--- title: Read Donald Trump's Full Speech to AIPAC description: Here's a full transcript of the candidate's remarks canonical: https://time.com/4267058/donald-trump-aipac-speech-transcript/ author: Sarah Begley article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-03-21T22:56:03.000Z article:modified_time: 2024-01-24T12:58:21.000Z article:section: Politics og:title: Read Donald Trump's Speech to AIPAC og:description: Here's a full transcript of the candidate's remarks og:url: https://time.com/4267058/donald-trump-aipac-speech-transcript/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltb901f18dad303a2a/69888be8cf40a84622c427c4/donald-trump-aipac.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 2560 og:image:height: 1440 og:image:alt: US Republican presidential hopeful Donald Trump gives a thumbs-up as he addresses the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) 2016 Policy Conference at the Verizon Center in Washington, DC, March 21, 2016. / AFP PHOTO / SAUL LOEBSAUL LOEB/AFP/Ge og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Read Donald Trump's Speech to AIPAC twitter:description: Here's a full transcript of the candidate's remarks twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltb901f18dad303a2a/69888be8cf40a84622c427c4/donald-trump-aipac.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Read Donald Trump's Speech to AIPAC > Sponsored content. 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Brief is free at time.com/newsletters. by [Sarah Begley](https://time.com/author/sarah-begley/) ## Sarah Begley Updated: Jan 24, 2024 12:58 PM UTCPublished: Mar 21, 2016 10:56 PM UTC  Republican presidential hopeful Donald Trump gives a thumbs-up as he addresses the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) 2016 Policy Conference at the Verizon Center in Washington on Mar. 21, 2016. Republican presidential hopeful Donald Trump gives a thumbs-up as he addresses the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) 2016 Policy Conference at the Verizon Center in Washington on Mar. 21, 2016. Saul Loeb—AFP/Getty Images by [Sarah Begley](https://time.com/author/sarah-begley/) ## Sarah Begley Updated: Jan 24, 2024 12:58 PM UTCPublished: Mar 21, 2016 10:56 PM UTC Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump, his party’s front runner for the nomination, [addressed the American Israel Public Affairs Committee](http://time.com/4265810/watch-live-stream-online-donald-trump-aipac/?xid=homepage) Monday, discussing relations between the U.S. and Israel. 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