Donald John Trump will be the 45th president of the United States,
capping a historic and boisterous run by an outsider who captured a
loyal following across a swath of America fed up with establishment
politics, the news media and elected officials.
Against all odds, polls, and projections, Donald Trump claimed
victory in the presidential election Tuesday, delivering a speech at the
Hilton Hotel in New York City on Tuesday to a cheering crowd of
supporters.
The president-elect, addressing his supporters in New York pledged
that he will be president for all Americans and that forgotten American
will be forgotten no longer.
Below are quotes from his acceptance speech:
1. “Now it is time for America to bind the wounds of division, have
to get together, to all Republicans and Democrats and independents
across this nation I say it is time for us to come together as one
united people.”
2. “Hillary has worked very long and very hard over a long period
of time, and we owe her a major debt of gratitude for her service to our
country. I mean that very sincerely.”
3. “Ours was not a campaign but an incredible and great movement.
It is a movement comprised of Americans from all races, religions,
backgrounds and beliefs”
4. “The forgotten American will be forgotten no longer.”
5. “We will begin the urgent task of working together we will begin
the urgent task of rebuilding our nation and renewing the American
dream”
6. “We will double our growth and have the strongest country.”
7. “I want to tell the world community that while we will always
put America’s interests first, we will deal fairly with everyone, with
everyone.”
8. “To be truly historic we have to do a great job, and I promise you I will not let you down.”
9. “And I can only say that while the campaign is over, our work on this movement is now really just beginning.”
10. “All people and all other nations. We will seek common ground, not hostility, partnership, not conflict.”
11. “America will no longer settle for anything less than the best.
We must reclaim our country’s destiny and dream big and bold and
daring.”
12. “No dream is too big, no challenge is too great. Nothing we want for our future is beyond our reach.”
Below is a rush transcript of his speech in full. (The transcript may have missing words or phrases.)
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Thank you. Thank you very much, everyone. Sorry to keep you waiting. Complicated business, complicated. Thank you very much.
I’ve just received a call from Secretary Clinton. She congratulated
us. It’s about us. On our victory, and I congratulated her and her
family on a very, very hard-fought campaign.
I mean, she fought very hard. Hillary has worked very long and very
hard over a long period of time, and we owe her a major debt of
gratitude for her service to our country.
I mean that very sincerely. Now it is time for America to bind the
wounds of division, have to get together. To all Republicans and
Democrats and independents across this nation, I say it is time for us
to come together as one united people.
It is time. I pledge to every citizen of our land that I will be
president for all of Americans, and this is so important to me. For
those who have chosen not to support me in the past, of which there were
a few people, I’m reaching out to you for your guidance and your help
so that we can work together and unify our great country. As I’ve said
from the beginning, ours was not a campaign but rather an incredible and
great movement, made up of millions of hard-working men and women who
love their country and want a better, brighter future for themselves and
for their family.
It is a movement comprised of Americans from all races, religions,
backgrounds, and beliefs, who want and expect our government to serve
the people, and serve the people it will.
Working together, we will begin the urgent task of rebuilding our
nation and renewing the American dream. I’ve spent my entire life in
business, looking at the untapped potential in projects and in people
all over the world.
That is now what I want to do for our country. Tremendous
potential. I’ve gotten to know our country so well. Tremendous
potential. It is going to be a beautiful thing. Every single American
will have the opportunity to realize his or her fullest potential. The
forgotten men and women of our country will be forgotten no longer.
We are going to fix our inner cities and rebuild our highways,
bridges, tunnels, airports, schools, hospitals. We’re going to rebuild
our infrastructure, which will become, by the way, second to none, and
we will put millions of our people to work as we rebuild it. We will
also finally take care of our great veterans who have been so loyal, and
I’ve gotten to know so many over this 18-month journey.
The time I’ve spent with them during this campaign has been among my greatest honors.
Our veterans are incredible people. We will embark upon a project
of national growth and renewal. I will harness the creative talents of
our people, and we will call upon the best and brightest to leverage
their tremendous talent for the benefit of all. It is going to happen.
We have a great economic plan. We will double our growth and have the
strongest economy anywhere in the world. At the same time, we will get
along with all other nations willing to get along with us. We will be.
We will have great relationships. We expect to have great, great
relationships. No dream is too big, no challenge is too great. Nothing
we want for our future is beyond our reach.
America will no longer settle for anything less than the best. We
must reclaim our country’s destiny and dream big and bold and daring. We
have to do that. We’re going to dream of things for our country, and
beautiful things and successful things once again.
I want to tell the world community that while we will always put
America’s interests first, we will deal fairly with everyone, with
everyone.
All people and all other nations. We will seek common ground, not
hostility; partnership, not conflict. And now I would like to take this
moment to thank some of the people who really helped me with this, what
they are calling tonight a very, very historic victory.
First, I want to thank my parents, who I know are looking down on
me right now. Great people. I’ve learned so much from them. They were
wonderful in every regard. Truly great parents. I also want to thank my
sisters, Marianne and Elizabeth, who are here with us tonight. Where are
they? They’re here someplace. They’re very shy, actually.
And my brother Robert, my great friend. Where is Robert? Where is Robert?
My brother Robert, and they should be on this stage, but that’s okay. They’re great.
And also my late brother Fred, great guy. Fantastic guy. Fantastic family. I was very lucky.
Great brothers, sisters, great, unbelievable parents. To Melania
and Don and Ivanka and Eric and Tiffany and Barron, I love you and I
thank you, and especially for putting up with all of those hours. This
was tough.
This was tough. This political stuff is nasty, and it is tough. So I
want to thank my family very much. Really fantastic. Thank you all.
Thank you all. Lara, unbelievable job. Unbelievable. Vanessa, thank you.
Thank you very much. What a great group.
You’ve all given me such incredible support, and I will tell you
that we have a large group of people. You know, they kept saying we have
a small staff. Not so small. Look at all of the people that we have.
Look at all of these people.
And I can only say that while the campaign is over, our work on
this movement is now really just beginning. We’re going to get to work
immediately for the American people, and we’re going to be doing a job
that hopefully you will be so proud of your president. You will be so
proud. Again, it’s my honor.
It’s an amazing evening. It’s been an amazing two-year period, and I love this country. Thank you.
Thank you very much. Thank you to Mike Pence.
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