--- title: Orlando Shooting: Read Donald Trump's Speech description: Donald Trump addressed the shooting at a gay club in Orlando in a prepared speech Monday. canonical: https://time.com/4367120/orlando-shooting-donald-trump-transcript/ author: TIME article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-06-13T19:07:55.000Z article:modified_time: 2024-01-24T12:44:18.000Z article:section: Politics og:title: Read Trump's Speech on the Orlando Shooting og:description: "This is a very dark moment in America’s history." og:url: https://time.com/4367120/orlando-shooting-donald-trump-transcript/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt3603be2ed3a47d53/6988979b656a3f36a1bcbe67/donald-trump7.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 2560 og:image:height: 1440 og:image:alt: Republican U.S. presidential candidate Trump speaks at St. Anselm's College in Manchester, New Hampshire og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Read Trump's Speech on the Orlando Shooting twitter:description: "This is a very dark moment in America’s history." twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt3603be2ed3a47d53/6988979b656a3f36a1bcbe67/donald-trump7.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Read Donald Trump's Speech on the Orlando Shooting > Sponsored content. 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Republican U.S. presidential candidate Donald Trump deivers a speech at St. Anselm's College in Manchester, N.H., U.S., June 13, 2016. Brian Snyder—Reuters by [Ryan Teague Beckwith](https://time.com/author/ryan-teague-beckwith/) ## Ryan Teague Beckwith Updated: Jan 24, 2024 12:44 PM UTCPublished: Jun 13, 2016 7:07 PM UTC Donald Trump addressed the shooting at a gay club in Orlando in a prepared speech Monday, calling for suspending immigration from countries with a history of terrorism. 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