--- description: Donald Trump stepped away from the campaign trail to open a hotel in Washington, D.C., but politics wasn't too far away. title: Read Trump's Remarks at the Opening of his Hotel in D.C. image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt32f657d27d3a69ee/6988abadfb4eac32ef88fa13/trump20.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&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 Remarks at the Opening of his Hotel in Washington, D.C. by [Ryan Teague Beckwith](/author/ryan-teague-beckwith/) ## Ryan Teague Beckwith Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Oct 26, 2016 8:25 PM CUT  Donald Trump speaks during the grand opening of the Trump International Hotel in Washington, DC on Oct. 26, 2016. Donald Trump speaks during the grand opening of the Trump International Hotel in Washington, DC on Oct. 26, 2016.AFP/Getty Images by [Ryan Teague Beckwith](/author/ryan-teague-beckwith/) ## Ryan Teague Beckwith Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Oct 26, 2016 8:25 PM CUT Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump stepped away from the campaign trail to [open a hotel in Washington, D.C.,](http://time.com/4546362/donald-trump-dc-hotel-campaign/ "undefined") but politics wasn’t too far away. In a speech at the opening of his new hotel on Pennsylvania Avenue, Trump linked its success to his presidential ambitions directly, “Today is a metaphor for what we can accomplish for this country,” he said. Read a full transcript of his remarks. --- > “” --- ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4546864/donald-trump-hotel-dc-transcript/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4546864/donald-trump-hotel-dc-transcript/"},"headline":"Read Donald Trump's Remarks at the Opening of his Hotel in Washington, D.C.","datePublished":"2016-10-26T20:25:29.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-23T01:26:45.129Z","description":"Donald Trump stepped away from the campaign trail to open a hotel in Washington, D.C., but politics wasn't too far away.","url":"https://time.com/4546864/donald-trump-hotel-dc-transcript/","keywords":["Donald Trump","2016 Election topic"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt32f657d27d3a69ee/6988abadfb4eac32ef88fa13/trump20.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/blt32f657d27d3a69ee/6988abadfb4eac32ef88fa13/trump20.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"US-VOTE-TRUMP-HOTEL","caption":"US-VOTE-TRUMP-HOTEL","creditText":"AFP/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/4546864/donald-trump-hotel-dc-transcript/","name":"Read Donald Trump's Remarks at the Opening of his Hotel in Washington, D.C."}}]}] ```