Trump's speech full text - $$\color{blue}{THERE ARE TONS OF CLUES TO DIG INTO HERE}$$
https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefings-statements/remarks-president-trump-press-conference-midterm-elections/
(((They))) are terrified. Thank you patriots!
Looking into Trump’s post-midterm press conference. The speech he gave was so full of code, I couldn’t even follow what he was saying. I am not new to Chans, but have never tried to format my posts before, so bear with me.
You can get the full speech here:
https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefings-statements/remarks-president-trump-press-conference-midterm-elections/
and watch it here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-67ZrVAX58A
keywords to dig into are in red
“”Thoughts/questions are in bold””
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It was a big day yesterday. An incredible day. And last night, the Republican Party defied history to expand our Senate Majority while significantly beating expectations in the House for the midtown and midterm year. We did this in spite of a very dramatic fundraising disadvantage driven by Democrats’ wealthy donors and special interests, and very hostile media coverage, to put it mildly. The media coverage set a new record and a new standard.
“”This transcript is from the White House website. He really did say Midtown””
We also had a staggering number of House retirements. So it’s a little tough. These are seats that could’ve been held pretty easily, and we had newcomers going in, and a lot of them worked very hard. But it’s very difficult when you have that many retirements.
We held a large number of campaign rallies with large, large numbers of people going to every one — and to the best of my knowledge, we didn’t have a vacant or an empty seat; I’m sure you would have reported it if you spotted (((one))) — including (((30))) rallies in the last (((60))) days. And we saw the candidates that I supported achieve great success last night.
As an example, of the (((11))) candidates we campaigned with during the last week, (((9))) won last night. This vigorous campaigning stopped the blue wave that they talked about. I don’t know if there ever was such a thing, but could’ve been. If we didn’t do the campaign, probably there could’ve been. And the history really will see what a good job we did in the final couple of weeks in terms of getting some tremendous people over the finish line. They really are tremendous people, but many of them were not known. But they will be known.
“”Nod to 9/11?””
This election marks the largest Senate gains for a President’s party in a first midterm election since at least President Kennedy’s in (((1962))).
“”Is Kennedy code?””
There have been only (((four))) midterm elections since (((1934))) in which a President’s party has gained even a single Senate seat. As of now, we picked up, it looks like, (((three))). Could be (((four))). Perhaps it could be (((two))). But we picked up a lot. And most likely, that number will be (((three))). You people probably know that better than I do at this point, because you’ve looked at the more recent (((numbers.)))
“”3, 4, 2, 3””
“”picked up? Like arrested, maybe?””
(((Fifty-five))) is the largest number of Republican senators in the last (((100))) years. In the last (((80))) years, a sitting President’s party has only gained a cumulative total of (((eight))) Senate seats, averaging (((one))) per decade. So, if we picked up (((two, three, or four))), that’s a big percentage of that number. So in the last (((80))) years — you think of that — only (((eight))) seats.
“”2, 3, 4… he does this often in this speech””
In President Obama’s first midterm election, he lost (((six))) Senate seats, including in the deep-blue state of Massachusetts.
“”Why does trump specifically point to Massachusetts here. Obama lost 6 seats, why point out MA””
Republicans captured at least (((four))) Senate seats held by Democrat incumbents. And these are tremendously talented, hardworking people that did this — Indiana, North Dakota, Florida, Missouri. We also won (((two))) open Senate seats in Tennessee — I want to congratulate our great champion who did such a great job in Tennessee, Marsha — and in Utah. And Arizona is looking very good. Really, very good. She’s done a terrific job. That was a tough race, and she’s done a fantastic job.
In each of these open seats, Democrats recruited very strong candidates with substantial fundraising and media support. We were getting bombarded with money on the other side.
“”Trump mentions fundraising repeatedly in this speech. Will campaign finances point to fraud?””
In the House, Republicans dramatically outperformed historical precedents and overcame a historic number of retirements — the most House Republican retirements in (((88))) years; (((43))) House Republicans retired.
Now, I will say this — that, in many cases, they were chairman of committees, and they left because they weren’t chairman, because the Republicans have a rule — for (((six))) years. And what that does is wonderful in one way; it lets people come through the system and become chairman. And, in another way, it drives people out. Because when they’re a chairman, they don’t want to go and not be a chairman. You’re the chairman of a committee, and you’re a big deal, and then all of a sudden you’re not doing that anymore. So they leave. We had a lot of them leave. I guess you can flip a coin as to which system is better. The Democrats do the other. Some of their folks have been in these committees for a long time as chairman.
“”This speech was prepared, and this paragraph reads like he’s rambling. He’s not. It has to be code. -I guess you can flip a coin as to which system is better. The Democrats do the other””
In (((2010))), President Obama’s first midterm, he lost (((63))) seats. By contrast, as of the most current count, it looks like around (((27))) House seats or something. And we’ll figure that out pretty soon.
We also had a slew of historic wins in the governors’ races — the governors’ races were incredible — against very well-funded, talented, and skilled Democrat candidates and people that worked very, very hard, respectfully, for those candidates, like Oprah Winfrey, who I like. I don’t know if she likes me anymore, but that’s okay. She used to. But she worked very hard in Georgia. Very, very hard.
And if you look at them, we won (((four))) governors’ races crucial to (((2020))) and the presidential race: Florida, Iowa, Ohio, and Georgia. The big ones: Florida, Iowa, Ohio, and Georgia. Can’t get much more important than that. They were incredible. They were actually incredible campaigns, too. Incredible.
“”Why are the Governor races crucial to 2020?”
As of right now, Republicans will control the majority of governorships across the country, including (((three))) great women who worked very hard: the governors of Alabama, South Dakota, and Iowa. They worked very, very hard. They’re very talented.
By expanding our Senate majority, the voters have also clearly rebuked the Senate Democrats for their handling of the Kavanaugh hearings. That was a factor. I think maybe a very big factor. The way that was handled, I think, was — tremendous energy was given to the Republican Party by the way they treated then-Judge Kavanaugh, now Justice Kavanaugh. And expressed their support for confirming more great pro-Constitution judges.
“”RGB””
Candidates who embraced our message of low taxes, low regulations, low crime, strong borders, and great judges excelled last night. They excelled. They really — I mean, we have a list of people that were fantastic, and I’m just going to point them out: Mike Bost; Rodney Davis; Andy Barr was fantastic. I went to Kentucky — for the most part, I didn’t campaign for the House, but I did actually make a special trip for Andy Barr because he was in a very tough race in Kentucky, and he won. That was a very tough race. The polls were all showing that he was down, and down substantially. And he won. And that one, I did do.
Pete Stauber, of Minnesota. Great guy. He’s new and ran a fantastic race.
On the other hand, you had some that decided to “let’s stay away.” “Let’s stay away.” They did very poorly. I’m not sure that I should be happy or sad, but I feel just fine about it.
“”Gawd I love our POTUS. He’s trolling, but also potentially pointing out corrupt Republicans with his comment that he feels just fine about it””
Carlos Curbelo; Mike Coffman — too bad, Mike; Mia Love. I saw Mia Love. She’d call me all the time to help her with a hostage situation. Being held hostage in Venezuela. But Mia Love gave me no love, and she lost. Too bad. Sorry about that, Mia.
And Barbara Comstock was another one. I mean, I think she could have run that race, but she didn’t want to have any embrace. For that, I don’t blame her. But she — she lost. Substantially lost.
Peter Roskam didn’t want the embrace. Erik Paulsen didn’t want the embrace. And in New Jersey, I think he could have done well, but didn’t work out too good.
Bob Hugin, I feel badly because I think that’s something that could have been won. That’s a race that could have been won. That’s a race that could have been won. John Faso.
Those are some of the people that, you know, decided for their own reason not to embrace, whether it’s me or what we stand for. But what we stand for meant a lot to most people. And we’ve had tremendous support, and tremendous support in the Republican Party. Among the biggest support in the history of the party. I’ve actually heard, at (((93))) percent, it’s a record. But I won’t say that, because who knows. But we’ve had tremendous support.
America is booming like never before. Doing fantastic. We have Larry Kudlow here, and he said the (((numbers))) are as good as he’s ever seen — (((numbers))) — at any time for our country. But he’s a young man, so he hasn’t seen that many (((numbers))). (Laughter.) Where’s Larry? You’re a young man. Right, Larry? And you haven’t been doing this too long, but they’re as good as you’ve ever seen. And we may have — if you have a question for Larry, we’ll do that.
“”Larry Kudlow Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Larry_Kudlow. Why did Trump call him out specifically? Is he in play somehow?””
But I want to send my warmest appreciation in regards to Majority Leader Mitch McConnell. We really worked very well together. We have been working very well together. We actually have a great relationship. People just don’t understand that, which is fine.
“”Mitch McConnell is working with Trump””
And also to, perhaps — it looks like, I would think — Speaker Nancy Pelosi. And I give her a lot of credit. She works very hard, and she’s worked long and hard. I give her a great deal of credit for what she’s done and what she’s accomplished.
“”We all saw how he trolled Pelosi on Twitter just hours before this speech””
Hopefully, we can all work together next year to continue delivering for the American people, including on economic growth, infrastructure, trade, lowering the cost of prescription drugs. These are some of things that the Democrats do want to work on, and I really believe we’ll be able to do that. I think we’re going to have a lot of reason to do it.
And I will say, just as a matter of business, I was with some very successful people last night. We were watching the returns. So if the Republicans won — and let’s say we held on by (((two, or one, or three))) — it would’ve been very hard out of that many Republicans to ever even get support among Republicans, because there will always be (((one, or two, or three))) people that, for a good reason or for a bad reason, or for grandstanding — we have that too; you’ve seen that. You’ve seen that. Plenty of grandstanding. But for certain reasons that many people — you’re always going to have a couple that won’t do it. So that puts us in a very bad position.
“”2, 1, 3… 1, 2, 3””
In other words, had we kept it, and this is no — I’m saying this for very basic reasons, common sense — it puts us in a very tough position. We win by (((one, or two, or three))), and you’ll have (((one, or two, or three, or four or five))) even, come over and say, you know, “Look, we’re not going to along with this. We want this, this, this…” And all of a sudden, we can’t even — we wouldn’t even be able to get, in many cases, out of the Republicans’ hands before we sent it on to the Senate.
“”1, 2, 3… 1, 2, 3, 4, 5””
And now we have a much easier path, because the Democrats will come to us with a plan for infrastructure, a plan for healthcare, a plan for whatever they are looking at, and we’ll negotiate. And as you know, it’s been very hard in the Senate because we need, essentially, (((10))) votes from Democrats, and we don’t get those votes. Because the Democrats do really stick together well. I don’t agree with them on a lot of policy, but I agree with them on sticking together. They stick together great.
“”a plan for whatever they are looking at… also that Dems are sticking together and covering up each other’s sins””
So now we go into the Senate. We don’t have the (((10))) votes. And what happens? It doesn’t get passed. Even if it gets out of the House, it doesn’t get passed. So under the new concept of what we’re doing, I say, “Come on. Let me see what you have.” They want to do things. You know, I keep hearing about investigations fatigue. Like from the time — almost from the time I announced I was going to run, they’ve been giving us this investigation fatigue. It’s been a long time. They got nothing. (((Zero. ))) You know why? Because there is nothing.
“”Investigation(s) fatigue. Nod to the multiple investigations. Sessions has fatigue from it all. He exits the chessboard right afterwards””
But they can play that game, but we can play it better. Because we have a thing called the United States Senate. And a lot of very questionable things were done between leaks of classified information, and many other elements that should not have taken place. And all you’re going to do is end up in back and forth, and back and forth. And (((two))) years is going to go up, and we won’t have done a thing.
I really think, and I really respected what Nancy said last night about bipartisanship and getting together and uniting. She used the word “uniting” and she used the word the bipartisanship statement, which is so important because that’s what we should be doing. So we can look at us, they can look at us, and we can look at them, and it’ll go back and forth. And it’ll probably be very good for me politically. I could see it being extremely good politically, because I think I’m better at that game than they are, actually.
“”We can look at us. They can look at us. We can look at them.””
But we’ll find out. I mean, you know, we’ll find out. Or we can work together. You can’t do them simultaneously, by the way. Just think if somebody said, “Oh, you can do them both.” No, you can’t. Because if they’re doing that, we’re not doing the other, just so you understand. So we won’t be doing that.
But now what happens is we send it to the Senate, and we’ll get (((100))) percent Democrat support, and we’ll get some Republican support. And if it’s good, I really believe we have Republicans that will help with the approval process — and they will really help with the approval process.
“”Now… we send IT to the senate. What is IT?””
So it really could be a beautiful bipartisan type of situation. If we won by (((one or two or three, or four or five))), that wouldn’t happen. And the closer it is, the worse it is. This way, they’ll come to me, we’ll negotiate. Maybe we’ll make a deal, maybe we won’t. That’s possible. But we have a lot of things in common on infrastructure.
“”1, 2, 3, 4, 5 and notice mention of infrastructure? Why do we have things in common on infrastructure? That doesn’t even make sense.””
We want to do something on healthcare; they want to do something on healthcare. There are a lot of great things that we can do together. And now we’ll send it up and we will really get — we’ll get the Democrats and we’ll get the Republicans, or some of the Republicans. And I’ll make sure that we send something up that the Republicans can support, and they’re going to want to make sure they send something up that the Democrats can support.
“”We’ll send it up. What is IT? We’ll get the Democrats, and the Republicans or some of the Republicans… arrests?””
So our great country is booming like never before, and we’re thriving on every single level, both in terms of economic and military strength; in terms of development. In terms of GDP, we’re doing unbelievably.
I will tell you, our trade deals are coming along fantastically. The USMCA and South Korea is finished. USMCA has gotten rave reviews. Not going to lose companies anymore to other countries. They’re not going to do that because they have a tremendous economic incentive, meaning it’s prohibitive for them to do that.
So it’s not going to be like NAFTA, which is one of the worst deals I’ve ever seen — although we’ve made some other pretty bad ones too.
“”Why bring up NAFTA? Bill Clinton was POTUS when NAFTA was signed. Mexico (think Caravan, think human trafficking) got the greatest good out of NAFTA, not the USA””
Now is the time for members of both parties to join together, put partisanship aside, and keep the American economic miracle going strong. It is a miracle. We’re doing so well. And I’ve said it at a lot of rallies. Some of you have probably heard it so much you don’t want to hear it again. But when people come to my office — presidents, prime ministers — they all congratulate me, almost the first thing, on what we’ve done economically. Because it is really amazing.
And our steel industry is back. Our aluminum industry is starting to do really well. These are industries that were dead. Our miners are working again.
“”Why bring this up in a speech about Midterm Elections? Why call out these industries specifically””
We must all work together to protect our military — I have to do that — to support out law enforcement, secure our borders, and advance really great policy, including environmental policy. We want crystal-clean water. We want beautiful, perfect air. Air and water, it has to be perfect.
“”Water and Air. He mentions each 3x in the speech””
At the same time, we don’t want to put ourselves at a disadvantage to other countries who are very competitive with us and who don’t abide by the rules at all. We don’t want to hurt our jobs. We don’t want to hurt our factories. We don’t want companies leaving. We want to be totally competitive, and we are.
And right now we have just about the cleanest air, the cleanest water we’ve ever had, and it’s always going to be that way. We insist on it. So environmental is very important to me.
“”Environmental is not the right term here. It’s a signal””
And with that, I’ll take a few questions if you’d like. Woah. (Laughter.) I didn’t know what happened.