I only want to admit individuals into our country who will support our values, and love our people. Anyone who endorses violence, hatred or oppression is not welcome in our country and never, ever, will be. Decades of record immigration have produced lower wages and higher unemployment for our citizens, especially for African American and latino workers. We are going to have an immigration system that works, but one that works for the American People. On monday, we heard from three parents whose children were killed by illegal immigrants. Mary ann mendoza, Sabine Durden and my friend jamil shaw. Theyre just three brave representatives of many thousands who have suffered so gravely. Of all of my travels in this country, nothing has affected me more, nothing even close, i have to tell you, than the time i have spent with the mothers and fathers who have lost their children to violence, spilling across our borders, which we can solve. We have to solve it. These families have no special interests to represent. There are no demonstrators to protect them and certainly, none to protest on their behalf. My opponent will never meet with them or share in their pain, believe me. Instead, my opponent wants sanctuary cities. But where was the sanctuary for kate steinle . Where was the sanctuary for the children of mary ann and sabine and jamile . Where was the sanctuary for all of the other its so sad to talk about it. We can solve this so quickly. Where was the sanctuary for other americans who have been brutally murdered and suffered so, so, horribly . These wounded American Families have been alone. But theyre not alone any longer. [ cheering ]. Tonight, this candidate and the whole nation standing in their corner to support them, to send them our love, and to pledge in their honor that we will save countless more families from suffering and the same awful fate. Were going to build a great border wall to stop illegal immigration. To stop the gangs, and the violence, and to stop the drugs from pouring into our communities. I have been honored to receive the endorsement of americas Border Patrol agents. And will work directly with them to protect the integrity of our lawful, lawful, lawful, immigration system. Lawful. By ending catch and release on the border, well end the cycle of human smuggling and violence, illegal border crossings will go down. We will stop it. It wont be happening very much anymore, believe me. Peace will be restored by enforcing the rules for millions who overstay their visas. Our laws will finally receive the respect that they deserve. Tonight, i want every american whose demands for immigration security have been denied and every politician who has denied them to listen very, very closely to the words im about to say. On january 20th, the day i take the oath of office, americans will finally wake up in a country where the laws of the United States are enforced were going to be considerate and compassionate to everyone, but my greatest compassion will be for our own struggling citizens. Usa u usa, usa my plan is the exact opposite of the radical and dangerous immigration policy of Hillary Clinton. Americans want relief from uncontrolled immigration, which is what we have now. Communities want relief. Yet, Hillary Clinton is proposing mass amnesty, mass immigration, and mass lawlessness. Her plan will overwhelm your schools and hospitals, further reduce your jobs and wages and make it harder for recent immigrants to escape the tremendous cycle of poverty theyre going through right now and make it almost impossible for them to join the middle class. I have a different vision for our workers. It begins with a new fair trade policy that protects our jobs and stands up to countries that cheat, of which there are many. Its been a signature message of my campaign from day one, and it will be a signature feature of my presidency from the moment i take the oath of office. I have made billions of dollars in businessmaking deals. Now, im going to make our country rich again. Using the greatest Business People in the world, which our country has, im going to turn our bad trade agreements into great trade agreements. America lost nearly one third of its manufacturing jobs since 1997 following the enactment of disastrous trade deals supported by bill and Hillary Clinton. Remember, it was bill clinton who signed nafta, one of the worst economic deals ever made by our country or, frankly any other country. Never, ever again. I am going to bring back our jobs to ohio, and pennsylvania, and new york, and michigan, and all of america, and i am not going to let Companies Move to other countries, firing their employees along the way without consequence. Not going to happen anymore. [ cheering ]. My opponent, on the other hand, has supported virtually every trade agreement that has been destroying our middle class. She supported nafta, and she supported chinas entrance into the world trade organization. Another one of her husbands colossal mistakes and disasters. She supported the jobkilling trade deal with south korea. She supported the Transpacific Partnership which will not only destroy our manufacturing but will make america subject to the rulings of foreign governments and its not going to happen. I pledge to never sign any trade agreement that hurts our workers or that diminishes our freedom and independence. We will never, ever, sign bad trade deals. America first, again. America first. Instead, i will make individual deals with individual countries. No longer will we enter into these massive transactions with many countries that are thousands of pages long, and which no one from our country even reads or understands. We are going to enforce all trade violations against any country that cheats. This includes stopping chinas outrageous theft of intellectual property along with their illegal product dumping and devastating currency manipulation. Theyre the greatest that ever came about, the greatest currency manipulators, ever. Our horrible trade agreements with china, and many others will be totally renegotiated. That includes renegotiating nafta to get a muchbetter deal for america and will walk away if we dont get that kind of a deal. Our country is going to Start Building and making things again. Next comes the reform of our tax laws, regulations and energy rules while Hillary Clinton plans a massive, and i mean massive tax increase, i have proposed the largest tax reduction of any candidate who has run for president this year, democrat, or republican. Middle income americans and businesses will experience pro found relief and taxes will be greatly simplified for everyone. I mean everyone. America is one of the highest tax nations in the world. Reducing taxes will cause new companies and new jobs to come roaring back into our country, believe me, it will happen, and it will happen fast. Then were going to deal with the issue of regulation. One of the greatest job killers of them all. Excessive regulation is costing our country as much as two 2 trillion a year and we will end it very, very quickly. We are going to lift the restrictions on the production of american energy. This will produce more than 20 trillion in job creating Economic Activity over the next four decades. My opponent, on the other hand, wants to put the great miners, and the great Steel Workers of our country out of work and out of business. That will never happen with Donald J Trump as president. Our Steel Workers and our miners are going back to work again. With each new economic policy, trillions and trillions of dollars will start flowing into our country. This new wealth will improve the quality of life for all americans. We will build the roads, highways, bridges, tunnels, airports and railways of tomorrow. This, in turn, will create millions of more jobs. We will rescue kids from failing schools by helping their parents send them to a safe school of their choice. My opponent would rather protect bureaucrats than serve american children. And that is what she is doing. And that is what she has done. We will repeal and replace disastrous obamacare. You will be able to choose your own doctor again. And we will fix tsa at the airports, which is a total disaster. Thank you. Thank you. Were going to work with all of our students who are drowning in debt to take the pressure off these young people just starting out in their adult lives. Tremendous problem. We will completely rebuild our depleted military. And the countries we are protecting at a massive cost to us will be asked to pay their fair share. We will take care of our great veterans like they have never been taken care of before. My justreleased 10point plan has received tremendous veteran support. We will guarantee those who serve this country will be able to visit the doctor or hospital of their choice without waiting five days on a line and dying. My opponent dismissed the va scandal. One more sign of how out of touch she really is. Were going to ask every Department Head in government to provide a list of wasteful spending on projects that we can eliminate in my first 100 days. The missions talked about this for years but im going to do it. [ cheering ]. We are going to appoint justices of the United StatesSupreme Court who will uphold our laws and our constitution. The replacement of our beloved Justice Scalia will be a person of similar views, principles and judicial philosophies. Very important. This will be one of the mostimportant issues decided by this election. My opponent wants to essentially abolish the second amendment. I, on the other hand, received the early and strong endorsement of the National Rifle association. And will protect the right of all americans to keep their families safe. At this moment i would like to thank the evangelical and religious community, because ill tell you what. The support theyve given me, and im not sure i totally deserve it, has been so amazing and had such a big reason for me being here tonight. Its true. So true. They have much to contribute to our politics, yet our laws prevent you from speaking your minds from your own pulpits. And an amendment pushed by Lyndon Johnson many years ago threatens religious institutions with a loss of their tax exempt status if they openly advocate their political views. Their voice has been taken away. I am going to work very hard to repeal that and to protect free speech for all americans. We can accomplish these great things and so much more, all we need to do is start believing in ourselves and in our country again. Start believing. It is time to show the whole world that america is back, bigger and better and stronger than ever before. In this journey, im so lucky to have at my side my wife, melania and my wonderful children. Don, ivanka, eric, tiffany and baron. You will always be my greatest source of pride and joy. And by the way, melania and ivanka, did they do a job . My dad, fred trump was the smartest and hardestworking man i ever knew. I wonder sometimes, what hed say if he were here to see this and to see me tonight. Its because of him that i learned from my youngest age to respect the dignity of work and the dignity of working people. He was a guy most comfortable in the company of brick layers, carpenters and electricians and i have a lot of that in me, also. I love those people. There is my mother, mary. She was strong, but also, warm, and fair minded. She was a truly great mother. She was also one of the most honest and charitable people that i have ever known and a great, great, judge of character. She could pick them out from anywhere. To my sisters, mary ann and elizabeth, my brother, robert, and my late brother, fred, i will always give you my love. You are most special to me. I have had a truly great life in business. But now, my sole and exclusive mission is to go to work for our country, to go to work for you. Its time to deliver a victory for the American People. We dont win anymore, but were going to start winning again. But to do that, we must break free from the petty politics of the past. America is a nation of believers, dreamers and strivers that is being led by a group of censors, critics and cynics. Remember, all of the people telling you you cant have the country you want are the same people that wont stand. They said trump doesnt have a chance of being here tonight. Not a chance. The same people. We love defeating those people. Dont we . Dont we love defeating them . Love it, love it, love it. No longer can we rely on those same people in the media and politics who will say anything to keep our rigged system in place. Instead, we must choose to believe in america, history is watching us now. We dont have much time. But history is watching. Its waiting to see if we will rise to the occasion and if we will show the whole world that america is still free, independent and strong. I am asking for your support tonight so that i can be your champion in the white house and i will be your champion. My opponent asks her supporters to recite a threeword loyalty pledge. It reads im with her. I choose to recite a different pledge. My pledge reads im with you, the American People. I am your voice. So to every parent who dreams for their child, and every child who dreams for their future, i say these words to you tonight. I am with you. I will fight for you. And i will win for you. To all americans tonight in all of our cities, and in all of our towns, i make this promise. 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. God bless you. And good night. I love you. [ applause ]. [ music ] [ music ] [ music ] [ music ] [ music ] [ music ] [ music ] [ music ] [ music ] [ music ] [ music ] 401 days after descending that escalator in trump tower, billionaire Businessman Donald Trump formally accepted the nomination of the Republican Party, capping what is honestly the most astonishing political story in our lifetime. In a speech that laid out about a hour an 12 minutes he laid out a vision for america tonight with more meat on the bones saying he was a fighter for anyone who felt they were not represented by the Obama Administration, saying he is their voice. Talking about how he will be the voice of the forgotten men and women, and that the American People will come first once again. Trump hitting on the biggest themes of his campaign, americanism, not globalism will be our credo. Talking about how he, alone can fix what he says is a rigged system, repeatedly calling himself a law and order candidate, spending lots of time on immigration, free trade, and saying with him as president , america will be back. A couple of times, talking about Hillary Clinton. The crowd going into locker up. Lock her up. He said no, lets defeat her in november. Tucker, what did you think . There is going to be a lot of analysis of the style of the speech. The length, the volume, etc. , but i was struck by one thing. Here is a businessman not running on a business platform. Nothing about Capital Gains tax cuts, usual republican issues. You heard him attack corporations and as the voice of the middle class, hes not an idea log and he ended i thought the most resonating note of all. I love you. This is what this is about. Its a new Republican Party, win or lose, it is trumps party. Its a transformation. Chris wallace . Well, i think there are two ways of viewing the speech. The words of the speech wed gotten them several hours ago. I thought it was a really strong speech. He set it up as a choice between change and the status quo, regular folks versus the elite. I loved the line for the forgotten men and women of america, i am your voice, but we cant ignore the presentation, for some reason, he shouted the speech. For some reason, he said each word so slowly, it became an endurance test, in that sense, i think it was a bit of a missed opportunity. It was emphatic. I dont think anyone listened to this who expected there would be new material here that would cause conservatives who had their doubts about him and not prepared to support him say that i hadnt heard before, that is new, that is reason to rethink my position. What he gave us was the standard material we have heard from the candidate this far, can this speech carry him further . Well have to wait according to the people on that. Confetti is raining down. Balloons continuing to do the same. The crowd is starting to feel it a bit. His biggest calling card has been his family. And megyn, to hear ivanka introduce him in the way she did and see yet another child from his calling card, speak of her father in a different way than perhaps we have heard before. And say im not really a democrat or a republican. That is not how i look at the world, like a lot of millennials and offer an optimistic tone. Trump was more forboding and hit, issues that are plaguing the country. Its such a contrast between the tone and approach. Its interesting. Every once in a while, trump would slip back into himself opposed to the teleprompter trump. That is the longest time he spent on a teleprompter. He wanted to get to that im telling you, i believe you. And a moment of humility there, saying the evangelicals, saying im not sure i totally deserved it. He did have specifics here. And in one sense, brit, i think is not hitting specifics laid out here. There was a historic nature of this, that is the lgbtq comments that were interesting in this audience. Which the Lgbtq Community wanted and so, he did. What a night. What an end to a twoyear run for president. Listen, remember, it started in this arena august 6th, one year ago, the debate started the primary season. Tonight its official that he is the republican nominee. And the general election is on. Thank you for tr