President Donald Trump made his case Wednesday to Georgia families for a new federal child savings program, while also taking aim at Democratic Senator Jon Ossoff, Senate Republicans he says are blocking election security legislation, and what he called a growing communist threat from the political left.
Trump spoke to a packed crowd at Wheeler High School in Marietta, arriving aboard Air Force One alongside the family of Army Lieutenant Tyler Feehan, a Georgia soldier killed in the recent conflict with Iran. Trump said he offered the family a ride after meeting them at Dover Air Force Base earlier in the day.
“To Sherry and Stephen and David, we will carry Tyler’s memory in our hearts forever,” Trump said.
Trump accounts: $1,000 at birth
The centerpiece of the visit was the Trump Accounts program, a federally funded, tax-advantaged savings account created through the “One Big Beautiful Bill” that Trump signed into law. Every child born between 2025 and 2028 receives a $1,000 federal deposit at birth. Parents, employers, and relatives can contribute up to $5,000 per year after that.
Trump said more than 7 million accounts have already been opened since the program launched July 4, and that nearly $1.5 billion in private contributions have flowed in over the past 18 days. He credited donors including Michael and Susan Dell, whom he said contributed $6.25 billion to fund accounts for children across the country.
“For decades, Washington politicians gave our children absolutely nothing but debt,” Trump said. “The Trump accounts, we’re finally ensuring that every young American gets a great start in life.”
Families can sign up at trumpaccounts.gov.
Ossoff, Democrats and the communist charge
Trump spent a significant portion of his speech attacking Jon Ossoff and congressional Democrats, accusing them of aligning with what he repeatedly called communist and Marxist forces.
“Your terrible senator, Jon Ossoff, and the Congressional Democrats are voting with the communists every single time,” Trump said.
He listed a string of votes he attributed to Democrats, including votes against the tax cut bill, against the Trump Accounts, against voter identification requirements, and in favor of what he described as transgender policies in schools and sports.
“Jon Ossoff and the Democrat communists want to let the Marxists into power, bankrupt your families and leave us totally undefended with wide open borders,” Trump said.
Trump also endorsed Republican gubernatorial candidate Rick Jackson, who announced from the stage that if elected he would push the state of Georgia to add a $100,000 state contribution to match the federal Trump Account deposit for children in the state. Jackson said if the legislature did not approve it, he would fund it personally.
Trump also endorsed State Senator Brian Strickland for attorney general, State Senator Greg Dolezal for lieutenant governor, State Representative Tim Fleming for secretary of state, and State Representative Houston Gaines for Congress.
Election security and the Senate standoff
Trump called on Senate Republicans to eliminate the filibuster and pass what he called the Save America Act, legislation that would require voter identification, proof of citizenship to register, and sharply restrict mail-in voting.
“We’re not going to take this any longer,” Trump said. “You can’t get past voter ID, proof of citizenship, no mail-in ballots.”
He said the House has passed the legislation multiple times and accused the Senate of being “a place where you send things when you want them to die.” He pointed to a recent election in New Jersey as evidence of the need for tighter rules, claiming thousands of votes were cast by people in the country illegally.
Trump said he wants exceptions to any mail-in ballot restrictions for military members, people with disabilities, and those traveling, but said the broader restrictions are necessary to protect election integrity.
He warned that if Senate Republicans do not act, Democrats will eventually eliminate the filibuster themselves and use it to admit Puerto Rico and Washington, D.C. as states, which he said would add four Senate seats and dozens of electoral votes to the Democratic column.
B.T. Clark is the Publisher of The Georgia Sun and author of Principles Are Like Pants… You Ought to Have Some. Over two decades in journalism, he has served as Managing Editor of Neighbor Newspapers in metro Atlanta and Digital Director at Times-Journal Inc., earning multiple awards along the way. His work has appeared in newspapers across the state, including The Cherokee Tribune and The Marietta Daily Journal.
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