Trump: Our Campaign About ‘Big Ideas and Bold Solutions’

Donald Trump presented himself and his campaign as the voice of “big ideas” and “bold solutions for tomorrow” when he spoke before throngs of his supporters gathered at a rally in Prescott Valley, Arizona, Tuesday.

The GOP presidential nominee sent his “best wishes” to his running mate, Indiana Gov. Mike Pence, as he finished his final preparations for the first and only vice presidential event to be held that evening at Longwood University in Farmville, Virginia. Declaring that Pence would have the opportunity to present the campaign’s message of hope and change against Clinton and Virginia Sen. Tim Kaine’s “stuck in the past” campaign, Trump anticipated a strong performance from Pence.

“The debate will be a contrast between our campaign of big ideas and bold solutions for tomorrow versus the small and petty Clinton campaign that is totally stuck in the past.”

“The debate will be a contrast between our campaign of big ideas and bold solutions for tomorrow versus the small and petty Clinton campaign that is totally stuck in the past,” Trump said. “We are change. She is for four more years of Obama and we can’t take that. Clinton can’t talk about real problems facing our country because she’s the one who helped create all of those problems in the first place.”

Trump spent a significant portion of his speech outlining Clinton’s failures as a former first lady, U.S. senator, and secretary of state. Railing against her corruption and her deep entrenchment within the political Establishment, Trump touted his outsider appeal as the impetus for enacting change.

“Hillary Clinton has been there for 30 years and hasn’t fixed anything. She talks and talks and talks,” Trump told his supporters. “In fact, she’s just made things a lot worse. She failed in Upstate New York promising to create 200,000, but manufacturing is down in New York State by almost 40 percent. She failed overseas, unleashing death and destruction. And she failed Latinos and African-Americans, producing only more poverty in our inner cities.”

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Lambasting Clinton for her status as a “corrupt public official,” Trump asked the American voters to compare how each nominee accrued their wealth and judge accordingly between the two.

“I made my money as a very successful private businessperson following the laws of our country. Hillary Clinton made her money as a corrupt public official violating the law and putting our government office up for sale,” Trump said. “Remember, when she left the White House she said they were ‘dead broke’? And now they’re worth $250 million. How did that happen? The problems we face as a country are immense, and it’s going to take bold action to turn things around.”

Referring to The New York Times story published on Sunday in which pages from his 1995 tax returns were released, Trump insisted that he obeyed the laws in place when he declared a $916 million loss. Promising to fix the system so that it “works for you,” the GOP nominee said he could do so because he was beholden to no one — unlike Clinton.

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“I know how the tax code works better than anyone, and I’m going to fix it so it’s fair and just and works for you, works for you,” Trump said. “These politicians, folks, don’t have a clue. And if they do, they can’t do it because their donors won’t let them. Remember, I’m my donor. I’m my donor.”

As he presented his message of change and reform to the voters in Arizona, Trump urged them to invoke their rights and privileges as American citizens by turning out to vote on Election Day. And in doing so, Trump took a swipe at Clinton’s cronies and defenders.

“We have created a movement — a movement like has never been seen in this country before. A movement that even our enemies back there — look at all that press, among the most dishonest people in the world,” Trump said. “But even our enemies in the press say it’s one of the greatest political phenomena of all time in the history of our country. But we have to get out and vote on Nov. 8 or frankly this movement was just a waste, energy, and money. We have to get out and vote.”