President Donald Trump concluded his Republican midterm convention on Thursday by leading the audience in a pledge... to himself. Trump asked the crowd to raise their right hands and begin: “I pledge to the greatest president in the history of the United States.” The crowd dutifully repeated the line, calling Trump “the greatest president in the history of the United States.” Trump added: “that loves us so much he can’t even breathe.” The crowd again repeated the line, but then it got a little harder to follow. President Donald Trump leads the crowd at the Republican midterm convention in a pledge to himself on September 10, 2026 in Dallas.Alex Wong/Getty Images“That I will go out with my family, my friends, I’ll do it anyway, I don’t care if I’m registered or not. I’m going to try and cheat like hell like they do,” he said. “There’s never been bigger cheaters, they don’t care. I am going to go out and I am going to get my friends, my family, and we are going to vote on Nov. 3rd or we are going to vote before that.” Unable to repeat all of that, the crowd cheered. Trump realized he lost them and reset. “Are you ready?” he asked. “Here’s the way you ― “ But he wasn’t ready himself as he got sidetracked by people in the audience. He tried once more to finish, with the crowd repeating after him, but left them behind as he went off on another tangent. “So help me God,” he concluded. The crowd repeated that part heartily.“You know what happens if you don’t vote?” Trump asked. “You go to hell!” Check out the entire scene below:"Please right your right hand. I pledge to the greatest president in the history of the United States that loves us so much he can't even breathe" -- in extremely culty scene, Trump has his supporters pledge to him that they will vote, then tells them they will "go to hell" if… pic.twitter.com/3cRquIEgYI— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) September 11, 2026RelatedPoliticsTrumpelectionCampaign PromisePolitical Pledge