The president spoke to an audience of thousands in the world’s largest community of senior citizens.
THE VILLAGES, Fla.—President Donald Trump addressed a standing-room-only crowd of approximately 3,000 supporters at The Villages Charter School on May 1, highlighting his administration’s efforts to benefit seniors.
“We’re here to celebrate a policy that benefits every American senior all across this land, and it’s called no tax on Social Security,” Trump said, emphasizing one of his new policies included in the One Big Beautiful Bill Act.
“So, these are your golden years, but these are really beyond your golden years. This is the golden age of America.”
He informed the crowd about an executive order signed the day before, titled Promoting Retirement-Savings Access for American Workers, that will launch Trump individual retirement account access for the approximately 41 million workers in the country who do not have an employee-sponsored plan.
Prescription drug price reductions were a key topic of his talk, with new developments that include 17 of the largest pharmaceutical manufacturers agreeing to most favored nation status pricing for Americans.
More than 20,000 people requested tickets to the event, and about 7,000 attended, with an overflow room accommodating several thousand and the remainder watching on a screen outside.
The Villages in central Florida is a community spread across three counties and is home to the largest population of senior citizens in the world, with approximately 150,000 residents enjoying the warm weather and abundant amenities.
Trump also touted $210 million slated for rural health care in the state, noting that some of the money came from fraud recovery investigations.
“We’re taking some of the money that they scammed,” he said.
Security was tight for Trump’s first public appearance since suspect Cole Allen was detained while allegedly attempting to assassinate the president at the White House Correspondents’ Dinner on April 25.
The president told the crowd that the war in Iran was necessary to prevent the regime from obtaining a nuclear weapon.
“I did something that was I don’t know, foolish, brave, but it was smart,” Trump said, while offering his thoughts on how the bombing affected the economy. “I would do it again, but I thought the numbers would be much worse. I thought the stock market would go down much more. I thought the oil prices would go up much more.”
