Overview
- Speaking at the Port of Corpus Christi on Friday, Trump said he was “entitled” to “one more term” despite the 22nd Amendment, which bars anyone from being elected president more than twice.
- He again alleged Democrats “cheated like hell” in 2020, assertions that news organizations and investigators have found lack evidence of widespread fraud.
- The event, billed by the White House as part of a tour to highlight economic achievements before the midterms, overlapped with a heated Texas Senate primary in which Trump has not endorsed a frontrunner.
- Trump veered from energy and economy themes to insult Rep. Ilhan Omar over her State of the Union heckling, singling her out as Democrats largely refrained from applauding his remarks.
- Before the rally, he used Truth Social to denounce a Supreme Court ruling that limited his use of the 1977 IEEPA to impose tariffs and asked whether a rehearing was possible.