--- title: Republican Convention: Watch Donald Trump Jr.'s speech description: Donald Trump Jr. said his father would "put Americans first" and develop an economy that works for all Americans. canonical: https://time.com/4414200/republican-convention-donald-trump-jr-speech-transcript-video/ author: Will Drabold article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-07-20T04:16:06.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-02-22T23:23:03.528Z article:section: Politics og:title: Watch Donald Trump Jr. Speak at the Republican Convention og:description: He said his father thrives when he's told his dreams are impossible. og:url: https://time.com/4414200/republican-convention-donald-trump-jr-speech-transcript-video/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltfbd290aa89414e87/69889cab196cf4325203c79d/christopher-morris-rnc-republican-national-convention-day-2-45.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: TIMEPOL RNC og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Watch Donald Trump Jr. Speak at the Republican Convention twitter:description: He said his father thrives when he's told his dreams are impossible. twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltfbd290aa89414e87/69889cab196cf4325203c79d/christopher-morris-rnc-republican-national-convention-day-2-45.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Watch Donald Trump Jr. Speak at the Republican Convention by [Will Drabold](https://time.com/author/will-drabold/) ## Will Drabold Jul 20, 2016 4:16 AM UTC  Donald Trump Jr. speaks at the Republican National Convention in Cleveland on July 19, 2016. Donald Trump Jr. speaks at the Republican National Convention in Cleveland on July 19, 2016.Christopher Morris—VII for TIME by [Will Drabold](https://time.com/author/will-drabold/) ## Will Drabold Jul 20, 2016 4:16 AM UTC Donald Trump Jr. said his father would “put Americans first” and develop an economy that works for all Americans citing his experience working with the Republican nominee. Speaking at the Republican national convention Tuesday, Trump’s son argued that his father thrives whenever he’s told his dreams are impossible. “I’ve seen it time and time again, that look in his eyes when someone says it can’t be done,” he said. “I saw that look a little over a year ago when he was told he couldn’t possibly succeed in politics. Yes, he did.” **Read More:** [_Meet the Trump Son Speaking at the Convention Tuesday_](http://time.com/4412905/republican-convention-don-trump-jr-speech/) Trump Jr. has been a close adviser for his father throughout the campaign. In his speech, Trump Jr. described the presidential candidates as “a President” with various anecdotes to contrast his father with Clinton. Read Trump’s remarks as delivered: --- > “” --- **Read More:** [_Donald Trump Jr. Speechwriter Says There Was No Plagiarism_ ](http://time.com/4414279/donald-trump-jr-speechwriter-says-there-was-no-plagiarism/) --- > “” --- ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4414200/republican-convention-donald-trump-jr-speech-transcript-video/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4414200/republican-convention-donald-trump-jr-speech-transcript-video/"},"headline":"Watch Donald Trump Jr. Speak at the Republican Convention","datePublished":"2016-07-20T04:16:06.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T23:23:03.528Z","description":"Donald Trump Jr. said his father would \"put Americans first\" and develop an economy that works for all Americans.","url":"https://time.com/4414200/republican-convention-donald-trump-jr-speech-transcript-video/","keywords":["Donald Trump Jr.","2016 Election topic","Donald Trump","Republican National Convention","transcripts"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltfbd290aa89414e87/69889cab196cf4325203c79d/christopher-morris-rnc-republican-national-convention-day-2-45.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Will Drabold","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/will-drabold/"}],"articleSection":"Politics","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltfbd290aa89414e87/69889cab196cf4325203c79d/christopher-morris-rnc-republican-national-convention-day-2-45.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"TIMEPOL RNC","caption":"Donald Trump Jr. speaks at the Republican National Convention in Cleveland on July 19, 2016.","creditText":"Christopher Morris—VII for TIME","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-jr/","name":"Donald Trump Jr."}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4414200/republican-convention-donald-trump-jr-speech-transcript-video/","name":"Watch Donald Trump Jr. Speak at the Republican Convention"}}]}] ```