WV Gov. Justice introducing Trump: "For a little guy, little Jimmy Justice, to be able to introduce the guy, the man, the man that has done more for this country than anyone can ever imagine, the man that truly deserves so much credit, I would only say: judge him by his deeds."
Trump: "I love this state, which I happened to win by 42 points over a Democrat...that's like one of these genius golfers winning by 9."
Trump, at a military tribute dinner, begins talking about the military, then says there might soon be "a little thing called SPACE FORCE!...SPACE FORCE!...Space is becoming really important militarily as well as other reasons."
This is also a golf tournament, so Trump is recounting anecdotes about various golfers, like Daly and Mickelson. "I like Phil, and Phil I think likes me," he says.
"We will thank God for blessing us with these unbelievable heroes," Trump says, asking servicemembers to stand to be applauded, then adds, "Tough cookies. Tough cookies. And when it comes to ICE and Border Patrol..."
Trump is speaking at a Salute To Service dinner. He just asked members of the military to stand, then started talking about ICE and MS-13.
Trump: "We respect ICE. You know, ICE is the one - these are tough people. And you have to be tough. And when they have a problem with these MS-13 gangs..."
Trump says that dealing with tough characters like MS-13 is to ICE officers just like playing golf is to Phil Mickelson and John Daly - "just another day." "Like the way they play golf. They go, they play."
Trump refers to "nests" of MS-13. He then pivots back to honoring an Iwo Jima hero who rushed an enemy machine gun nest, then returns to golf: "John Daly wouldn't do that, and he's a pretty tough..."
Trump on building up the military: "As the golfers can tell you, the stronger we get, the less likely it is we will have to use it."
Trump again falsely claims that this year's military spending is "a record." Obama signed a larger version of the same bill for 2011.
Trump on having a strong military: "When have we needed it more, outside of wars themselves?"
What's happening is that Trump is at a military tribute dinner that is also part of a golf tournament, so he keeps trying to ad-lib-relate his military content to golf, and it is not going very smoothly.
Trump laments that veterans have had to wait in long lines for medical care, then looks at Phil Mickelson and says, "Can you imagine, Phil Mickelson, going to the doctor...he should be there in, oh, about 12 days...that's not acceptable, Phil, right?"
Trump mocks "the fake news," says the media would say it was impossible if he said he shot a 75 at golf, then adds, "They might be right about that." (Lindsey Graham vigorously insisted last year that Trump shot a 73.)
Trump says that with oil you can just bomb the oil pipeline and "that's the end of it," but "with coal, that stuff is indestructible."
Trump on golfers: "These are PGA players. These are unbelievably talented people. They're talented in their mind and in their body. Their muscles are strong but their mind has to be stronger. It's tough. And these are tough people."
Man. Trump on West Virginia Gov. Jim Justice, who is 6-foot-7: "He's about 6-10 and he weighs about - I'm not gonna say 450, I won't do that to you, Jim."
Trump boasts at length that West Virginia has the second-highest GDP growth in the country. That happened in the first quarter of 2017, hasn't happened since. It ranked 44th in the fourth quarter of 2017. bea.gov/newsreleases/r…
The Golfersburg Address is over.
