottest country anywhere in the world." We do. We have the hottest country in the world.

Donald Trump 00:20:23-00:20:59 (36 sec)

And in four long years of the crooked Joe Biden administration, they got less than $1 trillion of a, much less, of new investment. So in four years, they got less, much less, about half that number, than one trillion, so at one trillion for four years, we've done 21 trillion in 15 months. Think of that. But you don't hear it from these phonies.

Donald Trump 00:20:59-00:21:41 (42 sec)

You don't hear it from the fake news. They don't like it. I don't know what their problem is. You know, you'd think they'd love us. You'd think they'd like to have a strong country, strong military. They don't like strong military. If I go in to build a battleship, I said, "We wanna build some battleships." We build them ourselves, right?

Donald Trump 00:21:41-00:22:03 (22 sec)

I said, "We wanna build -- " The fake news goes crazy. Why? Why are they [Laughs] going crazy? They don't wanna see us succeed. They tried to say, when we blew out their Navy, blew out their Air Force, when we knocked the hell out of Iran just a few months ago, The New York Times, The New York Times and a lot of the fake news was saying that Iran was doing wonderfully.

Donald Trump 00:22:03-00:22:22 (19 sec)

They just lost their Navy, their Air Force. They lost everything, including their leaders, by the way. They lost one set of leaders. Then they lost another set of leaders. Then they lost half of a third set, and they had a little runoff for who wants to be president, and there were no participants. Everyone said, "I don't -- I don't wanna be." And it's part of our problem.

Donald Trump 00:22:22-00:22:54 (32 sec)

I don't know who the hell to deal with. There's nobody to [Laughs] deal with. Nobody wants to be president. I'd say, "Who do I speak to in Iran?" There's not nobody around. Knock, knock. Nobody home. But that war's gonna be over soon, one way or the other. One way or the other, it's gonna end very soon, and probably right after the midterms.

Donald Trump 00:22:54-00:23:18 (24 sec)

But it's gonna end very soon and oil's gonna come plummeting down lower, I think maybe even lower than it was when I had it, I was in Iowa making a speech and I passed two gas stations, and I noticed, I look at these crazy things, you know? [Laughs] In the old days, I didn't look so much. Once you become a politician, you tend to look.

Donald Trump 00:23:18-00:23:42 (24 sec)

How much is gasoline [Laughs] at this moment in time? $1.95 and $1.85, right? That was in Iowa, a beautiful place, Iowa, and it's amazing. But in Alabama, Mercedes-Benz is investing $4 billion to expand its plant in a place called Tuscaloosa. Have you ever heard of it? Have you? [Laughs] Have you ever heard of Tuscaloosa, Tommy?

Donald Trump 00:23:42-00:24:10 (29 sec)

Look at Wesley. You know, Wesley was an All-American for four years. The guy's a monster. Stand up, Wesley. I'll tell you what. All-American, and he was 11 years in the NFL, and he was an All-Pro. He was a good, you know, when I first met Katie, I saw this monster alongside of her. She's a beautiful, normal-sized human being.

Donald Trump 00:24:10-00:25:02 (51 sec)

And this massive guy was next to her, and I [Laughs] said, "I don't wanna have my picture taken next to him." But now I don't mind. He's great. What a great couple. Thank you. Thank you, Katie, for doing so. Thank you, Wesley. Thank you. Great football player. U.S. Steel is investing $475 million in its plant in Birmingham.

Donald Trump 00:25:02-00:25:47 (45 sec)

You know that? Eli Lilly, great company, is investing $6 billion to create a brand-new factory in Huntsville, and the steel company ArcelorMittal is investing $1.2 billion to build an advanced steel manufacturing facility to go along with the one they already have. And they're incredible. What a great [Inaudible]. And that doesn't include all this space stuff that I've, you know, I, I, in my first term, I created, I'm very proud of it, Space Force.

Donald Trump 00:25:47-00:26:14 (27 sec)

We were way behind China and Russia, and now we're way ahead of both. We're ahead of everybody, and I put so much, I put practically everything in Alabama. Wouldn't you say everything? I think everything, Katie. I like Alabama. You know, they have, you got so many things in Space, nobody even knows what the hell's going on [Laughs] over here.

Donald Trump 00:26:14-00:26:41 (27 sec)

But with Tommy's support, my administration also invested $30 billion to revitalize American shipbuilding, and we just opened a brand-new facility to build U.S. Navy submarines in Cherokee, Alabama, and we're now building brand-new Coast Guard cutters right here in Mobile Bay. And I could go, um, honestly, they know.

Donald Trump 00:26:41-00:27:01 (19 sec)

I could go on for an hour, saying all of the things that we've done to get you going, all of the things that are happening in this area, but it gets boring after a while, right? [Laughs] Somebody's spending 200 million. Somebody's spending two billion. Everyone starts to fall asleep. But nobody has ever done for a state what I've done for Alabama.

Donald Trump 00:27:01-00:27:54 (53 sec)

Nobody has, so I'm very proud. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. So our country is doing so well. Thank you very much. Under Republican leadership that only I can make this promise, this is a big promise, but gonna happen. Oh, the Democrats are going crazy. If Republicans win the House of Representatives and the Senate, I am going to give all adult citizens in the United States of America $5,000. And remember, Republicans only can do it and Democrats, the Democrats can't because we're taking in massive amounts of money through tariffs and record-setting economic success like you're having here.

Donald Trump 00:27:54-00:28:28 (34 sec)

But the Democrat policies won't allow this to happen. In fact, it's the exact opposite. They wanna raise your taxes substantially. They wanna cut off everything that's good, all of the things that we've gotten you, no tax on tips, no tax on overtime, no tax on Social Security for your senior. You know, those three things, how pure is that?

Donald Trump 00:28:28-00:29:15 (47 sec)

We didn't get one Democrat vote, not one. We passed it only with Republicans. But if the Democrats win, you will have an economic depression, in my opinion, the likes of 1929, not a good time. If the Republicans win, you will each have $5,000 in your pocket and economic success for our country like we have never seen before.

Donald Trump 00:29:15-00:30:00 (45 sec)

And remember, just to sort of remind you, just recently I gave all members of the United States military $1,776. It's already gone out. You've already spent the money and everyone said that that couldn't be done. Now, there is a caveat to the $5,000. You have to spend it in the United States, okay? And you know, in the 1776, Katie, you saw that, you were there.

Donald Trump 00:30:00-00:31:07 (67 sec)

So I said, I wanna give something, a dividend to our soldiers, our great military. What a great, we have the greatest. How about the blockade? How do you think the blockade is there? We caught a wall of steel. But some of these guys where Arcadia was there, they put a statement on my, it was $1,775. So it was 1775. I said, "Did anybody ever think that for $1 more, you could be 1776? That's very special." I said, "Can we afford for our soldiers, our great warriors, can we afford $1 more so we can -- " They said, "Yes, sir, we can." I thought they were gonna say that.

Donald Trump 00:31:07-00:31:49 (42 sec)

And we did 1776. And by the way, by the way, everybody said that could never be done, but that was done. And we did it quickly, Tommy, we did it quickly, we did it easily, and everybody loved it. The Trump dividend is approximately $1 trillion, but we have a record-setting $21 trillion that's being invested in our country in just 15 months.

Donald Trump 00:31:49-00:32:23 (34 sec)

It's very handleable, and when you spend it and recirculate it in our country, it costs us far less than it sounds. So we're gonna do that $5,000 for everybody if we win. We gotta win. And yesterday I also announced that we're sending refund checks for $500 to 1 million families were overcharged by Obamacare for years, they were overcharged.

Donald Trump 00:32:23-00:32:52 (30 sec)

They were ripped off by the worst health care. And we, we found it. They knew about it. They never chose to do it because it made their numbers look better. But the choice in this election is very simple. And we sent out that money. We just sent it out, billions of dollars back to people. Nobody knew it. We found it out.

Donald Trump 00:32:52-00:33:17 (25 sec)

You know how we found it out? We're looking for fraud. We have found so much fraud. We don't wanna let the Democrats come back. So you can vote for the radical left, Democrat communists to loot your wealth, raise your taxes by $5 trillion is what the biggest, they wanna give you the biggest tax increase in history.

Donald Trump 00:33:17-00:33:43 (26 sec)

Annihilate your borders, open them up, shut down Alabama steel plants and shipyards, mutilate your children -- transgender, transgender mutilization. They call it the mutilization of your children. They should be ashamed of themselves. Have men like Wesley playing in women's sports. Wesley, how do you think you do in women's sports?

Donald Trump 00:33:43-00:34:13 (30 sec)

I think it would be, he'd survive. [Laughs] He would survive. And that would be, he wouldn't even know. Just, he'd be trying to tackle him. He would think it was -- [Laughter] -- no, he's not -- he's not scared. He's not worried. And give 25 million illegal aliens amnesty. That's what they wanna do. They wanna give amnesty to everybody that came into our country illegally.

Donald Trump 00:34:13-00:34:52 (39 sec)

Or you can defeat the Democrat communists and vote for more money in your pockets, bigger paychecks for your families, lower taxes, less crime, more Alabama steel and more Alabama shipyards. And amnesty for illegal aliens will not happen. If you wanna turn America into a poor, crime-ridden, communist third-world nation, I suggest you vote for the Democrats.

Donald Trump 00:34:52-00:35:21 (29 sec)

If you wanna keep America the strongest, most successful nation the world has ever seen, we are right now more respected than at any time in the history of our country. And that's with a bad press. And if you want all of those great things that we just talked about, you have to vote Republican. You have to vote for these people.

Donald Trump 00:35:21-00:35:42 (22 sec)

You have to vote for these people. So just think of what the Trump administration, our Republican majorities have accomplished in less than two years' time. Nobody's ever seen this before. Nobody's ever done it. We have the most successful -- it's not two years, it's substantially less -- the most successful presidency in history.

Donald Trump 00:35:42-00:36:13 (31 sec)

You know, my first term was very successful. We had the strongest economy in the history of our country. And that even included COVID, which Biden really screwed up at the end. But that was a curse on everybody. The whole world was cursed with it. But we had the greatest economy in the history of our country.

Donald Trump 00:36:13-00:36:38 (25 sec)

We're blowing it away. You'll see numbers coming out. We were blowing it away. We inherited the worst border in American history and we turned it into the strongest and most secure border in the history of our country. And in the past 17 months, it's hard to believe because millions -- 25 million people poured into our country.

Donald Trump 00:36:38-00:37:08 (30 sec)

But in the past 17 months, zero. This is done. This is done by generally, they like to call themselves progressive. I -- It's too beautiful a word. It doesn't, they don't deserve it. It's a beautiful word. Progressive. They're actually anti-progressive. But these lists are done by people that tend left.

Donald Trump 00:37:08-00:37:56 (48 sec)

I said, "Who does them? People that tend left." So zero illegal aliens have been admitted into the United States and done by, think of it. It's hard to believe, actually. You know, they should say 200. They say zero. And a lot of people, you know, most people don't even try anymore because they know they're not gonna get through. 17 years, think of it, for, we, we ha- -- we've done things for so many years it was so bad that we straightened it out.

Donald Trump 00:37:56-00:38:30 (34 sec)

You know, I inherited bad borders twice. In 2016, the border was bad. In 2024, it was really bad. I fixed it once, and then I fixed it again. And my all-time favorite chart, I looked over there, you know, that was a chart. Thank God I had that chart. I said, "Take a look at that chart." But that chart, it's my all-time favorite chart, I'll tell you.

Donald Trump 00:38:30-00:39:33 (63 sec)

But in two years, we achieved the largest drop in violent crime ever recorded. Just came out. And the murder rate is at the lowest level in 125 years since the year 1900. And in Birmingham, Alabama, murders are down by 44%. But honestly, that, they could be more, you know, 44% is great. In Washington, D.C., murders are down by 91%. In different places, you know, we've had governors like in Louisiana, great governor there, called, he said, "Would you help with New Orleans because we have crime, it's so bad, and we have the Mardi Gras coming up." And Jeff Landry, who's a great guy, a good, good governor.

Donald Trump 00:39:33-00:40:00 (28 sec)

And he said, "Could you help?" And we sent in the National Guard. We sent in great supervision and, and his crime is down 83%. He's never seen anything like it. And they had the best Mardi Gras they've ever had. And another city's down 70, 80, 90%. And by the way, drugs are way down. Drugs coming in through the oceans and the seas and the Gulf of America.

Donald Trump 00:40:00-00:40:36 (36 sec)

I love the Gulf of America. That was a tricky one. No, I, I like the president of Mexico, but I said, "You know, it should be named the Gulf of America because we have 93.2% of the frontage and they have, like, 7%." And I really do, she's a good woman, but I knew this wasn't gonna be great. But I did it. I called and then Google picked it up and they said, you know, the Google Maps are great.

Donald Trump 00:40:36-00:41:05 (28 sec)

And it became with some little work, became the Gulf of America. I got a call from, I got a call from my friend. She's my friend, the, the president of Mexico. She got the most beautiful voice, beautiful woman actually. You're not allowed to say that, that's usually the end of a political career. When you say, shows you where politics has, has gone, she's a beautiful woman.

Donald Trump 00:41:05-00:41:33 (28 sec)

And typically that's the end of your career, but I'll say it anyway. [Laughter] And she's got the most beautiful voice and she called me right after like two seconds. We did the filing. They went, "We have a breaking news. The Gulf of Mexico is now called the Gulf of America." And I got a call. I got a call from the president and I took the call.

Donald Trump 00:41:33-00:42:11 (39 sec)

I [Laughs] didn't want to. I was thinking about maybe not taking it. And she went, "President, President. No, no, no, no, President. Please, please tell me it's not true." I said, "No, it is true. I'm sorry." [Laughs] [Laughter] "I'm sorry, it's true." But at the urging of Senator Tuberville, we announced the offices of Fannie Mae, a $4.5 trillion company, will move from San Francisco, California, to Birmingham, Alabama.

Donald Trump 00:42:11-00:42:49 (38 sec)

That's a big one. And thanks to a Republican Congress, I signed the great big, beautiful bill delivering the largest tax cuts in American history. And as I said, no tax on tips, no tax on overtime, and no tax on Social Security for our great seniors. And we did something else. If you go out and buy a car and you borrow money, which a lot of people do, and you have an interest payment to make, you were never allowed to deduct it. We're allowing you to deduct it against your income for income tax purposes.

Donald Trump 00:42:49-00:43:21 (31 sec)

But only if the car is made in, if it's made someplace else, only if it's made in America. If it's made in any other country, forget it. It's called America First, right? Mr. Wahl. Stand up, Mr. Wahl. Look at this man. Someday I'm gonna get one of those suits. I'm gonna wear it. I don't, think of it. I don't need the votes.

Donald Trump 00:43:21-00:44:05 (45 sec)

I'm doing this, you know, I'm doing this and I'm not [Laughs] running for anything. But you're gonna think of me as on the ballot, right? Everybody promise? [Audience response affirmatively] Under my Most-Favored-Nation agreements on drug prices, we achieved the largest reduction in prescription drug prices in the history of our country with price differences of 300, 400, 500, 600, and even 700%. Nobody's ever heard of it. We had the highest prices in the world on drugs and now favored nation, we have the lowest prices in the world on drugs.

Donald Trump 00:44:05-00:44:36 (30 sec)

And I won't tell you how I did it because it's boring as hell, but I had to convince countries how to do it and they, they did what I asked them to do. We abolished all discriminatory diversity, equity, and inclusion policies throughout the federal government. They're gone. We got critical race theory and transgender insanity out of our schools immediately.

Donald Trump 00:44:36-00:44:59 (23 sec)

We halted all refugee admissions from Somalia, a beautiful place and other dangerous places. They can't come in. We don't want Somalia here. People would say, "Oh, that's a horrible thing to say." You know, they have a 98% unemployment rate, but they're very good at ripping us off. Can you believe it? Ripping us off?

Donald Trump 00:44:59-00:45:29 (30 sec)

No, they can stay where they came from. We made English the official language of the United States of America. I delivered the largest-ever investment in the United States Armed Forces, $1 trillion going to $1.5 trillion, all made in the USA. Thank you. We make the best equipment. We make the best equipment.

Donald Trump 00:45:29-00:45:58 (29 sec)

And you saw that in action in Venezuela where we took over the country of Venezuela, Nicolas Maduro, in a period of 148 minutes. The press doesn't talk about that. And just as I promise you, and the Venezuela's been amazing. We've been working with them and we're taking out billions and billions of dollars of oil and we're gonna be filling up very shortly our strategic reserves for nothing, nothing.

Donald Trump 00:45:58-00:46:19 (21 sec)

We're gonna say, "That oil goes there." It's amazing. And we have a great relation- -- and the people of Venezuela are happy now because it was tremendous land, tremendous value, but it was, you know, it was a different system. It was a system that they want you to go under, by the way. That's exactly what it was.

Donald Trump 00:46:19-00:46:56 (37 sec)

You know, years ago I used to say that we will never become a Venezuela because Venezuela was a very prosperous country 22 years ago, very prosperous. And then it changed systems. It went to communists, like this guy running in Minnesota who's now trying to be like a moderate. You know, one thing I said last night about politicians, when they come out with a statement about their views, like they're communists or they say things that are, like, really crazy, like the guy from Texas who's, he's a vegan, but now he's eating food like a, he's eating meat like a pig.

Donald Trump 00:46:56-00:47:23 (27 sec)

I mean, the guy's, he's eating, he goes to barbecues. He's a vegan. He wears a mask. He was wearing a mask three, four months ago before. Anybody wearing a mask in Texas four months ago, I don't think he's gonna be too good. No, but he's a vegan and all of a sudden he's going to barbecues. But what they don't show you is that after every barbecue, he walks to the back of a tent and he throws up all over the place.

Donald Trump 00:47:23-00:48:01 (38 sec)

He's not gonna be eating meat long. He likes lettuce. [Laughter] Give him a little piece of lettuce, he's happy. The little guy. And tonight we have some breaking news that will deliver lower prices for every single American. Earlier today I spoke with members of the G7 nations and I'm pleased to report that we have reached an agreement for Europe to release massive amounts of diesel fuel from the heavily stocked reserves.

Donald Trump 00:48:01-00:48:39 (39 sec)

And that's starting immediately. Great. And the price of diesel is already coming down, but you'll see it come, but you're gonna see all this stuff really come down once we finish off Iran. One way, by the way, one way or the other, it's gonna happen very quickly. We achieved more in two years than almost any other presidency in the history of our country.

Donald Trump 00:48:39-00:49:00 (20 sec)

And now the radical left, Dumocrats wanna come in, they wanna burn it all down. We're so respected. They laughed at us. They laughed at us for four years. They laughed at us like we're a bunch of fools, but they're not laughing anymore. Every single Dumocrat in Congress voted against our record tax cuts.

Donald Trump 00:49:00-00:49:27 (27 sec)

They voted against no tax on tips. They voted against no tax on overtime and they voted against no tax on Social Security for our seniors. They voted against voter ID. Think of that. They voted against proof of citizenship. They voted against securing our border. Let me ask you, so why would anybody vote against voter ID? Because they want to cheat.

Donald Trump 00:49:27-00:49:50 (24 sec)

Why would anybody vote against, why would anybody vote against proof of citizenship? Because they want to cheat. But they're good. You know, they're pretty good. They got the greatest line of crap. You know, they'll say, "We voted against it because it's racist." How's it racist [Laughs]? We're trying to figure out.

Donald Trump 00:49:50-00:50:27 (36 sec)

It's racist. How, how'd you do, everything's racist with them. You know, it's racist. "Why'd you vote against voter ID?" "It's racist." "Oh, okay. Let's see. Let's figure that one out." These people are sick. They suffer from massive Trump Derangement Syndrome [Laughs]. Crazy, right? They voted in favor of the transgender mutilization of your children, and that's what it is. They voted in favor of men in women's sports.

Donald Trump 00:50:27-00:50:53 (26 sec)

They said, "We want, we feel that men should play in women's sports." You know, I had a great quarterback introduce me the other day. He's a big fan [Laughs] of ours and, uh, he's a great guy, Giants. You know who he is? Young, handsome, big, strong guy. And I asked him, I said, happened to get hurt, but he's gonna be back very soon.

Donald Trump 00:50:53-00:51:19 (26 sec)

Great. I said, "Let me ask you a question. How do you feel about playing in women's sports?" He's, this guy's a monster guy. He's big, strong, beautiful, powerful guy. And he looked at me like, "Kind of a stupid question is that?" Could you imagine 20 years ago having a politician said, "We will stop men from playing in women's sports." [Laughs] People would look at the guy, say, "Is he crazy?" [Laughter] 20 years ago, 15, yeah, I don't know, 10 years ago.

Donald Trump 00:51:19-00:52:01 (42 sec)

These people, I hope they continue to promote that stuff because yeah, really we should never, ever lose an election. It's crazy. Other than the elections are rigged. No, and, and how about, how about the other one? Worse, the transgender mutilization of your children. I say, I'm, I'm a politician. I say it all the time and I say, "I can't believe it." Can you imagine 15 years ago saying, "We will stop the mutilization for transgender purposes of your children." People would say, "This guy's a nut job." [Laughter] But I have to do it because it's really serious.

Donald Trump 00:52:01-00:52:38 (37 sec)

And now they're going full-blown communist. They're going full-blown communist. And I love the guys also, they're out there politicking, "Gays for Palestine." How about that? [Laughter] I saw it today and I said, "Wait a minute, Gays for Palestine." [Laughter] Do you know what they do to gay people -- [Laughter] -- in that part of the world? [Audience responds "No"] But they have Gays for Pal- this, they had a, a group of people, gays for Pal- -- and this t- -- Gays for Palestine.

Donald Trump 00:52:38-00:53:10 (32 sec)

Let's send them over someday to negotiate. Let's see. You'll never see 'em again. You'll never see 'em again. I don't wanna tell you what they do, but they do things that you wouldn't believe. In state after state, the Democrat Party has nominated the most extreme anti-American candidates in history. And that's why typically you win a presidency and whether you have a great president or not, Republican or Democrat, they don't do well in midterms.

Donald Trump 00:53:10-00:53:40 (30 sec)

I don't know why. Nobody's explained it. We've, I believe we've had the greatest two years. We're not up to two years. We have actually a pretty long way to go, months. But I believe we've had the greatest two years in the history of the p- -- nobody's done what we've done. Think of it. But typically, when you're a president, Republican or Democrat, you do poorly on the midterms.

Donald Trump 00:53:40-00:54:08 (28 sec)

And I don't know why. I know why if you do a bad job, but look at the job we've done. Venezuela, Iran, same thing. It's gonna have -- fall soon. Don't worry about it. Don't worry about it. And you know, they said, "He's in a six month." Vietnam lasted 21 years, right? Afghanistan lasted 18 years, thousands and thousands of people killed.

Donald Trump 00:54:08-00:54:42 (34 sec)

Now, I don't want one person killed. But in Venezuela, we lost not one person and we've taken billions of dollars of oil out. And in Iran, we've lost 18 incredible people, 18. And we've been there for a little more than six months. And they said, "He said he'd do it in two or three weeks." I did. But what I said is I would do, they won't have nuclear.

Donald Trump 00:54:42-00:55:20 (38 sec)

And I did that in one night. The B-2 bombers took 'em out. But -- and we could leave tomorrow and it would take them years to rebuild from what we did to them because they just wouldn't. They shoulda negotiated. [Laughs] They played their cards. They played their cards too tough. But think of it. I said, "Two or three weeks." They killed me. The fake news there, they say, "He said two weeks." And now I said, "Well, no, I'm just, we're cleaning up." We're staying there because I don't want another president in a number of years, who knows?

Donald Trump 00:55:20-00:55:38 (18 sec)

They might not be like me. They might let them get away, like Obama paid them billions and billions of dollars to please, they tried to bribe them. And Biden didn't have a clue, so it didn't matter what he did. He didn't have a clue. [Laughter] But, but no, we're doing a great job. We, we wiped out that.

Donald Trump 00:55:38-00:56:46 (67 sec)

The B-2 bombers went in late at night, 1 a.m., no moon. Every one of those bombs went down air shafts that were 30,000 feet below -- the most incredible attack -- and blew the hell out of their nuclear capacity. So, on election night, Alabama's going to prove that America does not belong to those who hate it. America belongs to the people who love it. I got you. [Audience chants "USA"] Nobody can beat this country.

Donald Trump 00:56:46-00:57:24 (38 sec)

Look at this country. It's, it's wild. What great people. But right here in your state, Democrats are running radical, a radical lunatic. I know him from the past. He's, he's a loser. Doug Jones, who's trying to claw his way back after you already fired him. When Jones was in the Senate, he voted for open borders, sponsored legislation to push radical gender ideology and diversity equity and inclusion in your schools and in your military.

Donald Trump 00:57:24-00:58:07 (43 sec)

Alabama needs to elect a true winner for governor and that winner happens to be Coach Tommy Tuberville. And Tommy was the pivotal vote, he was really the pivotal vote for the largest tax cuts in history. He fought like hell in the Senate. He's respected by everybody in Washington and far beyond. The largest regulation cuts in history and the largest investment in border security in American history.

Donald Trump 00:58:07-00:58:20 (13 sec)

So Tommy, I'm gonna ask you to come up for just a really quick little say hello. We just gotta make sure, we gotta make sure you win. We can't take any chance. We can't take any chances.

Tommy Tuberville 00:58:20-00:59:06 (46 sec)

Thank you, Mr. President. The best president in my lifetime, and the best golfing president in my lifetime. He has won 40 club championships. I want you to think about that, 40 club championship. But I wanna thank the president for coming tonight, he could've gone somewhere else. But as he said, he started his track for President of the United States here, what, 11 years ago? 11 years ago.

Tommy Tuberville 00:59:06-00:59:16 (10 sec)

You've been supporters. We're all gonna continue to be supporters. Mr. President, we're going to stay behind you 110%. God bless you very much.

Donald Trump 00:59:16-00:59:49 (33 sec)

Thank you, Tom. I also wanna call up two candidates for Congress who have my complete and total endorsement really quickly. Jerry Carl, get up here. Jerry, my friend for a long time. And Rhett Marques, come up here, 2nd District. Come on up here, Rhett. [Audience chants "Jerry"]

Jerry Carl 00:59:49-01:00:16 (27 sec)

My gosh, what an honor. Welcome, Mr. President, to Alabama. You have excited this room. You have excited the Republican base, and that's what it's about. We have team effort here. We're gonna win together, N- -- November the 3rd.

Rhett Marques 01:00:16-01:00:51 (35 sec)

Thank you, Mr. President. Thank you for coming to Alabama. Alabama loves President Trump. He loves Alabama. But we need each and everybody in this room to go out and vote, and get their neighbors, their family and their friends to go vote. We win if everybody in this state goes, because we are a Republican state.

Rhett Marques 01:00:51-01:00:52 (1 sec)

Thank you so much.

Donald Trump 01:00:52-01:01:18 (26 sec)

And for the United States Senate, that's that big one. We have a guy who's way ahead, but that means go and vote, Barry Moore. Come on up, Barry, real fast. Come on up. He's way ahead, but we gotta get him home. [Audience member calls out "Let's go Barry"]

Barry Moore 01:01:18-01:01:48 (30 sec)

We all know, right? It started here 11 years ago, August 21st, 2015, Donald J. Trump running for president of the United States. I was there; many of you were there. And, uh, he is a winner. He is a man who loves this nation. He will not let us down. And on November 3rd, folks, we ain't gonna let him down.

Donald Trump 01:01:48-01:02:08 (20 sec)

And I already said hello to Katie. Katie Britt is a great senator and a great friend of mine. And thank you, thank you, Katie. Great, great person. Very talented person, respected by everybody in Washington. So also Representatives Robert Aderholt, I don't have to bring 'em up because they're leading by so much.

Donald Trump 01:02:08-01:02:28 (20 sec)

We just make sure they go out and vote, Robert, right? Dale Strong, another friend, Gary Palmer, Alabama House Majority Leader Paul Lee. All these are great people. And you know, when they're so far ahead, I say, "I'm not gonna waste a lot of time with you guys." Candidate for Lieutenant Governor John Wahl.

Donald Trump 01:02:28-01:03:04 (36 sec)

Thank you. A candidate who's fantastic, by the way, for Attorney General Katherine Robertson, who has my, by the way, complete and total endorsement. Katherine, you have my complete, candidate for Agricultural Commissioner Corey Hill. Thank you, Corey. Thank you. Candidate for Secretary of State Caroleene Dobson.

Donald Trump 01:03:04-01:03:32 (28 sec)

Thank you. Director of the Federal Housing Finance Agency Bill Pulte, good friend of mine, great guy. Hi, Bill. RNC Secretary, done a fantastic job because we won, Vicki Drummond. Thank you, Vicki. Thank you very much. And I hope Michael Whatley's gonna win in North Carolina. He's great. He's a great guy.

Donald Trump 01:03:32-01:04:08 (36 sec)

He was the former head of the party and doing a great job. Not gonna be an easy race, but they should put him in. Alabama GOP Chair Scott Stadthagen, thank you very much. Thank you, thank you. National Committeeman Bill Harris. The Mayor of Mobile Spiro Cheriogotis. The Crimson, I hear he's a great coach, the Crimson Tide Basketball Coach, Nate Oats.

Donald Trump 01:04:08-01:04:36 (28 sec)

I hear he's a hell of a coach. Thank you, Nate. Former Crimson Tide championship quarterback, this guy looks like he could play today, Jake Coker. Thank you, Jake. Beautiful wife. Highly respected Mobile County sheriff, you know why he's highly respected? He's got no crime. Paul Burch. Thank you, Paul. Thank you, Paul.

Donald Trump 01:04:36-01:05:05 (29 sec)

Sheriff. The president of a beautiful University of South Alabama, I was looking at the architecture. I said, "Somebody did a good job. I like that." Jo Bonner. Thank you, Jo. A great Republican strategist, a great person, a killer. When she's angry at you it's a very terrible situation, Laura Loomer. [Laughs] Thank you, Laura.

Donald Trump 01:05:05-01:05:27 (21 sec)

She's great. And with your support for Republican House and Republican Senate on November 3rd, here is what we're all gonna do very quickly. As I said, I will issue a Trump dividend of $5,000 to every adult citizen in America, will happen.

Donald Trump 01:05:27-01:06:03 (36 sec)

We will make all Trump tax cuts permanent, including the famous no tax on tips, they wanna end it. Overtime and Social Security for our seniors, we will make it permanent. We will win the war on corruption and fraud that is right now being led by our great vice president, JD Vance's inauguration. We will pass the No Invasion of Our Country Act, prohibiting any future president from ever opening our borders to illegal immigrants again.

Donald Trump 01:06:03-01:06:31 (27 sec)

We will pass a truly great health care plan that will stop all payments to big insurance companies. Right now, the government pays them billions, and those insurance companies, they own -- they own the Democrat Party. They are owned. I'll tell you what, you never saw anything like it. The Democrats, they pay them what they make, billions and billions of dollars.

Donald Trump 01:06:31-01:06:48 (18 sec)

And we're gonna give the money directly to you instead of the insurance companies. You gonna buy your own health care and you're gonna have a lot of money left. And we will end, and this is where it all began, the crime, because we have the best crime numbers in history. It all began with this stupid no cash bail.

Donald Trump 01:06:48-01:07:22 (34 sec)

You kill somebody, you walk out. No cash bail, crazy. We will pass -- and, and this is so big -- we will pass the death penalty for large-scale drug dealers, human traffickers and anyone who kills a police officer. And we will pass -- and we're getting very close -- we will pass the SAVE America Act to defend our sacred elections, and it will include voter ID and proof of citizenship.

Donald Trump 01:07:22-01:07:50 (27 sec)

That will happen. And we will enshrine in permanent law, no men in women's sports, no transgender mutilization of your children, and many other things with, really, they have something all in common: it's called common sense. But ladies and gentlemen of Alabama, the golden age of America is upon us. We're in the golden age.

Donald Trump 01:07:50-01:08:08 (18 sec)

We've never had anything happen like this. We've never had anything happen. But you must get out and vote. And I'm talking about you, but I'm also, we have a lot of television back there and other places are watching. And they have communists. You know, I don't think you have communists or I don't think you guys are communist.

Donald Trump 01:08:08-01:08:23 (15 sec)

I don't think your Senate candidate is a co- -- he's not any good. Your governor candidate's not any good. He's a radical left guy, but he's not a com- -- but they have communists running all over our country and we will never be a communist country. We're not gonna be a com- -- we're not gonna elect these people.

Donald Trump 01:08:23-01:08:50 (28 sec)

But you must get out and vote for Republicans and all Trump candidates. And I'm talking to so many people in our country 'cause they're being told really bad things. They're being told about ideologies like they're great. They sound good, but in one year it all collapses. The whole thing goes to hell. And you live in squalor, you live in fear, you live in death.

Donald Trump 01:08:50-01:09:30 (39 sec)

It's a terrible thing. And it's 100%. It's happened for 2,000 years with different names. We've already made unbelievable progress and now we will reach new levels of greatness. We're gonna reach new levels. We're at the highest level we've ever been. It's my honor to be your president. I love Alabama. I'm seeing you on Saturday night! And I just wanna leave you with a few little phrases that you may have heard before.

Donald Trump 01:09:30-01:10:08 (39 sec)

Together, we will make America powerful again. We will make America wealthy again. We will make America healthy again. We will make America strong again. We will make America proud again. We will make America safe again. And most importantly, we will make America great again. [Audience repeats "America great again."]

Donald Trump 01:10:08-01:10:20 (11 sec)

Thank you, Alabama. God bless you, Alabama. God bless you. [Laughs] God bless you.

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