President Donald Trump arrived in Cobb County at Wheeler High School yesterday, alongside U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, U.S. Education Secretary Linda McMahon, Georgia GOP gubernatorial candidate Rick Jackson, lieutenant governor contender Sen. Greg Dolezal and several other GOP candidates. The president was there to promote his newly-announced and increasingly popular Trump investment saving accounts for young children.
Cobb County School Superintendent Chris Ragsdale opened the event at the school, which is widely recognized in Georgia and nationally as an exceptional institution when it comes to academic leadership in student ACT, SAT and Milestone scores.
Noticeably absent was U.S. Rep. Mike Collins. Trump said the congressman had to stay in Washington D.C. to vote for passage the all-important national defense appropriations bill which narrowly passed the House of Representatives. Collins is seeking to oust incumbent Democrat Sen. Jon Ossoff in the fall election, and Ossoff was excoriated by the president for a host of sins ranging from repeatedly cutting the defense budget during Biden administration to supporting open borders and voting against no tax on tips, overtime and Social Security.
“Maybe the most important man in this room right now isn’t here. His name is Mike Collins… He is one of the most highly respected congressmen, Republican or Democrat, in Washington,” Trump declared.
Aside from an emotional salute to the family of a slain soldier from Cobb County, who attended the event after flying in with Trump on Air Force One, Trump listed various economic and foreign policy achievements. He again vowed that “Iran will never have a nuclear weapon” and bluntly warned that the main threat to the county now is communism.
Significant news was also made by wealthy healthcare executive Jackson. He announced that, if elected governor, he’ll push for Georgia to match the Trump accounts’ $1,000 contribution for every child covered under the new program. “I believe the legislature will approve that. If they don’t, I will personally donate it myself,” he declared to thunderous applause from the packed house.
Jackson strove to cement his relationship with the president by again saying that he intended to become Trump’s “favorite governor.”
