Remarks transcript, Aug 5, 2026 (Donald Trump)

So, if you remember during my State of the Union speech from a little while ago, I made a very strong statement. I said that America will never be a socialist country. And I was right. What I didn't say is—what they're trying to do—not—they want to skip socialism. They want to go right down to the bottom of the barrel. That's communism. They want it to be a communist country. We're not letting them have it as a communist country, not even for a minute. Not even for a minute.

Together, we will defeat communism, socialism, and Marxism in America once and for all. It's defeated. It's going to go down. It always goes down, but sometimes it takes a lot of people with it. If it takes too long, you've got to nip—you've got to nip it in the bud.

The "Dumocrat" Communists in Congress claim to stand for working people, but every single one voted against our tax cuts. They voted against securing the border. They wanted open borders. The Democrats voted against securing the border. They voted against—they want to raise your taxes to levels that you've never had to pay before. Remember this. They want to raise your taxes.

You know, all my life I've been watching politics, and I never knew I'd be doing this. Who the hell ever thought I'd be doing—but I—all my life, I've been watching, and every politician, Democrat, Republican, they always said, "We will cut your taxes," even if they didn't have any intention of doing it. They always say it.

You know, I'd look, I'd say: "That guy is lying. He's not telling the truth." But I'd watch. "We will cut your tax"—these guys say, "We will raise your taxes." They'd say, "We're going to raise your taxes." I never heard of anything. And then they actually get votes. The whole thing is crazy. [ Laughter ]

But they voted against no tax on tips. They voted against no tax on overtime. They voted against no tax on Social Security. But when I say "voted against"—100 percent. There wasn't one "Dumocrat" that voted in favor of these incredible things, like voter ID and proof of citizenship. They voted against that, even though the actual Democrats—think of it. The Democrats want it. You know who doesn't want it? The politicians, because they'll never get elected again.

If you had fair and strong elections, you would—they would lose 25 percent of their base. They would never be elected again. And I'm trying to explain that to Republicans, but some of them don't quite understand it. They don't understand it because they're good people. They're good people. They don't know how crooked these people are. I've dealt with a lot of crooked people in my life. They don't know how bad these people are.

We've got to get the Republicans to be tougher—especially in the Senate. Especially in our Senate. Got to get the Senators in there. They've got to be tough.

But they voted in favor of the transgender mutilization of your children.

Boo!

And they voted in favor of men in women's sports. Can you imagine?

Boo!

But while the "Dumocrat" Communists are voting to destroy America, we're making our country safer, stronger, far more successful than it has ever been before. It's more successful than it's ever been before.

One of the most important parts of our "Great Big Beautiful Bill" is the Trump Accounts, giving every child a tax-free investment. It's an account, and it's really giving them a head start on the American Dream so that—and it's become overwhelmingly—close to 8 million people have already been signed up.

Every newborn baby gets $1,000 deposited in their Trump Account at birth. That's right out of the Federal Government. One thousand dollars to your baby. One thousand dollars.

And generous individuals like Michael and Susan Dell—Dell computer. Go out and buy a Dell computer. Brad Gerstner, Micron, Apple, so many companies. They go out, they're spending billions and billions of dollars.

Michael and Susan put up 6 billion 250 million dollars, and now he wants to do it again. He says it's the greatest thing he's ever done. It's great.

And others. We have a man; he's taken over the State. All the children, he's putting in—the State of Indiana; a great State—putting a thousand dollars into all of these young children.

Think of it. A child—in many cases, they're born into, pretty close, to poverty, or they're poor. They don't have money. They start off with a thousand, and it's going to duplicate. And they can end up with $100,000, $200,000, $300,000 if the market—oh, the market went—like, for the last year, if the market—you'd end up with a million dollars. But let's not count on that because other people will take my place, and they'll screw it up, a hundred percent. [ Laughter ]

But think of what you're doing for those children. You know, they'd have no money at all at 18, and now they'll have hundreds of thousands of dollars. It's a great thing and very popular. And that's all because of the "Great Big Beautiful Bill." We had to get that approved.

And, again, not one Democrat. The only way we could do it—we had to get a unified Republican Party because we didn't get one Democrat vote for the "Great Big Beautiful Bill," where these children are given a thousand dollars at birth. We couldn't get them to vote. You know why? Because they thought it was a great idea. They wish they thought of it. You know why? Because they have—because they have Trump derangement syndrome. That's why. Because they're sick. There's something wrong with them.

Remember, at the State of the Union, when I was saying, you know—introducing a great war hero, 104 years old, he fought in World War II and this. And they sat. Like, they never moved.

I introduced the helicopter pilot who was so brave. He had his leg practically shot off in Venezuela, landing the troops in Venezuela. Big Chinook helicopter loaded up with many, many troops. I'm not supposed to say how many, but a lot. And it had to land in a certain spot, or the whole thing could have been a Jimmy Carter disaster. You remember that? [ Laughter ] We don't want Jimmy Carter disasters. We don't have that. And he's landing. This good, handsome guy. You saw him. Got the congressional Medal of Honor. We gave it to him.

But—but remember, I introduced him, told him how brave he was? His leg was practically shot off because it was shot from underneath—the machinegun from right underneath the helicopter as it was very close to the ground, and he kept it going. And they ended up getting this—he turned it, and the snipers got him. Oh, the whole thing was crazy, but that they can do this is incredible.

So I'm presenting him with the—he saved all those lives and made this attack. We went in and got Maduro. Within 30 minutes, the whole thing was over. In a military base with thousands of soldiers, 219 guys went in—and a few women, by the way. Tough. They're tougher than any of the men sitting in the front row, and I know those men. [ Laughter ] They went in, and they got him. They got Maduro. They got his wife, because she was as bad as him. And they took them out. And he was protected by steel doors. This was the middle of a military base. This was all steel. What they did is incredible.

So I'm introducing him for the congressional Medal of Honor, and the Republicans and everybody else in the room stands up, and they're going wild. Just a very brave guy. No—they say people that fly helicopters—because you fly them with your feet, more or less. And here's a guy with a leg that's practically falling off.

And so I'm introducing him, and the Republicans go on. The Democrats—remember?—just sat like this.

Boo!

Remember? But something happened, because they were getting killed. Every person I introduced was the same. The mother of the young girl from North Carolina who had her throat slit from the back by an animal because the Governor allowed that guy to be free. The Governor, who's now running for the Senate. That man should not be able to be elected. Vote for Michael Whatley, by the way. He's great. The Governor allowed that animal. And he cut her from behind, cut her neck like nothing. She was almost dead immediately.

It's on tape. It's on tape, and the thing takes forever to try. Can you imagine? Here is this on tape. They'll probably find a good reason. They get some nice liberal lawyer to say, "He was badly abused. He should go free." You know?

But think of it. Think of it. Think of how sick these people are to let a guy like that out. And they shouldn't allow that Governor.

You know, that was worse than Willie Horton. You remember Willie Horton? This was Willie Horton modern day. And that guy, that Governor, shouldn't be allowed to run for Governor, because crime in North Carolina under him went through the roof, and he shouldn't be allowed. Michael Whatley should be your Governor.

But we're pleased to be joined today by two loving parents, Sandra and Brad, from right here in Las Vegas. Two great people. Sandra is a waitress in a nearby casino. Maybe we'll get her job over here. And Brad is a hard-working Las Vegas Metropolitan Police officer. And together they save thousands of dollars thanks to no tax on tips and no tax on overtime, and they're investing their money into Sandra's education and Trump Accounts, where they just bought Trump Accounts for their two young children.

So, Sandra and Brad, please come up. Wherever you may be, please come up.

Come on up. Don't worry about Secret Service. Come on up. That's great. That's a beautiful family. Oh. Great.

Thank you, Mr. President. It's truly an honor.

No, please, say something.

Thank you.

Thank you. It's my honor.

Thank you so much.

Do you want one—do you want me to hand you one? I'll take one. [ Laughter ] I'll grab that little guy.

Thank you so much, Mr. President.

Thank you.

My goodness. Thank you. It's truly an honor. It's truly an honor to stand here before you and speak.

Whoop.

[ Laughter ] Sorry, excuse me. I have a little mom brain going on right now. I'm so sorry.

I don't want him to be Biden and fall off the stage. [ Laughter ]

No. He's going to take off.

He'll be Biden. [ Laughter ]

Thank you. Thank you. Truly, thank you, Mr. President.

Thank you, darling.

It's an honor to be here today. Thank you so much for all that you've done enacting these policies that help our family and the families of millions of hardworking Americans. Thank you.

Thank you.

I've worked in the service industry for 15 years. When I first moved here to this beautiful city of Las Vegas, I had three jobs working for tips. Working for tips has been my livelihood, and policies like these are truly incredible.

Yes. Thank you, sir.

Every dollar saved truly helps, Mr. President. Thank you.

Thank you.

And it all goes to them. You know, they're truly my why, my kids. Every dollar counts with children, and we're so grateful for the ability to open the Trump Accounts for ours. We were gifted the very generous contribution, the $1,000, and able to start the same for my son.

And he did want to say a little something to you, Mr. President.

Yes, thank you. Thank you very much.

Go ahead, buddy.

"Thank you, Mr. President."

Hi, honey.

Thank you, Mr. President.

Here, say it, "Thank you for my Trump Account."

Thank you for my Trump Account. [ Laughter ]

Thank you.

Good job.

Thank you. Thank you for all that you're doing, Mr. President. Thank you. It's truly an honor.

He did a good job.

Thank you so much.

Thank you. You—and you did a fantastic——

Thank you so much.

Thank you very much.

Thank you.

Thank you. Be careful going down.

Thank you.

Thank you. Bye, honey. Take care of mom. Take care of mom, okay?

Thank you.

Thank you so much.

Thank you very much. They're so nice.

Also with us is a foreman with the Teamsters Local 631, Curtis King. Curtis works 96 hours a week and earns 65 percent of his income from overtime.

When he filed taxes this year, he expected that he'd owe over $11,000 instead of going back, and he didn't know what to do.

And, Curtis, why don't you come up and tell your story real quickly, if you could? Come on up here, Curtis.

Teamsters!

I love the—I love the Teamsters.

Come on up here, Curtis.

To the unions!

We don't all accept—we don't all get tips, no, but we do work long hours—hard hours, 96 hours a week. Yes, most of the times, I don't—I'm not up on current affairs. I don't have a clue what's going on on the planet—[ laughter ]—but I can tell you what's going on in Las Vegas.

I can tell you where the shows are. I can tell you we fill the beds in this home—in this city. And we love every minute of it. And I thank you for allowing us to keep this money that we worked so hard for.

Yes, I just gone through a divorce and giving up everything—[ laughter ]—but the fact that I got so much back on my taxes, I still was able to buy a new house. Put her in one too. [ Laughter ]

Great job.

Thank you, Mr. President.

Thank you, Curtis.

Now we're also pleased to be joined by many Nevada patriots, including your Governor, Joe Lombardo. He's done a good job. Joe, come up real fast. Come on up here, Joe. Come on up, Joe.

Joe! Joe! Joe!

Well, you get to see me twice in 1 day.

So, you know what? I just want to build on what the President has been opining about here in the last 4 hours. [ Laughter ]

He cares about America, right? You know, quite often, when the press and the media runs him down, they think about, you know, he's taking care of his billionaire friends, but those billionaire friends provide jobs. And unless you take care of them, those jobs are absent, and the Government doesn't have the ability to hand out infinite amounts of money. That's not how economies work. That's why they're pushing socialism so hard.

But President Trump has changed that whole mindset, and America is that much greater because of his efforts. And it's not lost on me: No tax on tips benefits more people in the State of Nevada than anywhere else in the United States.

So, when I—people talk to me about Donald Trump, I'm proud to say he loves Nevada.

And we love you!

And you love him too, right? There you go.

So I'm going to leave you with this. Remember what I said on my way out earlier: Get out to vote. Thank you.

Thank you, Joe.

Thanks very much, Joe, and thanks to all of the true warriors. And I tell you, we have some great people.

Adriana Guzmán Fralick, your candidate for attorney general, who's doing fantastically well. Thank you, Adriana.

A very special man. I wish you'd get him in office because he's incredible. I've known him so long, and he's got to get in. He just has to. He was—he had a big victory. Just a really big victory with spending very little money, because everyone respects him: Jim Marchant. He's a candidate for secretary of state.

David Flippo, candidate for Congress, who's doing really well. Thank you, David.

Marty O'Donnell, candidate for Congress, who I hear is doing incredibly. Thank you. Thank you, Marty. Good job.

State Senator Carrie Buck, candidate for Congress. Thank you, Carrie.

And let me also recognize the CEO and chairman of Red Rock Resorts, Frank Fertitta, and his brother Lorenzo. They are amazing. And their families are incredible. Beautiful family. Perfect. They have perfect everything. They have beautiful families, I can tell you.

And my really good friend, who I mentioned before, Phil Ruffin, and his incredible wife, Oleksandra. Please stand up, Phil.

And a handsome actor named Dean Cain, who's been with us from the beginning. Right from the beginning, Dean. Thank you, Dean.

And a Las Vegas icon, and he's a big television sensation. His show went on. It did great. Rick Harrison. Rick, thank you. Been a long time too.

And a friend of mine, and he was with me in good times and bad times, and I've been with him in good times and bad times, but he's a fantastic person. I actually went to his Broadway show, and everybody smiled at him doing a Broadway show, and he was actually fantastic. I've seen a lot of Broadway shows, and he was fantastic. The legendary Mike Tyson. Thank you, Mike. Beautiful wife. Great couple. Thank you, Mike. Thank you both for being here.

Under the Trump administration, Nevada is prospering again. You're prospering like you haven't done in many, many years. And America is winning again because we're once again putting America first. It's very simple. We're putting our country first.

Every single day, we're liberating our communities from the scourge of migrant crime. You saw what happened last week in Spain, where 60,000 migrants stampeded against the border, invaded and occupied the town, attacked innocent citizens, and rioted in the streets. And that's what Communists want for America. That's what they were doing to us.

Frankly, as bad as that looked, and it looked bad, what they did to us during Biden was worse, and they want to do it again. They want to do it again.

Boo!

The people of Nevada aren't going to let it happen, and your President's not going to let it happen.

And so important. And, again, we have the strongest border in the history of our country. But right here in Las Vegas, ICE recently arrested an illegal migrant who brutally stabbed and tried to murder his two roommates. He was violent.

In Lyon County, ICE arrested an illegal alien convicted of two counts of sexually assaulting a child. He was vicious as you could be. The police almost didn't—and they are; they're great. The—our law enforcement. We have to have a hand for law enforcement.

They said this was so bad, they almost didn't know what to do, but they did know: They take him away.

That's why, under the Trump administration, we will always stand with ICE and Border Patrol and law enforcement. We will always stand strong with law enforcement.

And we're also kicking all of these millions of illegal aliens off of our welfare. And it's part of the war on fraud led by our great Vice President, J.D. Vance. He's doing a great job.

And as illegal aliens go home, the cost of rent, groceries, and other staples is coming down very fast. Our costs are coming way down.

You know, they talk about affordability. I took over the country. The prices were through the roof. In my first day, the press said, "What are you going to do about affordability?" It was a word they devised—"affordability." They never used that word before.

They said, "Eggs are way too high." Four times higher than they were in my administration. I said: "Tell me about eggs. Give me a little description of what you"—I was there 1 day. I had just won the election. It was January 21. One day after I—I gave 1 day where I didn't do a press conference. Biden would go a whole year without doing a press conference, for obvious reasons—for very obvious reasons.

But we've been bringing down prices, and as soon as this situation ends with Iran, oil is going to go down to the floor, gasoline is going to go down, and we will have completed something in a short period of time that is a miracle.

But remember, we inherited the worst inflation in the history of our country. You've got to remember that. And we took it over. What a mess it was. And we're bringing down prices, and we brought down prices, and nobody can believe what's going on.

And when gasoline, when oil goes down—and it's going to go down very rapidly, and it's happening very soon—already happening, if you look. Today it's $75. Down to $75. It's dropping. And we may have to send it up again. We may have to. You know what happens when we send it up, but we hope we don't have to.

But when that oil and gasoline go down, everything else follows. But we've done a great job in reducing prices, and we've done an unbelievable job in making our country really, really respected and successful again.

But under my most-favored-nation policy on drug prices—just to finish up—we're delivering the largest prescription drug price cuts in the history of our country, with price differences of 400, 500, and 600 percent.

You know, in my first term, I was the only President that, over a 1-year period, I got the prices down. They came down a little bit from January to the end of December. And I'll tell you how much they came down: one-eighth of a percent.

Now you hear price differences of 500, 600, 700 percent. That alone should win us the midterms, because that has an impact on everything. And the Democrats will go back to the policies that gave you—we had the highest prices for prescription drugs of any country in the world, and now we have the lowest because of one person. Happens to be the President of the United States.

And, in just 18 months, we've turned this country completely around. Our border is secure. Jobs are up. Inflation is down. Investment is pouring in like never before. Factories are opening. Our military is more powerful than it has ever been.

America is back, and our greatest victories are still to come. We are having victory, and we're going to keep it that way—victory after victory.

And with the help of our Republican majorities in Congress, we will crush violent crime; impose harsh new penalties on dangerous repeat offenders; crack down on Marxist prosecutors and rogue judges, who are a horror show for our country; and we will end the thing that probably started this big crime wave: no-cash bail. No-cash bail.

We will pass the "Great Health Care Plan"—it's called the "Great Health Care Plan"—to stop all payments to big insurance companies and give the money directly to the people.

They give billions and billions of dollars because the big health insurance companies and insurance companies, they're totally controlled by the Democrats. We want to give the money not to the insurance companies, but to the people, and you go out and you buy your own health care and you have money left over. You'll have better health care and money left over.

And finally, we will pass the SAVE America Act to defend American elections.

U.S.A.! U.S.A.! U.S.A.!

Thank you. Thank you.

Remember, we didn't have one Democrat vote—not one—for that. Not one. All voters must show photo ID. All voters must provide proof of citizenship. And hopefully, at a later date, there'll be no mail-in ballots except for illness, disability, military deployment, or travel.

And we will also enshrine in permanent law no men in women's sports and no transgender surgery on our children.

So, ladies and gentlemen—and you are indeed great people. You're the people that built our country. But, ladies and gentlemen of Nevada, the golden age of America is upon us. We're in the golden age. We're doing things that nobody ever thought possible.

And together with your help—and patriots all across this magnificent land have been so unbelievable in what's taken place. You're part of what's—it's a miracle. What's taken place is—some people call it a miracle. We call it good government.

But 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 we will make America great again.

Thank you, Nevada. Thank you very much. We love you. God bless you. God bless you.