Travel Pool Report No. 9 - speech color
From: Nikki Schwab
Sent: Friday, July 3, 2026 9:33 PM MDT
To: DL WHO Wranglers
Subject: Travel Pool Report No. 9 - speech color
Trump remarks ended at 9:33 p.m.
Some tidbits -
Trump called July 4, 1776 a “big day.”
“I consider this a big day because I’m with you,” he told the crowd.
“These men could only have been made in the USA,” he said of Washington, Jefferson, Lincoln and Roosevelt.
He boasted how the country created a "new breed of citizen."
"That's you," Trump said. "Congratulations."
"In America we speak English because it is the language of our founding. That has been the language of freedom," Trump said.
"You do not have to be born here, but you do have to love what we have built," he said.
From there he warned of the "menace of communism."
Called it "death, tyranny and the pursuit of evil."
He called on Americans to "vanquish communism quickly."
“Don’t let them take too much of your time."
Also asked - with Thune in the audience - the Senate GOP to kill the filibuster and pass the Save America Act.
Trump called communism a "big loser," which had audience members cracking up.
He talked about America ingenuity including in "air conditioning" - a crack likely aimed at Zohran Mamdani.
Mentioned the Nobel prizes won by Americans.
"Well, they haven't given me one," he joked.
He referenced the "Gulf of America" at the end of his speech.
Sent: Friday, July 3, 2026 9:33 PM MDT
To: DL WHO Wranglers
Subject: Travel Pool Report No. 9 - speech color
Trump remarks ended at 9:33 p.m.
Some tidbits -
Trump called July 4, 1776 a “big day.”
“I consider this a big day because I’m with you,” he told the crowd.
“These men could only have been made in the USA,” he said of Washington, Jefferson, Lincoln and Roosevelt.
He boasted how the country created a "new breed of citizen."
"That's you," Trump said. "Congratulations."
"In America we speak English because it is the language of our founding. That has been the language of freedom," Trump said.
"You do not have to be born here, but you do have to love what we have built," he said.
From there he warned of the "menace of communism."
Called it "death, tyranny and the pursuit of evil."
He called on Americans to "vanquish communism quickly."
“Don’t let them take too much of your time."
Also asked - with Thune in the audience - the Senate GOP to kill the filibuster and pass the Save America Act.
Trump called communism a "big loser," which had audience members cracking up.
He talked about America ingenuity including in "air conditioning" - a crack likely aimed at Zohran Mamdani.
Mentioned the Nobel prizes won by Americans.
"Well, they haven't given me one," he joked.
He referenced the "Gulf of America" at the end of his speech.