"KUDLOW" IS NEXT.
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LARRY: HELLO, FOLKS, WELCOME TO
"KUDLOW."
I’M LARRY KUDLOW.
SO DONALD TRUMP GAVE A SUPERB
SPEECH LAST NIGHT AS HE
ANNOUNCED HIS 2024 CANDIDACY FOR
PRESIDENT.
IT WAS AN ISSUES SPEECH.
IT WAS A HIGH CONTENT SPEECH.
IT WAS A VISIONARY SPEECH.
IT WAS ACTUALLY A CIRCA 2016
SPEECH WHEN HE RAN FOR PRESIDENT
ON KEY ISSUES THEN SUCH AS THE
ECONOMY, TAX CUTS, DEREGULATION,
BLOWING THE WHISTLE ON CHINA.
ITS WAS A SPEECH AIMED AT THE
BLUE-COLLAR WORKING FOLKS AND
MINORITY GROUPS THAT TRUMP HAS
BROUGHT INTO THE REPUBLICAN
PARTY.
HE TALKED ABOUT NATIONAL
GREATNESS, MAKING THE NATION
GREAT AND GLORIOUS AGAIN.
PROMOTING DARING DREAMS, BIG
IDEAS, BOLD AMBITIONS.
IT WAS A SPEECH ABOUT FREEDOM
AND VALUES AND INDIVIDUAL
RESPONSIBILITY AND COMMON SENSE.
IT WAS AN AMERICA FURS SPEECH
SUPPORTING THE AMERICAN WORKER.
HE PLEDGED TO GO BACK TO LOW
TAXES, LOW REGULATION, AND FAIR
TRADE.
HE SINGLED OUT WHAT HE CALLED
THE SOCIALIST DISASTER KNOWN AS
THE GREEN NEW DEAL AND HE RAISED
A VERY INTERESTING POINT ABOUT
THIS DISMAL GREEN NEW DEAL.
THE BIDEN RADICAL CLIMATE CHANGE
CENTRAL PLANNING POLICIES THEY
WANT TO WIPE OUT OIL AND GAS AND
SOMEHOW SUBSTITUTE WITH
WINDMILLS AND SOLAR WOULD NEVER
HAVE THE POWER TO FIRE UP OUR
GREAT FACTORIES AND PLANTS.
HERE’S A QUOTE.
THEY SAY THE OCEAN WILL RISE 1/8
OF AN INCH OVER THE NEXT TWO TO
300 YEARS BUT DON’T EVER WORRY
ABOUT NUCLEAR WEAPONS THAT COULD
TAKE OUT ENTIRE COUNTRIES WITH
ONE SHOT.
SOMETHING IS WRONG THAT
THINKING, END QUOTE.
HE ALSO TALKED ABOUT UNLEASHING
OIL AND GAS, TO RECREATE ENERGY
INDEPENDENCE AND DOMINANCE AND
HOW THAT WOULD BRING DOWN
INFLATION BACK TO THE 1% LEVEL
WHERE HE LEFT IT.
IN FACT HE SPENT A GOOD DEAL OF
TIME ON HIS ECONOMIC SUCCESS,
NOT ONCE, BUT TWICE, THE ECONOMY
ROARED BEFORE THE PANDEMIC AND
THEN THE V-SHAPED RECOVERY AS
THE PANDEMIC GRADUALLY WORE
DOWN.
HE ENDED ISIS CALIPHATE, NAILED
AL-BAGHDADI, NEGOTIATED THE
HISTORIC "ABRAHAM ACCORDS" AND
ALSO NEGOTIATED TOUGH RECIPROCAL
TRADE DEALS WITH JAPAN, PHASE
ONE CHINA DEAL.
HE BLASTED BIDEN AT EVERY TURN.
HE PROMISED TO END BIDEN’S
AMERICAN DECLINE INTO GET US OUT
OF THE DITCH.
QUOTE, BIDEN IS THE FACE OF
LEFT-WING FAILURE AND
CORRUPTION, MR. TRUMP SAID.
BESIDES RESTORING ECONOMIC
INCENTIVES, HE INTENDS TO CLOSE
THE BORDER AGAIN, REINSTITUTE
REMAIN IN MEXICO, STOP THE CATCH-AND-RELEASE PROGRAM, STOP
CATCH-AND-RELEASE PROGRAM, STOP
THE FENTANYL DRUG INVASION,
RESTORE PARENTAL RIGHTS IN THE
SCHOOLS, REBUILD MISSILE DEFENSE
SYSTEM AND PRINCIPLES OF HARD
WORK AND MERIT.
NO MORE CRITICALS RACE THEORY,
HE SAID.
HERE IS WASN’T IN THE SPEECH.
NO TRASH TALK.
NO GRIEVANCES, NO 2020 ELECTION
DENIAL.
IT WAS A TEMPERATE SPEECH, A
WELL-CONSIDERED SPEECH.
IN THAT SENSE WE SAW A NEW
DONALD TRUMP.
HOPEFULLY DISCARDING SOME OF THE
BAGGAGE, RETURNING BACK TO THE
SUCCESSFUL CAMPAIGN OF 2016
WHICH LAID OUT A CLEAR, AMERICA
FIRST AGENDA THAT HE IMPLEMENTED
IN HIS FOUR-YEAR TERM.
PERHAPS MOST OF ALL THE SPEECH
WAS CHOCK-FULL OF OPTIMISM.
YOU KNOW I LOVE OPTIMISM.
HE TALKED ABOUT A NATIONAL
GREATNESS AGENDA.
LET ME QUOTE THIS.
AND TOGETHER WE WILL MAKE
AMERICA POWERFUL AGAIN, WE WILL
MAKE AMERICA WEALTHY AGAIN, WE
WILL MAKE AMERICA STRONG AGAIN,
WE WILL MAKE AMERICA PROUD
AGAIN, WE WILL AMERICA PROUD
AGAIN, WE WILL MAKE AMERICA SAFE
AGAIN, WE WILL MAKE AMERICA
GLORIOUS AGAIN.
AND WE WILL MAKE AMERICA STRONG
AGAIN.
ANYWAY, I WILL JUST SAY GOOD
STUFF, MR. PRESIDENT.