Administration of Donald J. Trump, 2026
August 24, 2026
Well, thank you very much, Darline. And hello to South Carolina, a State that I love and I won all three times by a lot. And we set your alltime record, actually, three times. It kept getting higher. So that's good.
And we're doing better now as a country than we've ever done before. We have $19.2 trillion being invested in our country—$19.2 trillion with a "t." And the most we've ever had—the most that there's ever been is $3 trillion. That was many years ago—China. And frankly, the last administration had less than $1 trillion for 4 years. We have 19.2 for a little bit more than a year, and it's been just great.
And your State is so important to me, and it's so important to this runoff election that takes place tomorrow, Tuesday, August 25. And I'm asking you all to get out and vote for Darline Graham as your United States Senator of South Carolina. She's going to help us with everything, including—you know, she's very much about the affordability issue caused by the Democrats, and she's also very much about keeping the stock market at the high.
So we have an alltime record stock market right now. It's the highest it's ever been. And we've hit 80 or 81 alltime record highs during a short year-and-a-half period.
But she's going to help with that and so many other things.
The polls tomorrow open at 7 a.m. and close at 7 p.m. So go vote for Senator Darline Graham, a friend of mine and a great sister to Lindsey. I think Lindsey liked her a lot more than me, and he liked me a lot. [Laughter] I will tell you, he was so proud of her.
But Darline has my complete and total endorsement. After her beloved brother, Senator Lindsey Graham, passed away unexpectedly, I asked Darline—I went up to her. I said, "Darline, run." I know her. She'll be fantastic. She loves this State more than anybody, and she's—she loves our country. She's tough, she's strong, and she's the perfect person to carry on the legacy of her brother.
Very different people. She's very much about that affordability. He was very much about foreign affairs. But he was good at everything, and she's good at everything. And she will be—with time, she'll be one of our greats. I really believe that.
She fully supports the Trump agenda, and she's going to help make America great again, a phrase that I determined 10 years ago, and it's worked very well. It's really true. We have made America great again, and we're going to make it now greater.
But she will be fighting and I will be fighting with her for the people of South Carolina with absolute loyalty and resolve.
Darline has devoted her entire life to the people of this State. She transformed an important State agency into a national model—they copied her all over the country—helping to build a stronger workforce to support South Carolina's families. She's a pillar of her community and respected by everybody and really beloved.
And since she was appointed to the Senate, she stepped up and served your State with tremendous poise and distinction. She really has been. Actually, it's been a very short while, a couple of months. As you know, Henry McMaster has endorsed her, the Governor, and endorsed
her short term, meaning he appointed her for the short term, and he endorsed her long term. So, that's great.
But, with your vote, Darline will fight to help us stop the radical-left "Dumocrats." I call them "Dumocrats." They're Communists.
In the State of Carolina and all across the Nation, Darline's biggest focus is affordability.
She's working to keep the prices down as much as anybody I've seen. She's into that, and so am I, by the way.
And we—when this war—we're beating Iran, as you know, very badly. Just like we did with Venezuela, we're doing with Iran. Little—it's a bigger one, and it's very important because Iran cannot have a nuclear weapon. Lindsey was a chief proponent of that. Iran—very simple: They can't have a nuclear weapon, and they won't. They're failing badly. Their military is decimated.
Their whole country is decimated, and they want to do something. They don't know what to do, to be honest.
But very shortly, it will end. And prices—the gasoline prices are going to go down like a rock.
You know, when I started this whole thing, the prices were, as an example, in Iowa, $1.85 a gallon. I said: "But we have a job to do. We have to leave here for a little while, and we have to make sure they don't get a nuclear weapon." And we've done that, and it will resolve itself very shortly.
But she loves our military. Darline is somebody that truly loves our military and is deeply devoted to our men and women in uniform, and that includes law enforcement. She'll always vote to lower your taxes, big paychecks, no amnesty for illegal aliens, and she will always protect your Second Amendment and the right to keep and bear arms.
She'll vote to root out fraud, grow our economy, keep men out of women's sports, and protect our sacred elections by supporting the SAVE America Act. Very important for Darline is the SAVE America Act. We're going to get that done.
And she's a true American patriot with tremendous leadership, and she will let the people of South Carolina really know how strong she is, because it's going to go down as one of the best votes you've ever made for a political person.
So go out and vote for Darline Graham tomorrow. It's Tuesday, August 25. Darline Graham, get out and vote. I love her. I think she's great. I asked her to do it. [Laughter] I got her into this whole thing. I have to make sure she gets in because there will be nobody better.
And if you have any questions, go to swampthevoteUSA.com. But tomorrow go out and vote for Darline Graham. It's going to be something you'll be very proud of looking back over the years.
And with that, Darline, I'll hand it back to you. And I love South Carolina, and I appreciate all those votes you gave me.
Thank you, everybody. And, Darline, take it away. Thank you very much, everybody.
NOTE: The President spoke at 7:03 p.m. via teleconference from the White House. In his remarks, he referred to S. 1383.
Categories: Addresses and Remarks : South Carolina Republican senatorial candidate Sen. Darline Graham Nordone, telerally remarks.
Locations: Washington, DC.
Names: Graham Nordone, Darline; McMaster, Henry D.
Subjects: 2026 midterm elections; Consumer prices; Gasoline costs; Iran, U.S. military operations; Manufacturing industry, domestic investment; Safeguard American Voter Eligibility Act; South Carolina, Governor; Stock market; Voter participation.
DCPD Number: DCPD202600557.