podcasts. i don't know how much of that money need to be spent when there's a lot of ways to reach people. it's interesting and something will be talking about a lot in terms of the reach of these endorsements. >> bret: the final ads where -- >> they were excellent. >> bret: they talked about making america great again, but then ending with the assassination attempt and that assist in the air, the iconic image, and the "site, site, site." >> warrior president. >> b >> toughest son of a can we ever saw. that's the last note we see in that ad. whatever you think of the guy, you have to admire that. the adversity that he's faced, everything we have seen in other presidencies and other political figures who have gone through all kinds of trouble, they pale in comparison to what he has been put through. maybe it is time for his enemies to stop it. >> bret: not only that, but the energy he has is truly

amazing. he's the energizer bunny. let's check in with aishah hasnie, speaking of the energizer bunny, at trump headquarters in west palm. aishah, this has been a big night all night long. i'm sure it's getting to a fever pitch now. >> a big night, bret and martha. a long campaign for the former president, for all of us. the press corps have been following him around now for more than a year. the crowd went absolutely nuts when fox news called it here, and people were hugging each other, they were high-fiving each other. the people were facetiming. they just couldn't believe it that this happened tonight and they didn't have to wait days and days. we are now awaiting the former president to take the podium. he is here in the building, as is his running mate, now vice president elect j.d. vance. they are backstage. we are told they were going to come out as soon as the election was called, sent out we are dissuading. we asked for a two-minute

warning. i don't know if are going to get one but hopefully we will soon. i just want to add a little bit of perspective as a capitol hill reported that's been covering the former president for a while. when i came to congress three years ago, and talk privately with many powerful republicans who did not want to see the former president back in washington, and then to see the legal battles that he went through and republicans having to stand up for him, and then he went to the primary process, as kellyanne conway just said, he earned it state-by-state. and then came back to washington in the spring and went to the rnc and claimed the nomination. this is the greatest comeback that i have ever witnessed personally myself. so i look forward to seeing what he says to the country here tonight and to his supporters. back to you. >> bret: aishah, thank you. the harris team is now texting to say vice president harris will speak tomorrow and that will be her response to the election results.

that's all we have from the harris team, which is really strange. from a p.r. perspective -- >> i also think it's a shame. i remember when john kerry did this to george w. bush in 2004. you work so hard, and i know they are disappointed, but you should concede and let your opponent have their election night. and let everybody that is there at trump -- at mar-a-lago -- where are they? they are in west palm beach. >> bret: at the convention center. >> let them have their moment without anyone -- i remember they had to come in and say, well, we know we won but we have to wait until john kerry concedes. and then we all had to traipse back in the next morning and wait. now think it's right. >> that's not to say they will be a phone call. but she's not going to speak publicly. >> if there's a phone call, they have to make it public. and then nobody needs to hear from her. if i were her eye would do it tonight.

>> people were already there. >> everybody was there and it does feel like you want to collect the moment and do it. >> bret: they were holding out hope that the blue all could come together. >> 90 minutes before all of this, the harris campaign person said everyone can go to bed and come back tomorrow. >> she didn't talk to people who were assembled there for hours for her. it just seems very ungracious. by the way, and ended up being a very bad split screen. you probably couldn't see it here, but they are filing out and he is expanding his folks and they are excited for him. i think that kamala harris is a sign of the times. but i think that trump is a metaphor for the country. when he says we don't surrender, we get back up, i just think that's everything i want to say,

maybe just as a flawed human being. we all get second chances in this life. rarely do we get a second chance as big as this one. i have got to believe the man that i know and that kayleigh worked with is going to work with a certain alacrity and energy to get things done very quickly. when he can do for executive order and the congress, bringing in the governors, no one gets a second chance this big in their lives and puts on the shelf like at the trophy or a gold star. he's going to use that as a platform for good and undo some of these bad policies. and i think do even better. these celebrities, these athletes, he's got innovators, elon musk. he's got people who make stuff. and people say there is an american success story. he's going to bring them aboard. >> bret: vice president harris has now encountered what is known as the van buren curse. it's a failure of the vice president to get to the presidency. only two have done it and that

is martin van buren in 1836 and george h.w. bush in 1988. the question is what the republican party looks like now. kayleigh, it's a multiracial party, to your point. it is working class, and maybe it is the future. it is elon musk, joe rogan, podcasts, there's an opportunity here on both parties to realign and change. >> they are going to be a lot of conversations that go on to that end. who is the next standard bearer? is it j.d. vance? is he the one who picks up the torch after a 4-year legacy-defining term with the success that kellyanne is describing? great big conversation about ground game. kamala harris over the weekend, they were saying they were knocking on a thousand doors a minute, and i have no reason to doubt that. it was an extra near ground game. you current games matter as much as podcasts, as much as real authentic viral moments like

president trump on the garbage truck? or president trump at mcdonald's? these viral moments that really captured the attention of the nation. and what does it look like going forward? it's a broad coalition, an exciting coalition, and i think if president trump manifests that working man agenda, no tax on tips, no limits on credit card interest rate, that is a working man's economic agenda. if he makes that happen in 40 years, this party may look like this for quite some time. >> i'm struck when you're talking about the authenticity part of this. when i think about him with the french fries at mcdonald's and standing up with blood on his face, you can't fabricate -- no consultant can create those moments. those are organic and they are authentic, and i believe that is something that kamala harris sell really far short on in terms of the authenticity measure. >> if you had told me that a

billionaire from new york would be able to connect with middle america, it would have questioned that. to my friend the gentleman from tennessee, autopsies are painful, especially when the patient is still alive. i wonder what the democrat party is going to go through the next weeks and months, because this was a loss that i don't think anyone saw coming. not to this magnitude. so what does the autopsy look like if you are a democrat? it's painful but you have to have one. how did you lose this? >> the easiest way to do it for them, if joe biden hadn't clung to the job, clung to the nomination, and hidden his condition with a lot of help, they could have had an open nominating process and gotten a more attractive nominee. it would have been freer to walk away from the policies and had a better shot.

that is the easiest and simplest solution. but i'm not sure this is where they'll go. >> i don't think you can pass over an african american female, which is a very loyal constituency for the democrat party. >> but if he left office and she had run, she would have been put through a different process and would have had competition and the whole thing would've been different. >> bret: you have a democratic party that's pretty old. you have nancy pelosi and chuck schumer and joe biden. >> andy beshear, josh shapiro. >> bret: that's a different kind of democrat and that is not the progressive democrat that wins in a primary. is it going to be a change in your party? >> we nominated bill clinton and barack obama. >> bret: in the old days. >> tonight, what happened this evening and what's happening over the last year has been described -- there were those on this panel who didn't believe that this resurrection could

have occurred. if this can happen, things are possible in politics if you are willing to change and willing to have courage and determination. whenever democrats or anybody want to say about this guy who has been elected our president, he personifies that courage and determination and persistence. you are asking a serious question, i think that's going to be of the answer. we've got to look long and hard at whether or not the way we campaign sometimes with identity politics, is at the right way to do it? we'll get there. we have a long history of figuring these things out as a nation and as a party. we'll figure it out this time. >> bret: the carnage speech got a lot of attention at the inauguration. do we think that this speech -- we are actually told that the teleprompters have been removed from the stage, so we could be in for a long haul

here. we don't know. [laughter] he's coming. >> he goes off the teleprompter anyway. but the other night at the dinner he was upset that there were teleprompters because he doesn't want to use them. >> bret: what does the speech look like it? >> this one right now? >> yeah. >> look, i don't know. he's one of the most unpredictable people. i think that is why we are all here and i'm wide awake and i've been awake for almost 24 hours now. i'm thinking about the inauguration speech, which would be eight years since carnage. he has a wide range of the types of speeches he can give. even within the speech there is range. he think about the rnc convention, it started out with, yeah, and after a while it's like, while matt, he is still talking. and then kind of lost opportunity. but he look at these people

would take off work, would drive somewhere in the middle of the night to go and get in line and wait for hours to then stay at a rally for hours, he's created this camaraderie amongst people. so you can go to a place where you're not afraid to wear your red maga had and say, another crazy one paid not the only one who thinks the way i do. actually have friends and that doesn't mean there shouldn't be outreach to the other side. i believe in love thy neighbor. i love all of that. but he's created something special here. so i kind of wanted to take a victory lap tonight. i don't think this is necessary of the moment for unity, especially when she won't even concede and give him the night to celebrate. >> bret: kellyanne, you are looking at the popular vote. he is still up and could finish up. >> part of that is because he did run up the totals in places.

even in pennsylvania, he was going to win by significant double digits but he did it that much more. i think running up the totals in florida, which was assessed to make a swing state, i think that when the democrats take a look at this candidacy it is not going to be that she had too much time, not enough time, she justified candidate. she doesn't speak well or work hard. i'm not being mean or partisan. i don't know why the country would have reworded this candidate with the big job. when she could make the case, what she does as vice president, that affects our lives in a positive way. i would personally like to thank the women of "the view" tonight for asking this question and having her on. oprah, we see you. so on and so forth. people thought they were doing her a favor because they made her something she's not.

take that one line, this, that, and the other, you never get the essence. does anybody remember five years ago, laurel and yanny, blue dress, yellow dress, and we are all looking at the same thing? that's the way donald trump is in this country. they look at the same person and they see two different -- i think it's time we try to see one. i don't know who said earlier. i'm a little worried about the reaction of the democrats and the kamala people. and very worried. i think there are a lot of unhinged people across the political spectrum, and we gave very little quarter to how many anti-kamala voters are out there. i don't want to hear the words racism and sexism. it is eyesight and hearing. we were listening and watching, and i am very worried that we have not talked a lot about how violent people are going to be, and angry, because she lost. i'm afraid of that. >> i can imagine thinking about

the view, and a week or so ago they were saying, what is wrong with someone who would vote for him? >> michelle obama said it. >> and joe scarborough saying, we weren't raised like this. he raised these people? so i can only imagine what tomorrow is going to look like. >> i will say, when we talk about "the view," we mentioned the carnage speech that president trump gave at his inauguration. in my mind automatically went to the unity speech that biden gave. he mentioned unity half a dozen times. when you think about what we brought, there was the garbage, that didn't come in isolation. they were all kinds of comments. neanderthal is one of the first words he used to describe those who opposed his covid edicts. the mark cuban comments, he was an official circuit to surrogate of a campaign. as mina some of the tweets have been, one thing i have challenged democrats defined as one example of him disparaging the country. half the country. that is something he has not done. so i expect he will hear a

unifying town and that you're going to see a very successful presidency and one untethered maybe from some of the things that were holding him back. what comes to mind is an oval office meeting that we had where dr. fauci was urging him not to open the country. and i watched president trump fight vociferously, saying people are losing their jobs. we must open the country. he wanted to do it sooner than he did. i think he's going to be a trump that ultimately leads a very successful country and second term. >> you know, martha, joe biden mentioned the word unity more in his inaugural address than any president i think except one. if he is serious about that, he will pardon donald trump and pardon his son and put pressure on georgia and new york to end this lawfare. if there's any silver lining tonight, it's that lawfare actually helped the person you were trying to go after. we need a justice system -- the lady needs to wear a blindfold for a reason. we have to stop this prosecution

of our political -- >> absolutely. >> we need a really solid attorney general. >> john ratcliffe. sorry, john. i apologize, sorry. >> bret: there will be a lot of talk about cabinet members, treasury secretary of state, secretary of defense, >> you are saying the democratic party is quite old right now. there are some, but when you take governors out of states then you leave a hole and they have to build the bench back at. >> bret: doug burgum, vivek ramaswamy, steve and his lovely wife andrea. people are there waiting for the former president. brit would like to know where he is.

>> he's watching us. >> bret: can we say tonight, harold, that the melting pot still works? that hispanics, black americans, working-class americans, standing up, asking with their government is going to do, asking the government to see them and their concerns, that it works? that this is american democracy in our public. >> the process works. as we get a final account of the numbers and the coalition that president trump won with this time, i think it'll be one that will be for the history books. i think president bush got 40% of the hispanic vote. it looks like at least the preliminary numbers suggest t that. as much as we talk about the unconventional aspect of this, this was conventional also. people believe him. they resonated with voters, with communities, rural communities, urban communities, suburban communities across the country.

i congratulate him tonight. i didn't want him to end. but i congratulate him on his victory and wish him the best for my country. i can only hope that the concerns that articulated by my dear friend kellyanne, that they are not realized. i hope my party and my friends and for that matter republicans, once we get past the 24 hours of excitement and joy and celebration, to understand what we are really celebrating is the greatest experiment to have ever come to existence in 2026. those are my thoughts, bret. >> i am struck by the issue of abortion because it was talked about so much, and it was presented as if you are a woman and you are not going to support her, then you hate all women. they say that husbands were hateful towards their wives, and the women in their lives, if

they didn't support this candidate. i think it just goes to show that kind of manipulating doesn't always win people over. >> and narrowcasting is based on her gender. i think kamala harris was talking to us from the waist down, and i think donald trump was talking to us from the waist up, as well. that's where my eyes and my ears and my heart and my brain and my big mouth are. you got to talk to the women in full. as if she doesn't know anything about the economy or doesn't care about what's going on in ukraine or israel or with iran, or can't do the math on her grocery bill. it is an insult. of course people care. but we care about many things. just as we are not monolithic in life, you're not monolithic thinkers politically. but something else happen. they put these ballot initiatives on to try to gin up turn out. it kind of backfired. look at this popular vote. it backfired. the other thing is, if you've got ten abortion ballot initiatives, you can vote your conscience on abortion and you

can vote separately or similarly for president. the presidential race was not a proxy for your position on abortion. by the way, somebody sent me the statistics. over half a billion dollars spent on ads about abortion. half a billion dollars in this country out of the 16 billion bret is talking about. the rest -- it is just insane, the amount of money. >> bret: we spent a lot of time talking about markets tonight, the betting markets. about 66%, republicans hold on to the house as they are ticking down the possibilities. they look at these coattails, not only the popular vote but what could be shaping up to be an electoral college landslide. should we control the white house, the senate, and the house like at the beginning of 2016, the possibilities open to a lot of things. >> i was there in 2016 and we had everything but an agenda. that mistake will not be made

this time. he will deal with a border and what tax is coming up. there is a plan being formulated by mike johnson right now and john soon or john cornyn or whoever becomes the majority leader. the 6 of 2016, i think we were surprised that he won pray to not saying he was surprised, but others were surprised. the other thing i would remind you, bret, when he won in 2016, you recall what he said about hillary clinton. she's been through enough. there was a lot of pressure to prosecute her. i wish my democrat friends would say the same thing about him and say enough is enough. drop the cases in new york and georgia. biden should wait on donald trump to envy several cases. if you want unity, quit using lawfare to divide the country and quit using the justice system to win political races. >> bret: we are still

following the senate races. as we wait for the former president, there is nigel farage talking mike rogers was a long shot at one point in michigan. former chairman of the house intelligence committee. but sam brown was left essentially that she was not going to wait. >> he is not a new baseless. >> not getting much money or attention. >> i think he's a a competent candidate. candidate quality matters. in the cycle, republicans in the senate races in particular feel there's pretty darn good candidates who give them a shot in states where republicans

often face an uphill battle. and it looks like we'll be just a squeaker, there might be a little margin for republicans. >> bret: can be put up wisconsin? standing by. there is newt gingrich and calista. there is mike and his wife, all expected to be a big part perhaps in a second administration. the former president has hats made with 45-47. he's been wearing it for a while. now it is true. harold ford? >> he will win the popular vote and is likely to win the electoral vote. the dow has jumped 800 points in futures this evening. some excitement that investors have. i think this speech tonight, the tone tonight, i hope the president is watching.

i hope it's what you said. i hope this is a moment to let the country -- we have had enough of enough. i think whatever happened tonight, i was hopeful we would have a decisive win. it appears we are going to have a decisive win, to give the president not only attempt to begin to deliver, and begin the process of healing, which i think it's incredibly important and an indispensable part of my division. >> part of me thinks he might hear us in lee greenwood. >> bret: here we go. let's listen in to who will be the 47th president of the united states, donald j. trump. ♪ ♪ ["god bless the usa"] ♪ ♪

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[applause] >> thank you very much. wow. [crowd chanting "usa"] well, i want to thank you all very much. this is great. these are our friends. we have thousands of friends in this incredible movement. this was a movement like nobody's ever seen before. frankly this was, i believe, the greatest political movement of all time. there's never been anything like this in this country, maybe beyond. [applause] and now it is going to reach a new level of importance, because we are going to help our country healed. we have a country that needs help and it needs help very badly.

we are going to fix our borders, we are going to fix everything about our country. we made history for a reason tonight, and the reason is going to be just that. we overcame obstacles that nobody thought possible, and it's now clear that we have achieved the most incredible political -- and look what happened. is this crazy? [cheers and applause] but it is a political victory that our country has never seen before. nothing like this. i want to thank the american people for the extraordinary honor of being elected your 47th president, and your 45th president. [cheers and applause] and every citizen, i will fight for you, for your family, and your future. every single day i'll be fighting for you, and with every

breath in my body. i will not rest until he have delivered the strong, safe, and prosperous america that our children deserve and that you deserve. this will truly be the golden age of america. that's what we have tonight. [applause] this is a magnificent victory for the american people that will allow us to make america great again. in addition to having won the battleground states of north carolina -- i love these places. georgia, pennsylvania, and wisconsin, we are now winning in michigan, arizona, nevada, and alaska, which will result in at least 315 electoral votes.

but it is much easier doing with the networks did, or whoever called it, because there was no other path. there was no other path to victory. we also won the popular vote, that was great. [applause] [crowd chanting "usa"] thank you. thank you very much. winning the popular vote was very nice, i will tell you. it's a great feeling of love. we have a great feeling of love in this very large room, with unbelievable people standing by my side. these people have been incredible. they have made the journey with

me and we are going to make you very happy. we will make you very proud of your vote. hope you're going to be looking back someday and say that was one of the truly important moments of my life, when i voted for this group of people beyond the president. this group of great people. america has given us an unprecedented and powerful mandate. we have taken back control of the senate. wow, that's great. [applause] and the senate races in montana, nevada, texas, ohio, michigan, wisconsin, the great commonwealth of pennsylvania. we are all win by the maga

movement. they help so much. in those cases, every one of them, we worked with the senators. they were tough races. the number of victories in the senate is absolutely incredible. sometimes we did two or three rallies, and it was amazing to look at all of those victories. nobody expected that. nobody. i just wanted to thank you very much for that. you have some great senators and great new senators. it also looks like we'll be keeping control of the house of representatives. [applause] i want to thank mike johnson. he's doing a terrific job. i also want to thank my beautiful wife, melania, the first lady.

[cheers and applause] who has the number one best-selling book in the country. can you believe that? she has sent a great job, works very hard to help people. so i just want to thank her. but i want to thank my whole family. my amazing children, and they are amazing children. everybody here thinks their children are amazing, but that's a good thing when you think they are. but don, eric, ivanka, tiffany, barron, lara, jared, michael. thank you. my father-in-law, victor, is

tremendous, and we miss very much melania's mother, amalija. she would be so proud. she was a great woman, that one. beautiful inside and out. she was a great woman. i want to be the first to congratulate our great, now i can say, vice president-elect of the the united states, j.d. vance. [cheers and applause] and his absolutely remarkable and beautiful wife. and he is a feisty guy, isn't he? go into the enemy camp, and you know the enemy camp is certain

networks. a lot of people are like, sir, do i have to do that? he just goes, okay. he will say -- thank you very much. he really looks forward to it. then he just goes and aptly obliterates them. [applause] say couple of words. >> wow. [crowd chanting "j.d."] >> well, mr. president, i appreciate you allowing me to join you on this incredible journey. i thank you for the trust that you placed in me, and i think that we just witnessed the greatest political comeback in the history of the united states of america. [cheers and applause]

we are never going to stop fighting for you, for your dreams, for the future of your children and after the greatest political comeback in american history. we are going to lead the greatest economic comeback in american history under donald trump leadership. >> he's turned out to be a good choice. i took a little heat at the beginning, but i knew the brain was a good one, about as good as it gets. and we love the family and we are going to have a great four years and turn our country around and make it something very special.

that little thing called special, we are going to make this so great. it's the greatest country and potentially the greatest country in the world by far, and right now we are going to work very hard to get all of that back. we are going to make it the best it's ever been. we can do that. if we had to wait longer, i don't know. it was going bad and it was going bad fast. we have to seal up those borders and we are going to have to let people come into our country. we have to let them come back in but they have to come back in legally. they have to come in legally. let me also express my tremendous appreciation for susie and chris. the job you did. come, susie. come here, chris. susie likes to stay in the back, let me tell you.

come here, chris. susie likes to stay in the background. she's not in the background. >> this wasn't expected but i just want to thank president trump for this journey. it was a great one, and he is a hell of a candidate and he's going to be a hell of a great 47 president. we have the best team and even my boss, susie wiles, the best. thank you. >> never seen her be shy before. everybody up here is great. everybody up here is very special. who did you say? oh, let me tell you, we have a

new star. a star is born. elon. [applause] we spent two weeks in philadelphia and different parts of pennsylvania campaigning. i saw that rocket and i saw it coming down, and it was beautiful shiny white when it came down. it was going 10,000 miles an hour and it was burning like hell. i said, would happen to her paint job? he said, we never made a paint that could withstand that kind of heat. but i saw it come down and turn around, and it's like 22 stories tall, by the way. it looks a little smaller than that, but it's big. you saw that fire burning and i said only elon can do this.

i tell this story, i had the screen muted, no sound. he happens to be here, a very important guy. one of the most important people. i would say in the country, actually. i was president and now it looks like i'm going to be president again. especially because you going be president again. i'm see this crazy thing that looks like it's going to crash into the gantry. i said, oh, no! do me a favor, do you mind holding? i thought it was a space-age movie or something. i put the phone down, and i didn't pick it up for 45 m 45 minutes. the spaceship came down and i saw the engines firing and it looks like it was over, it was

going to smash, and i saw the fire pour out from the left side and it came down so gently, and it held it. just like you hold your baby at night, your little baby. it was a beautiful thing to see. i called elon and i said, elon, was that you? he said yes, it was. i said, who else can do that? can china do it, can russia do it? no. can the united states do it? nobody can do that. that's why i love you, elon. and when he had the tragic hurricane helene, in particular it hit north carolina. they were really devastated. water is because we ever seen. fields became lakes, and the danger was unbelievable, and the people from north carolina came

to me and said, would it be at all possible for you to speak to elon musk? we need star link. i said, what is star link? so i called elon, and i'll tell you what, it was very dangerous. people were dying, no communication. i called elon musk and i said, elon, you have something called star link, is that right? what the hell is it? he said it is a communication system that is very good. i said, elon, they need it really badly in north carolina, can you get it? he had it there so fast, it was incredible. and it was great. he saved a lot of lives. but he is a character, a special guy, a super genius. we have to protect our geniuses. we don't have that many of them. we have to protect our super geniuses. i want to thank -- we have the u.s. open champion, fantastic,

hits a ball a little bit longer than me. bryson to he's up here someplace.where is? bryson! he is hitting balls? oh, he's on the way. he's hitting balls. look at him. he's got a great career going. a great u.s. open. and we also have -- she's a tough guy. [crowd chanting "dana"]

dana started ufc and came to me. do you mind if i use -- nobody wanted to give it because it's a rough sport. a little rough. i helped him out a little bit and i went and i said, this is the roughest part of ever seen. i began to like it, and he loved it, and nobody has done a better job in sports. he's a very motivational kind of guy, what he does. to get these fighters and they really go at it. it's become one of the most successful sports enterprises anywhere at any time. it's doing so well. i would like to ask dana to say a couple of words, because people love to hear from him. [applause] >> nobody deserves this more than him and nobody deserve this more than his family does. this is what happens when the machine comes after you. what do you see over the last several years? this is what it looks like. couldn't stop him, he keeps

going forward, he doesn't quit. he's the most resilient hardworking man i've ever met in my life. his family are incredible people. this is, ladies and gentlemen. he deserves this. they deserve it as a family. [applause] i want to thank some people real quick. i want to thank theo von, and the mighty and powerful joe rogan. and thank you, america. have a good night. >> that is a piece of work. no, he's really an amazing guy. but most of all i want to thank the millions of hardworking americans across the nation who have always been the heart and soul of this really great movement. we have been through so much together, and today you showed up in record numbers to deliver a victory like no other.

this was something special. we are going to pay you back. we are going to do the best job, we are going to turn it around. it's got to be turned around, it's got to be turned around fast, and we are going to turn it around and do it in every way, so many ways. we are going to do it in every way. this will forever be remembered as the day the american people regained control of their country. [applause] i just want to say, on behalf of this great group of people, these are hardworking people. these are fantastic people. and we can add a few names like robert f. kennedy jr. [applause] and he is going to help make america healthy again. [crowd chanting "bobby"]

he's a great guy, and he really means it. he wants to do some things and we are going to let him go to it. i just said about bobby, leave the oil to me. we have more liquid gold than any country in the world, more than saudi arabia. we have more than russia. bobby, stay away from the liquid gold. other than that, to have a good time, bobby. we are going to be paying down debt, we are going to be reducing taxes. we can do things that nobody else can do. nobody else is going to be able to do it. china doesn't have what we have. nobody has what we have. but we have the greatest people also. maybe that's the most important thing. this campaign has been so historic in so many ways. we built the biggest, broadest, the most unified coalition. they've never seen anything like

it and all of american history. they've never seen any, young and old, men and women, rural and urban. we had them all helping us tonight. i was looking at it, i was watching it. some great analysis of the people that voted for us. nobody has ever seen anything like that. they came from all corners. union, nonunion, african american, hispanic american, asian american, arab american, muslim american. we had everybody, and it was beautiful. it was historic realignment, uniting citizens of all backgrounds around a common core of common sense. we are the party of common sense. we want to have borders, we want to have security, we want to have things be good and safe. we want great education. we want a strong and powerful military and ideally we don't have to use it. you know, we had no wars, except

when we defeated isis. we defeated isis in record time. but we had no wars. they said, he'll start a war. i'm not going to start a war, i'm going to stop wars. but it's also a massive victory for democracy and for freedom. together we are going to unlock america's glorious destiny. we are going to achieve the most incredible future for our people. yesterday as i stood at my last stop on the campaign trail -- i'll never be doing a rally again. can you believe it? i think we have done 900 rallies, approximately. can you imagine? 900, something. a lot of rallies. and it was sad. everybody was sad. many people, i said this is our last rally, but now we are going on to something that is far more important. because the rallies were used for us to be put in this position where we can really help our country.

we are going to make our country better than it ever has been. and many people have told me that god spared my life for a reason. [applause] and that reason was to save our country and to restore america to greatness, and now we are going to fulfill that mission together. we are going to fulfill that mission. it will not be easy but i will bring every ounce of energy, spirit, and fight that i have in my soul to the job that you have entrusted to me. this is a great job. there's no job like this. this is the most important job in the world. just as i did in my first term, we had a great first term and i will governed by a simple motto.

promises made, promises kept. we are going to keep our promises. nothing will stop me from keeping my word to you, the people. we will make america safe, strong, prosperous, powerful, and free again. i'm asking every citizen across our land to join me in this noble and righteous endeavor. that's what it is. it is time to put the divisions of the past four years behind us. it is time to unite, and we are going to try. we have to try. it's going to happen. i have seen that. i saw that in the first term before we became more and more successful. people started coming together. success is going to bring us together and we are going to start by putting america first. we have to put our country first for at least a period of time. we have to fix it because together we can truly make

america great again for all americans. so i want to just tell you what a great honor this is. i want to thank you. i will not let you down. america's future will be bigger, better, bolder, richer, saved s, stronger than it's ever been before. god bless you and god bless america. thank you very much. [cheers and applause] ♪ ♪ >> donald j. trump, the men who will be the 47th president of the united states, in west palm beach at the convention center there. he said he's going to make america great again for all americans, that god spared his life for a reason in this two assassination attempts. he said promises made, promises kept, and he has a big agenda ahead. he thanked a lot of people on that stage and said success will bring us together. trying to bring the country together after what is a

bruising, damaging, very vitriolic campaign that comes to an end with his massive win. he praised a lot of people including elon musk he called a new star come up-and-comer, that guy. >> have you met him? >> bret: but he did the dismount, and now he goes on to be president-elect of the united states once again. >> it's an extraordinary story. an absolutely phenomenal political comeback for donald j. trump, who will be the 47th president of the united states when he is inaugurated on january 20th. and he said god spared him from the assassination attempts in order to lead the country. he said success will bring us together and he said it was an honor, and he thanked everyone involved and thanked the american people for tonight's outcome. >> bret: have no idea the mic indication that vice president harris has made a phone call. we are trying to get confirmation that there's been any concession.

we don't have word that's happen. we are told that her campaign she's going to wait until tomorrow to do something and to respond to all of this. but no phone call, as we can tell right now. we are going to wrap up with our panel. harold ford jr., katie pavlich, marc thiessen, kellyanne conway, kayleigh mcenany, and trey gowdy. >> you know who they all are! >> it's sine! >> final thoughts to mexico i'll be brief. the next few days i think are really important for the country for democrats and the leadership in my party to reach out to the president-elect. i thought the speech tonight was the right tone. he said he might get this kind of speech and i was pleased that he did. it is 3:00 in the morning in the east coast. he gave the speech like it was 9:00 in the evening. he's got great energy. congratulations again, and i believe what he said and wanting to act on it. >> in person not there was corey

comperatore who was killed at the butler rally. i'm sure he'd be happy with results tonight. the united states of america turns 250 years old in two years, and donald trump is going to be in the white house and i think he will probably a pretty good party. >> heck of a birthday party for america. >> we don't know how big this is going to be. there may be more coattails with senate races yet to call. he won texas by 15%. he won by 6% in 2020. we are going to see some big numbers, and he could win the popular vote. >> it's a land site and it's getting landslideyer as evening goes on. having written presidential speeches, the thing that jumped out at me is that most of the speeches begin with "i just received a call from my opponent who graciously conceded the election." "i thanked her and congratulated her on a well thought campaign." has come here is not called him? by the way, why is she not

speaking tonight? she lost. did you just go to bed? wisconsin is called. it is over. why is she not coming out and conceding? it is shameful. >> bret: the whole thing was that he was going to say he won when he didn't really win or not conceded he lost. and now here we are. >> president trump took a victory lap, well-deserved. this is a huge political comeback. it's looking like a landslide. he could win everything a swing state, by the way. we will see. the most important line, this will be remembered as the day the american people regained control of the country. what a line. donald trump did that tonight. >> conciliatory, magnanimous, it's not a political comeback to me. it's a political resurrection. i don't think anybody saw this. my only advice, hire people that are not going to write books for your cabinet. do not make the same mistakes you made with the first term. don't hire people that are going to go get a book advance to trashy later on.

because it's become a cottage industry, and very lucrative, make some people famous. i think that's going to go away now by and large. i don't know that america is going to abide it. they need has deepened and worsened in these last four years. those are big jobs in the white house and the administration. i think we'll have a lot of great men and women who will want to serve and make that sacrifice of money, privacy, safety, perhaps, got her bed. time, scrutiny. because they know this man is going to work with the same kind of energy and enthusiasm -- and i'm going to say the word again, alacrity and urgency, that you saw in these rallies. these nonstop punishing schedules. donald trump showed up to the american people, stood up and showed up for them, and today they should have been showed up for him. >> bret: i want to say couple things. one, this journey has been absolutely amazing.

covering the strays from the beginning, think about all the things that happened. all of the bumps along the road, the debate, june 27th, a candidate that gets two assassination attempts, a new nominee. all that we followed. it's been a joy covering it with you. but we have so many people at fox behind-the-scenes that put all of this on, that make all this happen. there is a cast of thousands, so thank you. there we go. a little wave in the control room. [applause] >> we have an amazing team of people, super supportive group, fantastic leadership here at fox, and we are grateful to all of you who made this happen last saturday. we had a rehearsal, there were a hundred people in this room. so we are grateful to them for making it look easy out here. and i'm grateful to you. it's always been a joy to be by your side on these journeys. thank you all at home for standing with us and for sharing this incredible election process with us.

>> bret: bill hemmer is off the board currently. >> he'll be back! >> bret: i think he's going to be back in just a few hours but he did tremendous work going through all those numbers. we didn't actually think we're going to have a call tonight. we thought this might extend. just when we first got our poll members, the voter analysis. but the fact that this is all coming to an end, trust us, the commercials will come to an end. the text messages will come to an end. but there's going to be a lot of digesting what happened tonight. which was history. this was history. don't forget where you are tonight. >> i think a lot of the american people, people i spoke with said i just want there to be a decisive outcome. and i think that is a gift to the country, and i hope that we can all wake up in the morning and move forward with our great country. >> bret: thank you for joining us for democracy '24 election night coverage. trace gallagher picks it up from here. >> martha: could not come everyone. >> bret: good morning! ♪ ♪