Trump’s closing argument

Trump’s speech at Madison Square Garden on Sunday was billed as his closing argument for the election. I want to try to summarize what he said there (not any of the other content at that marathon event). I went through the transcript of his speech and tried to extract the main points of what he said. At nearly 80 minutes and over 11,000 words I hope I’ve done it justice.

Of the 47 thoughts I captured 6 were about his policy ideas (cut taxes—twice, drill baby drill, deportation, build a defense shield, make flag burning illegal), 10 were characterizing Harris and/or Biden, 5 were framing the election, and 26 were random (we’ve got a great crowd, I love my family, Jim Jordan is great, catching a rocket, etc.)

Everything in my list is in the order these ideas appeared in his speech. Most ideas are summarized but a few are direct quotes as indicated.

• We’ve got so many people here
• All our problems will be quickly solved
• Harris trashed our economy, spiked inflation, and killed manufacturing
• I’ll cut taxes on tips, overtime, and social security. And today I’m announcing a tax credit for people taking care of loved ones and I’ll make interest on car loans tax deductible.
• We’re gonna drill baby drill and cut energy prices in half in 1 year
• I’ll protect America from the immigrant criminals the world is dumping on us.
• The US is now an occupied country. I’ll launch the largest deportation program ever.
• Joe Biden goes to bed at 4PM
• FEMA ran out of money for hurricane relief
• They tried to kick me off the ballot in Colorado
• Kamala needs a teleprompter but I don’t
• We’re practically in World War III but none of that would have happened if I were President.
• People died in Afghanistan and Kamala wants to start a draft again but I’m the only president who never started a war.
• Our military has stupid generals who said we can’t win a war with China
• I ended the pipeline in Europe but Biden ended the pipeline in the US.
• Kamala is crooked and vicious
• We have 325,000 missing children
• Go vote
• Jim Jordan is great
• I could be on vacation right now anywhere in the world
• I watched SpaceX catch a rocket on TV. Russia and China can’t do that.
• Elon Musk likes to wear a black MAGA hat.
• “We’re not going to let him go too crazy, Elon, with the oil and gas stuff because Robert F. Kennedy cares more about human beings and health and the environment than anybody…I’m going to let him go wild on medicines.”
• We call oil and gas liquid gold
• My wife has a to selling book
• JD and Usha Vance are both Yale Law School graduates
• I’ve got a great family
• Senator Tommy Tuberville is great
• We’re going to win the House because we have a secret. 
• Madison Square Garden is great
• Kamala Harris is a Marxist who wants to defund the police
• MS-13 are animals
• Kamala Harris wants to ban fracking and confiscate your guns.
• “She (Harris) even called for free sex change operations on illegal aliens in detention at taxpayer expense.”
• Google told me they got more hits on McDonald’s after I visited there than ever before.
• Kamala tried to turn out military woke.
• This will be the greatest political comeback of all time.
• Kamala never called the Border Patrol as the border czar
• We have endorsements from border patrol, firefighters, and police
• “I am under investigation more than the great late Alphonse Capone.”
• We sort of need steel in this country
• We’re winning with Muslims in Michigan
• “We will cut your taxes, end inflation, slash your prices, raise your wages, and bring thousands and thousands of factories back to America.”
• “We will build a massive defense shield all made in the USA. We’re going to build a beautiful dome over our country.”
• People should get a year in jail if they burn the American flag.
• Crime in New York is terrible
• “We will make America powerful again. We will make America wealthy again. We will make America healthy again. We will make America strong again. We will make America proud again. We will make America safe again. And we will make America great again.”