'We have tremendous hope,' Trump says at final 'thank you' tour rally

President-elect Donald Trump greets members of the Azalea Trail Maids as he arrives in Mobile, Alabama
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President-elect Donald Trump completed his series of "thank you" rallies with an event in Mobile, Alabama, Saturday evening, where he was greeted by Mobile's hoop-skirted Azalea Trail Maids and appeared with his attorney general nominee, Alabama Sen. Jeff Sessions (R), and evangelist Franklin Graham.

Though Trump did address some policy issues, promising to soon name a nominee for the Department of Veterans Affairs, he devoted most of his speech to reminiscing on the highlights of his campaign. "My administration will follow two very simple rules: Buy American and hire Americans," Trump concluded.

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Bonnie Kristian

Bonnie Kristian was a deputy editor and acting editor-in-chief of TheWeek.com. She is a columnist at Christianity Today and author of Untrustworthy: The Knowledge Crisis Breaking Our Brains, Polluting Our Politics, and Corrupting Christian Community (forthcoming 2022) and A Flexible Faith: Rethinking What It Means to Follow Jesus Today (2018). Her writing has also appeared at Time Magazine, CNN, USA Today, Newsweek, the Los Angeles Times, and The American Conservative, among other outlets.