President-elect Donald Trump hosted the event on Thursday evening America First Policy Institute (AFPI) Experience & Gala at Mar-a-Lago. AFPI was launched in 2021, at the end of President Trump’s first term, to preserve and promote the “America First” policies he sought to implement during his presidency, and can now be implemented and continued under his up-to-date administration .
Trump loyalist WWE executive and former SBA administrator Linda McMahon, economist Larry Kudlow, attorney Brooke Rollins and former HHS Secretary Chad Wolf headlined the event, which featured both celebrity guests and key movers and shakers , which helped propel Trump to election night victory on November 5th. Vice President-elect JD Vance weighed in on a hilarious story involving his youthful son, the Trump Force 2 press, and his German Shepherd.
Argentine President Javier Millei also spoke to the AFPI audience through a translator:
“I congratulate President Donald Trump on his overwhelming victory (…) in defying the political establishment despite the risk to his own life. (…) Today the wind of freedom is blowing much stronger.”
“I congratulate President Donald Trump on his overwhelming victory (…) in defying the political establishment despite the risk to his own life. (…) Today the wind of freedom is blowing much stronger.”
-President Javier Milei at the AFPI Gala at Mar-a-Lago@realDonaldTrump @jMilei… pic.twitter.com/L0HNf3ayxf— Argentina’s Milei News 🇦🇷🤝🌎 (@ArgMilei) November 15, 2024
Others in attendance included LA CEO and SpaceX founder Elon Musk), former Republican Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich and his wife Calista, actor John Voight, competitive swimmer and activist Riley Gaines and NBA star Enes Kanter Freedom.
It is an honor to welcome you @A1Policy Gala last night, Mr. Speaker! https://t.co/MHF6LktYH3
– Brooke Rollins (@BrookeLRollins) November 15, 2024
Trump’s announced Cabinet members were also in attendance, including former Florida Rep. and nominee for attorney general Matt Gaetz, Rep. Mike Waltz (R-FL), who was named Trump’s national security adviser, and Tulsi Gabbard, who was named director of national intelligence was appointed (DNI).
The next chapter in our nation’s history is upon us – one in which America will lead like never before.
We recommit ourselves to the timeless principles that founded our Republic, and together we will continue to build a future of unparalleled strength and success.@newtgingrich… pic.twitter.com/wPhHLJKZOA
— America First Policy Institute (@A1Policy) November 14, 2024
The evening’s surprise guest was media mogul, actor, author and producer Sylvester Stallone, who had the privilege of introducing the President-elect with a brief tribute to Trump’s achievement of winning a second term.
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Sounding rested and re-energized, Trump thanked literally every single person who played a key role in the election and the success of the evening. Trump also teased a formal announcement of North Dakota Gov. and former Republican presidential candidate Doug Burgum as his Interior secretary and praised former presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr., who confirmed his nomination as Health and Human Services secretary.
Aside from highlighting the numerical data of his election victory and expressing gratitude to the American people and those who supported him, it was a brief speech in which he teased politics and reiterated campaign promises that Trump would keep remembered.
“But the American people really just delivered something very amazing. “The biggest political victory in 129 years,” Trump said. He continued his remarks from the video below:
Again, it really comes down to common sense. You know, people don’t want men playing in women’s sports. Right? They don’t want it. They don’t want it. You know, I said that in the last few weeks I’ve been focusing a lot on common sense things.
Trump expressed the country’s concerns and then highlighted the election results that created the “Trump effect.” Since Nov. 5, the stock market has hit record highs as a gigantic caravan of illegal immigrants headed toward the southern border is now beginning to break up and disperse.
We must return to a great country with low taxes and a mighty military. We will fix our military, we did it once, now we must do it again. We didn’t know that a gigantic part of it would go to Afghanistan. We will be working in the Middle East and we will be working very intensively on Russia and Ukraine. Russia and Ukraine must stop.
At the end of what seemed like an epic evening, Trump thanked everyone again.
This concludes the best AFPI experience and gala yet! 🇺🇸 There’s nothing better than gathering with some of the most incredible patriots to celebrate putting #AmericaFirst. The best is yet to come!@JDVance @TheSlyStallone @larry_kudlow @BrookeLRollins @Linda_McMahon @ashleyhayek… pic.twitter.com/vAoqtwRzC5
— America First Policy Institute (@A1Policy) November 15, 2024
You can read a transcript of Trump’s full remarks Here.
