The End is Just the Beginning of the Middle Part
by Chad Parenteau, Regular Contributor

source text: Donald Trump Tulsa, Oklahoma Rally Speech Transcript, June 21, 2020

 

thank you

thank you

we begin

we begin

we begin

and I

want to

been watching

everything

negative

don’t

don’t

don’t

never seen

never seen

you are

bad people

bad people

bad

people

Oklahoma

Oklahoma

that’s the word

that’s the word

we’re going to

we’re going to

we’re going to

Americans

and

party

and

party

all time record

all time record

now

think of that

the end

we have

big

big

number

 

we have

justice

justice

we have

missiles

rockets

all

in

USA

 

we’ll get

we

wanted

we got it

we get a lot

one week

two weeks

three weeks

five weeks

seven weeks

go outside

pay your bill

take care of the bill

take care of the bill

you get

our approval rating

is now

that number

never been

that number

 

and

bad people

people

didn’t love

sadistic

people

bad people

let’s say

let’s say

let’s just say

I got it done

those people

I’m going to

we look at them

we say

we say

 

a lot of bad people

long time

never knew it

it’s happening

it’s happening

lot of bad

thank you

finally

finally

been saying

tell me about that

tell me about that

all my life

all my life

lower

lower

figure that

figure that

many of them

wrong

no

no

no

no

no

happens

all the time

happened to me

happens

disaster

what happened

big trouble

I got it

Russia

Russia

 

Saudi Arabia

Mexico

Mexico

do the right thing

you’re going to be hurt

make the pandemic

child’s play

no president

not even close

nobody

 

our

success

extremism

destruction

violence

outside

outside

beautiful

beautiful

so wonderful

you ever watch

you ever watch

 

how about

how about

the biggest

burning

the biggest fire

the world

coming to an end

it all ended

no problem

 

Seattle

Seattle

Seattle

Seattle

radical left

every one of them

everyone of them

disaster

 

Americans

burn

loot

destroy

police

these

police

complain

thousands

thousands

people walking

walking

I say

what a terrible thing

what a terrible thing

 

COVID

COVID

COVID-19

China

Chinese virus

I shut down

China
hundreds of thousands

I closed

down

Europe
hundreds of thousands

get hit

terrible

what we’ve done

testing

testing

tested

 

they called

the job

here’s the bad part

more people

more

people

we had

people

we got

we got

a case

a case

thousands

thousands

died

would you believe that

 

let’s open

schools

open

schools

we got to

vandalize

desecrate

anyone

absolute

total control

Americans

want

new oppressive regime

they want

police

think of that

 

I heard

I said

got

problems

lot of problems

in the morning

very tough

very tough

a young woman

a young

old woman

sleeping

what

you going to do

right

what’s going on

even worse

stone cold crazy

they’re crazy

 

heritage

we have

heritage

we’re a

country

so lucky

that’s all

 

people

you

have a choice

have a choice

bad people

winning

these days

left and right

left and right

disease

more

disease

call it a virus

a flue

I think

of

name

don’t have a choice

don’t have a choice

West Point

West Point

West Point

 

beautiful

beautiful

how bad

they say

I say

let’s go

West Point

make speeches

I make

speech

long time

long time

 

before the speech

salute

salute

helicopters

helicopters

Apaches

 

beautiful

beautiful

all finished

I make

speech

salute

 

salute

general

you ready

I’m ready

general

great

let’s go

I’ll follow

general

I love

I love

general

I

made

big speech

other speeches

I’m

baked

I’m

baked

there’s no way

I have no

 

it’s true

general

I remember

President Ford

another president

 

I end up

falling

a disaster

anything

been better off

I start

bent over

bent over

bent over

almost the end

human beings

general

I ran

I want to run

I ran

take a look

it ends

I run

 

my wife

I thought

was

average

my wife

she said

good

speech

good

speech

it’s true

it’s true

it’s true

 

something wrong

let you know

there’s something wrong

 

have water

want to drink

lift your hand

with water

don’t want

water

don’t want to drink

water

 

water

water

where did it come from

I’ve taken water

long time

never the same

I say

another disease

another disease

that’s

the story

the water

the water

West Point

good speech

great speech

kids

broke

barrier

COVID

broke

barrier

they wanted

they wanted

kids

excited

excited

excited

men

women

my people

best

speech

that speech

the speech

going down

so unfair

so unfair

people

bad

people

bad people

 

enough

I wanted to

understand

Thomas Jefferson

real stuff

Christopher Columbus

surrounded

Christopher Columbus

they circle that thing

George Washington

American flag

American flag

Democrat

Democrat

everything I tell you

we ought to

burn the American flag

we ought to do it

freedom of speech

freedom of speech

terrible thing

we want to

burn the American flag

just burn it

anarchist

anarchists

protestors

protestors

imagine

people

people

wiped out

I’ll help

I would love to

I would love to

be over with

assault

our nation

our nation

control

control

people that are

smart

 

surrender your country

your

money

will be worthless

I don’t want

you

we got

a record

records

don’t do anything

we’ve had

power

in charge

no one

safe

the leader

puppet

radical

radical

radical

radical

controlled

campaign

lot of money

the people

our nation

our nation

leftists

stop us

stop us

what happened

what happened

we had

violent people

violent

people

our people

threats

we will

destroy

what

they did

on television

televisions

televisions

television

televisions

president

so I said

charge

 

they said

please

I said

I said

no way

no way

coming back

they’re coming back

terrible

the greatest

the greatest

terrible thing

we’re ready

we’re riding high

we’re going to win

we’re going to win

cancel

cancel

cancel

we have a good

million to kill

 

good story

I look at

I look at

my whole life

very proud

cancel

cancel

put

in writing

put it in writing

 

what happened

no way

no way

no way

no way

no way

no way

dumb son of a bitch

I turned out

right

turned out

right

nope

nope

 

nobody

nobody

foreign nations

billions and billions

nobody wants

countries

Germany

I mean

German

they’re

paying

they’re

paying

 

you know

you owe

you owe

 

we’re supposed to

Russia

Russia

protect

protect

the great thing

a lot of people

ripped off

ripped off

a lot of people

bombs

bombs on people

 

our capitol

peace and order

ripped down

on television

always looking for money

more money

more money

 

we have

surrounded

people

to bow

as Americans

I like

our anthem

our flag

did you

get you

lot of people

lot of people

you wouldn’t

care that much

people

 

you can

want to punish

want
borders

want

borders

we have

the roughest

meanest people

 

 

(begin new stanza)

 

 

 

rough guys

we

want us to

start swinging

swinging

at the end

get rid of

rid of

rid of the

earth

 

I called

a young woman

a young woman

her friend

more painful

more painful

takes longer

human beings

big trouble

more rights

American citizens

you’re seeing

America

keep them out

have to

you know

Trump

tough

tough

let’s make

ourselves

ruined

industry

 

horrible deal

supported by

you

millions and millions

 

I took

action

protect

virus

my decision

xenophobia

cover it

cover it

terrible thing

terrible thing

many people

infected

 

mob

you

your family

my direction

the U.S.

world’s top terrorist

in the world

killing

killed

opposed

opposed

little bit

 

rip off America

billions and billions

farmers

billions and billions of

farmers

farmers

okay

okay

people

people

take

take

 

very much

take

incredible

China

want

to win

want

to win

win

fast deal

best deal

can make

more

want

to

own

United states

for nothing

 

incredible

green cash

someday

we’re going to get

Iran

own America

own it

own it

you’re going to pay

 

I told them

give me a break

president

will launch

assault on

anyone

that’s

not happy

you

want

want

our country

 

want

guns

guns

guns

second amendment

will eliminate

the greatest

country

 

supreme

obliterate

s0upreme

we’re

minority

we’re

minority

forgotten

forgotten

forgotten

elite

elite

elite

elite

 

elite

elite

elite

better

better

nicer

nicer

nicer

nicer

in my life

I became

our country

 

I’ll be

supreme

a hundred percent

incredible

great

only pick

people

understand

we

won

we

won

they

said

you won

everything’s

good

everything’s

good

 

great

great

everybody

most people

lost

young people

everybody

 

Oklahoma

our country

our country

Oklahoma

Texas

North Dakota

in charge

you know

killing machines

you want

a lot of

dead

we can forget

 

much involved

hate filled America

government

our country

our country

 

very

1%

1%

born in America

tens of millions of people

Americans

America

American

we’re

we’re

never been

never been

 

hollowed

class

our

class

cages

cages

cage

cage for children

the cage

the cages

 

the way it is

the way it is

inner cities

our cities

this country

our country

destroyed

what the hell

black Americans

done

black community

done

 

justice

begins

great people

distinguished

respected

respected people

respected

 

respected

 

great job

incredible

COVID

everything

touches

thank you

thank you

thank you

incredible job

don’t want to fight

warriors

warriors

done

done

incredible

 

warriors

all of them

every one of them

people

thank you

 

we

the greatest

in the world

the world

history of the world

best numbers

numbers

numbers

numbers

dictators

dictators

come in

then

plague

going fast

people

get it

record business

believe

 

numbers

single biggest number

history

numbers

greatest number

what’s going to happen

what’s going to happen

what’s happening

going up

going up

going up

going

up

going

up

going

way up

we’re

going

many ways

horrible

horrible death

should have

stopped

 

we’re going

up

up

up

up

believe

you’re

going to want to

that wealth

wealth

wealth

in the end

phenomenal

single greatest

ever

 

you see

happening

you see

happening

don’t have the guts

don’t have the guts

wait a minute

I want

stock market

go back

go back

stock market

I love

I love you so much

loser

our country

all you did

 

you’re going to run

going crazy

stock market

stock market

I’m

the strongest

what’s wrong with

millions of lives

herd

herd

millions of lives

get back to work

get back to work

 

I

never

ever

before

worked

so many

asking me to do

so many

going to do

it’ll be done

 

we

remember

people

I think

deny future

of

choice

some people

disaster

lot of power

it’s wrong

 

Republicans

controlled

whole country

arrested

people

thousands of

lives

lost

as

law

 

vote

vote

better

stronger

all Americans

will

work

 
what’s happening

what’s happening

happening

this COVID

a level

nobody believed possible

plague

thank you

patients

always

always

we will end

miles

miles

what happened

leave us alone

leave us alone

 

we will elect

American

USA

so beautiful

so beautiful

USA

we have

plants

we have

plants

we will keep America

never hesitate to kill

 

I took over

all over

and

obliterated

I took over

I took over

we have

a job

getting bigger

bigger

bigger

bigger

bigger

we will launch

United States

to

Mars

good program

we will defend

arms

arms

arms

second amendment

never stop fighting

bind America

we believe

American

love

American

never change

we stand on

shoulders of

the continent

wilderness

America

greatest

greater

greater

citizens

we are taking

country

with your help

keep

working

we are

winning

winning

winning

 

one movement

never

again

again

again

again

again