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speeches | trump | It is highly fitting that Justice Barrett fills the seat of a true pioneer for women: Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg. Tonight, Justice Barrett becomes not only the fifth woman to serve on our nation's highest court, but the very first mother of school-aged children to become a Supreme Court justice. Very important. |
speeches | trump | Thank you. Thank you very much everybody. Thank you. |
speeches | trump | And after years of rebuilding other nations -- we rebuild other nations -- we rebuild other nations that have a lot of money, and we don't ever say, "Hey, you got to help." We're finally rebuilding our nation. We're rebuilding our nation. And we're restoring our confidence and our pride. |
speeches | trump | Thank you very much. Thank you. Please. I want to thank Vice President Pence, along with the many members of my Cabinet here with us today. |
speeches | trump | The American people hope that one day soon the United Nations can be a much more accountable and effective advocate for human dignity and freedom around the world. In the meantime, we believe that no nation should have to bear a disproportionate share of the burden, militarily or financially. Nations of the world must take a greater role in promoting secure and prosperous societies in their own regions. |
speeches | trump | Excuse me. I want them to open, and I want him to open as soon as possible. And I want the state to open. But I wasn't happy with Brian Kemp. I will tell you that right now. |
speeches | trump | Well, you don't know what you have. Do you think you're getting honest numbers from some of these countries? Do you really believe those numbers in this vast country called China--and that they have a certain number of cases and a certain number of deaths--does anybody really believe that? |
speeches | trump | Now anyone in consultation with their physician, regardless of their symptoms can request a test and their doctors will contact those agencies, those labs in their state. But very soon, Americans will be able to go to these, these drive-in sites and be able to obtain and participate in a test. |
speeches | trump | And we'll also--we're also talking about the World Trade Organization. But we've made a lot of progress there. We're now winning cases for the first time, because they know I'll leave if we don't get treated fairly. |
speeches | trump | Thank you, and God bless you all. Thank you very much. Thank you. |
speeches | trump | Fifth, the United States Department of Energy is announcing today that it will approve two long-term applications to export additional natural gas from the Lake Charles LNG terminal in Louisiana. It's going to be a big deal. It's a great announcement. |
speeches | trump | You know, and don't forget: These big companies--you have stocks in these companies. You know, you own stocks. And they have millions and millions of shareholders. And whether it's pension funds or anybody else, you all have stocks. So there are big companies, but a lot of people own that stock, and we want to keep it going. |
speeches | trump | Again, we don't want everybody taking this test; it's totally unnecessary. And this will pass. This will pass through, and we're going to be even stronger for it. We've learned a lot. A tremendous amount has been learned. |
speeches | trump | And that is really what targets and drives the science community to say, "All right, what don't we know now, so we don't duplicate what other people have done?" So we've championed that document, it's well referenced, and I would encourage you to look at that. |
speeches | trump | As President, my top priority, my constant concern, has always been the best interests of American workers and American families. I did not seek the easiest course; by far, it was actually the most difficult. I did not seek the path that would get the least criticism. I took on the tough battles, the hardest fights, the most difficult choices because that's what you elected me to do. Your needs were my first and last unyielding focus. |
speeches | trump | And, by the way, within two weeks, you'll see numbers and you'll see different forms of testing--just like we came up with the Abbott Laboratories machine, which gives it to you in five minutes--that everybody wants. Everybody is asking, "Can we get that?" But you can only make them so fast. But, as you know, we've done more testing than every other nation combined, and that's a big statement. |
speeches | trump | To secure our country, we are calling on Congress to build a great border wall to stop dangerous drugs and criminals from pouring into our country. And now they're willing to give us the wall, but they don't want to give us any of the laws to keep these people out. |
speeches | trump | Thank you. He didn't know he was going to do that. And you didn't know you were going to do that. But that's in honor of your boy, right? You made a big impact. |
speeches | trump | We have ended the war on American Energy--and we have ended the war on clean coal. We are now an exporter of energy to the world. |
speeches | trump | Protecting Americans' health also means fighting infectious diseases. We are coordinating with the Chinese government and working closely together on the coronavirus outbreak in China. My administration will take all necessary steps to safeguard our citizens from this threat. |
speeches | trump | So, this was much more than was originally agreed. The 600 was a number that was there. And as you know, they were diff--there was difficulty with the 600 number because it really was a disincentive. |
speeches | trump | Yeah. Go ahead, please. |
speeches | trump | And I will now sign the executive action. And then, if you want, we can ask a few questions. |
speeches | trump | Four years ago, I came to Washington as the only true outsider ever to win the presidency. I had not spent my career as a politician, but as a builder looking at open skylines and imagining infinite possibilities. I ran for President because I knew there were towering new summits for America just waiting to be scaled. I knew the potential for our nation was boundless as long as we put America first. |
speeches | trump | Seema. Where is Seema? I'd like you to maybe take that a step further, please, on nursing homes. Thanks. |
speeches | trump | Now, when I got a call--I got a call not very quickly; nobody, you know, saw that as being any big deal--they said, "How are you doing with Dr. Fauci?" I said, "I'm doing great." And I didn't talk to Dr. Fauci, even until we just got here. Dr. Fauci asked one of the people if he could get up and speak, and he did. |
speeches | trump | Instead, we actually made deals with Mexico and with Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras. And we're doing it with them instead of with our Congress, but we're doing it. We get it done. |
speeches | trump | The first time he came to the National Jamboree was in 1964. He was very young then. And Rick told me just a little while ago, it totally changed his life. |
speeches | trump | The contracts are with General Electric, Hillrom, Medtronic, ResMed, and Vyaire, combined with the DPA contracts that we announced last week with General Motors and Philips and two other contracts with Hamilton and ZOLL. We're adding 6,190 ventilators to the Strategic National Stockpile, of which we have a lot already--thousands--close to 10,000. But this will be added by May 8th, another 29,000 by the end of May. And more than 120,000 total we will have by the end of the year. |
speeches | trump | Convalescent plasma will also be used to manufacture a concentrated antibody treatment that does not have to be matched with a particular blood type. This concentrated antibody treatment could be used as a preventative measure to keep healthcare workers and other high-risk populations from contracting the virus in the first place. A very big deal. |
speeches | trump | And I see sitting in the corner was a little old man who was all by himself. Nobody was talking to him. I immediately recognized that that man was the once great William Levitt, of Levittown, and I immediately went over. I wanted to talk to him more than the Hollywood, show business, communications people. |
speeches | trump | But we're thinking about doing, really, a largescale rollout of commercials that show how bad it is for the kids. And when they see those commercials, hopefully, they're not going to be going to drugs of any kind--drugs of any kind. And we'll save a lot of lives, and we'll make their life a lot easier. |
speeches | trump | Biden supported NAFTA. He supported China's entry into the World Trade Organization. Two disasters. The most disastrous trade deals in history, both of them. I can't tell you which was worse; they were both terrible. |
speeches | trump | Last October, we declared the opioid crisis a public health emergency. Should have been done a long time before. Since then, we've worked with Congress to ensure at least 6 billion additional dollars, going through right now, in new funding in 2018 and 2019 to combat the opioid crisis. And we will be spending the most money ever on the opioid crisis. |
speeches | trump | The first and only time that Dr. Birx and I went in and formally made a recommendation to the President to actually have a, quote, "shutdown" in the sense of--not really "shutdown" but to really have strong mitigation, we discussed it. Obviously, there would be concern by some that, in fact, that might have some negative consequences. Nonetheless, the President listened to the recommendation and went to the mitigation. |
speeches | trump | This is why I wish the Democrats would help us a little bit with it, because they should. It's purely partisan what they're doing, and it's bad for our country. But--but, you know, there is death by doing--by having this strongly closed country. We have to get back to work. |
speeches | trump | To celebrate America's majestic inheritance, yesterday I signed an executive order to create a brand-new monument to our most beloved icons. The National Garden of American Heroes will be a vast outdoor park that will feature the statues of the greatest Americans who have ever lived. We will honor extraordinary citizens from every community and from every place and from every part of our nation. Great men and great women, people that we can look up to forever. |
speeches | trump | Americans know that in a world where others seek conquest and domination, our nation must be strong in wealth, in might, and in spirit. That is why the United States vigorously defends the traditions and customs that have made us who we are. |
speeches | trump | And once I ran, I said, "Boy, this is incredible." But if you see the way they treat my family -- used to be treated great. My family worked so hard. The people that work with me -- these people -- all of these people, they work so hard. They've done such a good -- |
speeches | trump | Today he has a new leg, but Seong-ho, I understand you still keep those crutches as a reminder of how far you have come. Your great sacrifice is an inspiration to us all. |
speeches | trump | You know, the CARES Act was signed before the--before March was end--towards the end there. So essentially two weeks from that money being put into the Title III authority for DOD. This action takes us from a baseline of what--what was being produced domestically of about 30 million masks upwards to, as we go through the fall into the end of the winter, 120 million masks domestically. |
speeches | trump | Our plan includes the following: $800 million in urgent humanitarian assistance; $805 million for drug detection technology to help secure our ports of entry; an additional 2,750 border agents and law enforcement professionals; 75 new immigration judge teams to reduce the court backlog of, believe it or not, almost 900,000 cases. However, the whole concept of having lengthy trials for anyone who sets one foot in our country unlawfully must be changed by Congress. It is unsustainable. It is ridiculous. Few places in the world would even consider such an impossible nightmare. |
speeches | trump | And we are returning to the wisdom of our founders. In America, the people govern, the people rule, and the people are sovereign. What we have built here in America is precious and unique. In all of history, never before has freedom reigned, the rule of law prevailed, and the people thrived as we have here for nearly 250 years. |
speeches | trump | But you have to look at her a little bit more closely, because obviously Joe is not doing too well. So you're going to have to look at her a little bit too closely. |
speeches | trump | The United States will forever be a great friend to the world, and especially to its allies. But we can no longer be taken advantage of, or enter into a one-sided deal where the United States gets nothing in return. As long as I hold this office, I will defend America's interests above all else. |
speeches | trump | With that goal in mind, my administration is also pursuing the hope of a brighter future in Afghanistan. Unfortunately, the Taliban has chosen to continue their savage attacks. And we will continue to work with our coalition of Afghan partners to stamp out terrorism, and we will never stop working to make peace a reality. |
speeches | trump | Go ahead, please. Yeah. |
speeches | trump | Should I be confirmed, I will be mindful of who came before me. The flag of the United States is still flying at half-staff in memory of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg to mark the end of a great American life. Justice Ginsburg began her career at a time when women were not welcome in the legal profession. But she not only broke glass ceilings, she smashed them. For that, she has won the admiration of women across the country and, indeed, all over the world. |
speeches | trump | I would like to thank Chairman Kim for his courage and for the steps he has taken, though much work remains to be done. The sanctions will stay in place until denuclearization occurs. |
speeches | trump | I told them that the beauty and majesty of citizenship is that it draws no distinctions of race, or class, or faith, or gender or background. All Americans, whether first generation or tenth generation, are bound together in love and loyalty, friendship and affection. |
speeches | trump | I want to thank Vice President Pence. As always, he's right there and he has really been a help to this administration. We have some big things happening today, and we have some very big things happening over the next month, and I guess probably I can say over the next eight years. I suspect I can say that. |
speeches | trump | If you look at the first three lines, when you see the word "surface," we're talking about nonporous surfaces: door handles, stainless steel. And if you look at the--as the temperature increases, as the humidity increases, with no sun involved, you can see how drastically the half-life goes down on that virus. So the virus is dying at a much more rapid pace, just from exposure to higher temperatures and just from exposure to humidity. |
speeches | trump | Oh, I thought you meant I was prepared. I couldn't believe you said that. |
speeches | trump | But when you see what happened with the viciousness, and when you see little Adam Schiff go out and lie and lie and stand at the mic -- smart guy, by the way -- stand at the mic and act like he's so serious. And then he goes into a room with Nadler, and they must laugh their asses off. They must laugh their asses off. |
speeches | trump | Go ahead, please. Please. |
speeches | trump | Under my administration, the era of economic surrender is over. We're renegotiating trade deals that are so bad, whether it's NAFTA or whether it's World Trade Organization, which created China -- that created -- if you look at China, it was going along like this, then we opened, stupidly, this deal. And China has been like a rocket ship ever since. |
speeches | trump | You asked, "Does the federal government have the power?" The federal government has absolute power. It has the power. As to whether or not I'll use that power, we'll see. I would rather -- |
speeches | trump | That is our plan: border security, DACA, TPS, and many other things. Straightforward, fair, reasonable, and common sense, with lots of compromise. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell has pledged to bring this bill to a vote this week in the United States Senate. |
speeches | trump | Earlier today, we also had a conference call led by Secretary Ben Carson and leaders from HUD about the President's announcement yesterday that he is repurposing the White House Opportunity and Revitalization Council to focus on the impact of the coronavirus on minority communities. Secretary Carson will convene the council tomorrow, and we'll be reporting tomorrow afternoon on their progress. |
speeches | trump | If you have stocks in NASDAQ, you're higher than you ever were, including even--this is still during the pandemic. The stock market--because they see such incredible things are happening, smart people--the stock market is that almost an all-time high. We're just short of it. And NASDAQ is higher than it ever was. It's broken the record 14 times in the last couple of months. |
speeches | trump | Today, I'm announcing several critical actions that my administration has taken to confront a problem that we have right here at home. We fight wars that are 6,000 miles away; wars that we should have never been in, in many cases. But we don't control our own border. |
speeches | trump | With the strategy I am announcing today, we are declaring that America is in the game and America is going to win. Thank you. |
speeches | trump | Thank you very much. Great job. Thank you very much. |
speeches | trump | In Detroit, there were hours of unexplained delay in delivering many of the votes for counting. The final batch did not arrive until four in the morning and -- even though the polls closed at eight o'clock. So they brought it in, and the batches came in, and nobody knew where they came from. We've also been denied access to observe in critical places in Georgia. |
speeches | trump | In this time and challenge--and we are certainly in a time probably like we haven't been in many, many decades--we are strengthened and sustained by the bonds of love and loyalty that unite all Americans. I'm so proud of the American people. |
speeches | trump | You looked at the charts, and the charts are--and the models from early on--predictions were 100 and 120,000 people look like. If they did well, they were going to unfortunately perish. And we're going to be, hopefully, way, way below that number. So that will be a sign of people doing things right, but it's still just a horrible thing all over the world. A hundred and eighty-four countries. |
speeches | trump | The United States is a compassionate nation and has spent billions and billions of dollars in helping to support this effort. We seek an approach to refugee resettlement that is designed to help these horribly treated people, and which enables their eventual return to their home countries, to be part of the rebuilding process. |
speeches | trump | And so either they come on board, or we're just going to have to really work and we're going to have to get more people so we can get the kind of numbers that we need to pass, in a much easier fashion, legislation. And to get it done, we'll all have to make some compromises along the way--to get it done this way. Now, to get it done the other way, if we win more, we don't have to compromise so much. Okay? With the tax bill, we got what we wanted because we had, essentially, a unanimous vote. |
speeches | trump | All right, go ahead, with the face mask. Go ahead. |
speeches | trump | Together, we can break decades of political stalemate. We can bridge old divisions, heal old wounds, build new coalitions, forge new solutions, and unlock the extraordinary promise of America's future. The decision is ours to make. |
speeches | trump | We also thank--we also thank the Secretary General for recognizing that the United Nations must reform if it is to be an effective partner in confronting threats to sovereignty, security, and prosperity. Too often the focus of this organization has not been on results, but on bureaucracy and process. |
speeches | trump | The cost of Biden's economic treachery was 60,000 shuttered American factories. And I heard this morning the real number is probably 70,000--70,000 shuttered American factories. And he's talking about how wonderful it is with China. No, China has been very bad, on top of which we had the China plague sent to us and other viruses--nothing near this serious--but the swine, and we had other viruses sent in over the years that came from China. I wonder why. |
speeches | trump | We, we're estimating somewhere between 15- and 20,000 tests a day are able to be performed. But very soon, with the program that was announced today, Americans will be able to visit one of the sites closest to them, as described on the website, if they're symptomatic--if the questionnaire indicates it--to be able to have a test there. And these incredible companies will process the test and they'll receive that information. |
speeches | trump | Sure. Well, I've been support--I've been supportive of that. I was the first one that brought it up. You never heard of Nord Stream 2 until Trump came along. |
speeches | trump | Well, that was recommended to me by a group of professionals, and we are looking at it based on the new numbers that are coming out. And we may have to include them in the list of countries that we will, you could say, ban--or whatever--it is during this period of time. |
speeches | trump | Well, make no mistake about it: In the long history of this country, the authority of the President of the United States during national emergencies is unquestionably plenary. And you can look back through times of war and other national emergencies. And as the President said, we'll happily brief that. |
speeches | trump | But remember, they have the biggest, best, strongest lobbyists, and they're doing a number. Just stick with us. Don't believe the crap you see from these people--the fake news. |
speeches | trump | Many of America's closest friends today were once our gravest foes. The United States has never believed in permanent enemies. We want partners, not adversaries. America knows that while anyone can make war, only the most courageous can choose peace. |
speeches | trump | In fact, I was very happy to see Zach Fuentes came out and said now he's--that's--I think that's number 15--and these are people that were there. That's the 15th person. General Kellogg, everybody that was there knew what happened. And so I was happy to see that Zach came out and said it's not true. He just came out. |
speeches | trump | African American unemployment has reached the lowest level in our history. Hispanic unemployment has reached the lowest level in our history. Women -- women unemployment is at the lowest level in 18 years. Wages are rising for the first time in many, many years. |
speeches | trump | The American economy is by far the largest in the world, and we've just enacted the most significant tax cuts and reform in American history. We've massively cut taxes for the middle class and small businesses to let working families keep more of their hard-earned money. We lowered our corporate tax rate from 35 percent, all the way down to 21 percent. As a result, millions of workers have received tax cut bonuses from their employers in amounts as large as $3,000. |
speeches | trump | We're in touch with everybody. We're in touch with--when I say "everybody," we're in touch with many of the countries that you know about, that you're writing about. And they're calling us asking for advice. They're asking for the advice of the people behind me. |
speeches | trump | But she said, "There's something so compelling -- it has to be so compelling and so overwhelming and bipartisan. I don't think we should go down that path, because it divides the country" -- she was right about that -- "and it's just not worth it." That was Nancy Pelosi a year ago. Right? |
speeches | trump | We salute our great American flag, we put our hands on our hearts for the Pledge of Allegiance. And we all proudly stand for the national anthem. |
speeches | trump | While some partisans and unelected bureaucrats in Washington may choose to fight every day against the interests and beliefs of the American people, my administration is standing up for the American people like no administration has in many, many years. You forgot the American people. You totally forgot the American people. |
speeches | trump | I ask every country represented here today to be prepared to do more to address this very real crisis. We call for the full restoration of democracy and political freedoms in Venezuela. |
speeches | trump | Additionally, through our Paycheck Protection Program -which is a tremendous success, and they should extend it and increase it. This has been a tremendous success. So successful that the banks are taking a little bit longer to distribute the money, but it's going rapidly. |
speeches | trump | But that's only one example. There are so many examples. In El Paso, they have close to 2,000 murders right on the other side of the wall. And they had 23 murders. It's a lot of murders, but it's not close to 2,000 murders right on the other side of the wall, in Mexico. |
speeches | trump | I could ask perhaps--my administration--but I could perhaps ask Tony about that because I don't know anything about it. I mean, you say, you say we did that. I don't know anything about it. |
speeches | trump | That, we like. But the other situation is very, very--very, very bad. |
speeches | trump | No, no. You get one. You get one. Ready? |
speeches | trump | Our team is the best anywhere in the world. At the very start of the outbreak, we instituted sweeping travel restrictions on China and put in place the first federally mandated quarantine in over 50 years. We declared a public health emergency and issued the highest level of travel warning on other countries as the virus spread its horrible infection. |
speeches | trump | So, thank you very much for being here. Thank you all. Thank you all very much. Thank you. Congratulations, Amy. |
speeches | trump | Soleimani has been perpetrating acts of terror to destabilize the Middle East for the last 20 years. What the United States did yesterday should have been done long ago. A lot of lives would have been saved. |
speeches | trump | The meetings I had on a bilat, or close, were pretty staggering. I think we set a new record, but you'll have to check that out. The -- we met very, very -- for pretty extended periods of time, either two and two, one on one, or just about at that level with Pakistan, Poland, New Zealand, Singapore, Egypt, South Korea, United Kingdom, India, Iraq, Argentina, Germany, Brazil, France, Japan, Ukraine, Honduras, El Salvador, Saudi Arabia, Jordan, Bahrain, Kuwait, Qatar, Oman, UAE, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru. Other than that, we weren't too busy over the last three days. |
speeches | trump | Lincoln was right -- and it is time we heeded his words. I am not going to let America and its great companies and workers, be taken advantage of anymore. |
speeches | trump | The Marshall Plan was built on the noble idea that the whole world is safer when nations are strong, independent, and free. As President Truman said in his message to Congress at that time, "Our support of European recovery is in full accord with our support of the United Nations. The success of the United Nations depends upon the independent strength of its members." |
speeches | trump | To ensure that working Americans impacted by the virus can stay home without fear of financial hardship, I will soon be taking emergency action, which is unprecedented, to provide financial relief. This will be targeted for workers who are ill, quarantined, or caring for others due to coronavirus. |
speeches | trump | And I wanted to conclude by really thanking my PEPFAR teams around the world who have been working tirelessly throughout the world to ensure that Africa and Asia doesn't experience this level of infections that we have seen here. They've turned over their capacities from their embassies. Our U. S. hires throughout the world, our ambassadors are still on the frontline with our local staff, working with ministries of health, to confront this virus around the globe. And I assure you that they are continuing to invest in the health structures, the laboratory, and the frontline care to ensure that all of the work that we have done against TB, HIV, and malaria continues. But that we use our capacity, our laboratories, our clinics, our hospitals that have been built by the American people and the generosity of the American people to really combat this COVID-19 around the globe. |
speeches | trump | With unyielding commitment, we are curbing the opioid epidemic. Drug overdose deaths declined for the first time in nearly 30 years. Among the states hardest hit, Ohio is down 22 percent, Pennsylvania is down 18 percent, Wisconsin is down 10 percent--and we will not quit until we have beaten the opioid epidemic once and for all. |