President Donald J. Trump, at a midterm rally in Corpus Christi, Texas, calls out oilman Harold Hamm and jokes about finding oil in Venezuela before saying "let's make it Harold the 51st state." He then claims the US now has control over "the biggest part of the world's oil supply," to be refined in Texas. He adds that gasoline and diesel prices will "soon come down," and that it will be "like a blink."
The receipt
- Who
- President Donald J. Trump
- Where
- rally - Midterm Rally in Corpus Christi, Texas
- Original footage
- GOP · watch the full video from this moment
- Length
- 55 seconds, unedited within the cut
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- 124 on Instagram
Read the transcript
Harold Hamm is here. The great oilman. Where's Harold Hamm? Where's the great Harold Hamm? Biggest independent oilman in the world, actually. Hi, Harold. He told me, you know how you find oil in Venezuela? You look on the ground. There it is. You see it public. Now, let's make it Harold the 51st state. You like that? I do. I do. So this historic wind gives us control over the massive part, the biggest part of the world's oil supply. We have more oil than any other country, even any countries combined. And it'll be refined right here in Texas, including right here in Corpus Christi. And you'll see it'll happen very quickly. It'll be like a blink. I think gasoline and diesel prices will soon come down.
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