VIDEO Nº: 215
TITLE:215. Donald Trump Speaks At MASSIVE Rally in Billings MT [52616]
DATE OF EVENT:26/05/2016
RELEASE DATE:26/05/2016
DURATION:00.49.58 Mins.
MR. TRUMP’s FRACTION:Full
Nº OF WORDS:9196
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Beautiful! Oh, beautiful!
Do we love Montana!? Do we love Montana!? Oh…we love it! …–THE CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS.
You know, my son comes up here. Does anybody know that? Where are the guys they go hunting with my son? Where the hell is that guy!? Where is he, him!? …–THE CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS. No, he comes up here all the time. I said, “what are you doing?”.
He said, “I'm going hunting”.
“Where?”.
“I'm gonna Montana”. That sounds pretty good! …–THE CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS. So, I wanna thank you very much.
And, by the way, speaking of hunting? The NRA endorsed me last week…–THE CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS. Remember. And…and we are going to protect your second Amendment, 100…percent! …–THE CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS. 100 percent.
And, as you know, crooked…Hillary…Clinton…–THE CROWD BOOS TIMIDLY–…wants to abolish, essentially abolish, the Second Amendment. That's not gonna happen, so just remember that…–THE CROWD BOOS. You see what's going on, just remember it.
So, we had a big day today. Today was a day where we hit the 12-37, right!? 1237! …–THE CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS VIVIDLY. And…you know, you had our president sir, “he will not be the nominee of his party”. Oh, really? …–THE CROWD LAUGHS. He's been right about that like he's right about everything else, which is…never! …–THE CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS.
And yet a lot of the pundits. [Do] You see the guys back here? …–MR. TRUMP POINTS AT THE CAMERAS­–…the people back here. Some of the most dishonest people in the world. But most of them said, and they said very strongly, “he will never be the nominee!”. I could name them, but I don't wanna embarrass them. They're actually nice people…–THE CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS. I don't wanna embarrass them: “he will never ever be the nominee!”. And in fact, they used to say even worse.
10 months ago they'd say, “oh, he's not gonna run! No, he's just having a good time!”
I am having a good time but, you know, I could be doing other things right now, okay? Right? …–THE CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS. No, we’re…we're having a good time
You know, we're having a good time because we know what's going to happen: we're going to make…America…great…again, okay? Make America great again…–THE CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS. And folks, this is a movement. Like we come here, it’s sort of an odd day, odd time of the day. You see this massive arena, you see how many people…; it's like this all over! I mean, we go up, [and] we have 25,000, [or] 35,000 people…many times! And, it's like this all the time, because it's a movement, and it's a movement to make America great again. But it's a movement…we want smart leadership. We want tough leadership. We wanna go America first, America first!
We owe…–THE CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS–…we owe 19 trillion dollars. It’s gonna be 21 trillion very soon because of the budget, the famous omnibus budget. And…so, we're gonna be at 21 trillion dollars, and we have to be smart! And we have to be…very vigilant. You look at what's coming into the country, they're sending people in, there's no papers, there's no documentation…; [they’re] coming into your community, [they’re] coming in too many communities!
And, we have all big hearts. I have the biggest heart! I have as big a heart as anybody! When you have the Syrian…refugees, and you look at what's going on with the migration! You have the Syrian refugees, and they're pouring into this country. They're pouring in all over Europe. Europe has this…tremendous problems, and that's their problem, okay? We don't need to have any more problems! We have enough. So, what's going to happen…–THE CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS TIMIDLY–…and what is happening…and I predicted this! [Do you] Remember they said, “only 3,000. We're taking 3,000”.
And I said, “all right, 3,000”.
Then it was 10,000. Then it was 25,000. Then it was 56,000. It's getting bigger and bigger. And we have no idea where they’re from…where they're coming from! We don't know! We don't see…passports, although you will soon see passports, cause as you know, ISIS stole the passport machines, the best machines. They took them! So now, they're gonna make passports!
And you see cell phones, right? The migration. And everyone's on a cell phone. And you say, “what the hell's going on!? How do they have cell phones!?”. And some of them have the ISIS flag on the cellphone! And more importantly, who pays the bills!? Who's paying the cell phone bills!? They're in the migration! Who's paying the cell phone bills!?
So, we have to be smart. And we wanna build safe zones, and we wanna have those safe zones be built really well, and they should be built in Syria. And frankly, we have to get the Gulf states…to…pay for it. They've…nothing but money. I know so well. I know most of them, believe me. They have unbelievable money. And, we're gonna get them to fund it. And we're gonna lead it. And we're gonna take care of people! And we have to take care. But we can't allow…people to come into the country that we don't know who they are. We don't know where they come from, and we'll have problems like you understand…–THE CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS. [We] Can't do it. We can't do it. And we're not gonna do it!
And, you know, when I…announced, and I announced very strongly on…June 16th, not so long ago. And I came in, and honestly, most people…and some were great! But most people said, “it's not gonna happen, he's not gonna run”. [A] Couple said…which was very insulting, “and if he runs, he's not gonna do well!”. Thank you very much, folks. I appreciate [it] …–MR. TRUMP POINTS AT THE CAMERAS. THE CROWD LAUGHS. Thank you, Carl [Cameron] …–MR. TRUMP GIGGLES. THE CROWD LAUGHS–…but…oh, we've done…! Have I done a good job, folks!? Have I done a good job, in all fairness!? …–THE CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS VIVIDLY. I mean, we’ve done a good! We’ve done pretty good!
And…so we had 17 people all together. And I heard Charles Krauthammer say…this is before I joined, because they wanted me to renew The Apprentice…and Steve Burke of Comcast came up to my office, “we want you to renew”.
I said, “Steve, I don't wanna do it, because I'm gonna run…!”.
He said, “no, no, no, you gotta renew”.
And they actually announced they're gonna renew, which caused me a lot of problems, cause I'm telling people I'm gonna run, and…NBC announced they're gonna renew with Donald Trump. So we chose Arnold Schwarzenegger to take my place. How's Arnold gonna do? …–THE CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS. Good! Ha…! He's no Trump, but that's okay, right? Right!? …–THE CROWD CHEERS. No, Arnold's gonna do fine!
And…and…so…you know, I really…that was sort of the first, cause it…you give it up. It's…really a lot! It's a lot of money, no matter if you're rich or not rich, it's a lot of money. And it's very prestigious, prime-time television. I've been 14 seasons.
So I realized when I did that…you know, you’re giving up something big. And then, on…June, in June 16th I'm coming down that famous escalator ride with Melania, and…I made a speech. I actually handed out a speech. And I never liked what I handed it out, so I went free form. Now, today in North Dakota, we gave a speech on energy. Did anybody see it!? That was not so free form…–THE CROWD CHEERS. And I actually got good reviews on that speech!
But, today…and we had a…fantastic crowd. The great Harold Hamm was there, and I think he's here! Where's Harold!? Where's Harold!? The legendary Harold Hamm. [He’s the] Biggest oil man in the country. [He] Knows more about energy than all of them put…; where the hell is Harold!? Where is he!? That's all…oh, there’s…there he is! There he is! Oh, he’s got a lot of money…–THE CROWD LAUGHS. He's got money! I’m telling you, he’s got…got a lot of smarts!
But Harold was with me, and I didn't know you were coming up here! The one thing I knew, he has no…problems…with transportation, Harold. Is that right? …–THE CROWD LAUGHS. MR. TRUMP GIGGLES. But he's an incredible guy. He employs…tens of thousands of people, some in this area, many of this area. And those are the people…that make it all work. So, I wanna thank Harold Hamm and he's been so incredible and so instrumental, because…–THE CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS–…he knows more about energy in his finger than…these other people, and frankly, consultants, and others that...tell you they know, and the politicians know from studying at all their lives.
Uh…you know, coach Barry Switzer's around here someplace. Where's Barry? Where the hell is Barry? You know, Barry won a Super Bowl, he won a national championship…; where's Barry? …–THE CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS. Can I tell him the story about…? Barry, can I tell them what you said about Harold!? Can I tell them!?
So, Barry came up to my office, and Harold called, and they're like best friends. And Barry said, “you know Mr. Trump, this guy, Harold Hamm, companies go out, they spend hundreds of millions of dollars looking for oil. They have the best people. They have the best equipment. They have the best machinery. And his Harold Hamm, my friend, he takes a straw, he puts it into the ground and oil pours out”. It's true! …–THE CROWD LAUGHS. So, that was from Barry, but it's true.
So, those are the guys you wanna listen to, when it comes to…energy, when it comes to all forms of energy, not just the oil and gas; but when it comes to all forms. And…so, it's an honor that you've been with me twice today, both of you guys, and it's really an honor…–THE CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS.
And we had Lou Holtz here today. Lou Holtz was great! And boy, how good was by…you know, we really put it away…when Bobby Knight, 900 wins, right? Bobby Knight, in Indiana…–THE CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS–…and he called me…like…a year before I ran!
He said, “you know what, Mr. Trump? I don't know you. I've never met you. But you should run. You're the only one that's gonna turn this thing around. You should run”.
I said, “but Bobby, I haven't made my mind up yet”.
He said, “you should run! You would be a great president”.
I said, “that's really an honor coming from you”. I actually checked, it was actually Bobby. I said. “Bobby, do me a favor. Give me a number. If I run, I'm gonna call you”.
He said, “absolutely”. So, I take his number. So now I start winning a lot, winning a lot…and the system's all rigged! Look at Bernie Sanders, it's rigged. He wins all the time and he's getting…creamed, right? …–THE CROWD LAUGHS. No it's a rigged system! Think Bernie's a happy man!? I don't think so! I don't think so. But, it's a rigged system…–THE CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS.
And the Republican system's rigged too, except  if you win by a lot. And I started winning big. I won New Hampshire…right? I won South Carolina…–THE CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS. I won Massachusetts, that’s cause Tom Brady likes me. Tom Brady likes me! Hey coach, I'll tell you what, Tom Brady really likes me. You'd like to have Tom Brady on your teams, right? But that helped! I got almost fifty percent in Massachusetts! Everybody said…with nine people running! 50 percent with nine people.
How about these guys? …–MR. TRUMP POINTS AT THE CAMERAS. You'll have like nine people running, you get 49.2 percent, and they say, “he didn't break 50!” …–THE CROWD LAUGHS. How the hell can you break 50 when you have all these people!?
But, [I] won Massachusetts big. Then we won the whole South: Alabama, Arkansas…we won Kentucky! Then we went down to Florida…; we won Florida in a landslide…; we won…like it was amazing. It was amazing. And I said, the only way…we started winning bigger, and bigger, and bigger in landslides. And, while the system is set up that outsiders like all of us can't get in, you gotta knock him out, like the boxer say, right? …–THE CROWD CHEERS.
You go to somebody's home territory…and I know many of the boxers. I like the boxers, right? They have the greatest expressions, to me, sports expressions! But boxing in particular. You know, it’s brutal. And I said to one of the guys, “champ, what are you doing going to his home territory? You'll get a bad decision”.
He goes, “no, Mr. Trump, I'm gonna knock him out, because when I knock him out, there’s nothing they can do”. And he did! He did! …–THE CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS. And that's what we did.
And Bernie is unable to knock her out, unfortunately. And unfortunately for her, she can't do much about him! In other words they got a mess on the hands, folks! …–THE CROWD. And who would have thought!? This wasn't supposed to happen. It was supposed to be the Trump would go to the convention, we were gonna have a horrible convention because it was gonna be contentious. I never believed that, because I always said [that] I was gonna win on the first ballot. Is that right? …–THE CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS. Campaign Carl, right!? Campaign Carl…well, I agree!
I always said I was gonna win on the first ballot. He didn't really dispute it, a little bit maybe! But, U always said I was gonna win on the first ballot. I didn't know I was gonna win this quickly, in all fairness, I have to be honest.
But what happened is…we go to Indiana. So, in New York, [and] I win all of these states, and Pennsylvania was unbelievable. And Maryland, and Connecticut, Rhode Island, Delaware…; we won them all! New York was incredible, because I won with this incredible…we got everything. We want every…single…county in every single state out of all those last states, which is unheard of. [It’s] never happened before. Every…single…county of every…single…state.
We won women, good, thank you! …–THE WOMEN CHEER AND APPLAUD. We won man! You know, I don't know if you heard but, I have one of the highest poll numbers ever recorded with men, and I would swap it for the women right now, okay? I want the women. The hell with the men! The hell with the men, right men!? …–THE CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS. So, anyway.
No, we have this incredible poll number with men, and we're coming up with with women. We're doing great! And we're leading overall! That's…very important, right? But we went, and we went to South Carolina. That was supposed to be…a certain person's territory. And, we won with evangelicals big league …–THE CROWD CHEERS TIMIDLY. And we won with the military. And we won…everything!
So then it comes that…we have a big lead, but…they had their ‘firewall’, they called it. And the firewall was Indiana. And a friend of mine comes up, “do you know Bobby Knight!?”.
“No! Why do you ask!?”.
He goes, “because man…! If you could ever get his endorsement, in Indiana…he's so popular. That would be like the gold standard”. So I said, you know, I think…and I have this massive stack of papers on my desk. I said, I remember like a year ago putting his…number here…I said, “let me…”; and I lift up these…these massive group of papers! And right on top was his…number! [It] Was like…God gave it to me, okay!? It was from God! …–THE CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS.
So, what happens…it's right on top! It was like the first thing. It was…if you have to do that again, you could try it a thousand times, [and] that wouldn't happen. And it says ‘Bobby Knight’, and it's his cell phone.
So I call him, and he goes, “I've been waiting for you to call!” …–THE CROWD CHEERS –…right?
And he said, “when should I meet you?”, cause it was that week!
And we went to…uh…to Indiana, and we had a stadium bigger than this. And, it was packed! And I let people know that Bobby was gonna be there. And you know…hey, look! He won three national championships, he won 900 games …he was like…the greatest. Nobody…I mean, just an amazing. And tough, and smart! He had the last undefeated season in college basketball, which is hard to believe!
I actually said, “Bobby, why is it…?”…I mean, you know, it's a long time ago. “Why is it…?”.
He says, “well, you know, basketball’s funny. You can have these great shooters, but if they have an off night, you could lose a game”. So, it's hard when you win like 38…you know, you have 38 games, or 35 games…? One bad night for a couple of guys, [and] all of a sudden you lose.
So I said, “that's amazing”. So, Bobby Knight walked out, and the place…went…crazy! And then all of a sudden the votes come in, and what turned out to be a firewall was a firewall for me! We won in a landslide! You know, it's one of those things…–THE CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS. We won Indiana, so…so…that was pretty much it.
And then everybody dropped out. And now we've been waiting. And I think the thing I'm most proud of [is that] in the history of the Republican Party…this is a history! You know, you're talking about Dwight D. Eisenhower, Richard Nixon, Ronald Reagan…! You talk about names…going all the way back…–THE CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS. In the history of the Republican Party…to me this means so much…I've gotten more votes than anybody has ever gotten…–THE CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS–…and…think of that! Think of that! And, very importantly, we have ten states left! We have ten states left!
So, I wanted to come here, and I'm doing it, and I know…that…your state, Montana, is very much a Republican…stronghold. And I know…–THE CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS–…and I'll come back ten times if you want me to. However…–THE CROWD CHEERS–…however…maybe my son will come back, he'll go hunting with you, guys. But he's good. He's a good guy too, Don.
But, what I'm gonna do is…I wanna focus…on…15 or so states, because…we have to win. And I want my energy…to be put in the states where it could go either way. And we're gonna play heavy, as an example, in California. Now, no other Republican would…you know, they wouldn't even go to dinner in California. They wouldn't do it! And I know you have my back, man. Who said that? Put up your…look at that guy! …–MR. TRUMP POINTS AT A MEMBER IN THE CROWD. I'm not gonna mess with those guys! Those are tough looking dudes from Montana!  They are tough looking dudes! …–THE CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS.
But…but…I'm gonna come, and I'm gonna go…and I said it, I'm gonna stop at each state. The ones that we were…you know, that we feel very strong about.
But it's better…don't you agree that if I focus on those 15 states, I can come back here 25 times if I want, but…we wanna focus on those states. And we're gonna focus on New York…which everybody…; if, for instance, Ted Cruz…or any of the guys, good guys! But…they're more traditional. If they won, if they got the nomination, they wouldn't…spend ten cents in New York, they wouldn't go there, and they wouldn't do well there! You know, well, look at the way we won on the primary. That's one of the reasons I won by…a record margin.
I mean, I beat…one of them by…almost 50 points! 50 points! That means…the margin! …–THE CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS. And I had three people! You know, three people is hard, when you start getting into the 62 areas…! I got 67, and 62, and…you know, when you have three people…! We don't get enough credit. I say ‘we’ because we're like a group. We won today! We won, not me. We all won today!
But…–THE CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS–…but when you win, and you get into the 50s, and 60s…and mostly 60s, and now even 70; we had a 78…78! But when you have three people, and you break it into the 60s…if you run against one person, and you get 55 percent of the vote, that's like a landslide. That's like considered a tremendous victory, easy victory! And here I am, winning by all this with three!
But I never got credit from these guys! They would say…the pundits! “Donald Trump has not cracked 50 percent” …–THE CROWD LAUGHS TIMIDLY. I mean, I'd have 12 people and I’d get 34 percent. With 12 people! And their centers…you know, they’re…they’re senators! And they’re governors! And there's guys that are very smart, like Ben Carson, who's a great guy, and [he] endorsed me, and he’s great! …–THE CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS. Right?
I mean, really a smart…! You know, you have smart people! These are…accomplished people! So, you'll have like 12, and 14…and I'll get 32, and 36…; and I have to listen to the pundits saying, “he has not broken 50”. Nobody…! Abraham Lincoln couldn't have broken 50! …–THE CROWD LAUGHS.
And the other thing, remember this. When…you go along, and you have all these people running…it's a largest field, I think, that's ever run. I think! 17 people… I don't know. John, is that the largest field ever? I think so, right? The largest field…; I can ask, campaign Carl [Cameron], is this the largest field ever to run? Please tell us. If campaign Carl says it, it's true! Unless he's talking about me! Other than that, nobody knows more about politics. The largest field…ever to run!
So, this never happened before. So, a lot of votes, and a lot of percentages have…taken by all these very talented people! In some cases, very talented, not in all cases. And…so, we had something that's special. And we have something! So, now we've been on the cover of Time magazine many, many times, and it's about this movement!
And Bill O'Reilly…he’s a great guy, very tough, very smart! …–THE CROWD CHEERS TIMIDLY–…but he's been saying, and he said a couple of weeks ago, [that] it's the single greatest political phenomena that he has ever seen in his lifetime, that's pretty good! That’s pretty good! …–THE CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS.
And many people have said that. And, you know, don't forget, Bernie is doing wonderful, but he can't win! It's a big difference! And, it's not a phenomena. It's not a phenomena. And we get much bigger crowds than he does, by the way, just in case you have any questions. He gets the second biggest crowds, I will say. But…but this has become something special! And especially because we fought it a different way!
So, I spent the least, and had the best result, okay? I…I still spent 50 million, about 50 million of my own money! It's not exactly…chopped liver, right? It’s 50 million! …–THE CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS. Now we're raising money for the Republican Party! But I spent 50, or 55 million dollars of my own money. But other guys spent like…220…? And they came in last!
So, let me ask you would you rather have the guy that spent the least, who came in first; or the guy that spent the mostly and came in last? Who do we want as our president? …–THE CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS. Right? Right?
So…–THE CROWD CHANTS ‘TRUMP!’ REPEATEDLY–…so, we've got a lot of things going.
But, let…let me just tell you from…your standpoint in particular, cause you’re so much into the Second Amendment; so much into other things, and…it's a little bit different. We're gonna have great security. We're gonna have great borders. We're gonna have the wall, and all of that. And I know you have a problem…–THE CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS–…I know you…no, no, I know you have a problem, because I do it with every state. And your state's a little bit different, because, if you're…this…place is gorgeous, by the way. I'm driving up…–THE CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS–…and you know, I'm driving from the airport, and all from the airport to here there are people waving, and signs, “we love Donald”. And I said to myself, “I don't have to come back any…here. Why should I come back!? We've got this place made!”, right?  …–THE CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS. But…no, you have great people here, and it's a little bit different.
But I did say…I said…to my people…I have a statistician, perhaps the world's most boring job, but he loves it. He wouldn't wanna do what I'm doing, he wants to be a statistician, and he's good. And I said, “check it out, the area”. Billings, okay?
Since Bill Clinton signed an agreement to put china in the World Trade Organization which, by the way, was a disaster…–THE CROWD LAUGHS–…Montana has lost more than one in eight manufacturing jobs…–THE CROWD CHEERS TIMIDLY. Hillary Clinton…sometimes referred to as…crooked Hillary…–THE CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS–…supported NAFTA, which your husband signed! Now, NAFTA is probably the worst…economic development deal, or whatever you wanna call it ever signed in the history of our country, maybe in the history of any other country! …–THE CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS. Because it has wiped out New England, it's wiped out New York state…; it's wiped out vast areas of our country.
Even I…I must tell you, Carrier air conditioning, in Indiana, they leave! Just before…I go there…to campaign. And I’ve been talking about Carrier for five months, what they did, they let go of everybody. They said, “you're all fired, we’re moving to Mexico”.
I mean…you know, when I…when I made speeches, in Indiana, the Carrier people there were so many of them always…! I used to say, “where are the Carrier people!?”. And there'd be…large sections of the audience. They let go 1,400 people. And…it was a disgrace. We're not gonna let that happen anymore, folks, okay? We're not gonna let it happen anymore…–THE CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS.
If people wanna take care of companies, there are going to be consequences! We're gonna have consequences! And the consequences…you know, our…uh…brilliant politicians…; and by the way, I do wanna thank your…congressman, who has been supporting me right from the beginning. Where the hell is he!? Where is he!? My man! …–THE CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS. Right from the beginning! But it was more his wife! His wife liked me much better than him, right!? …–THE CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS. So, anyway. Thank you very much. I do appreciate, right…very early on. Uh…so I hope [that] I made you look good in Congress, did I? Yes? …–THE CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS.
But, we are going to…uh…stop allowing this to happen. And, in congress…and, through the president, who doesn't know what the hell he's talking about, by the way…–THE CROWD LAUGHS TIMIDLY. [He] Doesn't know what…honestly? He doesn’t know. He was talking about Donald Trump, that “other countries are very nervous”. That's good if they're nervous, that's good! That's good! …–THE CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS. Right!? That’s good! Let them be a little nervous!
By the way, I'll have a better relationship with other countries than he has, except we’ll do much better, and they won't be taken advantage of us anymore! And they won't be calling us the stupid people anymore! Okay? …–THE CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS.
I mean, China…and I do a lot of business with China, they're great! You know, we buy…I made a lot of money dealing with China, condos…; I own a big chunk of the Bank of America Building in San Francisco, that was through China…; 1290 Avenue of the Americas through China…; I do a lot of stuff with China. And I have…tenants, I have the biggest bank in the world from China, [a] tenant did one of my buildings in Manhattan…! I do great with China!
And I'm not knocking China! And I'm not knocking Japan! And I'm not knocking Mexico! I'm knocking our leaders, like President Obama, for being totally incompetent…where he allows his kind of thing to happen! …–THE CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS.
So…so, we're gonna stop it, and here's the consequence, I'll do it quickly. But the consequences is, when they make a product, and they wanna leave Indiana, or in the case of Nabisco, Chicago, where they had a big plant! They're closing the plant, firing everybody. They're moving…they're gonna make Oreos now, in Mexico. Uh…I don't think so! …–THE CROWD BOOS TIMIDLY. I don't think so!
I don't think so. We're not eating any more Oreos, right fellas? No more…–THE CROWD CHEERS TIMISLY
So…and Ford! Ford Motor. They're building these massive plants in Mexico, and…they're letting people go in Michigan. And by the way, I'm gonna win Michigan! And normally, a Republican would not go to campaign there, and I'm gonna win just like I did in the primaries. I'm gonna win Michigan by a lot! Because I’ve been talking about Michigan…–THE CROWD CHEERS TIMIDLY­–…for five years, what's happening up there with their…with the horror show, where they're taking their…they're closing the factories, they're building cars in Mexico!
Mexico is going to be soon the car capital of the world, okay? And you know what? Here's the story: consequences. They wanna build a car, a truck, or parts; they wanna sell it through the border, which will now be a very, very strong, powerful border, okay? …–THE CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS. No more swiss cheese, folks, no more swiss cheese…–THE CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS. [If] They wanna sell this up through the border, they're gonna pay a very big tax. It's gonna be like 30, [or] 35 percent.
But here's what happens: if they know they're gonna pay that tax before they move, they're not moving! They're not gonna move! If I went to, as an example, it’s probably not too late in this case; but if I went to Carrier air-conditioned, [and] I said, “fellas, we’d like you to stay”.
“Well, I'm sorry. We're not staying”.
“Okay, that's all right. Here's the story: if you move to Mexico, we wish you a lot of luck. But if you move to Mexico, every…air-conditioning unit that you make, that crosses that border, you're gonna pay a thirty-five percent tax on that unit”, okay? …–THE CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS.
And you know what they're gonna say!? [As] Sure as you're standing there, “uh…we've decided…not to move!”. That's the way it is! They will have decided not to move.
So, the story is, we could do things with this country…like you've never, ever seen before. I cut out a couple of articles…–THE CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS–…today. This is one from…a newspaper…–MR. TRUMP SHOWS A SHEET OF PAPER­. I can't stand the paper, so I won't tell you which one…–THE CROWD LAUGHS TIMIDLY. I can't stand most of the papers, to be honest.[MGF1] 
Illegal immigrants get 1,261…dollars…more welfare than American families. 5692 dollars versus 4431. How…stupid…? …–THE CROWD BOOS TIMIDLY. How stupid are we, okay? How…stupid…are we? So, it's gonna all end. It's gonna all end…–THE CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS.
So, we're gonna build the wall, you have to tell me one thing…–THE CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS–…okay? Tell me. ‘Build a wall’…it's gonna be a big wall. It's gonna be a beautiful wall. Someday, when I'm gonzo…maybe they'll name after Trump. I'd really much rather have a statue in Washington D.C. …–THE CROWD LAUGHS TIMIDLY. I don't want a wall named after me, but that's okay! I want a statue in Washington D.C.! …–THE CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS. Maybe we share it with Jefferson or something! No…–THE CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS. No, we're gonna build a wall. It's gonna be a big, powerful wall!
And you know, recently…I got the endorsement…from the…Border Patrol agents: 16,500 Border Patrol agents endorsed Donald Trump unanimously! …–THE CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS. They've never…endorsed…a candidate before! They've never endorsed a candidate for president before, [it’s] the first time they've ever done it. I didn't even know if they're allowed to do it, but they did it anyway! Because they're great people! And I was speaking to them! And they called me, and they say, “we wanna congratulate you”. 6,000…6,500, 16,500.
And I said, “so let me ask you this: you have…the poss…possibility of a wall. How important is the wall?”.
They said, “Mr. Trump, it is so…totally…important”. I just wanted to hear that anyway! I knew the answer! But who knows better than these people? These are incredible people! And it would have been easier if they'd just do the job the way they're doing it right now!  They're told to “stand back”, [and to] let people walk right in front of them. They have the equipment. These are strong, good people. They wanna see the right thing happen! They wanna see! And by the way, we want people to come into our country, but we want them to come in legally! They have to come in legally, right!? …–THE CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS.
So, they told me! They said, “Mr. Trump, it's absolutely necessary. We need it”. And they actually said it, interestingly: “it's another tool, and by far, the most important tool…that we have…to stop…illegal immigration; and to stop drugs”.
So, I'm looking at your thing, and I’m looking at Billings, and I’m looking at…Montana, and the labor force…in billings today is smaller that it was…in [20]06, by quite a bit, in Billings…this is not a good one! Homicides have increased by 50 percent! What the hell’s going on here? What's going on! …–THE CROWD CHEERS.
And assault on officers, that's your police…uh…do we love our police? …–THE CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS–…right? They are really mistreated. These are great people!
You know, you have thousands and thousands of positive incidents, and then you have one negative where…it's rogue, or…somebody makes a mistake, or something bad happens, and that's on the news forever, it's on the news forever. We gotta stick up for up police, these are incredible people. We have to stick up for our police, remember that…–THE CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS.
And I do think I've gotten every single endorsement from them. New England police…everybody! Massive sections of the country, they've endorsed me, law enforcement; because…we're gonna stop things from happening! Bad things from happening.
But I was a little surprised to see this. So, in Billings, homicides have increased by 50 percent. Assaults on officers is increased by 25 percent. The Billings Police Chief recently said, “with most of the crime we see here, the common denominator is always methamphetamines”, right? Right? …–THE CROWD BOOS. That's bad! According to the Department of Justice, methamphetamine seizures have increased along the southwest border…surprise! Surprise…! …–THE CROWD LAUGHS TIMIDLY. So…you know, that's a pretty sad number. So, it's coming in through the border, and as…far up as you are, you have the border, and the stuff is pouring in.
You know, when I won New Hampshire they said…they have a huge problem with heroin. And I said to him, “I have no idea”. I wasn't supposed to win. Jeb Bush…was supposed to win. And I went to New Hampshire, I made speeches, I was with the people…and it was my first victory! So [it] was very special, New Hampshire’s special to me, it was my first victory.
And, I told the people. I’d go and I see these beautiful streams…[a] little like this! It's…such beautiful area. [It has] Beautiful trees, and roads, and little country roads, and…the people are incredible people! And I go into a meeting, and I'd be with…hundreds of people, cause it was different. We had these very intimate small…groups of people, except when I made a speech, then we had these massive crowds that were going outside of the schools. But we’d…have meetings, and I’d say, “what's your biggest problem?”.
And they’d say, “heroin”.
I’d say, “heroin!? [It] Doesn't…work, with this community! How can it be heroin!?”. It's a massive problem in New Hampshire. It's a massive problem all over New England. It's a massive problem here! It’s a massive problem everywhere! And most of it comes right through that…southern border! It's coming right through the border!
And we're gonna stop it, folks okay? We're gonna stop it. It's poisoning your kids, it's poisoning more than you kids! It's poisoning in some cases you! And we're gonna stop it, and we're gonna work to get the people that are hooked…off! I mean, we gotta help them. It's hard! But we have people…–THE CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS–…we have people that are hooked! And we're gonna get them off. And, we're gonna make that border so strong, but we're gonna make it very, very open for people that wanna come in legally.
Now, listen there's a couple of things: probably…other than security…security is always number one. Always. Right? Our military, we're gonna make it bigger, better, stronger than ever before…–THE CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS. I didn't wanna be in the war in Iraq. We should have never been there, it destabilized the whole Middle East, it's a total mess. I said it for many, many years, right at the beginning, by the way.
You know, they like to say, “well, I think maybe he wasn't…!”. Believe me, you’re back 2004, look at the articles. We should have never been there. Then Barack Obama got us out in the worst way possible. How about what he announces the date that we're leaving? And the enemy saying…–THE CROWD BOOS–… “uh! He doesn't mean that! Nobody can be that stupid to give us the date!”. So, they didn't believe it! And then the date came, and he was serious! This guy is some piece of work, I'll tell you what…–THE CROWD LAUGHS. I'll tell you what: he is the single…best…thing…to ever…happen…to Jimmy Carter! …–THE CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS. Because a lot of people are no longer looking at Jimmy Carter as our worst president! …–THE CROWD LAUGHS. But he is the single best thing ever happened to Jimmy Carter.
So, let me just tell you: so we're gonna make a lot of…decisions, and we're gonna make a lot of right decisions, and smart decisions. And ‘America first’ decisions. And smart deals. But one thing that's very important that nobody even thinks about…you know, these…people, these poor, sad people. I see this Bill Kristol, this poor, sad guy. He said…first of all, before…long before this, he said, “go into Iraq and kill everybody! Go into Iraq, go into Iraq, go into Iraq!”. Well, he was wrong on that.
Then he says, “Trump will never run!”. Well, Trump ran.
Then he says, “Trump won’t do good”. Trump did really good…–THE CROWD LAUGHS. Every single thing he said four years is wrong!
In fact, I even asked the shows, how can you allow this moron to be on the shows!? Why would he be…!? …–THE CROWD CHEERS.
And he's sitting there the other day, I'm watching one of the shows. He's sweating! So, “what are you gonna do? Now Trump looks like he's gonna get it”. And by the way, today I got it! Right!? But, this was a week ago! …–THE CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS VIVIDLY. This guy's a total moron!
So they say, “so now it looks like Trump's gonna get it. You said he wasn't gonna run. And if he did run, he wouldn't do well. What are you gonna do now?”.
“Well, we're looking for a candidate”. This guy…! So, he tried for six months to find a candidate. [He] Was unable to do so.
And the other day…like a week ago, “we're looking, we're looking for a candidate”. Where do they find these people!? What do they find them!? …–THE CROWD LAUGHS. And here's the problem! If he ever did find the candidate…? And you know, the path for a Republican is much tougher than the path…for the presidency, for a Democrat. You know that, right? Hello, darling! …–MR. TRUMP ADDRESSES SOMEBODY IN THE CROWD OFF CAMERA. Thank you.
So, the path…she's gonna vote for Trump! Are you voting for Trump!? …–THE CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS. Good! Thank you. Thank you.
So, the path is a much different path. It's much more difficult! If we don't win every…single…state, we’ll lose! With the Electoral College, the way it's set up. Now, again, I'm different! Because I’m gonna put states into play, like Michigan! Because I know I'm gonna bring back the car industry…–THE CROWD CHEERS TIMIDLY. But I'm gonna play…yeah, nobody else can do that. Nobody else.
Hillary doesn't…she doesn’t even know…she doesn’t know what she's talking about!
So, I'm gonna bring back the car industry. Nobody else can do that. I'm gonna do things, but I think we're gonna win Michigan, just like I did…in the primaries by a massive number! But what's happening is, if you look, it's a very tough path…to get…to the presidency if you're Republican! Much tougher than if you're Democrat! With all of that being said, I put 15 states, potentially, into play. They put three or four states. If they lose any of them…when I say ‘they’…and I said respectfully, a traditional…Republican. Even a very conservative Republican, like a Ted Cruz, had he won, he's gotta get Pennsylvania! He's gotta get Florida! He's gotta get…Ohio! He's gotta get…everything! He's gotta get new Mexico! If he loses…one little thing…one state, it's over!
Whereas the Democrats can sail along, they can lose numerous states, and they’d still get it. Don't let it get you scared! We are going to win! Don't even think about it! Don’t even think…–THE CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS.
But…but…but, the path is tougher, but I'm putting 15 states into play, that I think I can win. I was in the state of Washington, recently. We had record crowds, the biggest crowds they've ever had! I was in other states. I won't even tell you, let them figure out what they are, but I was in other states, that traditionally…no Republican would waste their time in! They wouldn't go…to dinner there! They wouldn't spend ten cents in an ad! Because there's no way they could win!
I think I can win…various states that people aren't even thinking about. so we'll find out! I'll let you know around…the middle of November how we’re doing, right? I’ll let you know…–THE CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS–…but…but the one thing…the one thing…that nobody talks about is…supreme…court…justices! …–THE CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS.
So, when…the morons like Bill Kristol, or poor Mitt Romney, who failed so badly…! He failed…–THE CROWD BOOS. I feel badly for him! I actually feel sorry for this guy. He failed so badly…! And he should be…you know, I raised like a million dollars…; I made calls for him and evertyhing…; of course, I was pretty rough about him, not going in the race. I did say “he's a choke artist, don't do it, you're gonna lose again”. Because, honestly, beating Obama…who was a failed president for years ago, in my opinion, is easier than the race we have coming up today, okay? It's easier!
You saw what they did in Virginia, they allow 200,000 people…that in some cases were…seriously…you know, these were serious criminals! They're trying to get them to be able to vote! And a lot of other things have happened. You talk about a rigged system. I think we’ll win Virginia! I have a lot of property in Virginia! I’ve thousands of employees in Virginia! I think we're gonna win in Virginian! I think we're gonna win in Florida, big league! Big league in Florida! We're gonna do great! …–THE CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS. I won Florida by a massive number, almost 20 points, which was shocking! People couldn't believe it!
You know, Florida, to show you how the system's rigged? So, in Florida say heard Trump is running. And they had Jeb Bush and they had Marco [Rubio]. And they said, “well, we want…the establishment guy to win!”. So, what they did is they winner-take-all. It's a winner-take-all state!”. They changed it! Winner-take-all! And even I said, “oh, man, I'm running against a governor that was there for…eight years! I'm running against the current United States Senator…! And, it's winner-take-all!”
…–A SUDDEN NOISE UNDER TRUMP, UNDER THE DAIS DISTURBS HIM–…what was that? Oh, some…did somebody throw a hat? …–MR. TRUMP BENDS DOWN AND GRABS A RED HAT. THE CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS. No, it was only a microphone. I thought somebody threw something at me…–THE CROWD LAUHGS. I was saying, “is that Jeb?” …–THE CROWD LAUGHS VIVIDLY. This fell off…–MR. TRIUMP SHOWS A BOTTLE OF WATER. Who wants water? Anybody wants some water? Here you go…–MR. TRUMP THROWS THE BOTTLE OF WATER BACK TO THE CROWD–…okay? Enjoy it. Trump water, a very good water…–THE CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS. Even better than Montana water. It probably comes from Montana, so don’t worry about it…–THE CROWD LAUGHS. So, anyway!
So, it's winner-take-all. And I said, “that's not really fair! Winner-take-all is bad news! I don't want winner-take-all!”. And then they did a poll: Trump, 48. They were 15, and 12. I said, “that must be a wrong poll!”, [a] governor, [and a] senator. So, they did another poll. And then they saw [that] I'm gonna win it…in like a landslide, and they tried to change it back, but we wouldn't let them! And we won all 99 delegates….in the state of Florida…–THE CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS. [It’s] Pretty good, right!?
So, sometimes…the system is rigged. But sometimes, because…we're dealing with some…pretty…strange people, sometimes it works out to your advantage.
So, let me just tell you, just in closing: we have to win, because if we don't win, number one: you're not gonna have your second Amendment anymore. It's gonna be so watered down…it's gonna be the same thing. They're talking about bullets. They're talking about magazines. They're talking about…things that you wouldn't even think about.
But, here's what we're gonna do: I submitted a list…of 11 judges, approved by Federalist Society; looked over by heritage; we've gotten rave reviews on these judges. And I’m gonna pick one of these judges…or somebody very close. And I’m gonna actually add a few more to it, because I hear there are some excellent…extra…like…people that are great. So, we're gonna have 14, [or] 15 judges that are phenomenal! That…believe in all of the things we believe in. And very, very strong on the Second Amendment. They're pro-life. They're stronger the Second Amendment…; they're highly, highly vetted. Highly vetted…–THE CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS. And…anybody? …–MR. TRUMP OFFERS THE RED HAT. No, I wanna give it to a woman. [A] Woman! You were the one! Where's that woman!? You! You! …–MR. TRUMP THROWS THE HAT AT HER. All right, give it to her, she was so good!
So, I never had a…you know, I…it actually fell on my foot. It…it felt like heavy. That's the heaviest hat I've ever…that means it was made in America, it's high quality…–THE CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS. It is actually made in America…–THE CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS.
So…so, we…if we don't…win, you're gonna have, po…tentially, five judges. You're gonna have a minimum of three during this term. This is an unusual term, because it could be a record…for…in four years, for the number of Supreme Court justices you're gonna pick. So, it could very well be…I mean, it's gonna be incredible, the numbers. I like that. I like that! Look at that people! …–THE CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS. I look at that! Look at that! I'm not sure [that] the people standing behind you like it, but we like it, right!?
So, what happens…is the supreme court justice is outside of security, and the economy is very important, but the economy isn't even as important as this! Because, if they put…the judges that a…crooked…Hillary…Clinton will put on to the Supreme Court, your country will never be the same! We'll probably never recover! And if it does recover, it will be in a 100 years from now, that's how serious it is.
So, when these…dopey, foolish, stupid people…keep talking about…a…third party…you know, just because they don't like me! You know, we had to force! I mean, Jeb signed an agreement! And I like Jeb, he's fine! But he signed an agreement! They all wanted me to signed and I'm said, “no, no, no!”. But then eventually I signed it! I live by it, right? It's called ‘the pledge’! You know, you got a pledge: You make a pledge! When you make a deal, you make a deal!
And we had a rough primary! People said…these guys…–MR. TRUMP POINTS AT THE CAMERAS–…said it's the roughest primary they've ever seen! And it was nasty! And I had to be nasty!
My wife said, “why can't you be nicer to people?”…–THE CROWD LAUGHS TIMIDLY. I said, “because I like winning!”. Is that okay? …–THE CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS. I like winning! [It’s] True! [It’s] Nice to win. It’s nice to win. [MGF2] 
If we don't win, you're gonna have…as many as five! It’s hard to believe! Look at Scalia, he was great! Nobody thought he was gonna…we looked at him, he's gonna be there for 10, or 15 years! He was there. He's the template! He's the guy you most wanna…get somebody like that.
But, you look at that…–A MEMBER IN THE CROWD CHEERS–…thank you darling. You look at that…if we lose, you're gonna have three at a minimum…[it] could be four, it could be five judges. The court will never, ever come back; whether it's…and…I'm not even talking about one issue or two issues, I'm talking about many issues! We will become Venezuela! We will become…and you see what's happening in Venezuela.
So, everybody has to go out. Everybody has to do their best. Everybody has to make sure we get elected. So now we're the nominee. Now we’re the nominee. We're gonna have a great convention…–THE CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS. We're gonna have a great convention.
You know, there was some talk about possibly moving the convention site…from Cleveland to another city! I said…I said, “no way you're moving it. No way”. No, they were thinking about moving it to another city. You know, nice, glamorous, beautiful stadium…everything…; I said, “no, you're not gonna move it”. I said, “we're gonna win, we're gonna be in Cleveland. We're gonna love Cleveland! We're gonna win the state of Ohio!”.
And Ohio is gonna remember…that I suck up for Cleveland! …–THE CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS–…I think! I think they're gonna remember that! They're gonna remember it big league! And we're gonna have a great time in Cleveland! And we're gonna have great unification! And already, everyone's coming out! The congressman was telling me just before! They're all coming out in favor. And we're up to now 91, or 92 percent. And it's a beautiful thing.
But remember this: when you vote for me, you're voting for…not only…the best security, not only the best borders…the best trade deals! I have Carl Icahn, I have all the great…the great businessmen are all supporting me! I mean, I have the greatest business men in the world! We have…we don't use them to negotiate our deals with China, with Mexico, with Japan, with Vietnam…with all these countries that rip us! We don't use them! We use political hacks! We use lightweights! And they are using their smartest people! And ours are better than theirs, but we have to use our best.
But with all of that being said, we have to save…the Supreme…Court! …–THE CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS.
So, I wanna thank the state of Montana. I wanna thank Billings for this incredible outpouring. I wanna thank you…–THE CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS. And…you know, I…we have a country…and remember this, remember this: we have a country that doesn't win anymore. We don't even win…I…I walk down! See, here's my notes! …–MR. TRUMP SHOWS A POST-IT. THE CROWD LAUGHS. Don't you like it when somebody doesn't use a teleprompter? Right!? …–THE CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS VIVIDLY. Right!? Here's my notes. Who else makes a speech to a crowd like this with this!? But…I do it from the heart.[MGF3] 
A friend of mine who's very successful said, “how do you do this?”. He's a really…one of the most successful people. And he came with me to Dallas, we had 21,000 people in the Mavericks Arena. And he said, “how the hell do you speak?”.
I said, “honestly, it's easy. Because there's such love in the room…”. All the rooms! We're all the same! There's such love in the rooms!
But we don't win anymore! Take a look at the TSA! Look at our airports! …where people are waiting in line for four, and five hours to get to a plane…and then they get checked in, and the plane is gone!
We don't know what the hell we're doing! We have no abilities. We have no management. We have no leadership at the top, that's the problem! So, we're gonna change it.
So, we don't win anymore, folks! But, if you elect me, we're gonna win. We're gonna win so much…–THE CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS VIVIVDLY. We're gonna win with our military. We're gonna win on trade. We're gonna win at the border. We're gonna win so much…! You are gonna get so sick, and tired of winning…! You're gonna come to me and say, “please, please, we can't win anymore!” …–THE CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS. You've heard this one, right!? “You can't win! Please, Mr. President! We beg you, sir! We don't wanna win anymore! It's too much! It's not fair to everybody else!”.
And i'm gonna say, “I'm sorry, but we're gonna keep winning, winning, winning…! And we're gonna make…America…great…again!” …–THE CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS VIVIDLY. Thank you, everybody! Thank you, Montana! Thank you, Billings! Thank you, everybody! Thank you! Thank you!
