--- description: Presumptive Republican nominee Donald Trump gave a subdued victory speech after winning New Jersey and other states Tuesday night. title: Read Donald Trump's Subdued Victory Speech image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltb6db30a37f5f79ca/698896de428a9e7195cd2f27/donald-trump1.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Politics](/section/politics/) ## Politics Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [Donald Trump](/tag/donald-trump/) ## Donald Trump Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Read Donald Trump's Subdued Victory Speech After Winning New Jersey by [Ryan Teague Beckwith](/author/ryan-teague-beckwith/) ## Ryan Teague Beckwith Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jun 8, 2016 3:40 AM CUT  U.S. Republican Presidential candidate Donald Trump addresses supporters and the media following primary elections on June 7, 2016 in Briarcliff Manor, New York U.S. Republican Presidential candidate Donald Trump addresses supporters and the media following primary elections on June 7, 2016 in Briarcliff Manor, New YorkJohn Moore—2016 Getty Images by [Ryan Teague Beckwith](/author/ryan-teague-beckwith/) ## Ryan Teague Beckwith Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jun 8, 2016 3:40 AM CUT Presumptive Republican nominee Donald Trump [gave a subdued victory speech](http://time.com/4360821/donald-trump-new-jersey-victory-speech/ "undefined") after winning New Jersey and other states Tuesday night. Coming off a week of bad press and tough criticism from fellow Republicans, Trump skipped his usual loose approach and read a prepared speech from a teleprompter. Here is a complete transcript. --- > “” --- ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4360872/donald-trump-new-jersey-victory-speech-transcript/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4360872/donald-trump-new-jersey-victory-speech-transcript/"},"headline":"Read Donald Trump's Subdued Victory Speech After Winning New Jersey","datePublished":"2016-06-08T03:40:19.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T22:27:31.934Z","description":"Presumptive Republican nominee Donald Trump gave a subdued victory speech after winning New Jersey and other states Tuesday night.","url":"https://time.com/4360872/donald-trump-new-jersey-victory-speech-transcript/","keywords":["Donald Trump","2016 Election topic","New Jersey","transcripts"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltb6db30a37f5f79ca/698896de428a9e7195cd2f27/donald-trump1.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Ryan Teague Beckwith","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/ryan-teague-beckwith/"}],"articleSection":"Politics","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltb6db30a37f5f79ca/698896de428a9e7195cd2f27/donald-trump1.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"U.S. Republican Presidential candidate Donald Trump addresses supporters and the media following primary elections on June 7, 2016 in Briarcliff Manor, New York","caption":"U.S. Republican Presidential candidate Donald Trump addresses supporters and the media following primary elections on June 7, 2016 in Briarcliff Manor, New York","creditText":"John Moore—2016 Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/politics/","name":"Politics"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/donald-trump/","name":"Donald Trump"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4360872/donald-trump-new-jersey-victory-speech-transcript/","name":"Read Donald Trump's Subdued Victory Speech After Winning New Jersey"}}]}] ```