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Ladies and gentlemen , please welcome

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the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of

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Staff , General Dan Kane .

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All right , generals , admirals ,

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senior leaders , good morning . Wow ,

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what a what a group here today . I will

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tell you that our enemies are terrified

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right now that we are all in the same

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room , and that is a a true statement .

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Welcome everyone to Marine Corps Base

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Quantico and the first ever key

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leaders all call to the commandants .

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And uh all of the Marines that have

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made this event possible , thank you .

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This was no small feat to put this

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event together in short order , and I'm

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glad there's pull-up bars just outside

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the seals in the corner out there are

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very happy about that . I regret to

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inform you there will not be a PT test

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after this event , um , because I know

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you all would crush it . Last night I

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had the privilege of joining the

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Secretary and the Joint Chiefs in

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honoring 50 Gold Star families at the

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White House as the president , the

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First Lady , and our nation honored

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their loved ones' service and

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sacrifices . Teammates , it was a quiet .

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And deeply meaningful event that

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reminded all of us that we're lucky

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enough to be there of the serious and

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unforgiving nature of the business that

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we are in fighting and winning our

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nation's wars . Leaders , we are living

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in dynamic and potentially dangerous

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times . Global risk is on the rise .

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Our adversaries are no longer aligning .

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They are aligned . And we must align

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with equal resolve and unity , even as

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we strive for and seek peace , we must

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be prepared for war . Now more than

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ever , it is vital that we hear from

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our civilian leaders understand where

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they're taking the department and the

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joint force , and today we have the

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unprecedented opportunity and honor to

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hear directly from the Secretary of the

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Secretary of War and our commander in

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chief . Together you and I and our

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civilian leaders have the honor of

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leading the finest military in the

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world . And we must seize every

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opportunity every day to prepare our

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joint force for the future . I am

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deeply humbled to serve with each and

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every one of you . And now it is my

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distinct honor to introduce our

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nation's Secretary of War , the

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Honorable Pete Hegseth .

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Thank you Mr . Chairman . Thank you .

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Please take your seats .

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Well , Mr . Chairman , The Joint Chiefs

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Generals , admirals , commanders ,

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officers , senior listed NCOs ,

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enlisted and every member . Of our

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American military . Good morning .

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Good morning . And welcome to the War

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Department . Because the era of the

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Department of Defense . Is over . You

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see , the motto of my first platoon was

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those who longed for peace must prepare

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for war . This is of course not a new

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idea . This crowd knows that . The

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origin dates to the 4th century Rome

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and has been repeated ever since ,

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including by our first commander in

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chief , George Washington , the first

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leader . Of the War Department . It

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captures a simple yet profound truth .

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To ensure peace , we must prepare for

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war . From this moment forward , the

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only mission of the newly restored

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Department of War is this . War

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fighting Preparing for war and

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preparing to win . Unrelenting and

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uncompromising in that pursuit , not

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because we want war , no one here wants

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war . But it's because we love peace .

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We love peace for our fellow citizens ,

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they deserve peace . And they

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rightfully expect us to deliver it .

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Our number one job , of course , is to

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be strong so that we can prevent war in

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the first place . The president talks

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about it all the time . It's called

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peace through strength . And as history

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teaches us , the only people who

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actually deserve peace are those who

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are willing to wage war to defend it .

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That's why pacifism is so naive and

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dangerous . It ignores human nature and

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it ignores human history . Either you

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protect your people and your

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sovereignty , or you will be

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subservient . To something or someone .

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It's a truth as old as time .

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And since waging war is so costly in

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blood and treasure , we owe our

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republic a military that will win any

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war we choose or any war that is thrust

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upon us . Should our enemies choose

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foolishly to challenge us , they will

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be crushed by the violence , precision .

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And ferocity of the War Department . In

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other words , To our enemies F

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A F O .

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If necessary , our troops can translate

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that for you . Another way to put it

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is peace through strength . Brought to

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you by the warrior ethos , and we are

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restoring both . As President Trump has

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said , and he's right , we have the

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strongest , most powerful , most lethal

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and most prepared military on the

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planet . That is true , full stop .

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Nobody can touch us . It's not even

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close . This is true largely because of

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the historic investments that he made

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in his first term , and we will

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continue in this term . But it's also

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true because of the leaders in this

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room . And the incredible troops that

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you all lead . But the world , and as

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the chairman mentioned , our enemies

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get a vote . You feel it , I feel it .

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This is a moment of urgency , mounting

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urgency . Enemies gather , threats

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grow . There is no time for games . We

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must be prepared . If we're going to

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prevent and avoid war , we must prepare

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now . We are the strength part of peace

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through strength , and either we're

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ready to win or we are not .

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You see , this urgent moment of course

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requires more troops , more munitions ,

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more drones , more Patriots , more

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submarines , more B-21 bombers . It

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requires more innovation , more AI in

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everything , and ahead of the curve ,

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more cyber effects , more counter UAS ,

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more space , more speed . America is

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the strongest , but we need to get

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stronger and quickly . The time is now

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and the cause is urgent . The moment

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requires restoring and refocusing our

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defense industrial base , our

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shipbuilding industry , and onshoring

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all critical components . It requires ,

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as President Trump has done , getting

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our allies and partners to step up and

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share the burden . America cannot do

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everything . The free world requires

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allies with real hard power , real

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military leadership , and real military

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capabilities . The War Department is

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tackling and prioritizing all of these

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things . And I'll be giving a speech

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next month that will showcase the speed ,

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innovation , and generational

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acquisition reforms we are undertaking

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urgently . Likewise , the nature of the

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threats we face in our hemisphere and

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in deterring China is another speech

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for another day . Coming soon .

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This speech Today , as I drink my

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coffee . This speech

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Today is about people . And it's about

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culture . The topic today is about the

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nature of ourselves . Because

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no plan , no program , no no reform ,

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no formation will ultimately succeed

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unless we have the right people . And

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the right culture at the War Department .

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If I've learned one core lesson in my

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eight months in this job , it's that

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personnel is policy . Personnel is

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policy . The best way to take care of

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troops is to give them good leaders

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committed to the war fighting culture

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of the department , not perfect leaders .

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Good leaders Competent , qualified ,

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professional , agile , aggressive ,

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innovative , risk taking , apolitical ,

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faithful to their oath and to the

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Constitution . Eugene Sledge in his

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World War II memoir wrote , quote , War

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is brutish , inglorious and a terrible

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waste . Combat leaves an indelible mark

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on those who are forced to endure it .

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The only redeeming factors are my

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comrades' incredible bravery and their

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devotion to each other . In combat

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there are thousands of variables , as I

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learned in Iraq and Afghanistan and as

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so many of you did in so many more

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places . Leaders can only control about

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3 of them . You control how well you're

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trained , mostly how well you're

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equipped . And the last variable is how

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well you lead . After that , you're on

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your own . Our war fighters are

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entitled to be led by the best and most

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capable leaders . That is who we need

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you all to be . Even then in combat ,

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even if you do everything right , you

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may still lose people because the enemy

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always gets a vote . We have a sacred

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duty to ensure that our warriors are

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led by the most capable and qualified

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combat leaders . This is one thing you

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and I can control . And we owe it to

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the force to deliver it . For too long

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We've simply not done that . The

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military has been forced by foolish and

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reckless politicians to focus on the

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wrong things . In many ways this speech

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is about fixing decades of decay . Some

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of it obvious , some of it hidden . Or

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as the chairman has put it , we are

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clearing out the debris . Removing the

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distractions . Clearing the way for

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leaders to be leaders . You might

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say we're ending the war on warriors .

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I heard someone wrote a book about that .

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For too long we've promoted too many

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uniformed leaders for the wrong reasons .

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Based on their race , based on gender

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quotas , based on historic so-called

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firsts . We've pretended that combat

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arms and non-combat arms are the same

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thing . We've weeded out so-called

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toxic leaders under the guise of double

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blind psychology assessments .

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Promoting risk averse go along to get

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along conformists instead . You name it ,

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the department did it . Foolish and

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reckless political leaders set the

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wrong compass heading . And we lost our

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way . We became The woke

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department But not anymore . Right

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now I'm looking out at a sea of

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Americans who made a choice . When they

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were young men and young women . To do

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something most Americans will not , to

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serve something greater than yourself ,

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to fight for God and country for

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freedom in the Constitution . You made

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a choice to serve when others did not .

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And I commend you . You are truly the

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best of America . But this does not

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mean , and this goes for all of us ,

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that our path to this auditorium on

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this day was a straight line , or that

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the conditions of the formations we

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lead are where we want them to be . You

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love your country , and we love this

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uniform , which is why we must do

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better . We just have to be honest .

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We have to say with our mouths what we

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see with our eyes . To just tell it

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like it is in plain English . To point

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out the obvious things right in front

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of us . That's what leaders must do .

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We cannot go another day without

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directly addressing the plank . In our

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own eye . Without addressing the

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problems in our own commands and in our

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own formations .

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This administration has done a great

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deal from day one . To remove the

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social justice , politically correct

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and toxic ideological garbage that had

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infected our department to rip out .

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The politics No more identity months ,

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DEI offices , dudes in dresses .

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No more climate change worship . No

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more division , distraction , or gender

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delusions . No more debris . As I've

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said before and will say again . We are

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done with that . I've made it my

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mission to uproot the obvious

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distractions that made us less capable

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and less lethal . That said , the

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war department requires the next step .

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Underneath the woke garbage is a deeper

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problem and a more important problem

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that we are fixing and fixing fast .

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Common sense is back at the White House ,

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so making the necessary changes is

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actually pretty straightforward .

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President Trump expects it . And the

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litmus test for these changes .

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It's pretty simple . Would I want my

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eldest son . Who is 15 years old .

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Eventually joining the types of

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formations that we are currently

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wielding . If in any way the answer to

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that is no or even yes , but . Then

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we're doing something wrong . Because

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my son is no more important than any

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other American citizen who dons the

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cloth of our nation . He is no more

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important than your son . All precious

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souls made in the image and likeness of

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God . Every parent deserves to know

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that their son or their daughter that

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joins our ranks is entering exactly the

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kind of unit that the secretary of war

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would want his son to join . Think of

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it as the golden rule test .

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Jesus said , do unto others , that's

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what you would have done unto yourself .

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It's the ultimate simplifying test of

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truth . The new War Department golden

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rule . Is this Do unto your

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unit , as you would have done onto your

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own child's unit . Would you want him

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serving with fat or unfit or

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undertrained troops or alongside people

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who can't meet basic standards ? Or in

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a unit where standards were lowered so

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certain types of troops could make it

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in . In a unit where leaders were

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promoted for reasons other than merit ,

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performance , and war fighting . The

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answer is not just no , it's hell no .

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This means at the War Department first

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and foremost we must restore a ruthless .

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Dispassionate And common sense

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application of standards . I don't want

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my son serving alongside troops who are

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out of shape or in combat unit with

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females who can't meet the same combat

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arms physical standards as men or

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troops who are not fully proficient on

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their assigned weapons platform or task .

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Or under a leader who was The first

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But not the best . Standards must be

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uniform , gender neutral , and high .

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If not , they're not standards .

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They're just suggestions . Suggestions

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that get our sons and daughters killed .

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When it comes to combat arms units ,

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and there are many different stripes

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across our joint force . The era of

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politically correct . Overly sensitive ,

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don't hurt anyone's feelings .

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Leadership ends right now . At

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every level , either you can meet the

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standard , either you can do the job ,

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either you are disciplined , fit and

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trained , or you are out . And that's

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why today at my direction , and this is

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the first of 10 Department of War

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directives that are arriving at your

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commands as we speak and in your inbox .

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Today at my direction , each service

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will ensure that every requirement for

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every combat MOS for every designated

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combat arms position returns to the

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highest male standard only .

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Because this job is life or death .

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Standards must be met and not just met

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at every level , we should seek to

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exceed the standard , to push the

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envelope , to compete . It's common

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sense and core to who we are and what

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we do , it should be in our DNA . Today

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at my direction , we are also adding a

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combat field test for combat arms units

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that must be executable in any

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environment at any time and with combat

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equipment . These tests , they'll look

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familiar . They'll resemble the Army

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expert physical fitness assessment . Or

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the Marine Corps combat fitness test .

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I'm also directing that war fighters in

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combat jobs execute their service

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fitness test at a gender neutral age

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normed male standard scored above

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70% . It all starts with physical

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fitness and appearance . If the

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Secretary of War can do regular hard PT ,

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so can every member of our joint force .

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Frankly , it's tiring to look out at

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combat formations or really any

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formation and see fat troops . Likewise ,

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it's completely unacceptable to see fat

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generals and admirals in the halls of

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the Pentagon . And leading commands

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around the country in the world , it's

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a bad look . It is bad and it's not who

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we are . So whether you're an airborne

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ranger or a chair-borne ranger , a

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brand new private or a four-star

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general , you need to meet the height

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and weight standards and pass your PT

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test . And as the chairman said , yes ,

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there is no PT test . But today at my

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direction , every member of the joint

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force at every rank is required to take

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a PT test twice a year . As well as

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meet height and weight requirements

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twice a year . Every year of service .

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Also today at my direction , every

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warrior across our joint force is

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required to do PT every duty day .

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Should be common sense . I mean , most

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units do that already . But we're

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codifying it . And we're not talking

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like hot yoga and stretching . Real

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hard PT there's either as a unit or as

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an individual . At every level , from

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the Joint Chiefs to everyone in this

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room to the youngest private leaders

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set the standard , and so many of you

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do this already . Active , guard and

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reserve . This also means grooming

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standards . No more beards , long hair ,

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superficial individual expression .

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We're gonna cut our hair , shave ,

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shave our beards and adhere to

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standards . Cause it's like the broken

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windows theory of policing , it's like

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when you let the small stuff go , the

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big stuff eventually goes . So you have

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to address the small stuff . This is on

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duty in the field and in the rear . If

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you want a beard , you can join special

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forces . If not , then shave . We don't

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have a military full of Nordic pagans .

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But unfortunately we have had leaders

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who either refuse to call BS and

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enforce standards . Or leaders who felt

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like they were not allowed to enforce

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standards . Both are unacceptable .

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And that's why today at my direction ,

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the era of unprofessional appearance is

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over . No more beardos . The era of

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rampant and ridiculous shaving profiles

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is done . Simply put , if you do not

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meet the male level physical standards

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for combat positions , cannot pass a PT

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test or don't want to shave and look

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professional . It's time for a new

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position or a new profession .

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I sincerely appreciate the proactive

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efforts the secretaries have already

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taken in some of those areas , service

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secretaries . And these directives are

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intended to simply accelerate those

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efforts . On the topic of standards ,

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allow me a few words to talk about

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toxic leaders . Upholding and

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demanding high standards is not toxic .

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Enforcing high standards , not toxic

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leadership . Leading war fighters

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toward the goals of high gender neutral

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and uncompromising standards in order

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to forge a cohesive , formidable , and

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lethal department of war is not toxic .

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It is our duty Consistent with our

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constitutional oath . Real toxic

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leadership is endangering subordinates

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with low standards . Real toxic

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leadership is promoting people based on

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immutable characteristics or quotas

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instead of based on merit . Real toxic

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leadership is promoting destructive

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ideologies that are an anathema to the

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Constitution and the laws of nature and

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nature's God , as Thomas Jefferson

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wrote in the Declaration of

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Independence . The definition of toxic

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has been turned upside down . And we're

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correcting that . That's why today at

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my direction we're undertaking a full

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review of the department's definitions

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of so-called toxic leadership ,

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bullying and hazing . To empower

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leaders to enforce standards without

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fear of retribution or second guessing .

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Of course you can't do like nasty

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bullying and hazing . We're talking

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about words like bullying and hazing

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and toxic . They've been weaponized and

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bastardized inside our formations ,

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undercutting commanders and NCOs . No

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more . Setting , achieving and

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maintaining high standards is what you

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all do . And if that makes me toxic ,

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then so be it . Second ,

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Today in our direction , we're ensuring

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that every service , every unit , every

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schoolhouse , and every form of

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professional military education conduct

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an immediate review of their standards .

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Now we've done this in many places

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already , but today it goes across the

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entire department of war . Any place

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where tried and true physical standards

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were altered . Especially since 2015

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when combat arms standards were changed

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to ensure females could qualify , must

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be returned to their original standard .

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Other standards have been manipulated

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to hit racial quotas as well , which is

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just as unacceptable . This too must

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end , merit only . The president talks

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about it all the time , merit based .

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Here are two basic frameworks I urge

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you to pursue in this process .

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Standards I call my staffs are all

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about them . The 1990 test . And the

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E6 test . The 1990s

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test is simple . What were the military

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standards in 1990 ? And if they have

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changed . Tell me why . Was it

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a necessary change based on the

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evolving landscape of combat ? Or was

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the change due to a softening ,

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weakening or gender-based pursuit of

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other priorities ? 1990s seems to be as

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good a place to start as any . And the

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E6 test . Ask yourself , does what

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you're doing make the leadership ,

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accountability , and lethality efforts

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of an E6 , or , or frankly an 03 ? Does

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it make it easier or more complicated ?

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Does the change empower staff sergeants ,

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petty officers and tech sergeants to

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get back to basics ? The answer should

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be a resounding yes . The E6 test or

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03 test clarifies a lot and it

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clarifies quickly . Because war does

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not care if you're a man or a woman .

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Neither does the enemy , nor does the

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weight of your rucksack , the size of

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an artillery round , or the body weight

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of a casualty on the battlefield who

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must be carried . This , and I want to

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be very clear about this . This is not

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about preventing women from serving .

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We are , we very much value the impact

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of female troops . Our female officers

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and NCOs are the absolute best in the

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world . But when it comes to any job

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that requires physical power to perform

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in combat , those physical standards

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must be high and gender neutral . If

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women can make it , excellent . If not ,

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it is what it is . If that means no

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women qualify for some combat jobs , so

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be it . That is not the intent But it

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could be the result , so be it . It

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will also mean that we mean that weak

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men won't qualify because we're not

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playing games . This is combat . This

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is life or death . As we all know ,

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this is you versus an enemy hell bent

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on killing you . To be an effective

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lethal fighting force , you must trust

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that the warrior alongside you in

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battle is capable . Truly ,

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physically capable of doing what is

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necessary under fire . You know , this

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is the only standard you would want for

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your kids and for your grandkids .

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Applied the War Department golden rule ,

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the 1990 test , and the E6 test . It's

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really hard to go wrong . Third ,

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We are attacking and ending the walking

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on eggshells and zero defect command

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culture . A risk averse culture means

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officers execute not to lose , instead

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of to win . A risk averse culture means

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NCOs are not empowered to enforce

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standards . Commanders and NCOs don't

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take necessary risks or make tough

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adjustments for fear of rocking the

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boat or making mistakes . A

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blemish free record is what peacetime

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leaders covet the most . Which is the

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worst of all incentives . You ,

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we , as senior leaders need to end the

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poisonous culture of risk aversion and

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empower our NCOs at all levels to

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enforce standards . Truth be told ,

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for the most part , we don't need new

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standards . We just need to reestablish

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a culture where enforcing standards is

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possible . And that's why today at my

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direction , I'm issuing new policies

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that will overhaul the IG , EO , and

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MEO processes . I call it the no more

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walking on eggshells policy . We are

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liberating commanders and NCOs , we are

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liberating you . We are overhauling an

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inspector general process , the IG that

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has been weaponized , putting

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complainers , ideologues and poor

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performers in the driver's seat . We're

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doing the same with the equal

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opportunity and military equal

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opportunity policies , the EO and MEO

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at our department . No more frivolous

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complaints , no more anonymous

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complaints , no more repeat

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complainants , no more smearing

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reputations , no more endless waiting ,

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no more legal limbo , no more

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sidetracking careers , no more walking

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on eggshells . Of course ,

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being a racist has been illegal in our

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formation since 1948 . The same goes

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for sexual harassment . Both are wrong

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and illegal . Those kinds of

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infractions will be ruthlessly enforced .

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But telling someone to shave or get a

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haircut or to get in shape or to fix

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their uniform or to show up on time or

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to work hard , that's exactly the kind

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of discrimination we want . We are not

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civilians . You are not civilians . You

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are set apart for a distinct purpose .

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So we as a department need to stop

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acting and thinking like civilians and

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get back to basics and put the power

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back in the hands of commanders and

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NCOs , commanders and NCOs who make

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life and death decisions , commanders

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and NCOs who enforce standards and

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ensure readiness , commanders and NCOs

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who in this war department . Have to

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look in the mirror . And you have to

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pass the golden rule test . My kids ,

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your kids , America's sons and

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daughters . So I urge you all here

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today and those watching , take this

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guidance and run with it . The core of

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this speech is the 10 directives we're

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announcing today . They were written

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for you . For Army leadership , for

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Navy leadership , for Marine Corps

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leadership , for Air Force leadership ,

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Space Force leadership , these

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directives are designed to take the

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monkey off your back . And put you ,

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the leadership , back in the driver's

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seat . Move out with urgency because we

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have your back . I have your back , and

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the commander in chief has your back .

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And when we give you this guidance , we

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know mistakes will be made . It's the

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nature of leadership . But you should

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not pay for earnest mistakes for your

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entire career . And that's why today at

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my direction , we're making changes to

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the retention of adverse information on

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personnel records that will allow

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leaders with forgivable , earnest , or

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minor infractions to not be encumbered

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by those infractions in perpetuity .

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People make honest mistakes , and our

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mistakes should not define an entire

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career . Otherwise we only try not to

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make mistakes and that's not the

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business we're in . We need risk takers

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and aggressive leaders and a culture

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that supports you . 4th , at

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the War Department , promotions across

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the joint force will be based on one

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thing . Merit . Color blind , gender

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neutral , merit-based . The entire

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promotion process , including

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evaluations of war fighting

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capabilities , is being thoroughly

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re-examined . We've already done a lot

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in this area , but more changes are

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coming soon . We promote top performing

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officers and NCOs faster . And get rid

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of poor performers more quickly .

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Evaluations , education , and field

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exercises . Will become real

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evaluations , not box checks for every

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one of us at every level .

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These same reforms happened before

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World War 2 as well . General George

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Marshall and Secretary of War Henry

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Stimson did the same thing . And we won

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a world war because of it . As it

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happens , when he started the job ,

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Chairman Kaine gave me a frame and a

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photo to hang in my office . A matching

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frame and photo hangs in his .

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It's a photo of Marshall and Stimson .

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Preparing for World War II . Those two

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leaders famously kept the door open

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between their offices for the entirety

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of the war . They worked together ,

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civilian and uniform every single day .

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Chairman Kaine and I do the same .

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There is no daylight between us . Our

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doors are always open . Our job

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together is to ensure our military is

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led by the very best . Ready to answer

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the nation's call . 5th

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As you have seen , And the media has

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obsessed over . I have fired a number

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of senior officers since taking over .

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The previous chairman , other members

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of the Joint Chiefs , combatant

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commanders , and other commanders . The

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rationale for me has been

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straightforward . It's nearly

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impossible to change a culture with the

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same people who helped create or even

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benefited from that culture . Even if

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that culture was created by a previous

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president and previous secretary . My

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approach has been simple . When in

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doubt , assess the situation , follow

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your gut , and if it's the best for the

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military , make a change . We

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all serve at the pleasure of the

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president every single day .

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But in many ways , it's not their fault .

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It's not your fault . As foolish and

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reckless as the woke department was ,

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those officers were following elected

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political leadership . An entire

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generation of generals and admirals

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were told that they must parrot the

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insane fallacy that our diversity is

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our strength . Of course , we know our

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unity is our strength . They had to put

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out dizzying DEI and LGBTQI plus

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statements . They were told females and

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males are the same thing . Or that

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males who think they're females totally

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normal . They were told that we need a

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green fleet and electric tanks . They

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were told to kick out Americans who

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refuse an emergency vaccine . They

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followed civilian policies set by

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foolish and reckless political leaders .

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Our job , my job has been to determine

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which leaders simply did what they must

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to answer the prerogatives of civilian

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leadership . And which leaders are

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truly invested in the woke department

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and therefore incapable of embracing

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the war department and executing new

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lawful orders . That's it . It's that

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simple . So for the past 8 months we've

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gotten a good look under the hood of

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our officer corps . We've done our best

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to thoroughly assess the human terrain .

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We've had to make trade-offs and some

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difficult decisions . It's more of an

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art than a science . We have been and

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will continue to be judicious . But

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also expeditious . The

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new compass heading is clear . Out with

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the Shirelles , the McKenzie , and the

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Millies . And in with the Stockdale ,

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the Schwartzkopfs , and the patents .

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More leadership changes will be made of

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that uncertain . Not because we want to ,

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but because we must . Once again , this

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is life and death . The sooner we have

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the right people , the sooner we can

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advance the right policies . Personnel

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is policy . But I look out at this

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group . And I see great Americans .

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Leaders who have given decades to our

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great republic at great sacrifice to

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yourselves . And to your families .

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But if the words I'm speaking today are

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making your heart sink . Then you

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should do the honorable thing and

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resign . We would thank you for your

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service . But I suspect , I

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know . The overwhelming majority of you

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feel the opposite . These words make

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your hearts full . You love the War

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Department because you love what you do ,

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the profession of arms . You are hereby

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liberated . To be an apolitical , hard

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charging , no nonsense constitutional

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leader that you joined the military to

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be . We need you

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locked in on the M . Not

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the D , the E or the I , not the DEI or

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the DIE of dime . By that I mean the

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Military of the instruments of national

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power . We have entire departments

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across the government dedicated to

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diplomatic informational and economic

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lines of effort . We do the M . Nobody

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else does , and our Goos need to master

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it in every domain and every scenario .

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No more distractions , no more

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political ideologies , no more debris .

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Now of course we're going to disagree

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at times . We would not be Americans if

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we didn't . Being a leader in a large

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organization like ours means having

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frank conversations . And differences

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of opinion . You will win some

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arguments and you will lose some

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arguments . But when civilian leaders

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issue lawful orders , we execute . We

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are professionals in the profession of

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arms . Our entire constitutional system

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is predicated upon this understanding .

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Now , it seems like a small thing but

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it's not . This includes as well the

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behavior of our troops online . To that

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end , I want to thank and recognize the

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services for their new proactive social

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media policies . Use them

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Anonymous online or keyboard

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complaining is not worthy of a warrior ,

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it's cowardice masquerading as

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conscience . Anonymous unit level

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social media pages that trash

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commanders , demoralize troops , and

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undermine unit cohesion must not be

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tolerated . Again , 03s ,

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E6s . 6th , we must

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train and we must maintain . Any moment

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that we are not training on our mission

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or maintaining our equipment is a

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moment we are less prepared for

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preventing or winning the next war .

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That is why today at my direction , we

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are drastically reducing the ridiculous

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amount of mandatory training that

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individuals and units must execute .

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We've already ended the most egregious .

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Now we're giving you back real time .

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Less PowerPoint briefings and fewer

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online courses , more time in the motor

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pool , and more time on the range . Our

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job is to make sure you have the money ,

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equipment , weapons , and parts to

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train and maintain , and then you take

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it from there . You all know this

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because it's common sense . The tougher

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and the higher the standards in our

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units , the higher the retention rates

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in those units . Warriors want to be

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challenged , troops want to be tested .

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When you don't train and you don't

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maintain , you demoralize . And that's

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when our best people decide to take

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their talents to the civilian world .

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The leaders who created the Woke

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department have already driven out too

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many hard chargers . We reverse that

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trend right now . There is no world in

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which high intensity war exists without

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pain , agony , and human tragedy . We

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are in a dangerous line of work . You

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are in a dangerous line of work .

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We may lose good people But let no

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warrior cry out from the grave if only

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I had been properly trained . We will

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not use lose war fighters because we

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fail to train or equip them or resource

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them . Shame on us if we do . Train

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like your warriors' lives depend on it .

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Because they do . To that point , basic

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training is being restored to what it

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should be . Scary , tough , and

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disciplined . We're empowering drill

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sergeants to instill healthy fear in

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new recruits . Ensuring that future war

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fighters are forged . Yes , they can

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shark attack . They can toss bunks ,

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they can swear , and yes , they can put

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their hands on recruits . This does not

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mean they can be reckless or violate

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the law , but they can use tried and

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true methods to motivate new

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recruits to make them the warriors they

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need to be . Back to basics at Basic

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as well . Of course , and you know this

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basic training is not where mission

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readiness should end . The nature of

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the evolving threat environment demands

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that everyone . In every job must be

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ready to join the fight if needed . A

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core credo of the Marine Corps is every

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Marine a rifleman . It means that

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everyone , regardless of MOS is

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proficient enough to engage an enemy

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threat at sea in the air or in a

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so-called rear area . We need to ensure

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that every member of our uniformed

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military maintains baseline proficiency

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and basic combat skills . Especially

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because the next war , like the last ,

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will likely not have a rear area .

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Finally , As President Trump rightly

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pointed out when he changed the

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department name , the United States has

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not won a major theater war since the

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name was changed to the Department of

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Defense in 1947 .

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One conflict stands out in stark

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contrast . The Gulf War .

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Why ? Well , there's a number of

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reasons , but it was a limited mission

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with overwhelming force and a clear end

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state . But why did we execute and win

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the Gulf War the way we did in 1991 ?

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There are 2 overwhelming reasons . One

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was President Ronald Reagan's military

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buildup gave an overwhelming advantage .

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And 2 , military and Pentagon

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leadership had previous formative

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battlefield experiences . The men who

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led this department during the Gulf War .

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We're mostly combat veterans of the

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Vietnam War . They said never again to

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mission creep or nebulous end states .

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The same holds true today . Our

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civilian and military leadership is

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chock full of veterans from Iraq and

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Afghanistan . Who say never again to

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nation building and nebulous end states .

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This clear-eyed view all the way in the

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White House , combined with President

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Trump's military buildup , postures us

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for future victories if , and we will ,

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and when we embrace the War Department .

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And we must We are preparing

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every day , we have to be prepared for

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war , not for defense . We're training

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warriors , not defenders . We fight

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wars to win , not to defend . Defense

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is something you do all the time . It's

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inherently reactionary and can lead to

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overuse , overreach , and mission creep .

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War is something you do sparingly on

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our own terms , and with clear aims .

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We fight to win . We unleash

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overwhelming and punishing violence on

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the enemy . We also don't fight with

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stupid rules of engagement . We untie

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the hands of our war fighters to

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intimidate , demoralize , hunt and kill

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the enemies of our country . No more

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politically correct and overbearing

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rules of engagement . Just common sense ,

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maximum lethality and authority for war

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fighters . That's all I ever wanted as

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a platoon leader . And it's all my E6

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squad leaders ever wanted , back to

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that E6 rule . We let our leaders fight

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their formations . And then we have

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their back . It's very simple . Yet

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incredibly powerful . A few months

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ago I was at the White House when

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President Trump announced his

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liberation Day for America's trade

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policy . It was a landmark day Well ,

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today is another liberation day . The

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liberation of America's warriors in

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name , indeed , and in authorities .

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You kill people and break things for a

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living . You are not politically

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correct . And don't necessarily belong

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always in polite society . We are not

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an army of one . We are a joint force

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of millions of selfless Americans . We

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are warriors . We are purpose-built Not

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for fair weather , blue skies or calm

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seas . We were built to load up in the

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back of helicopters , 5 tons or zodiacs

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in the dead of night . In fair weather

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or foul . To go to dangerous places to

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find , to find those who would do our

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nation harm . And deliver justice on

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behalf of the American people in close

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and brutal combat if necessary .

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You are different .

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We fight not because we hate what's in

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front of us . We fight because we love

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what's behind us . You see , the Ivy

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League faculty loungers will never

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understand us , and that's OK . Because

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they could never do what you do .

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The media will mischaracterize us , and

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that's OK , because deep down they know

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the reason they can do what they do is

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you . In this profession , you feel

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comfortable inside the violence so that

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our citizens can live peacefully .

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Lethality is our calling card , and

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victory our only acceptable end state .

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In closing A few weeks ago at our

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monthly Pentagon Christian prayer

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service . I recited a commander's

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prayer . It's a simple yet meaningful

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prayer for wisdom for commanders and

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leaders . I encourage you to look it up

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if you've never seen it . But the

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prayer , it ends like this . And most

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of all , Lord , please keep my

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soldiers safe . Lead them , guide them ,

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protect them , watch over them . And as

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you gave all of yourself for me ,

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help me give all of myself for them .

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And amen . I have prayed this prayer

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many times since I've had the privilege

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of being your secretary . And I will

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continue to pray this prayer for each

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of you as you command and lead our

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nation's finest . Go

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forth and do good things , hard

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things . President Trump has your back

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and so do I . And you'll

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hear from him shortly . Move out

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And draw fire Because we Are

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the War Department . Godspeed . Who ,

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John .

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Ladies and gentlemen , the Secretary of

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War .

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Well you've heard from me So now it's

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the main event Our commander in chief ,

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I have the privilege every single day .

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Of watching him put America first . Of

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ensuring that our war fighters have

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everything they need . His compass is

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clear . It's easy to follow . Cause you

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know he has our back . I was thinking

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backstage , um , the man who was the

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commander in chief when the War

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Department was created was George

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Washington . The man who was president

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when the War Department was

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re-established is President Trump . And

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when he found out about this gathering

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of senior leaders , he said , uh , I

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would be honored to come in order to

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address and thank . The incredible

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Americans who defend our nation . He

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has a heart full of gratitude and love

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for what you do , and we get a chance

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to see it every day , and I'm honored

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that this morning you all firsthand get

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to see it as well . So ladies and

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gentlemen , join me in welcoming the

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45th and 47th President of the United

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States , our commander in Chief ,

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Donald J . Trump .

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Thank you very much , Pete . A great

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job you're doing too . fantastic job .

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I've never walked into a room so silent

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before . This is very don't laugh ,

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don't laugh , you're not allowed to do

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that . You know what , just have a good

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time . And if you want to applaud you

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applaud , and if you want to do

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anything you want , you can do anything

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you want . And if you don't like what

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I'm saying , you can leave the room .

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Of course there goes your rank , there

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goes your future . But you just feel

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nice and loose , OK , because we're all

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on the same team . And uh I was told

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that sir you won't , you won't hear a

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murmur in the room . I said we had to

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loosen these guys up a little bit , so

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you just have a good time , but I want

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to thank Secretary Heet and General

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Kaine , General Raising Cain for a

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reason they call him that . When I

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heard his name , I said , You're the

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guy I'm looking for . The Joint Chiefs

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of Staff and so many others in this

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room who together represent the

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greatest and most elite fighting force

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in the history of the world , the

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United States military . We're very

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proud of our military . We built the

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military during my first term . It was

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one of the greatest achievements . We

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had the greatest economy in history ,

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and I built the military . Those are

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the two things I say more than anything

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else , and I also kept us safe at the

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borders . We had very good . Borders ,

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we didn't have people coming in from

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jails and prisons and everything like

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took place over the last 4 years . I'll

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never forget what happened to this

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country over the last 4 years with the

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incompetence . There could be no higher

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honor than to serve as your commander

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in chief . It is a great honor . I look

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at you , just incredible people .

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Central casting , I might add . To each

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and every one of you , I thank you for

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your unwavering devotion to the armed

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forces and to the country . We've all

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sworn a sacred oath to defend . We all

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have that oath , every one of us . I'm

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thrilled to be here this morning to

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address the senior leadership of what

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is once again known around the world as

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the Department of War . I know Pete

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spoke about it . He gave a great speech .

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I thought , great speech . I don't want

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him to get so good . I hate that , you

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know , I hate it . I almost fired him .

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I said , you can't , I don't want to go

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on after that . Now , he gave , he gave

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a great speech , but he talked about

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Department of War . We were sitting

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there , I said , didn't it used to be

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called the Department of War ? And he

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goes , yes , sir , they changed it like

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in the early 50s . So we won the first

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World War , we won the Second World War ,

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we won everything in between and

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everything before that . We only won ,

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and then we went in a way woke . That

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was probably the first sign of wokeness .

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And we changed it to defense instead of

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war , and I said , what do you think ?

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How do you think if we changed your

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back ? Would that be a nice idea ? And

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Pete loved it immediately . Some people

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think , thought about it , you know ,

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they gave it a little thought , but in

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the end we did it , and , and I have to

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be honest , it's so popular . It's , I

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thought would be met with fury on the

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left , but they're sort of giving up .

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I must be honest with you , they've had

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it , they've had it with Trump .

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They've been after me for so many years

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now . Here we are , here we are . Come

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to the White House any time you'd like .

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Now they've given up a lot of bad

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people , but all over it's been so

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popular . It's been very popular . I

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really thought that we were going to

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have to sort of fight it through .

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There's been no fight . There's been no

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fight like what I call the Gulf of

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America , the Gulf of America , because

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to me it was always the Gulf of America .

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I could never understand we have 92% of

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the Frontage And

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for years , actually 350 years , they

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were there before us , it was called

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the Gulf of Mexico . I just had this

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idea , I'm looking at a map , I'm

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saying , we have most of the frontage ,

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why is it Gulf of Mexico ? Why isn't it

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the Gulf of America ? And uh I made

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the change and it went smoothly . I

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mean , we had a couple of fake news

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outlets that refused to make the change ,

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and then one of them , AP , took us to

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court and we won , and the judge , who

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was a somewhat liberal judge , said ,

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uh , the name is the Gulf of America

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because AP refused to call it the Gulf

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of America , they wrote , they ,

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they're not a good outfit , by the way .

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They call it the Gulf of Mexico . I

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said , no , the Gulf of America is the

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name . And the judge actually said that ,

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uh , in fact , you can't even go into

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the room because what you're doing is

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not appropriate . The name is the Gulf

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of America . Google Maps changed the

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name , everybody did , but AP wouldn't ,

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and then we won in court . How about

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that ? Isn't that so cool ? The

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Secretary Heck beautifully described

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the name change and reflects far more .

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Then the shift in branding , it's

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really a historic . Reassertion of our

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purpose and our identity and our pride ,

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that's when we go with the word war ,

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and you know we want war because we

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want to have no wars , but you have to

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be there and you know sometimes you

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have to do it . I , I have settled so

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many wars since we're we're here .

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Almost 9 months and I've settled 7 ,

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and yesterday we might have settled the

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biggest of them all , although I don't

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know , Pakistan , India was very big .

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Both nuclear powers , I settled that .

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But yesterday could be the settlement

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in the Middle East that hasn't happened

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for 3000 years . I said , How long have

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you been fighting 3000 years , sir ?

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That's a long time . But we got it , I

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think , settled . We'll see . Hamas has

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to agree . And if they don't , it's

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going to be very tough on them , but it

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is what it is , but all of the Arab

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nations , Muslim nations have agreed .

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Israel has agreed , it's an amazing

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thing . It just came together . War is

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very strange , you know , you never

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know what's going to happen with war .

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The easiest one of them all is Putin .

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I said , number one , it's a war that

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would have never happened if I were

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president if the election weren't

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rigged if I were president , that war

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would have never happened , not even a

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little chance , and it didn't happen

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for four years , but I knew Putin very

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well and I thought that would be easy

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because I know him so well . Well ,

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that wouldn't turn out to be the

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hardest of them all . We had some that

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were not settable and they all got

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settled . So if this works out that we

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did yesterday . With the Middle East ,

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then uh that's , that's more than a war ,

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that's lots of wars , that's all

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combined , that's a lot of wars . Many

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of you were over there in many

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different capacities in many different

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countries . That was a , that's a big ,

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that's a big part of the earth . But if

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that works out , it would be 8+ . I

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could give myself 2 or 3 for that one .

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And then we just have the one to settle

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and we have to settle it up with

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President Putin . And Zelinsky got to

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get them together and get it done . But

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the only way we can do that is through

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strength . I mean , if we were weak ,

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they wouldn't even take my phone call ,

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but we have extreme strength . We had

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the horror show . In Afghanistan ,

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which is really the reason I think that

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Putin went in , he saw that horror show

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by Biden and his team of incompetent

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people . And that showed , I think it

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gave him a path in . I wasn't there any

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longer . Uh , I watched that and it was

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so , so horrible . I think it was the

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most embarrassing day in the history of

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our country . And now we're back .

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That's it . We're not gonna have any of

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that happen I can tell you that was

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terrible , so terrible . Together we're

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reawakening the warrior spirit , and

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this is a spirit that won and built

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this nation and from the . Cavalry that

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tamed the Great Plains to the ferocious

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and yielding power of Patton Bradley

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and the great General Douglas MacArthur ,

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these are all great men . In this

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effort we're a team and so my message

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to you is very simple . I am with you .

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I support you , and as president , I

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have your backs 100% . You'll never see

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me even waver a little bit . It's the

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way it is , and that includes our great

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police officers and firemen and all of

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these people that are doing . So well

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Together over the next few years ,

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we're going to make our military

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stronger , tougher , faster , fiercer ,

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and more powerful than it has ever been

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before . I rebuilt our nuclear , as you

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probably know , but we'll upgrade that

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also and just hope we never have to use

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it . We have to hope we never have to

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use it because the , the power of that

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is so . Incredible . I've ,

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I see things . I don't think they'd

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show it to you . I , I don't , I really

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wouldn't want them to show it to you .

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But when you see the result of what's

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left , You never want to use that ,

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never , never ever . We were a little

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bit threatened by Russia .

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Recently And I sent a

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Submarine nuclear submarine . The most

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lethal weapon ever made . Number one ,

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you can't detect it . There's no way .

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We're 25 years ahead of Russia and

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China in submarines . Russia is

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actually 2nd in submarines . China's

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3rd , but , you know , they're coming

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up , they're coming up . They're way

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lower in nuclear too , but in 5 years

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they'll be equal . They're coming up .

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And you don't have to be that good with

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nuclear , you could have 1/20 what you

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have now and still do the damage that

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would be , uh , you know , that'd be so

01:00:02.010 --> 01:00:04.969
horrendous . But I announced that , you

01:00:04.969 --> 01:00:07.280
know , based on his mention of nuclear ,

01:00:07.889 --> 01:00:10.056
and it was really a stupid person that

01:00:10.056 --> 01:00:12.333
works for him mention the word nuclear ,

01:00:12.333 --> 01:00:15.389
I moved . A submarine or two , I won't

01:00:15.389 --> 01:00:18.850
say about the 2 . Over to the

01:00:19.340 --> 01:00:22.750
coast . Of Russia , just to be

01:00:22.750 --> 01:00:25.870
careful because we can't let people

01:00:25.870 --> 01:00:28.489
throw around . That word

01:00:30.280 --> 01:00:33.129
I call it the N word . There are two N

01:00:33.129 --> 01:00:35.407
words and you can't use either of them .

01:00:37.149 --> 01:00:40.860
You can use either of them . And

01:00:41.120 --> 01:00:44.469
frankly , Uh , if it does get to use ,

01:00:44.550 --> 01:00:46.989
we have more than anybody else . We

01:00:46.989 --> 01:00:50.350
have better , we have newer , but it's

01:00:50.350 --> 01:00:52.406
something we don't ever want to even

01:00:52.406 --> 01:00:54.628
have to think about . But when somebody

01:00:54.628 --> 01:00:56.794
mentions that , that submarine started

01:00:56.794 --> 01:00:58.961
immediately thereafter . And it's just

01:00:58.961 --> 01:01:01.128
lurking , but I'm sure we're not gonna

01:01:01.128 --> 01:01:03.500
have to use it , but it's uh an amazing

01:01:04.280 --> 01:01:06.949
It's undetectable . To ours is , theirs

01:01:06.949 --> 01:01:09.189
is theirs are totally detectable . We

01:01:09.189 --> 01:01:11.411
can detect them easily . We go right to

01:01:11.411 --> 01:01:14.820
the spot , but we have uh genius

01:01:15.350 --> 01:01:17.628
apparatus that doesn't allow detection .

01:01:17.628 --> 01:01:19.683
It doesn't allow detection at all by

01:01:19.683 --> 01:01:21.909
any by anybody above water or below

01:01:21.909 --> 01:01:23.909
water , it's incredible . We're way

01:01:23.909 --> 01:01:26.020
ahead of everybody and that and other

01:01:26.020 --> 01:01:28.699
things . As a result of the exciting

01:01:28.699 --> 01:01:30.643
renewal of the spirit of our armed

01:01:30.643 --> 01:01:33.129
forces , and that's what it is . It's

01:01:33.129 --> 01:01:35.040
really reaching its spirit

01:01:35.040 --> 01:01:38.120
unprecedented heights . Over the past 8

01:01:38.120 --> 01:01:40.342
months , new enlistments , I'm so proud

01:01:40.342 --> 01:01:42.564
of this , have surged to record highs ,

01:01:42.570 --> 01:01:45.709
the highest we've ever had . And we

01:01:45.709 --> 01:01:48.070
used to have recruiting shortages . If

01:01:48.070 --> 01:01:50.429
you remember , about a year and a half

01:01:50.429 --> 01:01:53.270
ago , I was at the beginning stage of a

01:01:53.270 --> 01:01:56.290
campaign . And things came out that you

01:01:56.290 --> 01:01:58.401
couldn't get people to join the armed

01:01:58.401 --> 01:02:00.346
forces and by the way , the police

01:02:00.346 --> 01:02:02.401
officer . Fire department , I always

01:02:02.401 --> 01:02:04.346
put the fire department in because

01:02:04.346 --> 01:02:06.457
they're great . They're great , and I

01:02:06.457 --> 01:02:08.623
got 95% of the vote too , that helps .

01:02:09.080 --> 01:02:11.024
When you get 95% of the vote , you

01:02:11.024 --> 01:02:12.913
always have to mention them , but

01:02:12.913 --> 01:02:15.540
they're great and they're brave . In

01:02:15.540 --> 01:02:17.762
our inner cities , which we're gonna be

01:02:17.762 --> 01:02:19.929
talking about because it's uh , it's a

01:02:19.929 --> 01:02:22.040
big part of war now , it's a big part

01:02:22.040 --> 01:02:23.929
of war , but the firemen go up on

01:02:23.929 --> 01:02:23.540
ladders and you have people shooting at

01:02:23.540 --> 01:02:25.596
them while they're up in ladders . I

01:02:25.596 --> 01:02:27.818
don't even know if anybody heard that ,

01:02:27.818 --> 01:02:29.873
but And I said , don't talk about it

01:02:29.873 --> 01:02:31.929
much , but I think you have to . Our

01:02:31.929 --> 01:02:31.570
firemen are incredible . They're up in

01:02:31.570 --> 01:02:33.681
one of these ladders that goes way up

01:02:33.681 --> 01:02:36.169
to the sky rescuing people and you have

01:02:36.169 --> 01:02:40.040
animals . Shooting at him Shooting

01:02:40.040 --> 01:02:43.350
bullets at firemen that are Way up in

01:02:43.360 --> 01:02:45.527
in death territory , you fall off that

01:02:45.527 --> 01:02:47.689
letter , it's over . It's over . They

01:02:47.689 --> 01:02:50.590
don't even have to inspect you . When

01:02:50.590 --> 01:02:52.757
you hit the ground and you have people

01:02:52.757 --> 01:02:54.757
shooting bullets at them in some of

01:02:54.757 --> 01:02:56.979
these inner cities , we're not going to

01:02:56.979 --> 01:02:59.290
let that happen . So I always mention

01:02:59.290 --> 01:03:01.401
the firemen because that's actually a

01:03:01.401 --> 01:03:03.419
big problem we have . They are

01:03:03.419 --> 01:03:05.308
unbelievable , like you , they're

01:03:05.308 --> 01:03:07.659
unbelievable people . For the first

01:03:07.659 --> 01:03:10.820
time on record in 2025 , the Navy Air

01:03:10.820 --> 01:03:13.370
Force and Space Force all met or

01:03:13.370 --> 01:03:15.780
surpassed their recruiting goals three

01:03:15.780 --> 01:03:18.370
months early . That never happened

01:03:18.370 --> 01:03:21.780
before , and the army did even

01:03:21.780 --> 01:03:25.179
better . Congratulations , Army . They

01:03:25.179 --> 01:03:27.179
met everything , and these were the

01:03:27.179 --> 01:03:29.346
highest standards because we're making

01:03:29.346 --> 01:03:31.457
it larger , so these were much higher

01:03:31.457 --> 01:03:33.623
standards that you had 4 years ago , 3

01:03:33.623 --> 01:03:35.735
years ago during the Sleepy Joe Biden

01:03:35.735 --> 01:03:39.639
era . And the army did it 4

01:03:40.290 --> 01:03:43.510
months early . And you remember a year

01:03:43.510 --> 01:03:45.454
and a half ago , they said the big

01:03:45.454 --> 01:03:47.566
stories that were way behind with the

01:03:47.566 --> 01:03:49.840
Army , Air Force , the Navy , the

01:03:49.840 --> 01:03:52.062
Marines were way behind , Coast Guard .

01:03:53.000 --> 01:03:55.000
And even Space Force , I love Space

01:03:55.000 --> 01:03:57.056
Force because that was my creation ,

01:03:57.056 --> 01:03:59.222
you know , when you create something ,

01:03:59.222 --> 01:04:01.167
I love it and the people we put in

01:04:01.167 --> 01:04:03.389
there were good . I got that right . We

01:04:03.389 --> 01:04:03.010
put in great people initially and we ,

01:04:03.090 --> 01:04:04.868
we really dominated , we really

01:04:04.868 --> 01:04:07.909
dominate in that sphere now . We , uh ,

01:04:08.409 --> 01:04:11.729
we're way behind China and Russia , and

01:04:11.729 --> 01:04:13.896
now we dominate . Spaceport turned out

01:04:13.896 --> 01:04:16.007
to be a very important thing . I said

01:04:16.007 --> 01:04:18.062
from the beginning . You know , when

01:04:18.062 --> 01:04:20.173
Biden came into office , he wanted to

01:04:20.173 --> 01:04:20.159
determine that he said , and this thing

01:04:20.159 --> 01:04:22.215
called Space Force , so we could get

01:04:22.215 --> 01:04:24.270
rid of that , and he got hammered by

01:04:24.270 --> 01:04:26.520
the people in this room . For even

01:04:26.520 --> 01:04:28.360
suggesting it because it's very

01:04:28.360 --> 01:04:30.582
important , one of the most important ,

01:04:30.582 --> 01:04:32.638
and as time goes by , it'll get more

01:04:32.638 --> 01:04:35.459
and more important . But we're now at

01:04:35.459 --> 01:04:38.979
106% of our recruiting targets for the

01:04:38.979 --> 01:04:41.260
year , and that's the best in far more

01:04:41.260 --> 01:04:44.219
than a generation . And for the Marines ,

01:04:44.270 --> 01:04:46.340
morale is so strong that the Marine

01:04:46.340 --> 01:04:49.580
Corps will meet its 2026 retention

01:04:49.580 --> 01:04:51.580
targets before the end of October ,

01:04:51.580 --> 01:04:53.636
which never happens , and that's the

01:04:53.636 --> 01:04:55.580
earliest it's ever happened in the

01:04:55.580 --> 01:04:57.909
history of our country . And it makes

01:04:57.909 --> 01:04:59.798
you feel good , you know , I felt

01:04:59.798 --> 01:05:01.742
guilty . I , I go make a speech in

01:05:01.742 --> 01:05:03.830
front of never people like you , you

01:05:03.830 --> 01:05:06.790
are the , you are the leaders , but

01:05:06.790 --> 01:05:09.780
people , soldiers , and

01:05:11.199 --> 01:05:13.310
I felt embarrassed because there'd be

01:05:13.310 --> 01:05:15.643
stories about , you know , you couldn't ,

01:05:15.643 --> 01:05:18.580
we couldn't fill up our army , navy ,

01:05:18.699 --> 01:05:21.330
air , we couldn't fill them up . And

01:05:22.149 --> 01:05:24.699
Whose headlines His headlines . It was

01:05:24.699 --> 01:05:27.879
during Biden's 4 years , the A pen , I

01:05:27.879 --> 01:05:30.340
call him the auto pen . It's how would

01:05:30.340 --> 01:05:32.451
you like to have your thing signed by

01:05:32.451 --> 01:05:34.618
an auto pen , you know , when I have a

01:05:34.618 --> 01:05:36.451
general and I have to sign for a

01:05:36.451 --> 01:05:38.784
general because we have beautiful paper ,

01:05:38.784 --> 01:05:40.784
the gorgeous paper . I said throw a

01:05:40.784 --> 01:05:40.780
little more gold on it . They deserve

01:05:40.780 --> 01:05:43.002
it , give me , I want the A paper , not

01:05:43.002 --> 01:05:45.580
the D paper . We used to sign a piece

01:05:45.580 --> 01:05:47.802
of garbage . I said this man's going to

01:05:47.802 --> 01:05:49.913
be a general , right ? Yeah . I don't

01:05:49.913 --> 01:05:52.080
want to use this . I want to use . The

01:05:52.080 --> 01:05:54.159
big beautiful firm paper . I want to

01:05:54.159 --> 01:05:57.459
use the real gold writing when you talk

01:05:57.459 --> 01:05:59.292
about the position , and they're

01:05:59.292 --> 01:06:02.590
beautiful . And , uh , but how would

01:06:02.590 --> 01:06:04.790
you like to have that where you , some

01:06:04.790 --> 01:06:06.679
kid sitting in the back office is

01:06:06.679 --> 01:06:08.901
having it signed . With an auto pen . I

01:06:08.901 --> 01:06:10.957
thought about it and I thought about

01:06:10.957 --> 01:06:13.234
you people first , admirals , generals .

01:06:13.234 --> 01:06:15.919
I said , somebody works here . His

01:06:15.919 --> 01:06:18.760
whole life , he gets into maybe the

01:06:18.760 --> 01:06:21.040
academies or wherever , but however you

01:06:21.040 --> 01:06:23.600
got there , and you go through years of

01:06:23.600 --> 01:06:25.711
work and now you become an admiral or

01:06:25.711 --> 01:06:29.399
general or whatever . And when you do ,

01:06:29.439 --> 01:06:31.383
the President of the United States

01:06:31.383 --> 01:06:33.550
signs you a commission , as you know ,

01:06:33.550 --> 01:06:35.495
and that commission is beautifully

01:06:35.495 --> 01:06:38.060
displayed . And I signed it . Actually ,

01:06:38.139 --> 01:06:40.139
I love my signature , I right now .

01:06:40.570 --> 01:06:43.020
Everyone loves my signature . But I

01:06:43.020 --> 01:06:45.131
signed it very proudly , and I always

01:06:45.131 --> 01:06:47.242
think to myself , how can you have an

01:06:47.242 --> 01:06:49.020
autoen sign this ? It's just so

01:06:49.020 --> 01:06:51.242
disrespectful to me . It's just totally

01:06:51.242 --> 01:06:53.409
disrespectful . And it turned out that

01:06:53.409 --> 01:06:55.576
almost everything he did was signed by

01:06:55.576 --> 01:06:57.687
uh by Autopen except for when he gave

01:06:57.687 --> 01:06:59.853
his son Hunter Barton . He signed that

01:06:59.853 --> 01:07:01.853
one . And that's actually the worst

01:07:01.853 --> 01:07:04.076
signature I've ever seen . That was the

01:07:04.076 --> 01:07:06.242
bad . The auto pen looks much better .

01:07:06.242 --> 01:07:08.239
But as leaders , our commitment to

01:07:08.239 --> 01:07:10.461
every patriot who put on the uniform is

01:07:10.461 --> 01:07:12.517
to ensure that the American military

01:07:12.517 --> 01:07:14.739
remains the most lethal and dominant on

01:07:14.739 --> 01:07:17.072
the planet , not merely for a few years ,

01:07:17.120 --> 01:07:19.287
but for the decades and generations to

01:07:19.287 --> 01:07:23.169
come for centuries . We must be so

01:07:23.169 --> 01:07:25.689
strong that no nation will dare

01:07:25.689 --> 01:07:28.010
challenge us , so powerful that no

01:07:28.010 --> 01:07:30.010
enemy will dare threaten us and so

01:07:30.010 --> 01:07:32.090
capable that no adversary can even

01:07:32.090 --> 01:07:34.639
think about beating us . And we've had

01:07:34.639 --> 01:07:38.239
it recently . I had , uh , India and

01:07:38.239 --> 01:07:40.949
Pakistan were going at it . And I

01:07:40.949 --> 01:07:43.030
called them both and in this case I

01:07:43.030 --> 01:07:45.030
used trade . I'm not going to trade

01:07:45.030 --> 01:07:46.974
with the two nuclear nations , big

01:07:46.974 --> 01:07:49.780
nuclear . No , no , no , you cannot do

01:07:49.780 --> 01:07:51.836
that . I said , yes , I can . You go

01:07:51.836 --> 01:07:54.058
into this freaking war that I'm hearing

01:07:54.058 --> 01:07:56.280
about , you know , actually , they just

01:07:56.280 --> 01:07:58.447
shut down 7 planes , 7 planes , it was

01:07:58.447 --> 01:08:00.502
starting . It's a lot of bad blood ,

01:08:00.620 --> 01:08:02.787
and I said , you do this , there's not

01:08:02.787 --> 01:08:05.870
gonna be any trade . And I stopped the

01:08:05.870 --> 01:08:08.469
war it was going . It was raging for 4

01:08:08.469 --> 01:08:10.747
days , but that was just the beginning .

01:08:10.929 --> 01:08:12.939
And we stopped it . It was a great

01:08:12.939 --> 01:08:15.659
thing and the Prime Minister of

01:08:15.659 --> 01:08:18.459
Pakistan was here along with the Field

01:08:18.500 --> 01:08:21.259
Marshal , who's a very important guy in

01:08:21.259 --> 01:08:23.481
Pakistan , and he was here 3 days ago .

01:08:24.399 --> 01:08:26.177
And I didn't even realize it as

01:08:26.177 --> 01:08:28.399
beautifully as he said it , but he said

01:08:28.399 --> 01:08:30.399
that to a group of people that were

01:08:30.399 --> 01:08:32.566
with us , two generals , but a group .

01:08:33.358 --> 01:08:35.418
He said this man saved millions of

01:08:35.418 --> 01:08:38.499
lives because he saved the war from

01:08:38.499 --> 01:08:41.168
going on and that war was going to get

01:08:41.168 --> 01:08:44.778
very bad , very , very bad . President

01:08:44.778 --> 01:08:46.858
Trump saved millions and millions of

01:08:46.858 --> 01:08:50.339
lives . That was a bad war . And uh I

01:08:50.339 --> 01:08:52.450
was very honored . I loved the way he

01:08:52.450 --> 01:08:54.450
said it . Suzie Wis was there , she

01:08:54.450 --> 01:08:56.728
said that was the most beautiful thing .

01:08:56.728 --> 01:09:00.240
But uh we saved a lot of them . We

01:09:00.240 --> 01:09:02.649
saved a lot of them , even in Africa ,

01:09:02.720 --> 01:09:06.319
we saved the Congo . With

01:09:06.330 --> 01:09:09.290
Rwanda . They've been fighting for 31

01:09:09.290 --> 01:09:12.129
years , 10 million people dead . I got

01:09:12.129 --> 01:09:15.569
that one done and uh very proud of it .

01:09:15.890 --> 01:09:19.850
So if this works out , we'll have 88 in

01:09:19.850 --> 01:09:21.628
8 months . That's pretty good .

01:09:21.628 --> 01:09:23.794
Nobody's ever done that . Will you get

01:09:23.794 --> 01:09:26.079
the Nobel Prize ? Absolutely not .

01:09:26.639 --> 01:09:28.695
They'll give it , they'll give it to

01:09:28.695 --> 01:09:30.583
some guy that didn't do a thing .

01:09:30.583 --> 01:09:32.695
They'll give it to a guy that wrote a

01:09:32.695 --> 01:09:34.917
book about the mind of Donald Trump and

01:09:34.917 --> 01:09:36.861
what it took to solve the wars and

01:09:36.861 --> 01:09:38.917
he'll get the Nobel Prize will go to

01:09:38.917 --> 01:09:40.917
the , a writer . No , but we'll see

01:09:40.917 --> 01:09:43.330
what happens , but it's a big insult to

01:09:43.330 --> 01:09:45.497
our country . I will tell you that . I

01:09:45.497 --> 01:09:47.608
don't want it . I want the country to

01:09:47.608 --> 01:09:49.608
get it . They should get it because

01:09:49.608 --> 01:09:49.589
there's never been anything like it .

01:09:49.750 --> 01:09:51.806
Think of it , so if this happens , I

01:09:51.806 --> 01:09:53.639
think it will . I don't say that

01:09:53.639 --> 01:09:55.694
lightly because they know more about

01:09:55.694 --> 01:09:55.419
deals than anybody . This is what my

01:09:55.419 --> 01:09:57.660
whole life was based on , and they can

01:09:57.660 --> 01:09:59.938
change , and this can certainly change .

01:10:00.149 --> 01:10:02.260
But we have just about everybody . We

01:10:02.260 --> 01:10:05.680
have one . Signature that we need and

01:10:05.680 --> 01:10:09.000
that signature will , will pay in hell

01:10:09.000 --> 01:10:11.111
if they don't sign . I hope they sign

01:10:11.111 --> 01:10:12.959
for their own good and to create

01:10:12.959 --> 01:10:16.609
something really great . But to have

01:10:16.609 --> 01:10:20.089
done 8 of them is just like such an

01:10:20.089 --> 01:10:23.509
honor . And then we have Putin and

01:10:23.509 --> 01:10:26.979
Zelinsky . The easiest one of them all .

01:10:27.549 --> 01:10:29.438
I said that one I'll get done . I

01:10:29.438 --> 01:10:31.493
thought that was going to be first ,

01:10:31.493 --> 01:10:33.493
the other was much harder , some of

01:10:33.493 --> 01:10:37.479
them . Azerbaijan . this was going on

01:10:37.479 --> 01:10:40.120
for 36 years . They said it's not

01:10:40.120 --> 01:10:42.342
solvable , so you can't , don't do it .

01:10:42.342 --> 01:10:44.509
I said , I will do it . I will do it .

01:10:44.509 --> 01:10:46.620
And I got on the phone with . The two

01:10:46.620 --> 01:10:48.842
countries , they were great . They were

01:10:48.842 --> 01:10:50.898
great . I knew immediately I knew as

01:10:50.898 --> 01:10:52.898
soon as I started talking to them ,

01:10:52.898 --> 01:10:52.399
we're going to solve that war we did .

01:10:52.560 --> 01:10:54.504
Now they're so happy . Now they're

01:10:54.504 --> 01:10:57.160
friends . Once said he's been president

01:10:57.160 --> 01:11:00.919
for 32 years , 22 years . He said , you

01:11:00.919 --> 01:11:03.030
know , for 22 years I did nothing but

01:11:03.030 --> 01:11:05.252
kill his people . They were in the room

01:11:05.252 --> 01:11:07.419
together at the Oval Office , and they

01:11:07.419 --> 01:11:09.419
started off spread like this at the

01:11:09.419 --> 01:11:12.259
beautiful resolute desk . And one was

01:11:12.259 --> 01:11:16.080
here , and one was here . You couldn't

01:11:16.080 --> 01:11:18.247
get further away . That's the furthest

01:11:18.247 --> 01:11:20.358
I've ever seen two people in front of

01:11:20.358 --> 01:11:22.580
me . And as the hour went by , they got

01:11:22.580 --> 01:11:24.691
closer , closer , closer , and at the

01:11:24.691 --> 01:11:26.913
end of the hour we had it done and they

01:11:26.913 --> 01:11:29.247
hugged and hugged and hugged and I said ,

01:11:29.299 --> 01:11:31.355
That's so nice , and you're going to

01:11:31.355 --> 01:11:33.521
remain friends , and I spoke to them ,

01:11:33.521 --> 01:11:35.632
one of them the other day , he said ,

01:11:35.632 --> 01:11:37.688
no , he's now my friend . But for 22

01:11:37.688 --> 01:11:39.355
years , he's been the head of

01:11:39.355 --> 01:11:43.040
Azerbaijan for 22 years . And the other

01:11:43.040 --> 01:11:45.560
guy is a great guy too , 7 , and you

01:11:45.560 --> 01:11:47.782
know that war , that was a war that was

01:11:47.782 --> 01:11:50.500
not solvable . He said for 7 years ,

01:11:50.589 --> 01:11:52.811
the other one said for 22 years , all I

01:11:52.811 --> 01:11:54.867
did was kill his people . That's all

01:11:54.867 --> 01:11:57.089
I've done . I said , well , we're going

01:11:57.089 --> 01:11:59.145
to put a stop to that , so we solved

01:11:59.145 --> 01:12:01.256
that . So it's a great thing , it's a

01:12:01.256 --> 01:12:03.533
great feeling , you know you're saving .

01:12:03.533 --> 01:12:06.149
Kosovo and Serbia , you , you're saving

01:12:06.149 --> 01:12:08.419
so many lives doing this if you can do

01:12:08.419 --> 01:12:11.120
it . But our people deserve nothing

01:12:11.120 --> 01:12:13.910
less than the very best , and we're

01:12:13.910 --> 01:12:16.021
never going to let them down . And if

01:12:16.021 --> 01:12:18.243
we can solve wars instead of you having

01:12:18.243 --> 01:12:20.430
to fight wars , wouldn't that be

01:12:20.430 --> 01:12:22.708
wonderful ? Wouldn't that be wonderful ?

01:12:22.708 --> 01:12:25.549
That's why one of the first executive

01:12:25.549 --> 01:12:27.716
orders I signed upon taking office was

01:12:27.716 --> 01:12:30.020
to restore the principle of merit .

01:12:30.509 --> 01:12:33.120
That's the most important word . Other

01:12:33.120 --> 01:12:35.342
than the word tariff , I love tariffs .

01:12:36.339 --> 01:12:38.819
Most beautiful word , but I'm not

01:12:38.819 --> 01:12:40.875
allowed to say that anymore . I said

01:12:40.875 --> 01:12:43.149
tariff is my favorite word . I love the

01:12:43.149 --> 01:12:45.260
word tariff . You know we're becoming

01:12:45.260 --> 01:12:47.316
rich as hell . We have a big case in

01:12:47.316 --> 01:12:49.482
front of the Supreme Court , but I , I

01:12:49.482 --> 01:12:51.427
can't imagine because this is what

01:12:51.427 --> 01:12:53.593
other nations have done to us , and we

01:12:53.593 --> 01:12:55.816
have , you know , great legal grounds ,

01:12:55.816 --> 01:12:57.927
but you still have a case it would be

01:12:57.927 --> 01:13:00.038
very bad . Something happened , but I

01:13:00.038 --> 01:13:03.259
said . My favorite word . In the

01:13:03.259 --> 01:13:05.620
English dictionary is the word tariff ,

01:13:05.700 --> 01:13:07.811
and people thought that was strange ,

01:13:07.939 --> 01:13:09.995
and the fake news came over and they

01:13:09.995 --> 01:13:12.161
really hit me hard on it . They said ,

01:13:12.161 --> 01:13:14.383
what about love , what about religion ,

01:13:14.383 --> 01:13:16.328
what about God ? What about wife ,

01:13:16.328 --> 01:13:19.129
family ? I got killed when I said

01:13:19.129 --> 01:13:21.089
tariff is my favorite word , so I

01:13:21.089 --> 01:13:23.422
changed , it's now my 5th favorite word ,

01:13:23.810 --> 01:13:26.609
and I'm OK with that . I'm OK with that .

01:13:27.370 --> 01:13:29.750
But they hit me hard , but it is . I

01:13:29.750 --> 01:13:31.861
mean , when you look at , we've taken

01:13:31.861 --> 01:13:34.410
in trillions of dollars . We're rich ,

01:13:34.830 --> 01:13:36.979
rich again , and they'll never be ,

01:13:37.390 --> 01:13:39.334
when we finish this out , there'll

01:13:39.334 --> 01:13:41.939
never be any wealth like what we have .

01:13:42.350 --> 01:13:44.461
Other countries were taking advantage

01:13:44.461 --> 01:13:46.517
of us for years and years , you know

01:13:46.517 --> 01:13:48.461
that better than anybody . And now

01:13:48.461 --> 01:13:51.350
we're treating them fairly , but the

01:13:51.350 --> 01:13:53.350
money coming in is we've never seen

01:13:53.350 --> 01:13:55.461
anything like it . The other day they

01:13:55.461 --> 01:13:57.461
had $31 billion that they found $31

01:13:57.461 --> 01:14:00.890
billion . So we found $31 billion and

01:14:00.890 --> 01:14:03.689
we're not sure from where it came . A

01:14:03.689 --> 01:14:06.759
gentleman came in a financial guy . I

01:14:06.759 --> 01:14:09.359
said , Well , what does that mean ? He

01:14:09.359 --> 01:14:11.526
said , we don't know where it came . I

01:14:11.526 --> 01:14:13.879
said , check the tariff shelf . No ,

01:14:14.000 --> 01:14:16.056
sir , the tariffs haven't started in

01:14:16.056 --> 01:14:18.333
that sector yet . I said yes they have .

01:14:18.333 --> 01:14:20.444
They started 7 weeks ago . Check it ,

01:14:20.520 --> 01:14:22.576
comes back 20 minutes , sir , you're

01:14:22.576 --> 01:14:26.000
right , it came from tariffs , $31

01:14:26.000 --> 01:14:28.222
billion . That's enough to buy a lot of

01:14:28.222 --> 01:14:31.500
battleships , Admiral . To use an old

01:14:31.500 --> 01:14:33.556
term , I think we should maybe start

01:14:33.556 --> 01:14:35.889
thinking about battleships , by the way .

01:14:35.889 --> 01:14:38.000
You know , we have a Secretary of the

01:14:38.000 --> 01:14:40.111
Navy came to me because I look at the

01:14:40.111 --> 01:14:42.299
Iowa out in California and I look at ,

01:14:42.870 --> 01:14:45.200
uh , different ships and the old

01:14:45.200 --> 01:14:47.311
pictures . I used to watch Victory at

01:14:47.311 --> 01:14:49.422
Sea . I love Victory at Sea . Look at

01:14:49.422 --> 01:14:51.644
these admirals . It's gotta be your all

01:14:51.644 --> 01:14:53.811
time for black and white . When I look

01:14:53.811 --> 01:14:55.811
at those ships , they came with the

01:14:55.811 --> 01:14:57.922
destroyers alongside of them and mean

01:14:57.922 --> 01:15:00.089
nothing was going to stop . There were

01:15:00.089 --> 01:15:02.311
2 deep and they were in a straight line

01:15:02.311 --> 01:15:04.311
and there was nothing going to stop

01:15:04.311 --> 01:15:06.422
them , and we actually talked about ,

01:15:06.422 --> 01:15:08.367
you know , those ships , uh , some

01:15:08.367 --> 01:15:10.311
people would say , no , that's old

01:15:10.311 --> 01:15:12.311
technology . I don't know . I don't

01:15:12.311 --> 01:15:14.533
think it's old technology when you look

01:15:14.533 --> 01:15:16.478
at those guns , but it's something

01:15:16.478 --> 01:15:16.129
we're actually considering the concept

01:15:16.129 --> 01:15:19.609
of battleship . A 6-inch side solid

01:15:19.609 --> 01:15:22.569
steel , not aluminum , aluminum that

01:15:22.569 --> 01:15:24.680
melts if it looks at a missile coming

01:15:24.680 --> 01:15:26.847
at it , starts melting as the missiles

01:15:26.847 --> 01:15:29.589
about 2 miles away . Now those ships ,

01:15:29.669 --> 01:15:31.891
they don't make them that way anymore ,

01:15:31.891 --> 01:15:34.002
but you look at it and your secretary

01:15:34.002 --> 01:15:36.569
likes it and I'm I'm sort of open to it

01:15:37.390 --> 01:15:39.446
and bullets are a lot less expensive

01:15:39.446 --> 01:15:42.069
than missiles , a lot of reasons I

01:15:42.069 --> 01:15:44.236
should take a vote , but I'm afraid to

01:15:44.236 --> 01:15:46.402
take that vote because I may get voted

01:15:46.402 --> 01:15:48.513
out on that one , but I tell you it's

01:15:48.513 --> 01:15:50.236
it's something we're seriously

01:15:50.236 --> 01:15:52.549
considering . There uh there were

01:15:52.549 --> 01:15:54.660
powers , there were big powers , they

01:15:54.660 --> 01:15:58.390
were just about as uh mean and scary as

01:15:58.390 --> 01:16:01.220
you could be . So we're looking at that .

01:16:01.339 --> 01:16:03.919
One of the biggest cases that we won

01:16:03.919 --> 01:16:06.030
was the decision of the United States

01:16:06.030 --> 01:16:08.197
Supreme Court to allow us to proceed .

01:16:08.990 --> 01:16:12.750
On the word merit , merit , so those

01:16:12.750 --> 01:16:15.129
two words are right up there . So this

01:16:15.129 --> 01:16:17.479
is , I would say the opposite if you

01:16:17.479 --> 01:16:20.109
ask for a definition , the opposite of

01:16:20.109 --> 01:16:23.899
political correctness . We went through

01:16:23.899 --> 01:16:27.169
political correct where You had to have

01:16:27.169 --> 01:16:29.225
people that were totally unfit to be

01:16:29.225 --> 01:16:31.058
doing what you're doing for many

01:16:31.058 --> 01:16:33.280
reasons I won't get into them , but for

01:16:33.280 --> 01:16:35.359
many reasons they were unfit . Now ,

01:16:36.089 --> 01:16:38.689
It's all based on merit . There was

01:16:38.689 --> 01:16:40.578
such an unbelievable decision . I

01:16:40.578 --> 01:16:42.856
didn't expect we're gonna win that one .

01:16:42.856 --> 01:16:44.856
We went in , we said we needed . We

01:16:44.856 --> 01:16:47.189
went in for colleges , you know , we're .

01:16:47.439 --> 01:16:49.606
Kids with a C average are getting into

01:16:49.606 --> 01:16:52.160
the best colleges and the kids with A

01:16:52.160 --> 01:16:54.479
averages won't get in , and kids with

01:16:54.479 --> 01:16:56.423
the highest boards and the highest

01:16:56.423 --> 01:16:58.535
marks and the best marks couldn't get

01:16:58.535 --> 01:17:00.646
into the best schools and people that

01:17:00.646 --> 01:17:03.229
had not good boards and not very good

01:17:03.229 --> 01:17:05.118
marks , I mean , OK , but nothing

01:17:05.118 --> 01:17:07.173
special . They were getting into our

01:17:07.173 --> 01:17:09.285
best colleges . I said , this is just

01:17:09.285 --> 01:17:11.451
crazy . We can't run , you can't run a

01:17:11.451 --> 01:17:14.120
country like this , and it's , it was

01:17:14.120 --> 01:17:17.600
lingering for years and It got to the

01:17:17.600 --> 01:17:19.878
Supreme Court and we won that decision .

01:17:19.878 --> 01:17:22.100
Merritt , everything's based on merit .

01:17:22.100 --> 01:17:24.211
You're all based on merit . We're not

01:17:24.211 --> 01:17:26.322
gonna have somebody taking your place

01:17:26.322 --> 01:17:28.640
for political reasons because uh they

01:17:28.640 --> 01:17:31.759
are politically correct and you're not .

01:17:33.040 --> 01:17:35.262
We take the people that are going to do

01:17:35.262 --> 01:17:37.540
the best job , and so it's very simple ,

01:17:37.540 --> 01:17:39.484
and that's the way our country was

01:17:39.484 --> 01:17:41.707
built . We were built on merit . We got

01:17:41.707 --> 01:17:43.979
away from it for a long time . And

01:17:43.990 --> 01:17:46.709
everyone understands it and It was done .

01:17:46.830 --> 01:17:49.049
It was approved . I give great credit

01:17:49.049 --> 01:17:51.216
to the Supreme Court because I thought

01:17:51.216 --> 01:17:53.382
they had tremendous courage . I didn't

01:17:53.382 --> 01:17:55.160
think they'd do that . That was

01:17:55.160 --> 01:17:57.470
tremendous . I give them maybe for that

01:17:57.470 --> 01:17:59.414
decision almost more than anything

01:17:59.414 --> 01:18:01.779
because it's a hard decision to make .

01:18:01.830 --> 01:18:04.350
It's really hard . The apparatus of our

01:18:04.350 --> 01:18:07.069
country was not set up for merit . It

01:18:07.069 --> 01:18:10.060
was set up for political correctness ,

01:18:10.669 --> 01:18:13.160
and you can never be great . If you're

01:18:13.160 --> 01:18:15.271
going to do that , and we're going to

01:18:15.271 --> 01:18:17.382
be greater than we ever were before .

01:18:17.560 --> 01:18:20.430
We're bringing back a focus on fitness ,

01:18:20.479 --> 01:18:22.535
ability , character , and strength ,

01:18:22.535 --> 01:18:25.310
and that's because the purposes of the

01:18:25.310 --> 01:18:27.870
American military is not to protect

01:18:27.870 --> 01:18:30.459
anyone's feelings , it's to protect our

01:18:30.459 --> 01:18:33.029
republic , and it's the republic that

01:18:33.029 --> 01:18:35.085
we dearly love . It's to protect our

01:18:35.085 --> 01:18:37.500
country . We will not be

01:18:38.540 --> 01:18:40.596
politically correct when it comes to

01:18:40.596 --> 01:18:43.060
defending American freedom , and we

01:18:43.060 --> 01:18:45.338
will be a fighting and winning machine .

01:18:45.338 --> 01:18:47.560
We want to fight . We want to win , and

01:18:47.560 --> 01:18:49.838
we want to fight as little as possible .

01:18:49.838 --> 01:18:52.004
You have to count on people like me to

01:18:52.004 --> 01:18:51.470
keep you out of wars because we don't

01:18:51.470 --> 01:18:53.692
want to go into wars . Many of the wars

01:18:53.692 --> 01:18:55.803
that I just told you about , we could

01:18:55.803 --> 01:18:57.803
have entered those wars and settled

01:18:57.803 --> 01:19:00.026
them in a different way , lose a lot of

01:19:00.026 --> 01:19:02.200
our troops . And uh we could settle

01:19:02.200 --> 01:19:04.478
them , I guess differently , maybe not ,

01:19:04.478 --> 01:19:06.644
actually , actually you might not have

01:19:06.644 --> 01:19:08.589
been able to settle them , we just

01:19:08.589 --> 01:19:10.756
would have been in the middle of a lot

01:19:10.756 --> 01:19:13.270
of , a lot of firepower . But uh but

01:19:13.270 --> 01:19:15.492
when we do need it , you're going to be

01:19:15.492 --> 01:19:18.540
so ready . And you know it , but very

01:19:18.540 --> 01:19:20.850
importantly , with that goal in mind ,

01:19:20.939 --> 01:19:23.240
I've committed to spending over

01:19:23.240 --> 01:19:26.689
$1 trillion on our military in

01:19:26.689 --> 01:19:29.569
2026 , and that's the most in the

01:19:29.569 --> 01:19:31.736
history of our country . $1 trillion .

01:19:31.736 --> 01:19:33.958
That's a lot of money . I hope you like

01:19:33.958 --> 01:19:36.520
that . Ma'ams and sirs , I hope you

01:19:36.520 --> 01:19:39.069
like it . That's a hell of a lot of

01:19:39.069 --> 01:19:41.347
money . We have the best of everything .

01:19:41.629 --> 01:19:43.390
Every branch is seeing major

01:19:43.390 --> 01:19:46.109
investments and as I announced in the

01:19:46.109 --> 01:19:48.750
Oval Office in March , we are rapidly

01:19:48.750 --> 01:19:51.620
moving forward with the first ever 6th

01:19:51.620 --> 01:19:53.787
generation fighter jet . I didn't name

01:19:53.787 --> 01:19:57.180
it . I did not name it . Boeing came in

01:19:57.180 --> 01:19:59.169
and they said , Sir , this is our

01:19:59.169 --> 01:20:01.470
submittal . It's the greatest fighting

01:20:01.470 --> 01:20:03.950
jet ever done , and you know they're

01:20:03.950 --> 01:20:05.894
testing all these planes , all the

01:20:05.894 --> 01:20:07.839
companies are testing and this one

01:20:07.839 --> 01:20:10.061
tested like through the roof . And they

01:20:10.061 --> 01:20:13.520
said we'd like to name it the F-47 . I

01:20:13.520 --> 01:20:16.020
said , let me think about it . Then

01:20:16.020 --> 01:20:18.187
after thinking for about 2 seconds , I

01:20:18.187 --> 01:20:21.509
said , OK . You know , that means 47

01:20:21.509 --> 01:20:25.310
and 47 , so I'm 45 , 46 , and 47 , you

01:20:25.310 --> 01:20:27.421
know , if you think about it , I just

01:20:27.421 --> 01:20:30.220
don't want the credit for 46 . I don't

01:20:30.220 --> 01:20:33.209
want to have their uh open borders and

01:20:33.459 --> 01:20:35.403
people coming in from all over the

01:20:35.403 --> 01:20:37.237
world including jails and mental

01:20:37.237 --> 01:20:39.237
institute . I don't want that on my

01:20:39.237 --> 01:20:41.515
record , but I like , I like having it .

01:20:41.515 --> 01:20:43.589
We're investing tens of billions of

01:20:43.589 --> 01:20:45.629
dollars in modernizing our nuclear

01:20:45.629 --> 01:20:47.859
deterrence capabilities like never

01:20:47.859 --> 01:20:50.189
before , and we've begun construction

01:20:50.189 --> 01:20:52.411
on what we call the Golden Dome missile

01:20:52.411 --> 01:20:54.356
defense shield . It'll be the most

01:20:54.356 --> 01:20:56.189
sophisticated in the world . You

01:20:56.189 --> 01:20:58.356
watched it do well until they had some

01:20:58.356 --> 01:21:01.029
problems at the end with a little bit

01:21:01.029 --> 01:21:03.080
of a lack of .

01:21:03.990 --> 01:21:07.189
Ammunition , defensive ammunition , but

01:21:07.580 --> 01:21:09.930
they've got that taken care of . But I

01:21:09.930 --> 01:21:12.220
tell you it's uh what we're doing is so

01:21:12.220 --> 01:21:14.498
good and we deserve it , you know , we ,

01:21:14.498 --> 01:21:16.553
we help other countries with it , we

01:21:16.553 --> 01:21:18.609
don't have it ourselves . And Canada

01:21:18.609 --> 01:21:20.776
called me a couple of weeks ago . They

01:21:20.776 --> 01:21:23.109
want to be part of it . To which I said ,

01:21:23.109 --> 01:21:25.053
well , why don't you just join our

01:21:25.053 --> 01:21:27.109
country , you become 51 , become the

01:21:27.109 --> 01:21:29.479
51st state , and you get it for free .

01:21:30.750 --> 01:21:33.589
So I don't know if that made a big

01:21:33.589 --> 01:21:35.533
impact , but it does make a lot of

01:21:35.533 --> 01:21:37.533
sense . It actually because they're

01:21:37.533 --> 01:21:39.645
having a hard time up there in Canada

01:21:39.645 --> 01:21:41.922
now because as you know , with tariffs ,

01:21:41.922 --> 01:21:44.145
everyone's coming into our country . We

01:21:44.145 --> 01:21:46.200
have more investment than we've ever

01:21:46.200 --> 01:21:48.311
had before . $17 trillion coming in .

01:21:48.311 --> 01:21:50.310
As an example , in 4 years , Biden

01:21:50.310 --> 01:21:53.970
didn't have $1 trillion . We have $17

01:21:53.970 --> 01:21:56.370
trillion more than that in 8 months

01:21:56.370 --> 01:21:58.930
coming in . And they're coming in from

01:21:58.930 --> 01:22:00.986
Canada , Mexico , from Europe , from

01:22:00.986 --> 01:22:03.879
all over , AI auto plants ,

01:22:04.770 --> 01:22:06.881
everybody's coming back to the United

01:22:06.881 --> 01:22:09.430
States . Under my budget , we will be

01:22:09.430 --> 01:22:12.319
expanding the US Navy by at least 19

01:22:12.319 --> 01:22:14.597
ships next year , including submarines ,

01:22:14.597 --> 01:22:16.819
destroyers , assault ships , and more ,

01:22:16.819 --> 01:22:18.819
and it's going to be much more than

01:22:18.819 --> 01:22:20.541
that as we go along because we

01:22:20.541 --> 01:22:22.652
basically don't build ships anymore .

01:22:22.652 --> 01:22:24.652
We do build submarines but we don't

01:22:24.652 --> 01:22:27.759
build . Ships , you know , in the , uh ,

01:22:27.770 --> 01:22:29.992
Second World War , they were freighters

01:22:29.992 --> 01:22:32.214
and different types , but we were doing

01:22:32.214 --> 01:22:34.159
a ship a day . And now we don't do

01:22:34.159 --> 01:22:36.709
ships . And I'm not a fan of some of

01:22:36.709 --> 01:22:38.931
the ships you do . I'm a very aesthetic

01:22:38.931 --> 01:22:40.931
person and I don't like some of the

01:22:40.931 --> 01:22:43.189
ships you're doing aesthetically . They

01:22:43.189 --> 01:22:45.133
say , oh , it's stealth , they say

01:22:45.133 --> 01:22:47.240
that's , that's uh . An ugly ship is

01:22:47.240 --> 01:22:51.169
not necessary in order to say you're

01:22:51.169 --> 01:22:53.336
stealth . By the way , the B-2 bombers

01:22:53.336 --> 01:22:55.336
were incredible . That is stealth .

01:22:55.336 --> 01:22:57.750
They went into that . I was with

01:22:58.399 --> 01:23:01.759
General Kane and Pete were in the , we

01:23:01.759 --> 01:23:04.000
call it the war room , but we're

01:23:04.000 --> 01:23:05.889
watching them go in and they were

01:23:05.889 --> 01:23:08.167
totally untouched . They were not seen .

01:23:08.167 --> 01:23:10.167
They were literally not seen . They

01:23:10.167 --> 01:23:12.222
dropped their bombs . They hit every

01:23:12.222 --> 01:23:14.389
single one of them hit its target . It

01:23:14.389 --> 01:23:16.556
was total obliteration . CNN , when we

01:23:16.556 --> 01:23:18.770
came back , fake news CNN , oh , the

01:23:18.770 --> 01:23:21.290
camera just went off , you know , the

01:23:21.290 --> 01:23:23.512
camera , every time I mention they turn

01:23:23.512 --> 01:23:25.790
the camera off because it's never good .

01:23:25.790 --> 01:23:27.790
They said this is a problem , but I

01:23:27.790 --> 01:23:29.846
don't blame them . You're better off

01:23:29.846 --> 01:23:32.012
keeping it off . But uh they they have

01:23:32.012 --> 01:23:34.370
some scammer reporter who started

01:23:34.370 --> 01:23:36.830
saying without any knowledge that he

01:23:36.830 --> 01:23:39.209
may not have hit the targets as well as

01:23:39.209 --> 01:23:41.089
they thought . It may not be an

01:23:41.089 --> 01:23:43.311
obliteration . He did hit the targets ,

01:23:43.311 --> 01:23:45.645
and they got to give us a little credit ,

01:23:45.645 --> 01:23:47.867
right ? It was obliteration . It turned

01:23:47.867 --> 01:23:49.978
out the Atomic Energy Commission said

01:23:49.978 --> 01:23:52.089
it was obliterate . They not only did

01:23:52.089 --> 01:23:54.145
they hit the target , they had these

01:23:54.145 --> 01:23:56.367
shoots and think of this here way up in

01:23:56.367 --> 01:23:58.422
the sky . There was no moon . It was

01:23:58.422 --> 01:24:01.430
dead dark , couldn't see a thing . You

01:24:01.430 --> 01:24:04.000
couldn't see them , but they had , I

01:24:04.000 --> 01:24:06.111
guess , a beam going right into these

01:24:06.111 --> 01:24:08.056
chutes . Every single one of those

01:24:08.056 --> 01:24:10.278
bombs went right down those chutes into

01:24:10.278 --> 01:24:12.389
a granite mountain . I think it's the

01:24:12.389 --> 01:24:14.278
last time they're gonna build air

01:24:14.278 --> 01:24:16.500
chutes . They had these air chutes that

01:24:16.500 --> 01:24:18.722
were nice , beautiful . They were meant

01:24:18.722 --> 01:24:20.889
for us , but it was total obliteration

01:24:20.910 --> 01:24:23.077
and now they give us credit for that .

01:24:23.077 --> 01:24:25.132
But these people were phenomenal . I

01:24:25.132 --> 01:24:27.132
tell you , for the Air Force people

01:24:27.132 --> 01:24:29.299
here , uh , you can be very proud that

01:24:29.299 --> 01:24:31.577
B we just ordered a lot of uh new ones ,

01:24:31.629 --> 01:24:35.180
new ones and , uh , updated ones ,

01:24:35.189 --> 01:24:37.470
but I'd be , I'd take the other ones ,

01:24:37.549 --> 01:24:39.605
let me tell you , they couldn't have

01:24:39.605 --> 01:24:41.771
worked any better . So they flew for .

01:24:41.939 --> 01:24:45.700
37 hours total back and forth , no

01:24:45.700 --> 01:24:47.867
stops , no nothing . We had 52 tankers

01:24:47.867 --> 01:24:50.299
loading them up . And that's a job I

01:24:50.299 --> 01:24:52.243
wouldn't necessarily want too much

01:24:52.243 --> 01:24:54.466
flying a tanker loaded up with hundreds

01:24:54.466 --> 01:24:56.819
of thousands of gallons of fuel . I

01:24:56.819 --> 01:24:59.859
don't know if I'd do that . I asked the

01:24:59.859 --> 01:25:02.081
question , what happens if it gets it ,

01:25:02.081 --> 01:25:04.415
sir ? You don't want to know about that ,

01:25:04.415 --> 01:25:06.748
right ? I don't want to know about that .

01:25:06.748 --> 01:25:08.803
But those guys , they just hear us .

01:25:08.803 --> 01:25:08.419
They're incredible . I had them all to

01:25:08.419 --> 01:25:11.700
the Oval Office . We had the B-2 pilots

01:25:11.700 --> 01:25:13.644
and a lot of the people , even the

01:25:13.644 --> 01:25:15.756
people that . took care of them , the

01:25:15.756 --> 01:25:17.922
maintenance people just as important .

01:25:17.922 --> 01:25:19.978
We had them all to the White House ,

01:25:19.978 --> 01:25:21.922
gave him a big party on the lawn ,

01:25:21.922 --> 01:25:23.867
brought some of them into the Oval

01:25:23.867 --> 01:25:26.089
Office . But on top of all this , we'll

01:25:26.089 --> 01:25:28.490
deliver a hard earned pay raise of 3.8%

01:25:28.490 --> 01:25:30.546
to every soldier , sailor , airman ,

01:25:30.729 --> 01:25:33.209
Coast Guardsmen , space guardsmen , and

01:25:33.209 --> 01:25:35.431
Marines , something you weren't getting

01:25:35.431 --> 01:25:37.653
from the past administration . They did

01:25:37.653 --> 01:25:39.709
not treat you with respect . They're

01:25:39.709 --> 01:25:41.765
Democrats . They never do . Not only

01:25:41.765 --> 01:25:43.931
are we rebuilding our great strength ,

01:25:43.931 --> 01:25:46.109
but for the first time in years , my

01:25:46.109 --> 01:25:48.220
administration is actually using that

01:25:48.220 --> 01:25:50.331
strength to defend the core and vital

01:25:50.331 --> 01:25:52.498
interests of America and very simply ,

01:25:52.498 --> 01:25:54.553
we are putting America first , and I

01:25:54.553 --> 01:25:56.553
have since I've been elected , I've

01:25:56.553 --> 01:25:58.776
always put America first . It's sort of

01:25:58.776 --> 01:26:00.998
simple , you know , when you think it's

01:26:00.998 --> 01:26:03.220
my campaign was run on common sense and

01:26:03.560 --> 01:26:05.616
we did great . We've got the highest

01:26:05.616 --> 01:26:09.359
numbers . ever received in terms of uh

01:26:09.850 --> 01:26:11.850
districts , you know , they have it

01:26:11.850 --> 01:26:14.569
broken up 2500 versus

01:26:14.569 --> 01:26:18.540
525 . We want every swing state ,

01:26:18.709 --> 01:26:20.799
we won the popular vote . We want

01:26:20.799 --> 01:26:22.910
everything . We want everything . You

01:26:22.910 --> 01:26:25.021
have to take a look at the map . It's

01:26:25.021 --> 01:26:27.188
almost entirely red , except there's a

01:26:27.188 --> 01:26:29.355
little blue line on each coast , and I

01:26:29.355 --> 01:26:31.466
think that's gonna disappear too . We

01:26:31.466 --> 01:26:33.410
did really great and part of it is

01:26:33.410 --> 01:26:35.188
because of our success with the

01:26:35.188 --> 01:26:37.021
military , the rebuilding of the

01:26:37.021 --> 01:26:39.243
military , the vote that I got from the

01:26:39.243 --> 01:26:41.299
military , and they were the vicious

01:26:41.299 --> 01:26:43.299
people , you know , that we have to

01:26:43.299 --> 01:26:42.770
fight , just like you have to fight

01:26:42.770 --> 01:26:45.049
vicious people , mine are different , a

01:26:45.049 --> 01:26:47.970
different kind of vicious . But they

01:26:47.970 --> 01:26:50.137
spread all these horrible , you know ,

01:26:50.137 --> 01:26:52.359
they made up statements and said what I

01:26:52.359 --> 01:26:54.414
said about everything but even about

01:26:54.414 --> 01:26:56.359
the military , but fortunately the

01:26:56.359 --> 01:26:58.637
military didn't believe it . It's hard ,

01:26:58.637 --> 01:27:00.859
you know , they make up a statement and

01:27:00.859 --> 01:27:03.026
they said , you say , we had 25 people

01:27:03.026 --> 01:27:05.192
that said he never said that we had 25

01:27:05.192 --> 01:27:07.192
affidavits . And they said , well ,

01:27:07.192 --> 01:27:09.414
we're going with it anyway , you know ,

01:27:09.414 --> 01:27:11.359
these sleaze bags . That's why the

01:27:11.359 --> 01:27:13.192
press is really losing all power

01:27:13.192 --> 01:27:15.414
because people aren't believing it . We

01:27:15.414 --> 01:27:17.692
need an honest press . We need borders .

01:27:17.692 --> 01:27:19.692
We need borders . We need an honest

01:27:19.692 --> 01:27:21.748
press . We need fair elections , and

01:27:21.748 --> 01:27:23.914
those three things , and we don't have

01:27:23.914 --> 01:27:25.859
an honest press . We have a really

01:27:25.859 --> 01:27:27.914
corrupt press , but we fight through

01:27:27.914 --> 01:27:29.859
the corrupt press , and the people

01:27:29.859 --> 01:27:32.026
understand you have to do this stuff a

01:27:32.026 --> 01:27:34.081
lot . You have to go on television a

01:27:34.081 --> 01:27:33.700
lot because you can't get a fair shake

01:27:33.700 --> 01:27:35.700
if you're going to rely on somebody

01:27:35.700 --> 01:27:37.490
else . They just , they don't

01:27:37.490 --> 01:27:39.434
understand . They've destroyed the

01:27:39.434 --> 01:27:41.434
image of media now is at the lowest

01:27:41.434 --> 01:27:44.250
point it's ever been . It's lower than

01:27:44.250 --> 01:27:46.417
Congress . Can you believe that ? It's

01:27:46.417 --> 01:27:48.790
something . But together with many of

01:27:48.790 --> 01:27:50.899
you in the room , we've brought back

01:27:50.899 --> 01:27:53.189
the fundamental principle that

01:27:53.189 --> 01:27:54.856
defending the homeland is the

01:27:54.856 --> 01:27:56.856
military's first and most important

01:27:56.856 --> 01:27:59.509
priority . That's what it is . Only in

01:27:59.509 --> 01:28:01.700
recent decades did politicians somehow

01:28:01.700 --> 01:28:03.644
come to believe that our job is to

01:28:03.644 --> 01:28:06.109
police the far reaches of Kenya and

01:28:06.109 --> 01:28:09.189
Somalia while America is under invasion

01:28:09.189 --> 01:28:11.870
from within . We're under invasion from

01:28:11.870 --> 01:28:15.390
within . No different than a

01:28:15.399 --> 01:28:19.109
foreign . enemy , but more difficult in

01:28:19.109 --> 01:28:20.998
many ways because they don't wear

01:28:20.998 --> 01:28:22.831
uniforms . At least when they're

01:28:22.831 --> 01:28:24.942
wearing a uniform , you can take them

01:28:24.942 --> 01:28:27.220
out , these people don't have uniforms .

01:28:27.220 --> 01:28:29.442
But we are under invasion from within .

01:28:29.442 --> 01:28:31.609
We're stopping it very quickly . After

01:28:31.609 --> 01:28:33.831
spending trillions of dollars defending

01:28:33.831 --> 01:28:36.053
the borders of foreign countries , with

01:28:36.053 --> 01:28:38.276
your help , we're defending the borders

01:28:38.450 --> 01:28:41.689
of our country from now on . We're not

01:28:41.689 --> 01:28:43.745
going to let this happen . Biden let

01:28:43.745 --> 01:28:45.890
people come in from prisons , mental

01:28:45.890 --> 01:28:49.479
institutions , drug dealers . Murderers ,

01:28:49.930 --> 01:28:53.680
you know , we had 11,488 murderers

01:28:54.209 --> 01:28:56.265
allowed into our country by this guy

01:28:56.265 --> 01:28:58.649
who had no clue . He had no clue .

01:29:00.140 --> 01:29:02.140
He shouldn't have been there in the

01:29:02.140 --> 01:29:04.307
first place , but he had no clue . The

01:29:04.307 --> 01:29:07.580
people that ran the the office . The

01:29:07.580 --> 01:29:09.700
White House where people that

01:29:09.700 --> 01:29:12.089
surrounded him , radical left lunatics

01:29:12.899 --> 01:29:15.700
that are brilliant people , but dumb as

01:29:15.700 --> 01:29:17.867
hell when it came to policy and common

01:29:17.867 --> 01:29:20.759
sense . And uh they allowed people from

01:29:20.759 --> 01:29:22.870
all over the world , from the Congo ,

01:29:22.890 --> 01:29:25.100
they opened up prisons in the Congo .

01:29:25.529 --> 01:29:28.120
They came into our country totally .

01:29:29.100 --> 01:29:32.100
Unmatched , unvetted , unchecked . And ,

01:29:32.109 --> 01:29:34.680
uh , from all over South America , not

01:29:34.680 --> 01:29:36.680
just South America , you know , you

01:29:36.680 --> 01:29:38.902
think South America , no , but from all

01:29:38.902 --> 01:29:41.013
over , a lot came in from Venezuela .

01:29:41.013 --> 01:29:43.236
Venezuela emptied its prison population

01:29:43.236 --> 01:29:45.458
into our country . That's why they have

01:29:45.458 --> 01:29:47.513
Trenderagua , one of the worst gangs

01:29:47.513 --> 01:29:50.600
ever . But we took care of them . We

01:29:50.600 --> 01:29:52.759
took good strong care of them , and I

01:29:52.759 --> 01:29:54.870
just want to thank the National Guard

01:29:54.870 --> 01:29:57.759
in Washington DC . It was , it's

01:29:57.759 --> 01:29:59.926
embarrassing to say this now I can say

01:29:59.926 --> 01:30:01.592
it because we solved it , but

01:30:01.592 --> 01:30:03.790
Washington DC was the most unsafe ,

01:30:03.939 --> 01:30:06.040
most dangerous city in the United

01:30:06.040 --> 01:30:08.919
States of America and to a large extent

01:30:08.919 --> 01:30:11.790
beyond and beyond that . Go to some ,

01:30:11.870 --> 01:30:13.870
you go to Afghanistan , they didn't

01:30:13.870 --> 01:30:15.870
have anything like that . You go to

01:30:15.870 --> 01:30:18.037
countries that you would think there's

01:30:18.037 --> 01:30:20.410
problems . And now Washington DC after

01:30:20.410 --> 01:30:23.859
12 days . Of serious ,

01:30:24.470 --> 01:30:28.180
serious intensity . We took out 1700

01:30:28.180 --> 01:30:31.140
career criminals . If you have 5 career

01:30:31.140 --> 01:30:33.307
criminals , they can make your numbers

01:30:33.307 --> 01:30:35.379
look very bad because they'll commit

01:30:35.379 --> 01:30:37.700
many crimes a day , but we took out

01:30:37.700 --> 01:30:39.922
1700 and they took them out . There was

01:30:39.922 --> 01:30:42.470
no doubt who the boss was . They did an

01:30:42.470 --> 01:30:44.526
unbelievable job . Then they started

01:30:44.526 --> 01:30:46.637
even cleaning . I said , I don't want

01:30:46.637 --> 01:30:48.637
them doing that , sir . They , they

01:30:48.637 --> 01:30:50.526
were cleaning it up . I , I drove

01:30:50.526 --> 01:30:52.359
through it two days ago . It was

01:30:52.359 --> 01:30:54.581
beautiful . People are walking down the

01:30:54.581 --> 01:30:56.581
street holding hands , man and wife

01:30:56.581 --> 01:30:56.490
coming from Iowa . They're not worried

01:30:56.490 --> 01:30:59.569
about being shot . Washington DC is now

01:30:59.569 --> 01:31:01.810
a safe city . In fact , I went out to

01:31:01.810 --> 01:31:04.319
dinner with my crew . I I haven't done

01:31:04.319 --> 01:31:07.399
that in theory , I wouldn't do it . And

01:31:07.399 --> 01:31:10.600
I felt totally safe and nobody's been

01:31:10.600 --> 01:31:12.378
attacked . Nobody's been hurt .

01:31:12.378 --> 01:31:15.140
Washington DC went from our most unsafe

01:31:15.879 --> 01:31:18.680
city to just about our safest city in a

01:31:18.680 --> 01:31:20.910
period of a month . We had it under

01:31:20.910 --> 01:31:23.600
control in 12 days , but give us

01:31:23.600 --> 01:31:26.910
another 1516 days . It's perfect .

01:31:27.470 --> 01:31:29.637
And people other than politicians that

01:31:29.637 --> 01:31:31.803
look bad , they think , you know , the

01:31:31.803 --> 01:31:33.930
the Democrats run most of the cities

01:31:33.930 --> 01:31:35.986
that are in bad shape . We have many

01:31:35.986 --> 01:31:38.263
cities in great shape too , by the way ,

01:31:38.263 --> 01:31:40.430
I want you to know that . But it seems

01:31:40.430 --> 01:31:42.319
that the ones that are run by the

01:31:42.319 --> 01:31:44.263
radical left Democrats , uh , what

01:31:44.263 --> 01:31:46.629
they've done to San Francisco , Chicago ,

01:31:47.279 --> 01:31:50.240
New York , Los Angeles , they're very

01:31:50.240 --> 01:31:52.184
unsafe places , and we're going to

01:31:52.184 --> 01:31:54.240
straighten them out one by one , and

01:31:54.240 --> 01:31:56.296
this is going to be a major part for

01:31:56.296 --> 01:31:58.184
some of the people in this room .

01:31:58.184 --> 01:32:00.129
That's a war too . It's a war from

01:32:00.129 --> 01:32:02.018
within . Controlling the physical

01:32:02.018 --> 01:32:04.240
territory of our border is essential to

01:32:04.240 --> 01:32:06.407
national security . We can't let these

01:32:06.407 --> 01:32:08.629
people in . You know , we had no people

01:32:08.629 --> 01:32:11.569
enter in the last 4 months , 0 . Even I

01:32:11.569 --> 01:32:13.736
can't believe that , you know , we had

01:32:13.736 --> 01:32:15.791
millions coming in , pouring in , 25

01:32:15.791 --> 01:32:17.970
million all told , and of those 25

01:32:17.970 --> 01:32:20.137
million , many of them should never be

01:32:20.137 --> 01:32:22.303
in our country . They would take their

01:32:22.303 --> 01:32:24.248
worst people and their people from

01:32:24.248 --> 01:32:26.470
prisons and jail and they put them in a

01:32:26.470 --> 01:32:28.540
caravan and they walk up . CNN was

01:32:28.540 --> 01:32:30.790
interviewing one person . Oh , why are

01:32:30.790 --> 01:32:33.180
you coming ? I want freedom . Good .

01:32:33.509 --> 01:32:36.299
Were you in jail ? Yes , for what ?

01:32:36.509 --> 01:32:39.560
Murder . I said you're in , you had to

01:32:39.560 --> 01:32:42.439
see this anchor , a young woman . She's

01:32:42.439 --> 01:32:44.279
like , I couldn't believe she'll

01:32:44.279 --> 01:32:47.600
probably lose her job , but because the

01:32:47.600 --> 01:32:49.879
left doesn't want to hear that , but

01:32:49.879 --> 01:32:52.046
we're running it based on common sense

01:32:52.046 --> 01:32:54.212
and based on love of our country . But

01:32:54.212 --> 01:32:56.323
I want to salute every service member

01:32:56.323 --> 01:32:58.157
who has helped us carry out this

01:32:58.157 --> 01:33:00.268
critical mission . It's really a very

01:33:00.268 --> 01:33:02.435
important mission , and I told Pete we

01:33:02.435 --> 01:33:04.379
should use some of these dangerous

01:33:04.379 --> 01:33:06.435
cities as training grounds for . Our

01:33:06.435 --> 01:33:08.712
military National Guard , but military .

01:33:09.120 --> 01:33:11.231
Because we're going into Chicago very

01:33:11.231 --> 01:33:13.064
soon , that's a big city with an

01:33:13.064 --> 01:33:15.342
incompetent governor , stupid governor ,

01:33:15.342 --> 01:33:17.287
stupid . They threw him out of his

01:33:17.287 --> 01:33:19.453
family business , he was so stupid . I

01:33:19.453 --> 01:33:21.680
know the family . He becomes governor ,

01:33:21.729 --> 01:33:25.089
he's got money . Not money that he made ,

01:33:25.740 --> 01:33:27.907
but he ran for governor , he won , and

01:33:27.907 --> 01:33:30.129
now he criticizes us all the time . And

01:33:30.129 --> 01:33:32.351
last week they had 11 people murdered ,

01:33:32.580 --> 01:33:35.649
44 people shot . The week before that ,

01:33:35.669 --> 01:33:38.419
they had 5 people murdered , 28 people

01:33:38.419 --> 01:33:41.029
shot . Every weekend , they lose 56 ,

01:33:41.149 --> 01:33:43.371
if they lose 5 , they're considering it

01:33:43.371 --> 01:33:45.649
a great week . They shouldn't lose any .

01:33:45.649 --> 01:33:47.500
You shouldn't lose any . This is

01:33:48.109 --> 01:33:51.120
civilization . And he's always up there

01:33:51.120 --> 01:33:53.680
saying , uh , we're in a very good

01:33:53.680 --> 01:33:56.013
shape . We don't need the military . No ,

01:33:56.013 --> 01:33:58.069
they need the military desperately .

01:33:58.069 --> 01:34:00.347
How about Portland ? Portland , Oregon ,

01:34:00.347 --> 01:34:04.240
where it looks like A war zone . And

01:34:04.240 --> 01:34:06.518
I get a call from the liberal governor ,

01:34:06.959 --> 01:34:09.070
Sir , please don't come in . We don't

01:34:09.070 --> 01:34:10.959
need you . I said , well , unless

01:34:10.959 --> 01:34:12.903
they're playing false tapes . This

01:34:12.903 --> 01:34:15.700
looked like World War 2 . Your place is

01:34:15.700 --> 01:34:18.930
burning down . I mean , you must be

01:34:18.930 --> 01:34:20.763
kidding , sir , we have it under

01:34:20.763 --> 01:34:22.819
control . I said , you don't have it

01:34:22.819 --> 01:34:24.819
under control , Governor , but I'll

01:34:24.819 --> 01:34:26.819
check it and I'll call you back . I

01:34:26.819 --> 01:34:28.986
called her back . I said , you , you ,

01:34:28.986 --> 01:34:31.250
this place is A nightmare . Probably ,

01:34:31.330 --> 01:34:33.386
it's certainly not the biggest , but

01:34:33.386 --> 01:34:35.497
it's one of the worst , it's brutal .

01:34:35.497 --> 01:34:37.609
They go after our I people who are

01:34:37.609 --> 01:34:40.350
great patriots and Tough job too , but

01:34:40.350 --> 01:34:42.350
they love it . They love it because

01:34:42.350 --> 01:34:44.461
they're cleaning up our country . And

01:34:44.461 --> 01:34:46.683
so you look at some of the things where

01:34:46.683 --> 01:34:48.850
they took over parts of Seattle , they

01:34:48.850 --> 01:34:51.017
actually took over a big percentage of

01:34:51.017 --> 01:34:53.183
Seattle . Think of that , you remember

01:34:53.183 --> 01:34:55.520
that , that was a while ago , and I

01:34:55.520 --> 01:34:57.631
sent in the troops and they were gone

01:34:57.631 --> 01:34:59.742
as soon as I sent them in . Oh , when

01:34:59.742 --> 01:35:01.853
we send in the troops , if you have a

01:35:01.853 --> 01:35:03.853
real leader that says you got to do

01:35:03.853 --> 01:35:05.909
what you have to do . I put that out

01:35:05.909 --> 01:35:08.020
the other day . You gotta do what you

01:35:08.020 --> 01:35:09.964
gotta do because we don't want our

01:35:09.964 --> 01:35:12.020
people hurt as they stand by . I was

01:35:12.020 --> 01:35:13.798
watching uh during Biden troops

01:35:13.798 --> 01:35:16.020
standing up like this brave standing up

01:35:16.020 --> 01:35:18.242
at attention the way I should stand all

01:35:18.242 --> 01:35:21.750
the time , and I like this , and people

01:35:21.750 --> 01:35:23.806
are standing and their mouth is this

01:35:23.806 --> 01:35:26.028
far away from their mouth , and they're

01:35:26.028 --> 01:35:28.390
spitting at them and they're screaming

01:35:28.390 --> 01:35:31.209
at them . And that soldier standing

01:35:31.209 --> 01:35:33.376
there , he wants to knock the hell out

01:35:33.376 --> 01:35:36.540
of the person . But he's not allowed to

01:35:37.109 --> 01:35:39.310
do anything , so they just stand there

01:35:39.310 --> 01:35:41.790
and they , they get abused and a woman

01:35:41.790 --> 01:35:44.549
was this far away from his face and she

01:35:44.549 --> 01:35:46.669
starts spitting in his face and he's

01:35:46.669 --> 01:35:49.109
not allowed to do anything . Uh , if

01:35:49.109 --> 01:35:50.887
it's OK with you , generals and

01:35:50.887 --> 01:35:54.100
admirals , I've taken that off . I say

01:35:54.830 --> 01:35:57.109
they spit , we hit . Is that OK ? I

01:35:57.109 --> 01:35:59.370
think so . They spit , it's a new ,

01:35:59.500 --> 01:36:02.080
it's a new thing . They spit , we had ,

01:36:02.180 --> 01:36:04.291
how about the cars where the cars are

01:36:04.291 --> 01:36:06.458
coming out . They get brand new cars ,

01:36:06.458 --> 01:36:08.680
Border patrol , nice , beautiful , nice

01:36:08.680 --> 01:36:10.870
new cars . And they're driving along

01:36:10.870 --> 01:36:13.037
and they have to go through a gauntlet

01:36:13.037 --> 01:36:15.720
of rocks being thrown at the car . So

01:36:15.720 --> 01:36:17.831
here's this beautiful brand new car ,

01:36:17.831 --> 01:36:20.270
by the time it goes 100 yards . It's

01:36:20.720 --> 01:36:24.109
destroyed . These guys have pretty good

01:36:24.109 --> 01:36:26.229
arms , some of them , and they're

01:36:26.229 --> 01:36:28.396
throwing bricks at full force into the

01:36:28.396 --> 01:36:31.459
window and into the car . It looks like

01:36:31.790 --> 01:36:34.450
it's a war zone . And I said , never

01:36:34.450 --> 01:36:36.561
let that happen again . From now on ,

01:36:36.561 --> 01:36:38.839
if that ever happens , and I said here ,

01:36:38.970 --> 01:36:41.137
you get out of that car and you can do

01:36:41.137 --> 01:36:43.081
whatever the hell you want to do ,

01:36:43.520 --> 01:36:45.576
because those people are , are , you

01:36:45.576 --> 01:36:47.631
know , you can die from that , those

01:36:47.631 --> 01:36:49.853
bricks go through the windows , you can

01:36:49.853 --> 01:36:52.020
die , they'd like you to , they'd like

01:36:52.020 --> 01:36:54.187
it to go through the window . But this

01:36:54.187 --> 01:36:56.353
was a couple of months ago . They just

01:36:56.353 --> 01:36:55.959
kept driving and bricks are hitting the

01:36:55.959 --> 01:36:57.792
car and I said , Why aren't they

01:36:57.792 --> 01:37:00.015
stopping because they were under orders

01:37:00.015 --> 01:37:02.070
from the past administration , never

01:37:02.070 --> 01:37:04.181
stop , but that's different with us .

01:37:04.181 --> 01:37:06.126
We , we stop and since I gave that

01:37:06.126 --> 01:37:08.237
order , we haven't had that problem .

01:37:08.237 --> 01:37:10.403
It's very interesting , it's amazing .

01:37:10.403 --> 01:37:12.459
It's just like , uh , in Venezuela ,

01:37:12.459 --> 01:37:14.709
you've seen the boats going . We can't

01:37:14.709 --> 01:37:17.109
find any more boats . They're , they're

01:37:17.109 --> 01:37:19.660
carrying drugs , massive . Every boat

01:37:20.029 --> 01:37:22.310
kills about 25,000 people . That's what

01:37:22.310 --> 01:37:24.366
they have . They had fentanyl mostly

01:37:24.366 --> 01:37:26.580
and a lot of other drugs . And we take

01:37:26.580 --> 01:37:29.790
them out , and we've taken out 4 ,

01:37:30.290 --> 01:37:34.000
so . And it's on air , everybody gets

01:37:34.000 --> 01:37:36.333
to see it . Not that we like to do that ,

01:37:36.333 --> 01:37:39.180
but every boat . Kills 25,000 on

01:37:39.180 --> 01:37:41.402
average 20 , some people say more , you

01:37:41.402 --> 01:37:43.513
know , you see these boats stacked up

01:37:43.513 --> 01:37:45.736
with bags of white powder . It's mostly

01:37:45.736 --> 01:37:49.100
fentanyl and other drugs too . And now

01:37:49.359 --> 01:37:51.930
we have a problem , uh , General Keynes ,

01:37:52.080 --> 01:37:54.136
sir , there are no boats out there ,

01:37:54.299 --> 01:37:56.299
not even fishing boats . They don't

01:37:56.299 --> 01:37:58.632
want to go fishing . I don't blame them .

01:37:58.632 --> 01:38:00.966
There'll be no fishing today , you know ,

01:38:00.966 --> 01:38:03.970
but it's amazing what strength will do

01:38:03.970 --> 01:38:06.200
because what we want to do is stop

01:38:06.200 --> 01:38:08.311
drugs from flowing into our country .

01:38:08.311 --> 01:38:10.533
It's destroyed . We lost 300,000 people

01:38:10.533 --> 01:38:12.367
died last year . Everybody knows

01:38:12.367 --> 01:38:14.422
friends , many friends probably that

01:38:14.422 --> 01:38:17.600
you lost a child or adults too . But

01:38:17.600 --> 01:38:19.711
you lost a son or daughter because of

01:38:19.711 --> 01:38:22.890
what's coming into our border , and uh

01:38:23.479 --> 01:38:25.701
we're making it very hard . Oh , and we

01:38:25.701 --> 01:38:27.923
haven't even started yet . Last month I

01:38:27.923 --> 01:38:30.399
signed an executive order to provide

01:38:30.399 --> 01:38:33.149
training for a quick reaction force

01:38:33.640 --> 01:38:36.160
that can help quell civil disturbances .

01:38:36.359 --> 01:38:38.581
This is going to be a big thing for the

01:38:38.581 --> 01:38:40.839
people in this room because it's the

01:38:40.839 --> 01:38:43.439
enemy from within and we have to handle

01:38:43.439 --> 01:38:45.550
it before it gets out of control . It

01:38:45.550 --> 01:38:47.717
won't get out of control . Once , once

01:38:47.717 --> 01:38:51.410
you're involved at all . They all joke ,

01:38:51.540 --> 01:38:53.859
they say , oh , this is not good . You

01:38:53.859 --> 01:38:56.026
saw it in Washington , we had gangs of

01:38:56.026 --> 01:38:58.370
trend Daug with said 1012 , 15 kids .

01:38:59.149 --> 01:39:01.390
And these military guys walk up to him

01:39:01.919 --> 01:39:04.141
and they treat them with disrespect and

01:39:04.141 --> 01:39:07.109
they just got pounded . They just got

01:39:07.109 --> 01:39:10.109
pounded . The gang just pounded , then

01:39:10.109 --> 01:39:13.100
thrown into . Paddy wagons and taken

01:39:13.100 --> 01:39:16.680
back to their country . Some are so

01:39:16.680 --> 01:39:18.902
dangerous we don't want to even do that

01:39:18.902 --> 01:39:21.013
because we don't want some stone cold

01:39:21.013 --> 01:39:23.180
murders . We don't have the confidence

01:39:23.180 --> 01:39:25.180
even though they're not coming back

01:39:25.180 --> 01:39:26.958
very easily , we don't have the

01:39:26.958 --> 01:39:29.069
confidence we put them in jails . But

01:39:29.069 --> 01:39:31.236
these service members are following in

01:39:31.236 --> 01:39:33.513
a great and storied military tradition ,

01:39:33.513 --> 01:39:35.736
from protecting frontier communities to

01:39:35.736 --> 01:39:37.958
chasing outlaws and bandits in the wild

01:39:37.958 --> 01:39:40.069
west , and our history is filled with

01:39:40.069 --> 01:39:42.799
military heroes who took on all enemies ,

01:39:43.089 --> 01:39:45.145
foreign and domestic , you know that

01:39:45.145 --> 01:39:47.569
phrase . Very well . That's what the

01:39:47.569 --> 01:39:49.791
oath says foreign and domestic . Well ,

01:39:49.791 --> 01:39:52.419
we also have domestic . George

01:39:52.419 --> 01:39:54.620
Washington , Abraham Lincoln , Grover

01:39:54.620 --> 01:39:58.490
Cleveland , George Bush . And others

01:39:58.490 --> 01:40:00.529
all use the armed forces to keep

01:40:00.529 --> 01:40:04.120
domestic order in peace . Many of our

01:40:04.689 --> 01:40:07.359
leaders used the military to keep peace .

01:40:07.450 --> 01:40:09.617
Now they like to say , Oh , you're not

01:40:09.617 --> 01:40:11.728
allowed to use the military , and you

01:40:11.728 --> 01:40:13.839
know what the people say ? The people

01:40:13.839 --> 01:40:13.640
in those cities where they're being

01:40:13.640 --> 01:40:17.089
raped and shot and beat up . You know

01:40:17.089 --> 01:40:19.256
what they say , we love the military .

01:40:19.256 --> 01:40:21.367
You ever see where they interview the

01:40:21.367 --> 01:40:23.533
people on the street ? I've never seen

01:40:23.533 --> 01:40:25.700
somebody say they don't unless they're

01:40:25.700 --> 01:40:25.490
radical and paid off because a lot of

01:40:25.490 --> 01:40:27.546
these insurrectionists are paid by .

01:40:28.529 --> 01:40:30.585
Whether it's Soros or other people ,

01:40:30.585 --> 01:40:32.751
but they're paid by the radical left .

01:40:33.009 --> 01:40:35.176
So today I want to thank every service

01:40:35.176 --> 01:40:37.342
member from general to private who has

01:40:37.342 --> 01:40:39.470
bravely helped us secure the nation's

01:40:39.470 --> 01:40:41.581
capital and make America safe for the

01:40:41.581 --> 01:40:43.637
American people . It's amazing . The

01:40:43.637 --> 01:40:45.803
whole world is watching . Everybody in

01:40:45.803 --> 01:40:47.803
the White House had come up to me ,

01:40:47.803 --> 01:40:49.970
young women , sir , thank you . I know

01:40:49.970 --> 01:40:52.026
immediately what they thank you they

01:40:52.026 --> 01:40:54.026
don't have to say it . They walk to

01:40:54.026 --> 01:40:53.819
work now to the White House . We

01:40:53.819 --> 01:40:56.970
haven't had a crime in Washington in so

01:40:56.970 --> 01:40:59.500
long because we got the careers , we

01:40:59.500 --> 01:41:01.970
call them the careers . We got these

01:41:02.580 --> 01:41:05.350
lunatics out . And they'll never be any

01:41:05.350 --> 01:41:07.461
good , you know , I hate to tell this

01:41:07.461 --> 01:41:10.970
to , to the liberal media . You could

01:41:11.549 --> 01:41:13.750
spend time with them , you could do

01:41:13.750 --> 01:41:15.972
whatever you want , you could send them

01:41:15.972 --> 01:41:17.861
to the finer schools , which they

01:41:17.861 --> 01:41:19.972
couldn't get into anyway , mentally .

01:41:19.972 --> 01:41:22.028
They couldn't get in , but no matter

01:41:22.028 --> 01:41:24.139
what you do , they'll never be good .

01:41:24.139 --> 01:41:26.306
They're bad , they're , they're career

01:41:26.306 --> 01:41:28.417
criminals , so , I don't know , maybe

01:41:28.417 --> 01:41:30.528
they were born that way . Some people

01:41:30.528 --> 01:41:32.639
don't like me to say that , but maybe

01:41:32.639 --> 01:41:32.500
they were , certainly some were .

01:41:33.020 --> 01:41:35.187
Together with the leaders here today ,

01:41:35.187 --> 01:41:37.353
we're also restoring a needed focus on

01:41:37.353 --> 01:41:39.649
defeating threats in the Western

01:41:39.649 --> 01:41:41.649
Hemisphere throughout this region .

01:41:41.950 --> 01:41:44.117
Cartel terrorists have been allowed to

01:41:44.117 --> 01:41:46.899
wage a relentless campaign of death and

01:41:46.899 --> 01:41:49.589
destruction on our country . Well ,

01:41:49.790 --> 01:41:52.140
because we had weak leadership on top .

01:41:52.839 --> 01:41:54.895
And we did a great job with it first

01:41:54.895 --> 01:41:57.061
term , but this is something else what

01:41:57.061 --> 01:41:59.117
we're doing now . We're taking it to

01:41:59.117 --> 01:42:01.172
the next level , probably next level

01:42:01.172 --> 01:42:04.069
times 3 . But we had COVID come up and

01:42:04.069 --> 01:42:06.236
we had to take care of that . We did a

01:42:06.236 --> 01:42:08.640
great job with COVID . We had the uh

01:42:09.370 --> 01:42:13.140
Therapeutics , just regener on so many

01:42:13.140 --> 01:42:15.362
things we did for COVID , but we had to

01:42:15.362 --> 01:42:17.473
focus on that and every other country

01:42:17.473 --> 01:42:19.473
in the world was being decimated by

01:42:19.473 --> 01:42:21.418
COVID . So we had to change gear a

01:42:21.418 --> 01:42:23.529
little bit to take care of that . But

01:42:23.529 --> 01:42:25.696
under our leadership , the military is

01:42:25.696 --> 01:42:28.080
now the knife's edge in combating the

01:42:28.080 --> 01:42:30.470
sinister enemy . We have to put the

01:42:30.470 --> 01:42:32.692
traffickers and cartels on notice , and

01:42:32.692 --> 01:42:35.229
we've done that . And we put a lot of

01:42:35.229 --> 01:42:37.890
them we've called them a terrorist

01:42:37.890 --> 01:42:40.057
organization , which is actually a big

01:42:40.057 --> 01:42:42.112
thing to do . Nobody's done it , but

01:42:42.112 --> 01:42:44.168
I've done it with a lot of them . It

01:42:44.168 --> 01:42:46.339
gives you a tremendous advantage . If

01:42:46.339 --> 01:42:48.819
you try to poison our people , we will

01:42:48.819 --> 01:42:52.060
blow you out of existence because

01:42:52.060 --> 01:42:54.129
that's the only language they really

01:42:54.129 --> 01:42:56.240
understand . That's why you don't see

01:42:56.240 --> 01:42:58.462
any more boats on the ocean . You don't

01:42:58.462 --> 01:43:00.296
see any boats . Around Venezuela

01:43:00.296 --> 01:43:03.529
there's nothing . As president , I will

01:43:03.529 --> 01:43:05.589
never hesitate to defend our people

01:43:05.589 --> 01:43:09.490
from threats of Of violence from

01:43:10.080 --> 01:43:13.419
the uh the horrible plague that's

01:43:13.419 --> 01:43:17.240
taking place from within . The

01:43:17.450 --> 01:43:21.180
Iran nuclear power , the Iran ,

01:43:21.290 --> 01:43:24.169
all of the , the great power that we

01:43:24.169 --> 01:43:27.399
thought existed , we blew it out .

01:43:28.299 --> 01:43:30.890
The kingdom , we took advantage of it

01:43:30.890 --> 01:43:33.339
and we just really took advantage of it

01:43:33.339 --> 01:43:35.561
and it was a beautiful thing to see and

01:43:36.600 --> 01:43:39.270
That's what military power can achieve .

01:43:39.919 --> 01:43:43.729
That's why I chose raising Cain .

01:43:43.759 --> 01:43:46.319
He's fantastic , by the way . I hope

01:43:46.319 --> 01:43:48.486
you all agree . If anybody disagrees ,

01:43:48.486 --> 01:43:50.486
could I please have your hand ? Who

01:43:50.486 --> 01:43:52.708
disappears at raising Cain is no good ?

01:43:52.708 --> 01:43:54.875
Just raise your hand . I don't see any

01:43:54.875 --> 01:43:57.109
hands raised . All right . That means

01:43:57.109 --> 01:44:00.189
you're OK . That means that he's OK now ,

01:44:00.229 --> 01:44:02.451
but I saw his results , you know , he ,

01:44:02.470 --> 01:44:04.526
he took out ISIS . I was told it was

01:44:04.526 --> 01:44:06.859
going to take 4 years . It took 4 weeks .

01:44:07.169 --> 01:44:09.280
I went to see him and he took him out

01:44:09.280 --> 01:44:11.502
in 4 weeks , knocked them out , knocked

01:44:11.502 --> 01:44:14.129
him to hell . And I was told by

01:44:14.129 --> 01:44:16.351
military people it's going to take 4 to

01:44:16.351 --> 01:44:18.529
5 years to do it . And I don't even

01:44:18.529 --> 01:44:20.473
know if we'll have it then , sir .

01:44:20.473 --> 01:44:22.640
These were the Washington Generals . I

01:44:22.640 --> 01:44:24.862
call them the television generals . But

01:44:24.862 --> 01:44:26.973
raising Cain did it in 4 weeks , took

01:44:26.973 --> 01:44:29.085
out 100% of the ISIS caliphate . As a

01:44:29.085 --> 01:44:31.307
result of these actions and many others

01:44:31.307 --> 01:44:32.973
since my inauguration , we're

01:44:32.973 --> 01:44:35.779
witnessing the triumphant return of

01:44:35.779 --> 01:44:37.946
peace through strength . We have great

01:44:37.946 --> 01:44:39.946
peace through strength . America is

01:44:39.946 --> 01:44:42.112
respected again as a country . We were

01:44:42.112 --> 01:44:44.279
not respected with Biden . They looked

01:44:44.279 --> 01:44:46.390
at him falling downstairs every day ,

01:44:46.390 --> 01:44:48.557
every day the guy falling downstairs ,

01:44:48.557 --> 01:44:50.930
said , it's not our president , we

01:44:50.930 --> 01:44:53.540
can't have it . I'm , I'm very careful ,

01:44:53.580 --> 01:44:55.691
you know , when I walk downstairs for

01:44:56.140 --> 01:44:58.418
like I'm on stairs , like these stairs ,

01:44:58.418 --> 01:45:02.220
I'm very , I walk very slowly . Nobody

01:45:02.220 --> 01:45:05.279
has to set a record . Just try not to

01:45:05.279 --> 01:45:08.189
fall because it doesn't work out well .

01:45:08.910 --> 01:45:11.169
A few of our presidents have fallen and

01:45:11.169 --> 01:45:13.700
it became a part of their legacy . We

01:45:13.700 --> 01:45:15.819
don't want that . You walk nice and

01:45:15.819 --> 01:45:17.930
easy . You're not , you don't have to

01:45:17.930 --> 01:45:20.152
set any record . Be cool . Be cool when

01:45:20.152 --> 01:45:22.459
you walk down , but don't , don't bop

01:45:22.459 --> 01:45:24.540
down the stairs . So one thing with

01:45:24.540 --> 01:45:26.819
Obama , I have zero respect for him as

01:45:26.819 --> 01:45:28.819
a president , but he would bop down

01:45:28.819 --> 01:45:31.041
those stairs . I've never said da da da

01:45:31.041 --> 01:45:33.310
da da . He'd go down the stairs ,

01:45:33.350 --> 01:45:35.628
wouldn't hold on . I said , it's great .

01:45:35.628 --> 01:45:37.850
I don't want to do it . I guess I could

01:45:37.850 --> 01:45:40.072
do it , but eventually , bad things are

01:45:40.072 --> 01:45:42.183
gonna happen and it only takes once ,

01:45:42.669 --> 01:45:46.240
but he did a lousy job as president . A

01:45:46.240 --> 01:45:48.870
year ago , we were a dead country .

01:45:48.879 --> 01:45:51.279
We're dead . This country was going to

01:45:51.279 --> 01:45:54.029
hell . We were dead in every way from

01:45:54.029 --> 01:45:56.160
immigration to military . We didn't

01:45:56.160 --> 01:45:58.319
have the weapons , we're given

01:45:58.319 --> 01:46:01.250
everything to We've given everything to

01:46:01.250 --> 01:46:04.709
Ukraine . We had Nothing . And by the

01:46:04.709 --> 01:46:07.509
way , I have to tell you , now , as you

01:46:07.509 --> 01:46:09.676
know , I went over and I met with NATO

01:46:09.676 --> 01:46:11.731
and NATO raised from 2 to 5% , which

01:46:11.731 --> 01:46:15.620
everyone said 5% of GDP . Millions and

01:46:15.620 --> 01:46:17.953
now trillions of dollars are pouring in .

01:46:18.339 --> 01:46:20.339
They didn't pay the 2% because they

01:46:20.339 --> 01:46:22.506
know we were there to pay it , and now

01:46:22.506 --> 01:46:24.672
they paid the 5% . That's trillions of

01:46:24.672 --> 01:46:26.728
dollars , and we're not spending any

01:46:26.728 --> 01:46:28.839
money on that war , not 10 cents . We

01:46:28.839 --> 01:46:31.006
sell our equipment to NATO . NATO pays

01:46:31.006 --> 01:46:33.117
us for the equipment and they give it

01:46:33.117 --> 01:46:35.339
to Ukraine or whoever they give it to ,

01:46:35.339 --> 01:46:37.395
but they can keep it . But we're not

01:46:37.395 --> 01:46:39.617
involved . We have no money going out .

01:46:39.617 --> 01:46:42.649
Biden gave $350 billion not sustainable ,

01:46:42.729 --> 01:46:46.439
$350 billion . And uh

01:46:46.850 --> 01:46:48.906
we have a war that should have never

01:46:48.906 --> 01:46:50.850
started , but we're not doing that

01:46:50.850 --> 01:46:52.906
anymore , so I just want you to know

01:46:52.906 --> 01:46:54.961
we're selling equipment . Our people

01:46:54.961 --> 01:46:57.183
are buying equipment , they're buying ,

01:46:57.183 --> 01:46:59.406
uh , they are buying the equipment at ,

01:46:59.406 --> 01:47:01.406
at full price , a fair price . So I

01:47:01.406 --> 01:47:03.461
don't want to say we're making money

01:47:03.461 --> 01:47:05.572
because I don't want to say , I don't

01:47:05.572 --> 01:47:05.250
want to be making money on a war . It's

01:47:05.250 --> 01:47:07.417
too many people dying . They're losing

01:47:07.417 --> 01:47:09.930
7000 soldiers a week . A lot of them

01:47:09.930 --> 01:47:12.097
are Russian soldiers , but between the

01:47:12.097 --> 01:47:14.152
two countries , mostly soldiers , by

01:47:14.152 --> 01:47:16.152
the way , sometimes , you know , in

01:47:16.152 --> 01:47:18.263
Kiev they'll lob a missile in or some

01:47:18.263 --> 01:47:20.370
drones and kill some people , but

01:47:20.370 --> 01:47:22.970
mostly it's soldiers . Russia and

01:47:22.970 --> 01:47:26.479
Ukraine are losing 7000 souls . And you

01:47:26.479 --> 01:47:29.589
know , they're not , uh , they're not

01:47:30.080 --> 01:47:32.302
American , they're not us , they're not

01:47:32.302 --> 01:47:34.358
you , we have a special obligation ,

01:47:34.959 --> 01:47:37.015
but they're soldiers , they're young

01:47:37.015 --> 01:47:39.015
people , they leave their parents ,

01:47:39.015 --> 01:47:41.126
they wave goodbye , and then two days

01:47:41.126 --> 01:47:43.459
later they're blown up so unnecessarily .

01:47:43.520 --> 01:47:45.742
And so that's the primary reason I want

01:47:45.742 --> 01:47:48.740
to get it done . We got to get it done .

01:47:49.049 --> 01:47:51.271
It's crazy what's going on . That's the

01:47:51.271 --> 01:47:53.493
worst war that there's been since World

01:47:53.493 --> 01:47:55.549
War II . The number of soldiers that

01:47:55.549 --> 01:47:57.716
are being killed there is just crazy .

01:47:57.716 --> 01:47:59.771
From 5 to 7000 soldiers die a week .

01:47:59.771 --> 01:48:02.279
Think of that . So I think we'll get

01:48:02.279 --> 01:48:04.501
that done , but that's turned out to be

01:48:04.501 --> 01:48:06.668
the toughest one . I'm so disappointed

01:48:06.668 --> 01:48:08.501
in President Putin . I thought I

01:48:08.501 --> 01:48:10.557
thought he would get this thing over

01:48:10.557 --> 01:48:12.557
with . He should have had that work

01:48:12.557 --> 01:48:14.629
done in a week . And I said to him ,

01:48:14.700 --> 01:48:16.867
you know , you , you don't look good .

01:48:17.140 --> 01:48:19.084
You're 4 years fighting a war that

01:48:19.084 --> 01:48:21.140
should have taken a week . Are you a

01:48:21.140 --> 01:48:25.120
paper tiger ? And uh It's a

01:48:25.120 --> 01:48:27.720
shame , but I think eventually we'll

01:48:27.720 --> 01:48:30.000
get that one done just like we , in

01:48:30.000 --> 01:48:32.167
theory , I want to knock on wood cause

01:48:32.167 --> 01:48:34.333
you never know , it's like we're gonna

01:48:34.333 --> 01:48:36.389
have the Middle East done , which is

01:48:36.389 --> 01:48:38.556
actually a much harder thing to do . I

01:48:38.556 --> 01:48:41.129
mean , thousands of years . But we have

01:48:41.129 --> 01:48:43.279
to get that war done , so now we're

01:48:44.240 --> 01:48:46.573
Just think of it , we're a dead country .

01:48:46.573 --> 01:48:48.684
I was with the King of Saudi Arabia ,

01:48:48.729 --> 01:48:50.839
great guy . I was with the Emir of

01:48:51.089 --> 01:48:53.979
Qatar . I was with the great leadership

01:48:53.979 --> 01:48:56.470
of UAE . I was over there . We brought

01:48:56.470 --> 01:48:59.140
back uh $2 trillion .

01:49:01.060 --> 01:49:04.299
And more They ordered 200 planes ,

01:49:04.419 --> 01:49:06.641
Boeings , they ordered so much and they

01:49:06.641 --> 01:49:08.419
were great , but they all said

01:49:08.419 --> 01:49:10.586
essentially the same thing . They said

01:49:10.930 --> 01:49:14.819
1 year ago . You were a dead country

01:49:15.229 --> 01:49:17.173
and now you're the hottest country

01:49:17.173 --> 01:49:19.340
anywhere in the world . We are , we're

01:49:19.340 --> 01:49:19.259
the hottest country in the world right

01:49:19.259 --> 01:49:21.740
now . The absolute hottest country in

01:49:21.740 --> 01:49:23.796
the world . We have , there's nobody

01:49:23.796 --> 01:49:27.319
even close . Putin said that to me . We

01:49:27.319 --> 01:49:29.549
met in Alaska , had a good meeting .

01:49:30.310 --> 01:49:32.421
Then he went back and started sending

01:49:32.421 --> 01:49:34.532
drones into Kiev . I said , I thought

01:49:34.532 --> 01:49:36.754
we had a good meeting . But it's one of

01:49:36.754 --> 01:49:38.649
those things , but we were a dead

01:49:38.649 --> 01:49:42.450
country . A year ago and now we're the

01:49:42.450 --> 01:49:44.672
hottest country anywhere in the world .

01:49:44.672 --> 01:49:46.672
Think of that , you can be proud of

01:49:46.672 --> 01:49:48.894
that . And you must have felt like hell

01:49:48.979 --> 01:49:51.299
when you have a wife or a husband at

01:49:51.299 --> 01:49:53.521
home , and you used to read the numbers

01:49:53.521 --> 01:49:55.577
that we can't get people to join the

01:49:55.577 --> 01:49:57.577
army , Navy , Air Force , Marines ,

01:49:57.577 --> 01:50:01.439
Coast Guard . Uh , you , you

01:50:01.439 --> 01:50:03.839
must have felt like , you know , I have

01:50:03.839 --> 01:50:06.006
a job that nobody wants , that doesn't

01:50:06.006 --> 01:50:08.228
feel good . Well , now you have a job .

01:50:08.279 --> 01:50:10.168
That is brimming over with people

01:50:10.168 --> 01:50:12.335
wanting it . They want it , and you're

01:50:12.335 --> 01:50:14.223
able to get a much higher quality

01:50:14.223 --> 01:50:16.390
because now you have your choice , you

01:50:16.390 --> 01:50:18.390
know , you want so many . And we're

01:50:18.390 --> 01:50:20.501
going to have many , many people that

01:50:20.501 --> 01:50:22.723
aren't going to be able to join because

01:50:22.723 --> 01:50:24.890
of the fact that we don't , you know ,

01:50:24.890 --> 01:50:27.112
we don't need them at this moment . But

01:50:27.112 --> 01:50:29.223
think of it , how , what a difference

01:50:29.223 --> 01:50:31.335
that is from , I could just imagine 2

01:50:31.335 --> 01:50:33.446
years ago , you're reading front page

01:50:33.446 --> 01:50:35.501
articles and The New York Times , of

01:50:35.501 --> 01:50:37.723
course , and Wall Street Journal , they

01:50:37.723 --> 01:50:39.740
always give us unfair stories , but

01:50:39.740 --> 01:50:41.962
they played it so big they were playing

01:50:41.962 --> 01:50:44.018
it so big . Nobody wants to join the

01:50:44.018 --> 01:50:46.073
army , the Marines , the Air Force ,

01:50:46.073 --> 01:50:48.184
they want , they don't want to join .

01:50:48.184 --> 01:50:50.407
They don't want to join the Coast Guard

01:50:50.407 --> 01:50:53.000
at all . Nobody wants to join , nobody

01:50:53.000 --> 01:50:55.111
wants to join our police forces , our

01:50:55.111 --> 01:50:57.279
police forces also , it's almost went

01:50:57.279 --> 01:51:00.220
hand in hand . And I used to say , boy ,

01:51:00.310 --> 01:51:02.421
uh , you know , I'm speaking in front

01:51:02.421 --> 01:51:04.143
of the military today and it's

01:51:04.143 --> 01:51:06.199
embarrassing because I'm speaking in

01:51:06.199 --> 01:51:08.279
front of people who have a job that

01:51:08.279 --> 01:51:10.390
other people don't want , but now you

01:51:10.390 --> 01:51:12.557
have a job that everybody wants , so I

01:51:12.557 --> 01:51:14.723
think that has to make you feel good .

01:51:14.723 --> 01:51:16.779
It's one of the reasons I love being

01:51:16.779 --> 01:51:16.319
here today because I wanted to say that

01:51:16.319 --> 01:51:19.779
I have to say that . Everybody wants to

01:51:19.779 --> 01:51:21.939
be in the army , the navy , the Air

01:51:21.939 --> 01:51:24.830
Force , the Marines . If you think the

01:51:24.830 --> 01:51:27.629
Coast Guard and Space Force are

01:51:27.629 --> 01:51:30.350
beautiful space force . It's a whole

01:51:30.350 --> 01:51:32.239
different world , and now they're

01:51:32.239 --> 01:51:34.461
signing up , by the way , seriously big

01:51:34.461 --> 01:51:36.628
numbers for the police , dangerous job

01:51:36.628 --> 01:51:39.549
is the fire department . But that's the

01:51:39.549 --> 01:51:41.870
paving the way for progress once

01:51:41.870 --> 01:51:44.037
thought almost impossible . I mean , a

01:51:44.037 --> 01:51:46.092
year ago , you wouldn't have thought

01:51:46.092 --> 01:51:48.203
that was possible . A year ago , uh ,

01:51:48.203 --> 01:51:50.148
they were talking about making the

01:51:50.148 --> 01:51:52.370
military smaller because they can't get

01:51:52.370 --> 01:51:54.370
the people to join . We're thinking

01:51:54.370 --> 01:51:56.370
about making it larger . Because we

01:51:56.370 --> 01:51:58.592
have so many people and it's nice to be

01:51:58.592 --> 01:52:00.592
able to cut people because of merit

01:52:00.592 --> 01:52:03.649
that aren't really qualified for . Any

01:52:03.649 --> 01:52:05.850
reason , a physical reason , a mental

01:52:05.850 --> 01:52:08.580
reason ? You don't have to take them

01:52:08.580 --> 01:52:10.802
anymore because you have , you have the

01:52:10.802 --> 01:52:13.229
pick of the litter . And they all want

01:52:13.229 --> 01:52:15.562
to be with you . They all want your job .

01:52:15.562 --> 01:52:17.785
They want to be with you . They want to

01:52:17.785 --> 01:52:19.951
work with you . They'll even take your

01:52:19.951 --> 01:52:22.118
job , you know , gotta be a little bit

01:52:22.118 --> 01:52:24.310
sharp , you gotta watch it . But

01:52:24.319 --> 01:52:26.541
everybody wants to be doing what you're

01:52:26.541 --> 01:52:28.597
doing now . What a difference when I

01:52:28.597 --> 01:52:30.541
speak to you and I can say that as

01:52:30.541 --> 01:52:32.763
opposed to a couple of years ago when I

01:52:32.763 --> 01:52:34.930
was talking to rooms . Where they were

01:52:34.930 --> 01:52:36.763
desperate to get people and they

01:52:36.763 --> 01:52:38.986
couldn't get them . What a difference a

01:52:38.986 --> 01:52:41.208
presidential election can make , that's

01:52:41.208 --> 01:52:43.263
all it is . It's just a presidential

01:52:43.263 --> 01:52:45.597
election . Yesterday at the White House ,

01:52:45.597 --> 01:52:48.149
we put forward a plan for Peace in Gaza ,

01:52:48.220 --> 01:52:50.164
we announced it and we're going to

01:52:50.164 --> 01:52:52.979
create something that was my idea , but

01:52:52.979 --> 01:52:55.180
unfortunately I got drafted . It's

01:52:55.180 --> 01:52:57.402
going to be called the Board of Peace .

01:52:57.819 --> 01:53:00.459
And it's gonna rain over that territory

01:53:00.459 --> 01:53:04.040
and uh we're gonna get that done , and

01:53:04.040 --> 01:53:06.096
they asked if I'd be the chairman of

01:53:06.096 --> 01:53:08.262
the board of Peace . I wasn't counting

01:53:08.262 --> 01:53:10.429
on that . I had the idea for the board

01:53:10.429 --> 01:53:12.651
of Peace . But I said yes , and I guess

01:53:12.651 --> 01:53:14.484
because of that , every leader ,

01:53:14.484 --> 01:53:16.596
everybody wants to be on the board of

01:53:16.596 --> 01:53:18.707
peace , and we're going to watch over

01:53:18.707 --> 01:53:20.762
that very volatile part of the world

01:53:20.762 --> 01:53:22.873
and keep it non-volatile so you don't

01:53:22.873 --> 01:53:25.040
have to get involved . We want to save

01:53:25.040 --> 01:53:27.096
you for other things or save you for

01:53:27.096 --> 01:53:29.318
nothing from that standpoint . We don't

01:53:29.318 --> 01:53:29.200
want you fighting wars , but if you

01:53:29.200 --> 01:53:31.311
have to , you're going to be , you're

01:53:31.311 --> 01:53:33.422
the most lethal fighting force in the

01:53:33.422 --> 01:53:35.589
world , and I would say that even 2 or

01:53:35.589 --> 01:53:37.589
3 years ago . But now I say it with

01:53:37.589 --> 01:53:39.756
great enthusiasm , so true , and we're

01:53:39.756 --> 01:53:41.978
striving tirelessly to end the terrible

01:53:41.978 --> 01:53:44.160
war in Ukraine . And as you know ,

01:53:44.229 --> 01:53:46.173
we're also working hard to get the

01:53:46.173 --> 01:53:48.285
allies to share more of the burden of

01:53:48.285 --> 01:53:50.399
our defense . Much of that is really

01:53:51.129 --> 01:53:53.770
already taken place , but all NATO

01:53:53.770 --> 01:53:56.129
members have committed to the increase

01:53:56.129 --> 01:53:58.240
that I talked about . Think of that .

01:53:58.240 --> 01:54:00.573
That was unthinkable . It used to be 1% ,

01:54:00.573 --> 01:54:02.851
then we got it up to 2 in my last term .

01:54:03.890 --> 01:54:07.129
And uh they did not like it , and now I

01:54:07.129 --> 01:54:09.296
got it to 5 and I get along great with

01:54:09.296 --> 01:54:11.351
all of them . In fact , they call me

01:54:11.351 --> 01:54:13.296
the president of NATO . I said , I

01:54:13.296 --> 01:54:15.410
don't think so . But they're great ,

01:54:15.660 --> 01:54:17.604
they're great people , and they're

01:54:17.604 --> 01:54:19.771
spending a lot of , they're spending a

01:54:19.771 --> 01:54:21.827
lot of money and a lot of money that

01:54:21.827 --> 01:54:23.938
they should have been spending in the

01:54:23.938 --> 01:54:26.104
past , but I think Putin was a wake up

01:54:26.104 --> 01:54:27.938
call for them really . We're now

01:54:27.938 --> 01:54:29.993
selling large quantities of American

01:54:29.993 --> 01:54:31.827
made weapons to NATO , and we're

01:54:31.827 --> 01:54:35.470
getting uh really fair pricing . We're

01:54:35.470 --> 01:54:37.526
making a lot of money . It's my hope

01:54:37.526 --> 01:54:40.140
that from Europe to Asia to the Middle

01:54:40.140 --> 01:54:42.540
East , our allies will make similar

01:54:42.540 --> 01:54:45.160
commitments to increase their military

01:54:45.160 --> 01:54:47.819
capabilities , and this will greatly

01:54:47.819 --> 01:54:50.220
strengthen our alliances and also it

01:54:50.220 --> 01:54:53.109
will make war far less . Likely , you

01:54:53.109 --> 01:54:55.331
know , if you have a strong , if you're

01:54:55.331 --> 01:54:57.498
a strong presence like we are , we are

01:54:57.498 --> 01:54:59.609
such a strong presence now . And I go

01:54:59.609 --> 01:55:01.776
around bragging about that . I said we

01:55:01.776 --> 01:55:03.998
have the strongest military anywhere in

01:55:03.998 --> 01:55:06.220
the world . I say you never heard Biden

01:55:06.220 --> 01:55:08.553
say that . Never heard him say anything .

01:55:09.100 --> 01:55:11.211
But you never heard him say , did you

01:55:11.211 --> 01:55:12.989
ever hear him say , we have the

01:55:12.989 --> 01:55:14.989
strongest military ? He doesn't say

01:55:14.989 --> 01:55:17.211
that . I say it . We have the strongest

01:55:17.211 --> 01:55:19.211
military anywhere in the world , we

01:55:19.211 --> 01:55:19.129
have great leadership , and I'll tell

01:55:19.129 --> 01:55:22.790
you , Pete . And General Kane , all of

01:55:22.790 --> 01:55:25.012
the people that I've met that have been

01:55:25.020 --> 01:55:27.979
lifted up in rank . And we got many of

01:55:27.979 --> 01:55:30.090
them out of here too , I'll be honest

01:55:30.090 --> 01:55:32.201
with you , didn't like doing it , but

01:55:32.201 --> 01:55:34.035
we got many of you out of here .

01:55:34.035 --> 01:55:36.312
Because we weren't satisfied . We have ,

01:55:36.312 --> 01:55:38.535
we know everything about everybody . It

01:55:38.535 --> 01:55:40.368
will also help the United States

01:55:40.368 --> 01:55:42.535
rapidly rebuild our defense industrial

01:55:42.535 --> 01:55:44.257
base . Each of you can play an

01:55:44.257 --> 01:55:46.423
important part in getting allies to do

01:55:46.423 --> 01:55:48.740
their part . So to that end , Secretary

01:55:48.740 --> 01:55:50.851
Hegseth will soon be announcing major

01:55:50.851 --> 01:55:52.629
reforms to streamline military

01:55:52.629 --> 01:55:56.060
acquisitions and expedite foreign

01:55:56.060 --> 01:55:58.220
military sales . We have tremendous

01:55:58.220 --> 01:56:01.060
numbers of countries that want to buy

01:56:01.060 --> 01:56:03.959
our equipment and you know . Many cases

01:56:03.959 --> 01:56:06.070
it takes too long . They backlogged ,

01:56:06.070 --> 01:56:08.292
we're backlogged on all the equipment ,

01:56:08.292 --> 01:56:10.403
which is something that's new to us a

01:56:10.403 --> 01:56:12.737
little bit . And I told those companies ,

01:56:12.737 --> 01:56:15.070
you better get your going because we're ,

01:56:15.070 --> 01:56:17.292
you know , we're buying . We're selling

01:56:17.292 --> 01:56:19.459
you a lot of equipment . We're getting

01:56:19.459 --> 01:56:21.348
countries to buy your equipment .

01:56:21.348 --> 01:56:21.040
You've got to produce the equipment .

01:56:21.129 --> 01:56:23.296
Some of the countries I'm not going to

01:56:23.296 --> 01:56:25.629
mention , but some of the countries are .

01:56:26.060 --> 01:56:28.229
Buying a lot and that's a good thing

01:56:28.229 --> 01:56:32.129
they're on our side . 95% . I'll

01:56:32.129 --> 01:56:34.296
never say 100% because they can always

01:56:34.296 --> 01:56:36.351
turn , right ? You know about that ,

01:56:36.410 --> 01:56:38.521
but they're on our side . The problem

01:56:38.521 --> 01:56:40.577
is we have to get the companies that

01:56:40.577 --> 01:56:42.632
make this equipment and we , we make

01:56:42.632 --> 01:56:44.743
the best equipment in the world , but

01:56:44.743 --> 01:56:46.799
they got to make it faster . We have

01:56:46.799 --> 01:56:48.854
orders for the F-35 . We have orders

01:56:48.854 --> 01:56:51.077
for everything . The new F-47 , we have

01:56:51.077 --> 01:56:53.299
orders for everything . They gotta make

01:56:53.299 --> 01:56:55.799
it faster . A lot faster ammunition

01:56:55.799 --> 01:56:58.189
they have to make faster . In the

01:56:58.189 --> 01:57:00.245
coming months , we'll be making even

01:57:00.245 --> 01:57:02.300
more historic announcements to fully

01:57:02.300 --> 01:57:04.870
embrace the identity of the department

01:57:04.870 --> 01:57:07.270
of war . I love the name . I think it's

01:57:07.270 --> 01:57:10.330
so great . I think it stops wars . The

01:57:10.330 --> 01:57:12.663
Department of War is going to stop wars .

01:57:12.970 --> 01:57:16.089
If we are as ruthless and relentless as

01:57:16.089 --> 01:57:18.810
our enemies , the United States Armed

01:57:18.810 --> 01:57:22.049
Forces will be totally unmatched in the

01:57:22.049 --> 01:57:24.330
future . We have a group of enemies

01:57:24.330 --> 01:57:27.750
that are very ruthless . And very

01:57:27.750 --> 01:57:30.540
smart , but they can't match us . They

01:57:30.540 --> 01:57:32.651
can't match us . They don't even come

01:57:32.651 --> 01:57:34.984
close to matching us . Again , you know ,

01:57:34.984 --> 01:57:37.207
it's very important for me to say we're

01:57:37.207 --> 01:57:37.089
the greatest military in the world ,

01:57:37.140 --> 01:57:39.251
but we make the best equipment in the

01:57:39.251 --> 01:57:41.740
world . I watched our

01:57:42.649 --> 01:57:45.120
Anti-missile missiles . I watched our

01:57:45.120 --> 01:57:48.009
patriots just knock things out like a

01:57:48.009 --> 01:57:50.169
needle hitting another needle on the

01:57:50.169 --> 01:57:52.280
stage . There's a needle up there and

01:57:52.280 --> 01:57:54.569
you send another needle up and it hits

01:57:54.569 --> 01:57:57.379
it every time . During the war we went

01:57:57.379 --> 01:58:00.930
14 for 14 . We had 14 . This is where I

01:58:00.930 --> 01:58:03.560
ran . We had 14 missiles coming at us .

01:58:03.850 --> 01:58:06.560
All 14 were knocked out of the sky ,

01:58:06.649 --> 01:58:09.910
every one of them . We make the best

01:58:09.910 --> 01:58:12.910
equipment from Sparta to Rome to the

01:58:12.910 --> 01:58:15.180
British Empire to the United States of

01:58:15.180 --> 01:58:17.013
America . History has shown that

01:58:17.013 --> 01:58:19.790
military supremacy has never been

01:58:19.790 --> 01:58:22.180
simply a matter of money or manpower .

01:58:22.870 --> 01:58:24.759
At the end of the day , it is the

01:58:24.759 --> 01:58:26.950
culture , spirit of our military that

01:58:26.950 --> 01:58:28.894
truly sets us apart from any other

01:58:28.894 --> 01:58:31.879
nation . Our ultimate strength will

01:58:31.879 --> 01:58:34.149
always come from the fierce people and

01:58:34.149 --> 01:58:36.830
those brilliant people with such pride

01:58:36.830 --> 01:58:38.629
and the unbending will and the

01:58:38.629 --> 01:58:40.851
traditions of excellence that have made

01:58:40.851 --> 01:58:44.350
us the most unstoppable force ever to

01:58:44.350 --> 01:58:46.990
walk the face of the earth , and that's

01:58:46.990 --> 01:58:49.560
what we are . Remember , we never want

01:58:49.560 --> 01:58:51.393
to use it , but we have the most

01:58:51.393 --> 01:58:54.089
powerful . Nuclear capability and I

01:58:54.089 --> 01:58:56.256
call it nuclear deterrent of any other

01:58:56.256 --> 01:58:58.479
country . Nobody close . The men and

01:58:58.479 --> 01:59:00.590
women in this room inherit the legacy

01:59:00.590 --> 01:59:02.923
built and won by Washington and Jackson ,

01:59:03.000 --> 01:59:05.000
Grant and Pershing , Eisenhower and

01:59:05.000 --> 01:59:08.720
Patton , Nimitz and Lemay . We

01:59:08.720 --> 01:59:10.799
carry forward the majestic military

01:59:10.799 --> 01:59:13.200
heritage passed down from father to son ,

01:59:13.359 --> 01:59:16.240
soldier to soldier , and one generation

01:59:16.240 --> 01:59:18.839
of warriors to the next . You are

01:59:18.839 --> 01:59:20.783
warriors , you know that , right ?

01:59:20.839 --> 01:59:23.149
You're great warriors . Well you

01:59:23.149 --> 01:59:25.260
wouldn't be in this room . You're the

01:59:25.260 --> 01:59:28.509
best of the best . From Concord Bridge

01:59:28.509 --> 01:59:31.189
to Fort McHenry , from Gettysburg to

01:59:31.189 --> 01:59:34.700
Manila Bay . From Normandy to Sicily

01:59:34.700 --> 01:59:37.750
and from the jungles of Vietnam to the

01:59:37.750 --> 01:59:41.240
dusty streets of Baghdad . America's

01:59:41.240 --> 01:59:44.069
military has charged into hellfire ,

01:59:44.479 --> 01:59:47.000
climbed up jagged mountains , crossed

01:59:47.000 --> 01:59:50.080
roaring oceans , and thundered across

01:59:50.080 --> 01:59:53.040
open deserts to defend our flag , our

01:59:53.040 --> 01:59:55.470
freedom , and our homeland . Nobody

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does it like you . Now we are

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discovering American muscle ,

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reasserting American might and

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beginning the next story chapter in

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American military legends and Lo ,

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that's L O R E . It is

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lo When it comes to defending our way

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of life , nothing will slow us . No

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enemy will stop us . They , they cannot

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stop us , and no adversary will stand

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in our way . They won't stand in our

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way . We don't want them to stand in

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our way . We don't want to even put

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them in that position , but they're not

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going to stand in our way ever again .

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You'll never see 4 years like we had

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with . Biden and a group of incompetent

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people that ran this country that

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should have never been there . Because

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we are the United States military , the

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best of oldest , the bravest that the

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world has ever seen , that the world

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has ever known . With leaders like we

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have right here in this beautiful room

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today , we will vanquish every danger

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and crush every threat to our freedom

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and every generation to come because we

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will fight , fight , fight , and we

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will win , win , win . I want to just

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thank you once again and God bless the

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United States military and God bless

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America . God bless you all . Thank you

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very much . Thank you .