
Episode 5176: President Trump Holds Rally In Corpus Christi Texas ...
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Steve Bannon
The War Room. And we are going to continue live coverage throughout the President's presentation.
Donald Trump
Thank you very much. That was fun. Did you see these people on my right? The way they just sat there, Some of them. How about Omar? Screaming, screaming, screaming like a lunatic. You looked at her bulging eyes. She's crazy. Get the hell out of here. The Omar and her friend and her little friend sitting next to her. Slashing energy costs is among the most important actions we can take to bring down prices for American consumers. Because when you cut the cost of energy, you really caught. You just cut the cost of energy. Everything follows. Look, you're in an industry, a business, whatever you want to call it, a profession, in many cases, everything follows energy. Now, AI, they build these big plants. They say, how do you make your money? Information. Somehow I like oil better. I'm sorry? I like, I think oil. If I had my choice, I have to stick with oil. In 12 months, we've driven core inflation down to the lowest level in more than five years. And in the last three months of 2025, it's been down to 1 point inflation, 1.7%. Nobody thought that. So we went from the highest inflation ever to low inflation. All you know, everything took place. I've been here one year. Think of it. One year. A little bit more than one year now. Time flies. Time flies. Maybe we should. Maybe we do one more term. Should we do one more term? Do one more term. Well, we're entitled to it. Because they cheated like hell in the second. We would actually be entitled to it. But think of it. The price of eggs is down 60%. The cost of chicken, butter, fruit, hotels, automobiles, rent is lower today than it has been in years. And even beef is right now on the way down. It's coming down. It's coming down fast. Prices of almost everything is down. And we inherited a mess one year ago, a mess. And they came up with a word. Affordability. Affordability. And I said, what are they talking about? They're the ones that caused it. They're cons. They're liars. Not good. Other than that, we want to have unity, let's have unity. To have unity, you need sane people on the other side. And when you watch them not stand up for a mother that just lost her daughter, or not stand up for a great brave helicopter pilot that did so well and so amazing in Venezuela. Or not stand up when I ask the question. Stand up. If you love our country, think of it. And you love great American patriots, but don't stand up if you don't or if you love illegal alien criminals. And not one of them stood up. They got killed. And that, you know, at the end of the night they were all standing up for anything because the word was they are getting killed. Pastor, did you see they were passing notes all over the place. Stand up. Stand up for anything. Stand up. They were instructed, you know, they have terrible policy, terrible everything, but they do stay together as bad as it is. But they were instructed, under no circumstances are you to applaud or stand up. So I say stand up for a mother who lost her beautiful daughter. And they don't applaud. They sit there like. And eventually we just looked at them and said, you people are crazy. And they are. They're crazy. And we got to win the midterms. We brought this country back. We don't want to lose the midterm. We got to win the midterms. We got. We got to get out. You got to get out or we got to vote. And we'll keep it all going better even than it is now. As good as it is. Tuesday night in my State of the Union address, I laid out the historic actions my administration is taking to put more money in the pockets of workers and families like those here today. The greatest people on earth. You built the country. And to ensure that we always keep America first. You know, they don't keep America first. They keep America last. With the help of our Republican majorities in Congress, we passed the largest tax cuts in American history. That includes no tax on tips, no tax on overtime and no tax on Social Security for our great senior. And the average Texas family will save over $4,000 on their taxes this year alone and much more next year. We gave you the best tax cuts anyone has seen. We also got you an interest deduction if you buy a car. You can, if you borrow some money to buy a car, you have a loan, you're allowed to deduct the interest for income tax purposes. Never happened before, but only if it's an American made car. We put that in. We have cut a record number of job killing regulations, slashing 129 old regulations for every one new regulation that we approve. So if we put a regulation on, we slash 129 old regulations which is far and above what anybody has been able to do. We terminated the insane electric vehicle mandate where you had to have a car like all electric car within a couple of years, yet it was not going to work. I mean, you don't mind driving 200 miles to get a charger, right? You ever see the signs? Charge, you're running out, you're running low. And they say, charging Booth 112 miles to the ride. These people are crazy, I'm telling you. But the mandate is over. And the other radical attacks. And now you can go out and you can buy a gasoline powered car, a hybrid, an electric car. You can buy whatever the hell you want. In four long years, the last administration got less than $1 trillion. So $1 trillion less, much less of new investment came into the country in less than 12 months. I secured commitments for more than $18 trillion. So think of it. For four years. Think of it what it does to a place like this. Four years, much less than 1 trillion. Less than one year, more than $18 trillion. I would say that's, that's the difference between making America great again and making America a major loser. A short time ago, we were a dead country. We were totally a dead country. The king of Saudi Arabia said it to me. I was over, they invested $2 trillion in our country. I was over there with other great countries. But the king of Saudi Arabia said to me, president, two years ago, you were a dead country. Now you have the hottest country anywhere in the world. Can you imagine? The stock market has hit 53 all time record highs since the election. Think of that. In one year, adding trillions of dollars in value. Americans, pensions and for 401 s and retirement accounts, they're all through the roof. Who has a 401k? Wow. Is anybody unhappy with the job I'm doing? Your 401s have doubled, right? Are they doubled? I have a policeman. I tell the story, same guy, I meet him. But this wonderful, tough policeman from New York, he's taking good care of us. And he said, sir, it's so good. My married life has gotten so much better. Why? My wife thought I was a loser financially. I couldn't make any Money because my 401k was dying for years. And now she thinks I'm the smartest financial genius ever. It's made my sex life good. It's made my life good. It's given me, it's given me a tremendous boost in life service. This is a big tough cop. He said, my wife treated me like a dog and now she admires my financial genius. And I haven't done anything. My 401k has gone through the roof. So I said, thank you very much. But everybody is there, right? Everybody is up. Has anybody gone down with their 401k? Because if you do, you're a Loser, nobody. And then, you know, you hear these radical lunatics say the stock market doesn't matter. Well, it does matter because they have 401 s, they have investments, they buy stocks without 401 s. It matters a lot. Our stock market is going through. You know, we beat 50,000 on the Dow. They said when I got elected, if I could beat 50,000 by the end of my fourth year, it would be a tremendous miracle. And we then hit 7,000 on the S and P. And that was even tougher. They said there's no way that can be done. I did them both by the end of my first year, not my fourth year, my first year, which means you also did them both. So, you know, so everybody is happy. And to help ensure that all Americans share in the gains from the rising stock market, I announced on Tuesday night that any worker whose employer does not provide matching contributions to a retirement account, my administration will begin matching your retirement savings with up to $1,000 a year. Nobody ever thought that's possible. And we passed a bill, the great big beautiful bill that the Democrats are, they're always saying, oh, the great big beautiful. They don't know. It's basically the great big beautiful tax cut bill, if you really want to look at it. Probably more accurate name. Every parent can actively just activate all of their children's accounts. We have a new thing and it was Michael and Susan Dell. Dell computer. Go out and buy a Dell computer. They're great because he put up 6,250,000,000 in the Trump accounts. And it's for children. It's tax free investment accounts for every American child, every single American child born rich. So millions and millions will be pre funded Courtesy of the U.S. treasury and Private individuals like Michael and Susan Dell who have donated the. Think of it, $6 billion. He put up $6,250,000,000. And now he wants to put up more to fund what's called the Trump accounts for 25 million American children. And that number is growing rapidly all the time. So these children, they reach 18 or 19 or 20, they could have over 100,000. They could have much more than that. Think of it, they'll be like rich. They started with nothing and a small amount of seed money. And by the time they're 18 years old, they could have well over $100,000. And to make this investment in our children's future, go to trump and accounts.gov it is amazing. It's going through the roof. One American who is benefiting tremendously from our tax cuts is Kevin Rhodes. From Andrews, Texas. Kevin is a Marine Corps veteran who has spent 20 years in the oil and gas industry. Great guy. Just met him. He works as a wells tech in Permian Basin where he averages 15 hours a week in overtime. Now there's no tax on overtime anymore. Kevin. As a result, Kevin and his wife Marcy will take home more than $7,000 extra this year thanks to no tax on overtime. With money that they are going to take. The two boys are on a road trip to Yellowstone. Yellowstone National Park. Nice place. Or you could save the money or you could buy a house or do whatever the hell you want with it, Right? But you know what? I'd like to have Kevin and Marcy come up. They're so happy. No tax, in this case, overtime. But think of it, no tax on tips, no tax on overtime, no tax on Social Security for the seniors. So who the hell else could have gotten that? Come on up, Kevin.
Kevin Rhodes
Thank you, Mr. President. It's a huge honor to be here in Corpus Christi, Texas with everyone here. Thank you to Oil and Gas Workers association. Also. I stand here as a Marine Corps veteran. With my wife who is a small business owner. We own a small catering company. We are products of the oil and gas industry of West Texas. We send our oil here to Corpus Christi to send out across the world. With the legislation that has been passed with a no tax on overtime, we were able to buy a commercial refrigerator for our business. And then like Mr. President said, we're going to take our kids on a trip to Yellowstone and Grand Teton. We are just Americans. Two parents trying to give the best life to their children. Opportunities for both of our sons. One who is in automation, fixing to go into the oil gas industry. We have big dreams and are excited for the future of this nation and our family. We are grateful that God has given us a president like Mr. Trump that allows us. Real grateful that he has put America first. So God bless you, Mr. President, and God bless this nation.
Donald Trump
That's great. Thank you very much both. So we're also grateful to be joined by a man, as they say, the most talented man in the oil industry, Doug Burgum, who, as you know, is a great gentleman. He was former governor of North Dakota. I wanted to put him at energy. He said, sir, I'm really good at energy. But there's one man that's better and his name is Chris Wright. So I made Chris Wright the Secretary of energy and he has really proven to be fantastic wherever you are. Chris. Where is Chris? Thank you. And he's got A beautiful hat. Beautiful. I love the hat. Go Gulf of America. I love that hat. We have one of the great governors of our country. He is an unbelievable guy, a tremendous friend of mine, and he is something very special. He's tough as hell. I want to tell you, if you think he's a nice guy, you're wrong. He's tough, he's mean, but it's all for you. So I want to just say, greg Abbott, we love you. Greg Abbot. Good. Lieutenant Governor Dan Patrick. Thank you. He's been the chairman of my. He's been the chairman of my campaign all three times. All three times. We set records. We set records like nobody. Okay, I don't want to brag, but in the history of Texas, I have. Correct, Governor. I have by far the largest number of votes ever gotten, and it was the highest and the highest again. And we just topped it big in the last election. So we have the highest ever gotten by a lot, by millions of votes. I think I got to move here fast. I'll stay in Washington for a little while. We'll stay in Washington for a little while longer. So thank you very much. And we have a great Attorney General, Ken Paxton. Where's Ken? Hi, Ken. Hi, Ken. And we have a great senator, John Cornyn. Hi, John. Thank you, John. You're in a little race together. You know that, right? A little bit of a race. It's going to be an interesting one, Right? They're both great people, too. Thank you both very much. We appreciate it. Texas House Speaker Dustin Burrows, he's here doing a terrific job. Hi, Dustin. Thank you, Dustin. Good job. Like you, much better than the last guy, Dustin. And we have a senator who's really an amazing guy. I'm thinking about putting him in the Supreme Court. Now. Now I'm thinking because it's very hard, you know, getting these nominations through is very tough. He's the only guy I know. He'll get 100% of the Democrat vote, 100% of the Republican vote. They want to get him out of there. He is such a pain in the ass, but he's so good and so talented. Ted Cruz. That's right. If we ever had a problem, I just picked Ted. That is. That has solved that problem. No, he's a great guy and he's a very talented guy, too. Smart. Representatives John Carter, Randy Weber, Jason Smith, Brian Babin, these are all incredible warriors, by the way, Jody Arrington, Lance Gooden, Chip Roy running for office. Chip. Where's Chip? You're doing a good job, Chip. Michael Cloud. That's right. He's the. Oh, look at that. Whoa. Okay. This is his district. And people like you. You know, I've had some bad things where I introduce people from a district and then they like you, Michael. That's good. And you know what? Honestly, they should, because he's a phenomenal congressman, a phenomenal friend and a phenomenal congressman. Thank you for the great job. And you got that dredging. Is it 54 or 56ft? Yeah. In other words, 54. He said, go with 54. He got. You got that done. We got it done together. Right. Made a big difference. Thank you very much. You have a great congressman. Congressman Tony Gonzalez is here. Tony, congratulations. Jake Elzee. Monica De La Cruz. Thank you. Keith Self. Good guy. Oh, these are great people. Thank you, Keith. Brandon Gill, a young one. I endorsed him. I said, a very dear friend of mine happens to have a slight relationship.
Dennis Quaid
Right.
Donald Trump
I endorsed him. I said, what does he know about politics? That was like four years ago. He knows a lot. You've been fantastic. Thank you very much. Thank you, Brandon. And another friend of mine who's doing very well, Wesley Hunt. Where's Wesley? Wesley Hunt. Doing a good job. Thank you, Wesley.
Dennis Quaid
Wesley.
Donald Trump
Well, you do have an interesting election. You have a couple of them going on. Texas is so good. You know, I never really appreciated Texas because I won by so much. It wasn't fun, but I'd rather have it that way. So let's keep it that way. Let's keep it that way. Director of Federal Housing Finance Agency. A genius financially, Bill Pulte. Hi, Bill. President and founder of the Oil and Gas Workers Association. Very popular guy, Matt Koday. And we have an actor who's one of the best actors in America. He played a gentleman that preceded me by a few years named Ronald Reagan. And Dennis Quaid has gotten accolades all over the place, and he really is good. Dennis Quaid. Where are you, Dennis? Dennis Quaid. Hey, Dennis. Come here. Dennis, come here. You know, they like. They like celebrities and actors more than politicians. Say a couple of words.
Kevin Rhodes
Thank you, sir.
Donald Trump
Hello, Corpus Christi. Hello, Texas,
Dennis Quaid
my home state.
Donald Trump
I love Corpus Christi and I love Donald Trump. Thank you. Dennis did a great job. Thank you, Dennis. Got a new movie coming out. By the way, thanks as well to several great Texas patriots. Jessica Steinman, who's doing unbelievably well. Where's Jessica? You're around here someplace. Thank you, Jessica. Alex Mailer. Alex. Thank you. Thank you, Alex. Chris Gabber. Thank you, Chris.
Dennis Quaid
Mark.
Donald Trump
Mark Teshira Yake. Are you the Great. Marxian. He could throw that ball. We need you. We need you desperately. And I hear you doing very well. I endorsed all of these people, by the way, and I hear you doing very well. I'll tell you what, that's the end of the Democrats chances of winning the game. When you have a top, top major league player in your team, they're in deep trouble. That's good. That's. They're really. We're rooting for you big. I'm a big fan too. What a great baseball player you are. Thank you very much. Thanks, Mark. Jace Yarbrough. Jace, thank you very much. Chase. Good job. They're all leading. John Bonk. They're all leading in the polls, every one of them. And I want to call up three people that are running and we don't even have the polls yet, but they're, I think, doing well. When we endorse people I like, I take it seriously. But these people we endorse and just run on up here real fast. Carlos de la Cruz, Webb county judge Tano Tijarina. Tijarina, come on up. And former assistant attorney Eric Flores are all running and I think they're doing great. Say a couple of words. I have to first thank you, our Lord and savior Jesus Christ for opening every single door for my family. I want to thank my family, Annette and my daughter Rebecca.
Kevin Rhodes
And Mr. President, I want to thank
Donald Trump
you, sir, for securing our borders and making America strong. And I got a lot of fighting in me, sir. And I'm going to make sure that Texas35 brings you a wingman. Mr. President, it is true and honor to stand up here. Soy Mexicano.
Brian Glenn
Mexican American.
Donald Trump
Mr. President.
Brian Glenn
This is South Texas right here. Hard working patriots, faith filled patriots.
Donald Trump
Mr. President.
Brian Glenn
Men and women that power this country, that our ports, our refineries, our ranches
Donald Trump
and our military bases. We're not just a border, but we're the future, Mr. President. And we're here to back you up and continue the fight. Fight, fight. Mr. President, I am honored to be here with you today. As someone who has worn the uniform of the United States army and locked up some of the worst of the worst, I believe in strength. Never backing down and staying focused on the mission. That is the kind of leadership that you have brought back to America. And that's the leadership that I will bring to D.C. to fight for Texas 34 and always have your back. Mr. President, South Texas stands ready to do our part to secure our borders, grow our economy and keep America strong. Thank you for being here, Mr. President in Corpus Christi, thank you for your endorsement and for your trust, and above all, thank you for your unwavering, unapologetic devotion to our great nation. God bless you, Mr. President. Good guys. They're all, I hear, doing really well. We haven't seen the polls, but they're. They're all winning. Everybody I named is winning, but every day. And you know, it's interesting, the governor called me after the last election. He said, you know, you did something no Republican has ever done. You won every border town and little border city, but every border town, all the way up and down, all the way from one side to the other. He said, first time it's ever happened since he used the word reconstruction. Right? And I said, by Reconstruction, are you saying the Civil War? Is that what you're saying? That was a fancy way of saying the Civil War. He said, that's the first time it's happened. We want every single and largely Hispanic vote. We love the Hispanic voters. We love them. And what a lot of people didn't understand that the Hispanic voter wants safety and understands safety better than anybody else. So when I said, we want safety, we want law and order, they got it better than anybody else, and they voted for Trump. So I just want to thank you very much. Thank you. Thank you, man. Every day under the Trump administration, we're taking on the corruption and fraud that drives up your cost of living. And we're defending the honest, hardworking citizens of our country like you, under the most favored nation agreements for drug prices. We're slashing drug prices at record levels like never seen before, with price differences of 400, 500, even 600%. I went to other countries, I said, no way. You know, we were paying the highest prices in the entire world, by far, and now we're paying the lowest price. It's numbers that have come down for decades. Think of it. For decades, Americans have paid the highest drug prices. Nobody's ever paid more. We would pay sometimes 8, 10, 12 times more than places in Europe and other countries. But from now on, because of what I did, we're going to be paying the lowest price. Go. Favored nations. Most favored nations. So these incredible price reductions are available right now. And I didn't name this, but somebody did. They thought it was good. I said, whatever sells. Trumprx.gov TrumpRx and you'll see numbers. You'll see numbers where. And I tell the story of a friend of mine, very smart, very heavy guy, very. I'm trying to be nice. Never use the word fat. Very Heavy, slightly obese. But he takes the fat drug, and it didn't work. But he's a very brilliant guy. He's highly neurotic, very brilliant, very smart, rich. He calls me. He was in London, he called me, he said, you know, he takes the fat drug, one of the many fat drugs. And he says, in New York, I pay $1,300, and in London, I'm paying $87. What the hell is going on? So he checked it. He's a man of means. Same plant, same factory, same manufacturer, shipped over to London, and it's a tiny fraction. He said, what is it? And I said, well, that started years ago, and nobody has been able to do anything about it. But I'm working on it hard. I got it done. And I got it done by saying very simply to the other countries, if you're not going to do it, we're going to charge you a massive tariff that's many times more. Because they had to approve it. The drug companies approved it, the countries approved it. And now you'll have a pill that would sell for $1, but in New York would sell for $13. And now that pill is selling in London for $2 or $3, and it's selling in New York for $2 or $3. Came all the way down. And I said, that alone, Governor, that alone should win us the midterms. Ted, that alone should win us the midterms. That is the single biggest thing to happen. It's a revolution in prescription drugs. Your prices are going down 80%, 85%, 70%. Numbers that nobody ever saw. You know, in my first term, I had a year, my third year, where I got it down one quarter of a percent. Think of it. One quarter. I was so proud of myself, I called a news conference immediately. I announced that I got. Because nobody in 28 years had gotten drug prices down. I got them down from the beginning of the year to the end, one quarter of 1%. I thought it was great because nobody else had done it for 28 years. Now I've got them down 80%, 85%, 75, 55. And that should really do it. And other presidents have tried, and they were unable to get it. They were unable to get the other countries to do it. They were unable to get the drug companies. Everything is done. Everything is signed up. You know that Ted and John and everybody. Everything is signed up, done. And there it is. I mean, it's amazing. Now it's just taking hold the. When it was done, a major paper. It's the single biggest thing in years in medicine. A major paper. Put it on page 22 of the newspaper. So we have to explain. It's the biggest thing. It's the greatest thing, one of the great things. And that also has to do with bringing your healthcare way down since the passage of the Unaffordable Care act, which is Obamacare. Did you ever hear of Barack Hussein Obama? Barack Hussein? Who likes Barack Hussein Obama? Who doesn't like him? I've heard worse, honestly. I've heard less popular people than that. Big insurance companies have gotten rich with our government giving them hundreds of billions of dollars as their stock prices soared because Obamacare was good, rotten health insurance. Good for one reason. The insurance companies. The insurance companies made a fortune. The insurance companies own Democrats. They own them. So the Democrats never want to do anything good for us. They want to do it for the insurance companies. That's why Obamacare is terrible and it's way too expensive. So that's why in introducing the great. We call it the Great Healthcare Plan, I want to stop all payments to big insurance companies and all money, billions and billions of dollars goes directly to the people so that you can buy your own healthcare, which is better and much less expensive than Obamacare. Right? You like that, Dan? Dan Patrick likes it. If Dan Patrick likes it, I like it. How good a chairman was Dan Patrick? Right? He's undefeated as chairman. Right, Dan? As I announced on Tuesday, under our new ratepayer protection pledge, we're also telling the big tech companies that energy usage AI data centers cannot drive up price in community, electric prices in communities. They have an obligation to pay that. We have told them, you got to build your own power plant. You can't take it, you got to build it. And actually we're doing them a favor because they never thought they'd have it so good. Because our grid, which is very old and broken, tired and doesn't have great capacity, cannot sustain the kind of numbers that you're draining out of it. So I gave them the right and now it's mandatory. I made it mandatory where they have to build their own electric power plant so they're no longer taken out of the community and any excess they give back into the grid. So the grid is actually going to be enhanced as opposed to hurt. They wouldn't have been able. We're leading China, we're leading everybody right now in AI. And the reason we're doing it is because they're building their own plant. Otherwise we couldn't build much at all. And so I just want you to know, as you see these massive plants, they're building their own power plant. They're becoming essentially their own utility. We're expanding the dream of home ownership to millions of Americans. And after I directed the purchase of $200 billion in mortgage bonds, that's $200 billion in mortgage bonds, mortgage rates just fell substantially lower than 6% for the first time in five years. The annual cost of a typical new mortgage is now down almost $5,000 in one year. Think of that. And I have a lousy guy in the Fed. Terrible. Jerome. Too late. You know what? He's too late. You know why we call him Too late? He's too late in reducing mortgage interest rates or interest rates. He's not doing too good. But fortunately he's going to be out of there soon. But even despite him, you know, did you ever hear you got a little wall, an obstacle you power through? We power through the wall. He's a wall that we just power through. In the past 12 months, we've helped over 50,000 first time homebuyers in Texas get the house of their dreams. And we've really created the American dream. By the way, our country right now, this is the golden age of America. We're in the golden age. This is the beginning. This is the beginning of the golden age. This is going to be reading about this in 100 years until we are in the golden age of America. We got to keep it going. Got to win the midterms. We've got to keep it going. Last month I signed an executive order to ban large Wall street investment firms from buying large numbers of family homes. Single family homes. No. You'd have these firms go out and buy 2,000 houses. We don't want it. We want you to buy the houses, not them. We're also fighting to pass the Save America Act. My all time favorite. It's my all time favorite. The Save America Act. We got it, John. You hear that, Ted? You're unstoppable. Because you know they cheat like hell in elections. In case you haven't noticed, they cheated in the third election. Second election was ridiculous. We got them. We caught them. It's all coming out. It's coming out daily. It's coming out. They cheated like dogs. That guy couldn't win. But to stop illegal aliens and other unpermitted persons. See, that's a politically correct unpermitted persons rather than illegal aliens. They'd rather have us use unpermitted persons. The first time I've ever heard those words, I Don't sort of like them unpermitted persons. Is that the new phrase we're using? The governor says no.
Dennis Quaid
Good.
Donald Trump
Thank you. No, Ted. Right? Unpermitted. He's an unpermitted person. He's killed 19 people. We're not permitting him in from voting in our sacred American elections. We don't want people that aren't citizens of our country voting. We don't want people that aren't studied. And we don't want people that can't love our country voting in our elections. So it's very simple. All voters must show. This is the Save America Act. Now, think of it. I watched Humor the other day. We will stop the Save America Act. I said, no, no, we're talking about saving. It's a really hard thing. It was like Maga, Biden, Remember Biden? He made those speeches. We will stop Maga. We will. Then he falls off the stage. We will stop. We will stop Maga. We must stop Maga. He had no idea what. And I said, no, no, Maga is make America great again. You don't want to stop it. You don't want to stop maga. And this may be even better. The Save America Act. I watched Humor today. We're going to stop the Save America Act. You know what it is basically? Voter id, et cetera. But what's wrong with that? So they came up with all different theories about why anybody shouldn't. You have voter ID for everything. No matter where you go, it's id. You have an identification for everything, except for one of the most sacred things you could be doing is voting. And the reason they don't want voter ID is because they want to cheat. Because the only way they can get elected is to cheat. Because their policies are no good. They do stick together. You saw that the other night. They wouldn't stand up and clap for anyone, for anybody. We could have meet. We could introduce. Ladies and gentlemen, I'd like to introduce you to the late, great Amelia Earhart. Here she is. They would not clap. They wouldn't clap for anybody. There was nothing I can think of, nothing. I can think of where they would clap. They're sick people, so they don't want. All votes must show voter id. All voters must show three simple proof of citizenship in order to vote. Voter id, proof of citizenship. And then third, and I'm telling you, it's the most important, no mail in ballots except for illness, disability, military or travel. And if I had my choice, I think I'd take that one. You want to Know the truth. There's more cheating with mail in ballots. They drop them in the river. See this beautiful port? You see the damn things floating down? It is so terrible. Our elections are so rigged and crooked. And those three things will solve it. Think of it. Voter id, proof of citizenship, no mail in ballots with exceptions. Military, we want an exception. Illness, disability, we want an exception. And if you're traveling, you're in a business trip, you're somewhere, even a vacation, you can vote by mail. But that's a very small number of people. And you will see that they will never win another election again. They will never win because their policy is no good. They want men playing in women's sports. They want transgender for everybody. They want open borders so that the world's criminals can pour into our country which have we done a good job? I'll tell you what, ice, ICE has done such a great job
Dennis Quaid
in Border
Donald Trump
Patrol, you know, that for the last nine. It's hard to believe for the. You remember the problems two years ago, you people, everybody was going crazy. People were pouring into our country by the millions in the last nine months, and this is done by radicals, radical lefts. In the last nine months, zero people came into our country through your southern border, illegal.
Dennis Quaid
Thank you, Mr. President.
Donald Trump
And remember when Biden said, well, for that, we need legislation? I said, no, you need a new president. And I was right. I didn't get legislation. I said to Paul Perez, close your border, Paul. Close it. Where's Paul? Is he here? Where the hell is Paul? He's the greatest. That guy is great. I'd have him come up and speak, but he's such a good speaker that I don't like that. I only want to follow terrible, terrible speakers. That way. They say Trump is a brilliant speaker. We got big ratings the other night, by the way. Big, like record, record ratings. Everything was clicking. You want to come up, Paul? Come on up, Paul. Show off to your family. He's got a beautiful family. What a beautiful family. Now watch. I'll put pressure on him. Don't blow it, Paul. This is your one opportunity. This is a big crowd, Paul. Don't get nervous. No, Paul is just incredible. And he rates Trump the single greatest president in history. That's why I have him. He says he's the goat. The goat? No, we have. We've had a couple. We haven't had too many, actually. Come on up, Paul. Thank you, President Trump. Thank you for the ride home on Air Force One. Really appreciated that. I am the president of the National Border Patrol. Council. And I can tell you without a doubt, President Trump is the only president that backed up every campaign promise he made when it came to the border and everything else. We have record drops in immigration, in border crossings, in drug seizures. Because President Trump, within one hour of being inaugurated allowed us to do more than what Biden allowed us to do in the entire four year term. President Trump is the best president in the history of this country. Prove me wrong. He does a great job. He does a great job. The whole group. I spoke Border patrol, law enforcement, by the way, our great firemen.
Dennis Quaid
How about that?
Donald Trump
You know, one of the things, and we're sort of, we can just talk. Today we're together. One of the things that I'm most proud of, if you go back two years, three years and four years under the last administration, we had the worst recruitment for our military in the history of, of our country. Nobody wanted to be a soldier. They didn't want Army, Air Force, Navy, they didn't want the Marines. They didn't want even beautiful Space Force or Coast Guard. They didn't want to be in the police, they didn't want to be in the fire departments. They didn't want to be anywhere. They didn't want anything with a uniform because it represented our country since then. And it started really with November 5, which was the election. But since November 5, we have the highest record of recruitment in the history of our country. Think of that. And that includes ICE and Border Patrol. And I want to thank Paul because that group of people does a great job. Think of it, I guess it's nine months now, registered zero now. I don't even believe it could possibly be that low because millions of people. But it's pretty close to zero. And they say it's zero. If they say it's zero, it has to be. They're Democrats that do it. So they're not going to give me any benefits. Just over one year ago, we inherited a total disaster. Four years. Now think of it. Four years we had ruinous inflation, economic surrender. We surrendered to the whole world. A border invasion, rampant crime and chaos all over the world. They laughed at us. But today we have ended that disaster and achieved a turnaround for the ages. Nobody's ever seen it like this. Nobody has ever seen a one year turnaround like we had. Think of it, we were a laughingstock 1 1/2 years ago. And now we're hot. We're hot. I was going to say like that person in the audience, but I won't say that because that could Be career ending. So I don't do that. We're hot. Our country is the hottest country in the world. America is back. Our economy is roaring, and our country is strong. And we're respected again. They're respecting us again. China respects us. Russia respects us. They all respect. And they respect your president and I respect them. We've got a lot of things going on now. We have a big decision to make. You know that. Not easy. Not easy. We have a very big decision to make. We have a country that's been for 47 years blowing people's legs off, arms off the face. They've been knocking out ships, killing people. Lots of people. Not only Americans, lots of people. It's been terrible. 32,000 people killed over the last two, three months. Protesters. 32,000. That's some number of people. 32,000. They want to make a deal, but got to make a deal that's meaningful. I spoke with Ted Cruz, John, all of them on the way here. I said, you got to make a deal that's meaningful. We hit them real hard, as you know, with those beautiful B2 bombers recently knocked out their nuclear capability. But I'd rather do it the peaceful way. But they're very difficult people. I want to tell you that. They're very dangerous people. Very difficult people. With the help of proud Texans like you and people we have today. And I want to just thank you because it is true. We have had voting in Texas. They say, sir, you don't have to go to Texas. You're leading by a lot. I said, I want to go to Texas. You know, I want to go to Texas. I love Texas. I love Texas. It just represents something special. It's success. It's great. Incredible people. But they said, see, you don't have to go there. I'm telling you, sir, you're wasting your time, sir, you don't need it. I said, I'm going to Texas. I don't give a damn if I'm wasting. But we're going to keep on working and we'll keep on fighting. Texas will keep on drilling. Corpus Christi will keep on shipping. And the United States of America will keep on winning, winning, winning like we've never won before. And together, we will make our country richer and stronger and safer and prouder and freer and greater than ever before. And I just want to tell everybody here, I appreciate everything you've done for me, and I've done a lot for you, too. But I love you all very much. And thank you, Corpus Christi. Thank you very much. Thank you, Texas. Thank you everybody.
Dennis Quaid
Young man, there's no need to feel down. I said young man. Pick yourself off the ground. I said young man. Cause you're in a new town. There's no need to be unhappy. Young man, there's a place you can go. I said, young man, when you're short on your dough you can stay there. And I'm sure you will find many ways to have a good time. It's fun to stay at the ymca. It's fun to stay at the ymca they have I'm ever a mental joy. You can hang out with all the boys. It's fun to stay at the ymca. It's fun to stay at home. Ymca. You can get yourself clean. You can have a good meal. You can do whatever you feel. Young man, are you listening to me? I said, young man, what do you wanna be? I said, young man, you can make million dreams. But you got to know this one thing. No man does it all by himself. I said young man, put your pride on the shelf and just go there to the ymca. I'm sure they can help you you today. It's fun to stay in the ymca. It's fun to stay at the ymca. They have everything fun you're meant to enjoy. You can hang out with all the boys. It's fun to stay at the. I am C.N. it's fun to stay at the YMCA. See that? Hey, you can get yourself clean, you can have a good meal. You can do whatever you feel. Young man, I was once in your shoes. I said I was down and out with the blues. I felt young man telling I were alive. I felt the whole world was so tired. That's when someone came up to me and said, take a walk up the street in some place there call the ymca, they can stop you.
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Dennis Quaid
Denver?
Steve Bannon
There we go. Thank you. I want to keep that shot as long as possible. Maybe play the music in the background. Just absolutely incredible. Brian Glenn is there. We're going to get Brian up in a second. At the top of the hour, we're going to continue with War Room Texas. And I'm actually going to go back to the White House. We got Neil McCabe at the White House. We have in Corpus Christi. And was that the best battle backdrop we've seen in a while? The port of Corpus Christi with the tankers there and the. And the open port. You had the port masters, some of the folks that work there. Look at that crowd. This is a Friday afternoon outdoors. Hell, the crowd could have gone for another hour. The president was absolutely on a roll. Kind of a follow on from his State of the Union speech. He went through a number of his accomplishments also, I think was very blunt about the Democratic opposition, his radical Democratic opposition. Talked a little bit about Iran, Said once again, I want to do it the peaceful way. But they're very difficult people, very difficult to negotiate. I think the President of the United States, as you know, we're not a big fan of kinetic activity or event over in Iran, but the president has tried over and over and over again to get.
Dennis Quaid
Do we have Brian?
Steve Bannon
Let's go to Brian. We got our own Brian Glenn live. Brian, you've been there all day. It looks quite festive. Talk to me about it.
Donald Trump
Yeah, yeah.
Brian Glenn
Steve, you. You're right. This has got to be one of the coolest backdrop that I think President
Donald Trump
Trump has had in a long, long time.
Brian Glenn
We've got one vessel that's filled with, and he mentioned it, the Siege Venice, whaling oil. And then you have another Vessel on the other side of the channel here that's in place, you got the National U.S. coast Guard. You've just got a. Just a beautiful backdrop to what has been a very successful rally here today. And I gotta tell you, it's a beautiful day here in South Texas on a Friday. But granted, the crowds that we saw trying to get into this space, they. I think they turned away several people back to huge amounts of people that wanted to be here. They simply couldn't do it, Steve. Not didn't have the space for them. But nevertheless, today was a great day here in the south, in the state of Texas. And when you look at the crowd response, Steve, that when he started naming names, who was in the crowd, who was in attendance? There was your. Your straw pole, there was your basic, let's just take a pulse of what MAGA feels about the Senate race. And I had a recording of it on my phone, and I'll post it up a little bit later. But it seems to me, if I'm just gonna go off the applause from this crowd, when they introduced Attorney General Ken Paxton, that was the most applause that in that Cornyn and Wesley Hunt group. I'd say Wesley Hunt had more applause than John Cornyn gives you a little bit of a pul.
Steve Bannon
Cornyn was a stone cold. You know, Brian, you know who that, you know, who responds to that when he's test marketing like that is President Trump. He's. He's listening, right?
Dennis Quaid
When he.
Donald Trump
When he throws it out there, he's listening.
Brian Glenn
He's taking notes, Steve. He's taking notes.
Steve Bannon
Brian, I gotta tell you, it's just a perfect setting. The Corpus Christi electricity out there and the port with the ships President Trump
Donald Trump
loved
Steve Bannon
just was absolutely incredible, the way it looked. But the crowd, the crowd was so enthusiastic, sir.
Donald Trump
Yeah, they were.
Brian Glenn
Like you said, they could have stayed here a little bit longer. The President speaking for just kind of over about an hour and 15 minutes on this speech. But he talked about the investments in this area, particularly in South Texas. Texas, with the LNG gas dredging, the channel here, going about 54 deep, 54ft deeper. Talk about the impact that this area has had on the entire nation. Jobs are up, the economy's up, security's up at the border. People are real happy right now with President Trump.
Steve Bannon
Brian, you've been out there all day.
Donald Trump
Where do people get you?
Steve Bannon
We're gonna let you. We're gonna let you get rolling there. You're a Texan. I know you love being back in Texas. Thanks for coming out Last night doing all day long a real Americans of voice starting with your show. Where do people get you? Sir?
Brian Glenn
It's my honor. It's my honor sir. At Brian Glenn TV on Twitter Brian on Truth Social and at Brian Glenn TV on Instagram. I appreciate it. God bless Texas, Steve and God bless you for fighting for Texas. I know you're doing it every day and I appreciate it. Thank you.
Steve Bannon
But I gotta tell you Brian, this is a very special state. Very special people. So we're proud to do it. Okay, we're going to take a short commercial break. John Solomon show is going to pick up right after this. We're going to shift over to the streaming for for War Room Texas and to start War Room Texas. We're going to go to the White House. We're going to get an update. Neil McCabe A lot going on geopolitically. A lot going on throughout the country. So we're going to take a short commercial break. We're going to get set up here for War Room Texas. We have a fascinating show. Want to thank the President states for coming out to Texas today. It means a lot to be 000 people. And man did it mean a lot to those people in Corpus Christi. What an enthusiastic massive crowd. Like I said turned away thousands. Only could fit in so many. Just incredible. And the president you could tell he was he was drafting off the energy Last day. Take your phone out. Text Bannon B A N N O N at 989-898. Get to Philip Patrick and Theme Golds at I Don't Know 5300 just about today.
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You know you still need help from the boss.
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Episode 5176: President Trump Holds Rally In Corpus Christi, Texas
Date: February 28, 2026
Host: Steve Bannon (WarRoom.org)
Guest Speakers: President Donald Trump, Kevin Rhodes, Dennis Quaid, Brian Glenn, various Texas political figures and supporters
This episode of Bannon’s War Room features live coverage and detailed analysis of President Donald Trump’s rally in Corpus Christi, Texas. The rally serves as a follow-up to Trump’s State of the Union address and focuses on his administration’s accomplishments after a year in office, key policy updates, endorsements of Texas Republicans, and reflections on economic, border, and energy policy. The episode is marked by a celebratory mood, campaign energy, and numerous notable moments both on and off stage.
[00:11–12:49 – Donald Trump’s Address]
[12:49–14:25 – Kevin Rhodes’ Testimony]
[14:25–19:46 – Trump Recognizes Political Leaders]
[19:46–21:45 – Dennis Quaid and Others]
[23:33–24:17 – Hispanic Leaders Speak]
[25:45–29:31 – Drug Prices and Insurance]
[32:13–33:34 – Infrastructure]
[33:44–34:37 – Home Ownership]
[36:49–40:25 – Save America Act and Voter ID]
[40:25–43:14 – Trump and Border Patrol]
[43:14–46:04 – Troop and Law Recruitment]
[46:04–48:39 – Conflict Commentary]
[48:39–51:18 – Rally Ends with Music]
The event, as reflected in the podcast, is characterized by a jubilant, campaign-style celebration. Trump’s signature humor, braggadocio, and frequent asides are present throughout. Guest speakers reflect appreciation, patriotism, and faith, often echoing populist themes. Bannon and field reporters maintain an enthusiastic, supportive tone, highlighting turnout, crowd reactions, and policy resonance in Texas.
Episode 5176 of War Room offers a sweeping, detailed recap of Trump’s Corpus Christi rally—a mixture of economic boasting, populist policy updates, Texas Republican endorsements, humorous asides, and a strong call to action for upcoming elections. Listeners get a sense of palpable campaign momentum, Trump’s focus on economic and border issues, and how local stories and celebrity engagement amplify the event’s energy.
For further policy specifics, visit the referenced government websites such as trumpandaccounts.gov and trumprx.gov as mentioned by President Trump during the speech.