President Trump brought his signature high-energy rally style to Phoenix Friday night, addressing thousands at Turning Point USA’s “Build the Red Wall” event at Dream City Church — blending a victory lap on the Iran conflict with a thunderous cultural conservatism pitch and a direct midterm mobilization call to America’s young conservatives.

The crowd — energized by Reps. Andy Biggs and Eli Crane, and by the presence of Erika Kirk, widow of the late TPUSA founder Charlie Kirk — greeted Trump with roaring ovations on three distinct fronts: foreign policy, cultural wins, and the stakes of November 2026.

Trump’s headline announcement came early: the Strait of Hormuz, the critical oil chokepoint Iran had shut during the conflict, is now fully reopened.

Trump framed the entire Iran campaign as a “little excursion” and said the U.S. naval blockade would remain in effect “until such time as our transaction with Iran is 100 percent complete and fully signed.” He added a striking new detail: the United States would take possession of all Iranian “nuclear dust” — radioactive residue from U.S. B-2 bomber strikes on nuclear facilities — with no money exchanged, using excavators in coordination with Iranian authorities.

Perhaps the sharpest applause line of the night came when Trump revealed he had received a call from NATO offering assistance with the Strait of Hormuz — after the problem was already solved.

Trump tied the moment to his core “America First” doctrine — that the United States must be self-reliant, that alliances should be reciprocal, and that the days of carrying ungrateful partners are over.

Trump pivoted from foreign policy to domestic culture with equal energy, listing what he called non-negotiable policy victories — now at stake in the midterms if Republicans lose their majority.

The rally’s explicit purpose was mobilizing Gen Z and young conservative voters for November 2026 — and Trump made the stakes plain: every policy he listed could be reversed if Republicans fail to hold or expand their congressional majority.

Rep. Eli Crane framed the broader struggle as “a spiritual war” — a theme Trump echoed, positioning Democrats not just as political opponents but as the source of the cultural rot his presidency had spent two terms reversing. TPUSA’s “grassroots army” received extensive praise for its role in past victories and its assignment for November.

No full official White House transcript has been released as of April 18. Speech content sourced from near-real-time reporting, video footage, and X posts. Iranian officials have pushed back on some characterizations of the Strait reopening. Follow live coverage at fandfnews.com.