The 29 most infamous lines from Donald Trump’s June 16, 2015 presidential announcement speech

No one — and that absolutely includes Donald Trump — could have seen what the next ten years would hold. Two presidential victories. Two impeachments. Two assassination attempts. One global pandemic. One riot at the U.S. Capitol. Not to mention a total transformation of the two major political parties. A re-imagining of the powers of the executive. A re-thinking of America’s alliances and the broader global order. And it all began with a speech that was widely-viewed at the time as a stunt.