President-elect Donald Trump quipped on Thursday that he should think of Election Day as the start of his second term, joking that Congress “should pass a bill” to make it official.
Speaking at the America First Policy Institute gala, the 78-year-old president said that since his Nov. 5 victory over Vice President Kamala Harris, the country has been “setting new records in the stock market” “almost every day.” “There is,” he emphasized.
The once and future commander-in-chief insisted that these booming economic statistics should be counted as part of his presidency in the historical record.
“We're doing great right now,” President Trump said in his keynote address at a Mar-a-Lago event.
“The only thing, Mr. Speaker, and I think it's important, is that we should probably pass the bill,” he told House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-Louisiana), who was at the event. continued. “My term has to start on November 5th, right? You can start on November 6th if you want.
Trump reiterated that “the market is going through the roof.” “The enthusiasm has doubled. It has doubled in such a short period of time.”
The president-elect also teased Johnson about the number of House Republicans he is poaching from Congress to serve in the next administration.
President Trump has appointed Representatives Mike Walz (R-Fla.) and Elise Stefanik (R-N.Y.), and now former Congressman Matt Gaetz (R-Fla.), to his administration. Nominated as a person.
“I promised Mike. [Johnson] I don't think we can take too many more before we start counting the votes. He said, “Please, could you slow down a little bit?'' ''' said the 45th president.
“I like people in Congress, Mike. Sorry, but no, don't worry.”
Hollywood legend Sylvester Stallone introduces Trump at the black tie bashElon Musk, Vivek Ramaswamy, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., Cheryl Hines, Tulsi Gabbard, Donald Trump Jr., Tucker Carlson, Argentine President Javier Millay, and Gates were in attendance.
The “Rocky” legend compared the president-elect to America's first president.
“We're in front of a truly mythical figure,” Stallone said of President Trump, adding, “Nobody in the world could have done what he did.” did.
“When George Washington defended his country, he never thought he would change the world, because you can imagine what the world would be without him. Guess what? “We got George Washington,” he added.
In his remarks, President Trump also announced that he intends to formally announce North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum as his nominee for Secretary of the Interior on Friday.
