Out of town pool report #4: Remarks over/ Ocean Center departure

President Trump took the stage at 7:57 pm and began speaking a few minutes later.

He ended at 9:32 pm. Pool was escorted out at 9:33 pm as POTUS was still onstage. We are rolling to the airport at 9:47 pm.

During his remarks, Trump announced that the Department of Labor would provide $40 million to support 10,000 apprenticeships. He also touted tariff revenue, repeated his promise to give Americans $5,000 each if Republicans win the midterms, and warned of an economic depression if Democrats take control.

Before Trump took the stage, rally attendees chanted “Byron” and Byron Donalds tossed red hats to the crowd. Pool spotted Eric and Lara Trump posing for photos with their children.

Attendees stood and clapped for Susie Wiles when Trump called out to her during his remarks.

Towards the end, Trump said Benny Johnson had just interviewed him, thanking him, and gave shout outs to a long list of attendees including former NFL running back Julius Jones, race car drivers Richard Childress and Austin Dillon, and Majority Whip Rep. Tom Emmer, whom he called “a brilliant political mind and a great guy and a friend of mine” as well as “one of the most powerful men in Washington.”

Some additional highlights to check against transcript below:

President Trump referred to Abdul El Sayed as a “jihadist” and said that “if you’re black, or if you’re Jewish, and you vote for Abdul, you’re not smart.”

The crowd booed when Rep. Ilhan Omar appeared on screen during a video montage featuring interviews and remarks by Democrats.

He said he would give a pardon to GOP Sen. Ashley Moody after Democratic senate candidate Angie Nixon said in an interview that she wanted her opponent to go to jail.

A protester was escorted out at 8:10 pm. A second at 8:18 pm. “They’re paid by Soros,” Trump said. Trump called a third protester moments later “a loser,” and said that they always interrupt him at inopportune time. “I’ve been hit three times at the punchline,” he said. There was a fourth protestor shortly thereafter, followed by another at 8:39 pm.

Trump spoke about “what’s happening in Europe” and asked the crowd whether they wanted to “journey on to France” with him “to study revolution.”

He called for “fake Dan Sullivan” in Alaska to be removed from the ballot and prosecuted and called his candidacy voter fraud. “He never campaigned one day. Did you know that Mr. Attorney General?” he said. “He never did anything. They just used his name, and they even look alike. … This behavior in our elections cannot be allowed to continue.”

Trump called out to Federal Housing Director Bill Pulte in the audience after touting a promise by Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac to invest $40 billion in Florida mortgages.

The president spoke about his upcoming rallies in Iowa and in Kansas, saying that the campaign called him and asked him to appear in person. "And I said, 'Does it matter?' They said, 'We just want to make sure that we win.'" He added that "we have two people that I think are going to make it."

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Katherine Doyle
The Washington Post