President Trump on Friday handed a US Marine a Presidential Challenge Coin before departing to Texas.
Trump landed at Joint Base Andrews en route to Corpus Christi, Texas, to promote his “drill baby drill” energy agenda.
The president is traveling to Texas to deliver remarks at the Port of Corpus Christi.
“Before departing to Texas, President Trump gave the Marine a presidential challenge coin for his last flight,” White House assistant Margo Martin said.
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Full White House statement on Trump’s visit to Corpus Christi:
As President Donald J. Trump travels to Corpus Christi, Texas, today, he returns to a state that is thriving under Republican leadership — powered by American energy dominance, bold tax relief, secure borders, and massive private sector investments.
Under President Trump, Texas families are seeing real results in lower costs, higher wages, safer streets, and more jobs — with much more to come as the Trump Administration works tirelessly to repair the damage of the Biden era.
Lower energy costs are putting money back in Texans’ pockets.
- Texas’s average price for regular gasoline stands at $2.60 per gallon — down more than $2 per gallon (44%) from its all-time recordBiden-era high — ranking among the nation’s top ten states for affordable fuel.
- Gas can even be found for less than $2 per gallon at several stations across the state.
- Diesel prices have also dropped significantly, down 38% from the Biden-era record high.
Tax relief is boosting take-home pay for Texas families.
1) Thanks to President Trump’s and Republicans’ Working Families Tax Cuts Act, the average Texas family is saving $4,009 on their taxes this year.
2) Texans stand to see wages rise by up to $6,900 per person over the next several years.
3)Tax reforms will protect 580,000 Texas jobs in the coming years.
4)Texas is receiving an investment of more than $281 million in rural health care thanks to Republicans — strengthening communities across the state.
It’s becoming more affordable to live in Texas.
- Overall, the average home price in Texas is down 2.4% over the past year.
- Texas is home to three of the top 20 metro areas with the largest number of illegal aliens — all of which have seen homes become more affordable amid President Trump’s mass deportation agenda.
- In the Dallas-Fort Worth area, the median home listing price is down nearly 4% over the past year.
- In the Houston metro area, the median home listing price is down 3% over the past year.
- In the Austin metro area, the median home listing price is down 8% over last year.
- Rent prices are falling in cities across Texas, including Austin (the “sharpest decline” among large metro areas), San Antonio, Waco, McAllen, Brownsville, Corpus Christi, Dallas, Houston, El Paso, and more.
The Trump Administration has taken thousands of dangerous criminal illegal aliens off Texas’s streets.
- Just last week, an illegal alien with a conviction for bodily injury to a child under 12-years-old and an illegal alien with a conviction for aggravated robbery with a deadly weapon were arrested in Harris County.
- Last weekend, an illegal alien from Mexico with a conviction for indecency with a child was arrested in Tarrant County and an illegal from Grenada with a conviction for indecent assault was arrested in Houston.
Major investments are creating jobs and economic opportunity across the state, with companies committing billions to Texas projects.
- Just this week, MP Materials announced a new $1.25 billion rare earth magnet manufacturing campus in Northlake — expected to create over 1,500 new jobs.
- Apple announced it is shifting some production of its Mac Mini to Texas.
- FiberLight is investing nearly $500 million for high-capacity network infrastructure in West Texas.
- Google is investing $40 billion in Texas, including energy initiatives and new generation capacity.
- Abbott Laboratories is investing hundreds of millions in manufacturing and research, including plans to add 100 jobs at its Irving facility.
- Texas Instruments is investing more than $60 billion across three manufacturing mega-sites in Texas and Utah, supporting more than 60,000 new U.S. jobs.
- Nvidia pledged to produce $500 billion in AI infrastructure in the U.S. over the next four years, with plans to build two factories in Texas.
- CesiumAstro is bringing a $500 million expansion, including more than 500 new jobs, to Bee Cave.
- NRG Energy is investing $617 million to erect a new natural gas facility at its Greens Bayou plant in Houston.
- Eli Lilly announced a $6.5 billion manufacturing facility in Houston — bringing 615 new, high-wage jobs to the area.
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