On Monday, President Trump delivered remarks to the Republican Members Issues Conference, conveniently held this year at the Trump National Doral Golf Club in Miami. Some highlights included a summary of events to date in Operation Epic Fury, as well as some remarks on the criticality of The SAVE America Act. (Later, you'll see the president insists on the capitalization of "the" in the Act.)
First, on Operation Epic Fury:
"We're crushing the enemy in an overwhelming display of technical skill and military force," says @POTUS on Operation Epic Fury.
— Rapid Response 47 (@RapidResponse47) March 9, 2026
"We'll not relent until the enemy is totally and decisively defeated." pic.twitter.com/1pW3SurbGM
The president said:
We're crushing the enemy in an overwhelming display of technical skill and military force. Iran's drone and missile capability is being utterly demolished. Their navy is gone; it's all lying at the bottom of the ocean. 46 ships, can you believe it? In fact, I get a little upset with our people, I said, what quality of ships? Excellent, sir. Top of the line. I said, why didn't we just capture the ship? We could have used it. Why did we sink them? They said it's more fun to sink them. (Laughter) They like sinking them better. They say it's safer to sink them. I guess that's probably true. But think of it, we knocked out 46 and actually took three and a half days. Their terrorist leaders are gone, or counting down the minutes until they will be gone. Think of it, we had leaders, and they're gone. Then we had new leaders, and they're gone. And now nobody has any idea who the people are who are going to be the head of the country. And we'll not relent until the enemy is totally and decisively defeated.
That last part is encouraging; if one engages in these sorts of operations, it's best to go in with the understanding that the only way to win is to completely and utterly destroy the enemy's capacity to make war. That's what we did in World War 2, and that appears to be the goal here.
As for the ships, I wouldn't be anxious to try to board a ship full of Islamist nutcases and take it by force. Better to just sink them.
Now, on The SAVE America Act:
.@POTUS: "I want to thank House Republicans for passing another common sense measure—to me, the easiest of all—the SAVE America Act, to protect our sacred American [elections]." pic.twitter.com/NwulvgQI8q
— Rapid Response 47 (@RapidResponse47) March 9, 2026
The president said:
I want to thank House Republicans for passing another common-sense measure, to me, the easiest of all. The SAVE America Act. (Applause) To protect our sacred American - look at this! Look! It's the easiest thing we have, I can't... It's the easiest thing we have. Now the problem is, you call the SAVE Act. And nobody knew what the hell the SAVE Act (was.) And you've seen, I've been working overtime the last month, it's called The, capital The, SAVE America Act. And I saw (New York Democrat Senator) Schumer yesterday, "We will stop SAVE America!" (Laughter) He's getting killed. They can't do it.
The SAVE America Act is bogged down in the Senate at the moment, and President Trump has warned that he will veto every bill coming out of Congress until the SAVE America Act is on his desk. We'll see.
WATCH: @POTUS lays out the five common sense measures in the SAVE America Act:
— Rapid Response 47 (@RapidResponse47) March 9, 2026
"This is the number one priority... It's actually a matter, in a serious way, of national survival. We can't have these elections going on like this anymore." https://t.co/AFxG03qQHg pic.twitter.com/hyHKdllUiI
Those five things. Five things. Voter ID, citizenship, mail-in ballots, no mail-in ballots. Right? We don't want men playing in women's sports. That's got to be about close to a hundred percent. We don't want men playing in women's sports. No transgender mutilation of our children. Now, that should be the easiest thing to get passed you've ever had. Each one, it's best of. Best of Trump. Those are the best of Trump. I have some (issues) that are very popular, but I wouldn't put them in that category. This is the number one priority. It should be for the House. And I'd like to ask Tom, Steve, Mike, all of you, if you would, I'd like to have you go back, and Lisa - hello, darling. (Laughter) She was screaming her affirmation of what I said. The kid went wild. She was so happy, that someone finally said, "Let's vote on this," Lisa, you're going to get it done. OK, I'm going to count on you, forget the men up here, I'm going to count on you. But it's actually a matter, in a serious way, of national survival. We can't have these elections going on like this anymore.
That much is certain.
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It was a Trump address in his usual inimitable style; you can view the entire thing here, if you're inclined. And the president isn't wrong about The SAVE America Act; it may well end up being crucial to the GOP's success in the midterms, presuming it can be passed, signed, and enacted by November.
As to that, well, that's anyone's guess at this point. Count on turning out, because that will be the key.
Editor’s Note: The 2026 Midterms will determine the fate of President Trump’s America First agenda. Republicans must maintain control of both chambers of Congress.
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