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Trump credits economic gains, touts drug-price cuts and presses border, crime claims in Marietta
Summary
At the rally, Donald J. Trump credited his administration with steep investment gains, large drops in inflation and crime, and said fentanyl and drug imports were sharply reduced; he also repeated hardline border and election-security talking points.
Donald J. Trump used a Marietta rally to highlight what he described as major economic accomplishments, repeated claims about reductions in drug flows and crime, and attacked Democratic officials on immigration and election policy.
Trump said his administration had secured "more than $19,200,000,000,000 in new investment" and that more Americans were working than ever. "More jobs today than we've ever had," he said, and he repeatedly credited his policies for declining inflation and rising market returns. He called the period since his administration took office a "golden age" for American industry.
On drug and public-safety claims, Trump said the flow of fentanyl across the border was cut by "67%" and that drugs entering by sea were cut "97%." He directed listeners to trumprx.gov as a site for lower prescription prices and recounted an anecdote about comparing drug prices overseas. "Go to trumprx.gov, and you're gonna get drugs for prices that you never believed," he said.
The former president repeated assertions tying migration to housing cost increases and described high-profile law-enforcement actions by ICE in the region, saying federal authorities had charged migrants in violent crimes. He also called for stricter election-security measures including voter ID and proof of citizenship, and he urged ending the filibuster in the Senate to pass related measures.
These statements were presented by the speaker as accomplishments or policy prescriptions; the rally did not include independent verification of the numeric claims. No formal policy was enacted at the event.
