TRANSCRIPT: President Trump Visits a Local Restaurant in Rome, Georgia, 2.19.26
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President Trump: Nice place you have here.
Unidentified: [Inaudible]
Trump: You've made a lot of money?
Unidentified: [Inaudible]
Unidentified: [Inaudible] favorite.
Trump: What a nice group. I've been studying my speech. Would you like to hear my speech? [Audience responds "Yes"] I'll be making a speech in a little while. Here, take it. You can take it. [Laughter] Good. Everything okay?
Unidentified: Everything's great.
Unidentified: I want, I want --
Trump: Those people back there, they have all those beautiful hamburgers. [Inaudible] for a long time.
Unidentified: Almost a hundred years.
Unidentified: [Inaudible]
Trump: Wow.
Unidentified: 1928. [Inaudible]
Trump: Wow.
Unidentified: And now [Inaudible]
Trump: [Inaudible] good. You're looking good.
Unidentified: Thank you.
Unidentified: [Inaudible] of course. Have a great time. [Inaudible]
Trump: You have great loyalty over here too. [Laughter]
Unidentified: Loyalty.
Trump: [Inaudible] he's adapted. We won big, won big in Iowa, right? We were up in, all those captains were up in Iowa, and we had a great race. We had a great race, period. We had three great races [Inaudible] And they came in, they took all those ballots, all those crooked ballots were taken. Let's see what happens. And the Democrats are fighting like hell. They don't want anyone to see those ballots. Did you see that?
Unidentified: Yeah.
Trump: Yeah, see what happens. It's, it's, it's a disgrace, but, uh, what are they gonna do? We're cleaning it up. Who likes voter ID? [Audience responds affirmatively] Who likes proof of citizenship? [Audience responds affirmatively] Who likes no mail-in ballots except for military, illness, disability, or, like, you're on vacation?
Unidentified: Absolutely.
Unidentified: Agreed.
Unidentified: Absolutely.
Unidentified: Absolutely.
Trump: No mail-ins. No mail-ins, you get thrown into the river, right?
Unidentified: No.
Trump: All right. We're gonna, we're gonna clean it up.
Unidentified: Yes.
Unidentified: Who likes Clay Fuller? [Inaudible]
Unidentified: Who likes Clay Fuller?
Unidentified: Yeah. [Inaudible]
Clay Fuller: [Inaudible, Laughter]
Unidentified: Clay, Clay, Clay, Clay.
Trump: Come on over here, sister. Clay Fuller's doing good.
Unidentified: Yes, sir, he is.
Trump: He had about 400 people running for the city, right? [Laughter] Oh, I've endorsed Clay.
Unidentified: I know you have.
Trump: And I hear great things about him. I've heard great things, yeah. Are you all for Clay? [Audience responds affirmatively] [Inaudible]
Fuller: Thanks, sir. We're gonna win. Yes, sir. Yes. sir,
Unidentified: Our mom and dad are here too.
Trump: Come on, Mom. Get over here.
Unidentified: Mom and Dad. Come on.
Trump: Come on, Mom and Dad.
Unidentified: Come on, Mom and Dad. [Inaudible]
Fuller: [Inaudible]
Trump: [Inaudible]
Unidentified: [Inaudible, Laughter]
Unidentified: Come on. This is Mom.
Unidentified: Hi.
Trump: Mom, much younger than [Inaudible]
Unidentified: How are you?
Fuller: [Inaudible] well.
Unidentified: [Inaudible] We thank you.
Trump: [Inaudible] endorse him. Make sure [Inaudible] We also have a really great lieutenant governor, you know that?
Unidentified: Yes. Yes. Right.
Unidentified: [Inaudible]
Trump: We're all [Inaudible]'s doing a good job.
Unidentified: Right here. [Inaudible]
Trump: [Inaudible] good job.
Unidentified: Yay.
Unidentified: [Inaudible]
Unidentified: Where's that quarterback?
Trump: NFL Prospect.
Unidentified: Yeah.
Trump: [Inaudible] I see this [Inaudible]
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Trump: [Inaudible] good business right there. You know who else we have here? [Inaudible], small business. [Inaudible] One of the greatest [Inaudible]
Unidentified: Yeah. Well, well, you didn't get that with [Inaudible]
Unidentified: Yeah. Yeah.
Unidentified: [Inaudible]
Trump: Yeah, you wouldn't know that [Inaudible, Laughter]
Unidentified: [Inaudible]
Trump: Let's do it, then. Well, let's get onto it. What am I doing? Am I doing an interview here with some wonderful sportscasters that I hear great things about?
Unidentified: Yes, sir.
Trump: Who the hell, do you think Biden would do this? I don't think so. [Laughter] Biden would talk about the NIL. He had no idea what it is. [Laughter] Are you ready?
Unidentified: I'm ready.
Trump: Let's go.
Unidentified: All right.
Trump: Let's go. Let's go. I'd like to have a little hair and make-up. How about a little hair and make-up?
Unidentified: [Inaudible]. Let's go.
Trump: What are the odds of this?
Aide: Thank you, press. Thank you. Thank you, press. Thank you, press.
Trump: We're looking for a great place. Everyone's doing good, Jim.
Unidentified: Yeah, that's good.
Unidentified: Mr. President, will you sign my ball?
Trump: Oh, I love this.
Unidentified: Will you please sign my, um, son's.
Unidentified: Trump, will you replace -- Female 2: Thank you for everything.
Unidentified: Trump, will you replace Biden's signature for me? [Laughter]
Trump: Thank you, I will. I know exactly what that is.
Unidentified: [Laughs]
Trump: I will.
Unidentified: Thank you, President Trump.
Trump: [Inaudible] this country.
Unidentified: Mr. President, will you accept this [Inaudible] Thank you, thank you.
Unidentified: He's also [Inaudible] fans. I've got extra, now you can sit there by yourself.
Trump: Mm-hmm.
Unidentified: [Inaudible]
Unidentified: Yeah, thank you. He's an awesome guy.
Trump: I'll tell you, he's [Inaudible] a big guy.
Unidentified: He is a big guy.
Trump: [Inaudible]
Unidentified: Mike Collins. Mike Collins. Mike Collins, we're gonna win.
Unidentified: Thank you, sir. I appreciate everything you've done.
Unidentified: President Trump, will you sign my hat? President.
Unidentified: You're gonna go through that front door and you're gonna go down. Yep, yep.
Unidentified: Is Trump different than yourself?
Trump: No.
Unidentified: Trump!
Trump: Excuse me.
Unidentified: Trump!
Unidentified: This is a Trump.
Trump: Good, take care. Thank you, everybody. Thank you for this. Thank you. I told him. Are you ready? I told him, no tax on tips. No tax on overtime. Does that matter? She's worked here for almost 50 years and she paid tax for all those years on those tips, right?
Unidentified: I appreciate it.
Trump: But not anymore. No more tax on tips.
Unidentified: Thank you.
Trump: Thank you, everybody.
Unidentified: Thank you.
Unidentified: [Inaudible]
Trump: Thank you, everybody.
Unidentified: Trump. Trump. President Trump. Can you two face [Inaudible]
Trump: I will.
Unidentified: This is a - --
Trump: She really wants a, he wants me to, let's see. Dear, Dear America now.
Unidentified: That's your presidential lifetime achievement award.
Trump: Wow, that's pretty good.
Unidentified: But I don't want his name in there, so can you help me out?
Unidentified: I love him.
Trump: He doesn't want Biden's name on his lifetime achievement.
Unidentified: That's a very good choice.
Unidentified: I know. I didn't either.
Trump: Well, mine's not an auto pen, his is. That's an auto pen. [Laughter] You know that's an auto pen? You want me to cross it off?
Unidentified: Yes. There's one, there's one under that. That's it right there.
Trump: That's an auto pen signature.
Unidentified: That's it.
Trump: You think he signed it? He didn't sign that. [Laughter] Crazy, man.
Unidentified: That's the lifetime achievement award.
Trump: That's [Inaudible] shelf, right?
Unidentified: Spurs.
Trump: I'm gonna give that [Inaudible]
Unidentified: Thank you very much.
Trump: Now you have a real lifetime achievement award. There you go. Thank you everybody.
Unidentified: Thank you, sir.
Trump: Thank you, Chris. See you at the next event. Do we like the fake news?
Unidentified: Yeah.
Trump: Huh? [Laughter] So far you've been very fair. You're gonna [Inaudible] Yes.
Unidentified: I'd like to shake your hand. I'm the mayor of Wilmington [ph].
Trump: You can shake my hand.
Unidentified: Thank you, Mr. President.
Trump: Thank you.
Unidentified: Thank you. Thank you for all that you do.
Trump: Thank you.
Unidentified: Thank you very much.
Trump: Good-looking guy, right?
Unidentified: Hey, thank you. You are too.
Trump: Thank you.
Unidentified: [Inaudible]
Trump: Thanks. [Laughs] Have a good time.
Unidentified: Thank you for having us.
Trump: Bye everybody.