President Donald Trump touted several of his victories during a rally on Saturday in Las Vegas, Nevada. Trump also touched on plans he has for several policies promised on the campaign trail.
Trump announced that he was going to visit Nevada on Tuesday. He shared that he wanted to thank them for flipping red in the last election, which helped him secure the White House.
“I’m really going to Nevada to thank them for the vote, because we won Nevada overwhelmingly, and that’s usually a Democratic vote,” Trump said after winning the state for the Republicans for the first time in more than two decades.
During his rally, he discussed several topics, including his promise to end the tax on tips, an idea he continued to float throughout his campaign.
“We’re going to get it for you: no tax on tips,” Trump said at the Circa Resort and Casino.
“So if you’re a restaurant worker, a server, a valet, a bellhop, a bartender, or one of my caddies – I go through caddies like candy, if I play badly, I always blame my caddy – or any other worker who relies on tipped income, your tips will be 100% yours.”
It was in Las Vegas last June that Trump first announced he would look to implement tax-free tips, something he joked with the state’s Gov. Joe Lombardo (R) on Saturday, saying, “Do you think that had an impact on the election?”
Trump also alluded to his plans to annex or combine with other nations as he continues his efforts to obtain more land for the US.
“The United States has the largest amount of oil and gas of any country on Earth, and we may be a very substantially enlarged country in the not too distant – isn’t it nice to see?” Trump said.
He continued saying the US has been the “same size” for decades, but now “we might be an enlarged country pretty soon, and one of the things we’re going to be doing is: drill, baby, drill.”
Trump has set his sights on Greenland, the Panama Canal, and Canada, often discussing plans to acquire the land through several different means.
While the president shared serious thoughts on his proposals and expected policies, he also had a few jokes for the crowd.
Trump said that it will be the “greatest honor” of his life to serve “not once, but twice – or three times or four times – no.”
“Headlines, headlines for the fake news,” he joked as the crowd applauded.
“No, it will be to serve twice,” he went on to say.