Trump’s State of the Union address, annotated and fact-checked

Well, thank you very much, everybody. It’s really an honor. Speaker Johnson, Vice President Vance, First Lady of the United States. Second lady of the United States. Members of Congress and my fellow Americans, our nation is back, bigger, better, richer and stronger than ever before.

Less than five months from now, our country will celebrate an epic milestone in American history, the 250th anniversary of our glorious American independence.

This July 4th, we’ll mark two and a half centuries of liberty and triumph, progress and freedom, in the most unimaginable and distinctive nation ever to exist on the face of the Earth.

And you’ve got seen nothing but. We’re going to do higher and higher and higher. This is the golden age of America. When I final spoke on this chamber 12 months in the past, I had simply inherited a nation in disaster with a stagnant economic system, inflation at report ranges, a large open border, horrendous recruitment for army and police, rampant crime at dwelling and wars and chaos throughout the world.

But tonight, after only one 12 months, I can say with dignity and pleasure that we’ve achieved a transformation like nobody has ever seen earlier than and a turnaround for the ages. It is certainly a turnaround for the ages.

And we’ll by no means return to the place we had been only a very brief time in the past. We’re not going again as we speak.

Today, our border is safe. Thank you. Today our border is safe, our spirit is restored, inflation is plummeting, incomes are rising quick, the roaring economic system is roaring like by no means earlier than and our enemies are scared.

Our army and police are stacked and America is revered once more, maybe like by no means earlier than. After 4 years during which tens of millions and tens of millions of unlawful aliens poured throughout our borders completely unvetted and unchecked, we now have the strongest and most safe border in American historical past by far.

In the previous 9 months, zero unlawful aliens have been admitted to the United States. But we’ll all the time enable folks to return in legally, folks that can love our nation and will work arduous to take care of our nation.

The stream of lethal fentanyl throughout our border is down by a report 56 p.c in a single 12 months. And final 12 months the homicide price noticed its single largest decline in recorded historical past.

This is the greatest decline, assume of it, in recorded historical past — the lowest quantity in over 125 years. Year 1900, in reality considerably earlier than my great father — I had an exquisite father, Fred — earlier than he was born, considerably earlier than he was born. That’s a very long time in the past. He would not like me to say that.

But that is a very long time in the past.

The Biden administration and its allies in Congress gave us the worst inflation in the historical past of our nation. But in 12 months, my administration has pushed core inflation right down to the lowest stage in additional than 5 years. And in the final three months of 2025, it was right down to 1.7 p.c.

Gasoline, which reached a peak of over $6 a gallon in some states. Under my predecessor, it was fairly actually a catastrophe; it’s now beneath $2.30 a gallon in most states and in some locations $1.99 a gallon. And once I visited the nice state of Iowa just some weeks in the past, I even noticed $1.85 a gallon for gasoline.

Mortgage charges are the lowest in 4 years and falling quick, and the annual value of a typical new mortgage is down nearly $5,000 simply since I took workplace, one 12 months. And low rates of interest will remedy the Biden created housing downside, whereas at the similar time defending the values of these individuals who already personal a home that basically really feel wealthy for the first time of their lives.

We wish to shield these values; we wish to maintain these values up. We’re going to do each. And we’re going to maintain it that means.

The inventory market has set 53 all-time report highs since the election. Think of that, one 12 months — boosting pensions, 401(ok)s and retirement accounts for the tens of millions and tens of millions of Americans are all gaining. Everybody’s up, means up.

In 4 lengthy years, the final administration received lower than $1 trillion in new funding in the United States. And once I say much less, considerably much less. In 12 months, I secured commitments for greater than $18 trillion pouring in from throughout the globe. Think of it, a lot lower than $1 trillion for 4 years versus rather more than $18 trillion for one 12 months.

What a distinction a president makes.

A short while in the past we had been a useless nation, now we’re the hottest nation anyplace in the world, the hottest.

As 1000’s of new companies are forming and factories, vegetation and laboratories are being constructed, we’ve added 70,000 new development jobs in only a very brief interval of time.

It’s getting larger and larger and stronger. Nobody can imagine what they’re watching. American oil manufacturing is up by greater than 600,000 barrels a day and we simply acquired from our new pal and companion, Venezuela, greater than 80 million barrels of oil.

American pure gasoline manufacturing is at an all-time excessive as a result of I saved my promise to drill child drill.

More Americans are working as we speak than at any time in the historical past of our nation. Think about that, any time in the historical past of our nation, extra working as we speak and 100% of all jobs created underneath my administration have been in the non-public sector.

We ended DEI in America.

We reduce a report quantity of job killing rules and, in a single 12 months, we’ve lifted 2.4 million Americans, a report, off of meals stamps.

And for all of these causes, I say tonight, members of Congress, the state of our Union is powerful. Our nation is successful once more. In truth, we’re successful a lot that we actually do not know what to do about it. People are asking me, please, please, please, Mr. President, we’re successful an excessive amount of.

We cannot take it anymore. We’re not used to successful in our nation. Until you got here alongside, we had been simply all the time dropping, however now we’re successful an excessive amount of.

And I say no, no, no, you are going to win once more. You’re going to win huge; you are going to win larger than ever. And to show that time — to show that time, right here with us tonight is a bunch of winners who simply made the complete nation proud.

The males’s gold medal Olympic hockey crew, come on in. Go forward.

That’s the first time I’ve ever seen them stand up. And truly, not all of them did stand up. But they beat a incredible Canadian crew in additional time, as everyone noticed — as did the American girls who will quickly be coming to the White House.

They had been in the Oval Office earlier than and I simply wish to say a second, very huge congratulations to crew USA. But I’ve to say that — and I advised them this and we took a vote of the crew. I stated, anyone votes no, I’m not doing it. So they stood there and they weren’t about to say no, as a result of I’ve by no means seen a goaltender play in addition to goalie, Connor Hellebuyck.

Think of it, 46 photographs on purpose. And I requested him, the one shot, the one the place you place your stick in the again and it hit the neck of your stick and bounced off, do you apply that, or was that slightly fortunate? He refused to reply that query. But I simply wish to let you know that the members of this nice hockey squad will likely be very glad to listen to primarily based on their vote and my vote, and on this case, my vote was extra necessary, that I’ll quickly be presenting Connor with our highest civilian honor, which we will likely be given and which has been given to many athletes over the years.

But once I say many, not too many, like 12. It’s referred to as the highest civilian honor in our nation, the Presidential Medal of Freedom. Great athletes have gotten that, very nice, the finest and I assumed he deserved it. And I did take a vote, each single one of them. I stated, I’m not giving it if anyone says no. And each single one of them quickly put up their hand.

So I wish to thanks all. What a particular job you probably did, what particular champions you’re. Thank you very a lot.

I’m additionally happy to say that the subsequent time the Olympic torch is lit, will probably be right here in America for the 2028 Olympics and it is the summer time model proper in Los Angeles. We’re going to do a great job in Los Angeles.

And Los Angeles goes to be protected identical to Washington DC is now one of the most secure cities in the nation. And this 12 months, and I have to say, I received them each. I received them in my first time period and I used to be disenchanted as a result of I did not assume I’d be the president when this occurred.

But unusual issues befell and now I’ve received them as a result of I received the Olympics and I received the 2026 FIFA World Cup and I wished to assert the 250th, however I did not get away with that one. I could not declare that one for myself, however we’re getting the World Cup, so we’ve the World Cup and the Olympics coming and that’s thrilling information.

So this will likely be a 12 months to have fun our nation and the heroes who’ve saved it free, males like Buddy Taggart. At age 17, Buddy volunteered to defend America in World War II, serving in the Pacific underneath the nice General Douglas MacArthur.

He fought bravely in the well-known Battle of Manila, labored so arduous. He was badly wounded and nearly killed by enemy machine weapons in Luzon. And 81 years in the past this month, he liberated the largest internment camp in the Philippines, one of the largest anyplace in the world. But he earned many honors, together with a Purple Heart and a Bronze Star, got here dwelling began a household and tonight he’s in the gallery wanting ahead to July 4th, 2026, his one centesimal birthday.

So Buddy, you are a courageous man and we salute you.

Even in occasions of problem, setback and immense heartache, the spirit of 1776 has all the time proven via very brightly. It was July 4th of final 12 months when flood waters tore via a ladies’ summer time camp in central Texas, one of the worst issues I’ve ever seen.

I used to be there. Rising 26 ft in the matter of minutes, tragically claiming many, many lives. You all keep in mind that one. As the waters threatened to comb her away, 11 12 months previous Millie Kate McClelland closed her eyes and prayed to God. She thought she was going to die. Those prayers had been answered when Coast Guard rescue swimmer Scott Ruskin descended from a helicopter above.

Nobody knew the place he got here from. It was Scott’s first ever rescue mission, a younger man, however very courageous, very, very high, all the time high in his class. And he lifted not simply Millie Kate, however 164 others to security.

People watched Scott from a distance and they could not imagine what they had been seeing. The winds had been blowing, the rain was pouring, all the things was going and that speedy water, no one’s ever seen something prefer it. They stated, wow, that is one thing.

Tonight, Scott and Millie Kate are right here collectively, reunited for the very first time. Thank you, Scott, Millie Kate. And Petty Officer Ruskin, I’m happy to tell you that I’m now awarding you the Legion of Merit for extraordinary heroism, which is what it was, extraordinary heroism. Thank you.

And I’d prefer to have the army support to please come down and take care of the service, army support. Thank you very a lot. Take care of that crucial service. Thank you very a lot. From 1776 to as we speak, each era of Americans has stepped ahead to defend life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness.

And they’re actually doing it for the subsequent era, however now it is our flip.

Together, we’re constructing a nation the place each youngster has the probability to succeed in larger and go additional, the place authorities solutions to the folks, not the highly effective and the place the pursuits of hardworking American residents are all the time our first and final concern.

That is the debt we owe to the heroes who got here earlier than us and that’s the promise we should maintain to America for our 250th 12 months. Last 12 months, I urged this Congress to start the mission by passing the largest tax cuts in American historical past and our Republican majorities delivered so superbly. Thank you, Republicans.

All Democrats, each single one of them, voted in opposition to these actually necessary and very essential large tax cuts.

They wished massive scale tax will increase to harm the folks as an alternative.

But we held sturdy and with the Great Big, Beautiful Bill, we gave you no tax on suggestions, no tax on additional time and no tax on Social Security for our nice seniors.

And we additionally made curiosity on auto loans tax deductible — the first time — however provided that the automobile is made in America. Recently in Pennsylvania, I met Megan Hemhauser, a loyal mother who dwelling faculties her kids — stunning, two kids — throughout the day whereas ready tables at evening as her husband works additional time working very heavy gear.

Megan is right here this night and she’s glad to let you know that she is so, a lot richer as a result of, with no tax on suggestions, no tax on additional time and our expanded youngster tax credit score finished once more by Republicans, Megan and her husband will take dwelling greater than $5,000 additional only for the 12 months slicing her tax invoice in additional than half.

Megan, please get up. We’re preventing for you, Megan. Thank you.

Under our invoice mother and father like Megan may also activate their kids’s brand-new Trump Accounts and I did not title it. I did not title it. I didn’t title that. Nobody believes me, however I didn’t title it. It was named by a really tall man sitting proper there in the third row.

Nice man, a great man. Tax free funding accounts for each American youngster. This is one thing that is so particular and has taken off and gone via the roof. Millions will likely be prefunded courtesy of the US Treasury and non-public people like Michael and Susan Dell, who’ve donated $6.25 billion to fund the Trump Accounts for 25 million American kids.

They’re nice folks. You know, I requested Michael Dell, how do you make all that cash? He stated, nicely, I simply sat in my dorm at school, and I made computer systems and I’d promote them to folks. And I simply saved promoting and promoting and promoting and fairly superb story. That’s referred to as the American Dream. He bought loads of computer systems, loads of these laptops.

So, I congratulate him on that, however I actually thank him and Susan, in addition to others like Brad Gerstner, a really large man. He was behind it proper from the starting, Brad Gerstner. Thank you, Brad. So, with modest further contributions, these younger folks’s accounts might develop to over $100,000 or extra by the time they flip 18. Think of it, how a lot cash is that for someone that began with nothing?

Over $100,000, may very well be rather more than that. To make this funding in our kids’s future go to TrumpAccounts.gov, TrumpAccounts.gov. And loads of persons are doing it. That setting each report in the ebook. It’s common. They knew what was going to — what it was going to take. I’m so proud of them. I’m so proud of the those that received it began.

Now it is simply taken off. One of the main causes for our nation’s beautiful financial turnaround, the greatest in historical past the place the Dow Jones broke 50,000 4 years forward of schedule and the S&P hit 7,000 the place it wasn’t alleged to do it for a few years, had been tariffs. I used these tariffs, took in tons of of billions of {dollars} to make nice offers for our nation, each economically and on a nationwide safety foundation.

Everything was working nicely. Countries that had been ripping us off for many years at the moment are paying us tons of of billions of {dollars}. They had been ripping us so badly, you all know that. Everybody is aware of it, even the Democrats understand it, they only do not wish to say it. And but these international locations at the moment are glad and so are we. We made offers, the offers are all finished and they’re glad.

They’re not getting cash like they used to however we’re making loads of cash. There was no inflation, large development. And the huge story was how Donald Trump referred to as the economic system accurately and 22 Nobel Prize winners in economics did not, they received it completely flawed. They received it actually flawed. And then simply 4 days in the past, an unlucky ruling from the United States Supreme Court, it simply got here down. It got here down, very unlucky ruling.

But the excellent news is that just about all international locations and companies wish to maintain the deal that they already made. Right, Scott? Knowing that the authorized energy that I as president need to make a brand new deal may very well be far worse for them. And subsequently, they’ll proceed to work alongside the similar profitable path that we had negotiated earlier than the Supreme Court’s unlucky involvement.

So, regardless of the disappointing ruling, these highly effective nation saving, it is saving our nation the sort of cash we’re taking in, peace defending. Many of the wars I settled was as a result of of the menace of tariffs. I would not have been capable of settle them with out them. Will stay in place underneath absolutely permitted and examined various authorized statutes and they’ve been examined for a very long time.

They’re slightly extra complicated, however they’re truly in all probability higher. Leading to an answer that will likely be even stronger than earlier than. Congressional motion won’t be essential. It’s already time examined and permitted. And as time goes by, I imagine the tariffs, paid for by overseas international locations, will, like in the previous, considerably exchange the modern-day system of earnings tax, taking an ideal monetary burden off the those that I like.

Moving ahead, factories, jobs, funding and trillions and trillions of {dollars} will proceed pouring into the United States of America as a result of we lastly have a president who places America first. I put America first. I like America. For a long time, earlier than I got here alongside, we had the precise reverse.

From commerce to well being care, from power to immigration, all the things was stolen and rigged with a purpose to drain the wealth out of the productive hardworking individuals who make our nation nice, who make our nation run. Under Biden and his corrupt companions in Congress and past, it reached a breaking level with the Green New Scam, open borders for everybody.

They poured in by the tens of millions and tens of millions from prisons, from psychological establishments. They had been murderers, 11,888 murderers. They got here into our nation; you allowed that to occur. And record-setting inflation that value the typical household $34,000 in only a speck of time. Now the similar folks on this chamber who voted for these disasters immediately used the phrase affordability, a phrase — they only used it. Somebody gave it to them, realizing full nicely that they induced and created the elevated costs that each one of our residents needed to endure.

You induced that downside; you induced that downside.

They knew their statements had been a lie. They knew it. They knew their statements had been a unclean, rotten, lie. Their insurance policies created the excessive costs. Our insurance policies are quickly ending them. We are doing rather well. Those costs are plummeting downward. The worth of eggs is down 60 p.c. Madam Secretary, thanks.

The value of hen, butter, fruit, inns, cars, lease, is decrease as we speak than once I took workplace, by loads. And even beef, which was very excessive, is beginning to come down considerably. Just maintain on a short while, we’re getting it down. And quickly you will notice numbers that few folks would assume had been doable to realize simply a short while in the past.

Nobody can imagine once they see the sort of numbers and particularly power, once they see power taking place to numbers like that. They can’t imagine it. It’s like one other huge tax reduce. I’m additionally confronting one of the greatest rip-offs of our occasions, the crushing value of well being care, attributable to you, since the passage of the Affordable Care Act, typically known as Obamacare.

Big insurance coverage firms received wealthy. It was meant for the insurance coverage firms, not for the folks. With our authorities giving them tons of and tons of of billions of {dollars} a 12 months as their inventory costs soared 1,000, 1,200, 1,400 and even 1,700 p.c, like nothing else. That’s why I launched the nice well being care plan.

I wish to cease all funds to huge insurance coverage firms and as an alternative, give that cash on to the folks to allow them to purchase their very own well being care, which will likely be higher well being care at a a lot decrease value. In addition, my plan requires most worth transparency. That’s a giant deal. Sounds so easy, so huge.

And I did that in my first time period and the Democrats instantly terminated it with full information that they had been doing a really unhealthy factor for the folks. Costs we’ll go means up and that is what occurred. And now I’m bringing them means down on well being care and all the things else. I’m additionally ending the wildly inflated value of pharmaceuticals like has by no means occurred earlier than.

Other presidents tried to do it, however they by no means might. They tried. Most did not strive, truly, however they tried. They stated they tried. They could not do it. They did not even come shut. They had been all speak and no motion, however I received it finished. Under my simply enacted Most Favored Nation agreements, Americans who’ve for many years paid by far the highest costs of any nation anyplace in the world for pharmaceuticals will now pay the lowest worth anyplace in the world for medicine, anyplace, the lowest worth.

So in my first 12 months of the second time period, needs to be my third time period, however unusual issues occur.

I took pharmaceuticals, a really huge half of well being care from the highest worth in the complete world to the lowest. That’s a giant achievement. The result’s worth variations of 300, 400, 500, 600 p.c and extra, all accessible proper now at a brand new web site referred to as trump.gov.

And I did not title that one both, by the means.

And right here tonight is the very first buyer ever to get that huge low cost, and it’s huge, Catherine Rayner. For 5 years, she and her husband have struggled with infertility and they turned to IVF. One drug has been costing Catherine $4,000 to buy. But a number of weeks in the past, she logged on to the web site and received that very same drug that prices $4,000, received it for underneath $500, a discount of rather more truly than $3,500. Catherine, we’re all praying for you and you are going to be an ideal mother.

So now I’m calling on Congress to codify my Most Favored Nation program into legislation. Now the one factor I’m unsure it issues as a result of it’ll be very arduous for someone that comes alongside after me to say, let’s elevate drug costs by 700 or 800 p.c. But John and Mike, when you do not thoughts, codify it anyway.

They could do it. Codify it anyway. Thank you. Many Americans are additionally involved that power demand from AI knowledge facilities might unfairly drive up their electrical utility payments. Tonight, I’m happy to announce that I’ve negotiated the new Ratepayer Protection Pledge. You know what that’s. We’re telling the main tech firms that they’ve the obligation to offer for their very own energy wants.

They can construct their very own energy vegetation as half of their manufacturing facility, in order that nobody’s costs will go up, and in lots of instances, costs of electrical energy will go down for the neighborhood and very considerably down. This is a singular technique by no means used on this nation earlier than. We have an previous grid. It might by no means deal with the sort of numbers, the quantity of electrical energy that is wanted.

So I’m telling them they’ll construct their very own plant. They’re going to provide their very own electrical energy. It will guarantee the firm’s skill to get electrical energy whereas at the similar time, reducing costs of electrical energy for you and may very well be very substantial for all of your cities and cities. You’re going to see some good issues occur over the subsequent quantity of years.

Another pillar of the American dream that has been underneath assault is homeownership. With us tonight is Rachel Wiggins, a mother of two from Houston. She positioned bids on 20 properties and misplaced all of these bids to gigantic funding companies that bypassed inspection, paid all money and turned these homes into leases, stealing away her American dream.

She was devastated. Stories like this are why final month I signed an government order to ban massive Wall Street funding companies from shopping for up in the 1000’s, single-family properties. And now I’m asking Congress to make that ban everlasting as a result of properties for folks — actually, that is what we would like. We need properties for folks, not for firms.

Corporations are doing simply wonderful, Rachel, thanks very a lot. Good luck with your own home. You’ll get one quickly. We’re additionally working to make it simpler for Americans to save lots of for retirement. And underneath this administration, we’ll all the time shield Social Security and Medicare. They aren’t defending it for our seniors.

We will all the time shield Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid. Since I took workplace, the typical 401-Okay stability is up by a minimum of $30,000. That’s loads of cash. We have tens of millions and tens of millions of folks, as a result of the inventory market has finished so nicely, setting all these data. Your 401-K’s are means up. Yet, half of all of working Americans nonetheless shouldn’t have entry to a retirement plan with matching contributions from an employer.

To treatment this gross disparity, I’m saying that subsequent 12 months, my administration will give these usually forgotten American employees, nice folks, the those that constructed our nation, entry to the similar kind of retirement plan supplied to each federal employee. We will match your contribution with as much as $1,000 every year, as we be certain that all Americans can revenue from a rising inventory market.

Let’s additionally be certain that members of Congress can’t corruptly revenue from utilizing insider data. They stood up for that. I can not imagine it. Did Nancy Pelosi get up, if she’s right here? Doubt it. Pass the Stop Insider Trading Act directly. I wasn’t certain if anyone, even on this facet, was going to applaud for that. I’m very impressed. Thank you. I’m very impressed. But in the case of the corruption that’s plundering — actually, it is plundering America.

There’s been no extra beautiful instance than Minnesota, the place members of the Somali neighborhood have pillaged an estimated $19 billion from the American taxpayer. We have all the data and, in truth, the quantity is way larger than that. And California, Massachusetts, Maine and many different states are even worse.

This is the sort of corruption that shreds the material of a nation, and we’re engaged on it such as you would not imagine. So, tonight, though began 4 months in the past, I’m formally saying the battle on fraud to be led by our nice Vice President, JD Vance. He’ll get it finished and, if we’re capable of finding sufficient of that fraud, we’ll even have a balanced finances in a single day.

It’ll go in a short time. That’s the sort of cash you are speaking about. We’ll stability our finances. The Somali pirates who ransacked Minnesota, remind us that there are massive components of the world the place bribery, corruption and lawlessness are the norm, not the exception. Importing these cultures via unrestricted immigration and open borders brings these issues proper right here to the USA. And it’s the American individuals who pay the worth in larger medical payments, automobile insurance coverage charges, lease, taxes and maybe most significantly crime.

We will take care of this downside. We’re going to take care of this downside. We aren’t taking part in video games. Delilah Coleman was solely 5 years previous in June 2024 when an 18-wheel tractor-trailer plowed into her stopped automobile touring at 60 miles an hour or extra. The driver was an unlawful alien let in by Joe Biden and given a industrial driver’s license by open borders politicians in California.

Doctors stated Delilah would by no means be capable to stroll or speak, have a great life. She would not even be capable to eat once more. But in opposition to all odds, she is now in the first grade, studying to stroll. And she’s right here this night along with her dad Marcus, a incredible man. Delilah, please, you’re a nice inspiration. Please get up. Thank you, Delilah.

Many, if not most, unlawful aliens don’t communicate English and can’t learn even the most simple highway indicators as to path, velocity, hazard or location. That’s why tonight I’m calling on Congress to cross what we’ll name the Delilah Law, barring any state from granting industrial driver’s licenses to unlawful aliens.

And yesterday, as you in all probability noticed at the White House, I hosted a ceremony with Americans who misplaced their treasured family members to the scourge of unlawful immigration. People got here into our nation — how we allowed this to occur with our open borders. These are the Angel Moms and Families that for many years our authorities betrayed and our media completely ignored — completely.

It was horrible, arduous to imagine truly. In 2023, a 16-year-old highschool cheerleader named Lizbeth Medina was alleged to carry out in her city’s Christmas parade, however she by no means arrived. Her mom Jacqueline went dwelling to search for her and she discovered her mendacity useless in a tub bleeding profusely after being stabbed 25 occasions.

Lizbeth’s killer was a beforehand arrested unlawful alien who had damaged in and brutally — simply brutally extinguished the brightest gentle in her household’s life, violently and viciously. Her heartbroken mom is in the gallery to remind everybody on this chamber precisely why we’re deporting unlawful alien criminals from our nation at report numbers and we’re getting them the hell out of right here quick.

We don’t desire them.

Thank you very a lot, Jacqueline. Thank you. We can always remember that many on this room not solely allowed the border invasion to occur earlier than I received concerned, however certainly they’d do it yet again in the event that they ever had the probability. If they ever received elected, they’d open up these borders to some of the worst criminals anyplace in the world.

The solely factor standing between Americans and a wide-open border proper now’s President Donald J. Trump and our nice Republican patriots in Congress. Thank you. Thank you. As we communicate, Democrats on this chamber have reduce off all funding for the Department of Homeland Security. It’s all reduce off.

It’s all reduce off. They have instituted one other Democrat shutdown, the first one costing us 2 factors on GDP. 2 factors we misplaced on GDP, which in all probability made them fairly glad truly. Now they’ve closed the company accountable for defending Americans from terrorists and murderers. Tonight, I’m demanding the full and fast restoration of all funding for the border safety, homeland safety of the United States and additionally for serving to folks clear up their snow.

We don’t have any cash as a result of of the Democrats, and it could be good — we would love to provide you a hand at cleansing it up, however you gave no cash. Nobody’s getting paid; it is a disgrace. So, it’s a must to give it some thought. We have, in case you did not know, a fairly large snowstorm on the market. One of the nice issues about the State of the Union is the way it provides Americans the probability to see clearly what their Representatives actually imagine.

So, tonight, I’m inviting each legislator to affix with my administration in reaffirming a basic precept. If you agree with this assertion, then get up and present your assist. The first responsibility of the American authorities is to guard American residents, not unlawful aliens. Isn’t {that a} disgrace? You needs to be ashamed of your self, not standing up. You needs to be ashamed of your self.

That is why I’m additionally asking you to finish lethal sanctuary cities that shield the criminals and enact severe penalties for public officers who block the elimination of felony aliens, in lots of instances, drug lords, murderers throughout our nation.

They’re blocking the elimination of these folks out of our nation and try to be ashamed of your self.

That is why I’m additionally asking you to finish lethal sanctuary cities that shield the criminals and enact severe penalties for public officers who block the elimination of felony aliens, in lots of instances, drug lords, murderers throughout our nation.

They’re blocking the elimination of these folks out of our nation and try to be ashamed of your self.

And maybe most significantly, I’m asking you to approve the Save America Act to cease unlawful aliens and others who’re unpermitted individuals from voting in our sacred American elections. That dishonest is rampant in our elections. It’s rampant. It’s quite simple, all voters should present voter ID. All voters should present proof of citizenship with a purpose to vote.

And no extra crooked mail-in ballots aside from sickness, incapacity, army or journey, none. And this needs to be a straightforward one, and by the means, it is polling at 89 p.c, together with Democrats, 89 p.c. And even the new communist mayor of New York City, I feel he is a pleasant man, truly, communicate to him loads.

Bad coverage, however good man. Just stated they need folks to shovel snow. They received hit arduous. Wants them to shovel snow. But when you apply for that job, it’s good to present two unique varieties of ID and a Social Security card. Yet, they do not need identification for the best privilege of all of them, voting in America.

No, it is no good, no good. Both Republicans and Democrats overwhelmingly agree on the coverage that we simply enunciated and Congress ought to unite and enact this widespread sense, country-saving laws proper now and it needs to be earlier than the rest occurs. And the purpose they do not wish to do it, why would anyone not need voter ID? One purpose, as a result of they wish to cheat.

There’s just one purpose. They make up all excuses. They say it is racist. They give you issues. You nearly say, what creativeness they’ve. They wish to cheat, they’ve cheated and their coverage is so unhealthy that the solely means they’ll get elected is to cheat and we’ll cease it. We need to cease it, John.

And right here is yet one more alternative to point out widespread sense in authorities. In the gallery tonight are Sage Blair and her mom, Michelle. In 2021, Sage was 14 when faculty officers in Virginia sought to socially transition her to a brand new gender, treating her as a boy and hiding it from her mother and father. Hard to imagine, is not it? Before lengthy, a confused Sage ran away from dwelling.

After she was present in a horrific scenario in Maryland, a left-wing choose refused to return sage to her mother and father as a result of they didn’t instantly state that their daughter was their son. Sage was thrown into an all-boys state dwelling and suffered terribly for a very long time. But as we speak, all of that’s behind them as a result of sage is a proud and great younger lady with a full trip scholarship to Liberty University.

Sage and Michelle, please get up. And thanks in your nice bravery and who can imagine that we’re even talking about issues like this. 15 years in the past, if someone was up right here and stated that, they’d say, what’s flawed with him? But now we’ve to say it as a result of it is occurring throughout, quite a few states, with out even telling the mother and father.

But absolutely, we will all agree no state might be allowed to tear kids from their mother and father arms and transition them to a brand new gender in opposition to the mother and father will. Who would imagine that we have been speaking about that.We should ban it and we should ban it instantly. Look, no one stands up. These persons are loopy.

I’m telling you, they’re loopy. Amazing. [Inaudible] boy, oh boy. We’re fortunate we’ve a rustic with folks like this. Democrats are destroying our nation, however we have stopped it simply in the nick of time, did not we? No one cares extra about defending America’s youth than our great First Lady, now a film star.

She’s a film star, are you able to imagine it? Who would have believed that? Over the previous 12 months, she has had an unimaginable affect championing AI laws advancing a landmark government order on foster care and serving to safe $30 million to launch the Melania Trump Foster Youth to Independence Initiative.

It’s an incredible — actually, an incredible factor that occurred and had loads of bipartisan assist. She will get a lot better bipartisan assist than I do. I get none. She will get loads. Someday you are going to have to inform me how you probably did that. And college students and educators in each state have joined the First Lady’s efforts in the presidential AI problem, protecting America’s subsequent era positioned to succeed and strongly achieve the future.

Tonight, we welcome two younger folks whose lives mirror the First Lady’s affect, Cierra Burns and Everest Nevermont. Thank you each. And Melania, thanks. I understand how arduous you labored on it. Thank you very a lot. I’m very proud to say that in my time in workplace, each the first 4 years and particularly this final 12 months, there was an incredible renewal in faith, religion, Christianity and perception in God, large renewal.

This is very true amongst younger folks, and a giant half of that has needed to do with my nice pal Charlie Kirk, an ideal man, nice man. So, final 12 months Charlie was violently murdered by an murderer and martyred, actually martyred for his beliefs. His great spouse Erica is with us tonight. Erica, please stand. Thank you, Erica — been via loads. In Charlie’s reminiscence, we should all come collectively to reaffirm that America is one nation underneath God, and we should completely reject political violence of any sort.

We love faith and we love bringing it again and it is coming again at ranges that no one truly thought doable. It’s actually an attractive factor to see. Above all, unleashing America’s promise requires protecting our communities protected. We have made unimaginable strides, but harmful repeat offenders proceed to be launched by pro-crime Democrat politicians once more and once more.

We are honored to be joined tonight by a lady who’s been via hell, Anya Zarutska. In 2022, she and her stunning daughter — so stunning, what an attractive younger lady. Iryna fled battle torn Ukraine to stay with family members close to Charlotte, North Carolina. And by the means, what is going on on with Charlotte? Last summer time, 23-year-old Iryna was using dwelling on the practice when a deranged monster, who had been arrested over a dozen occasions and was launched via no money bail, stood up and viciously slashed a knife via her neck and physique.

No one will ever neglect — there have been folks on that practice, nobody will ever neglect the expression of terror on Iryna’s face as she regarded up at her attacker in the final seconds of her life. She died immediately. She had escaped a brutal battle solely to be slain by a hardened felony let out to kill in America, got here in via open borders.

Mrs. Zarutska, tonight, I promise you we’ll guarantee justice in your magnificent daughter Iryna. How do you not stand? How do you not stand? I’m asking this Congress to cross powerful laws to make sure that violent and harmful repeat offenders are put behind bars and, importantly, that they keep there.

Starting final summer time, I deployed our National Guard and federal legislation enforcement to revive legislation and order to our most harmful cities, together with Memphis, Tennessee, huge success; New Orleans, Louisiana, huge success; and our nation’s capital itself, Washington DC the place we’ve nearly no crime anymore in Washington DC. How did that occur?

In truth, crime in Washington is now at the lowest stage ever recorded, and murders in DC this January had been down near 100% from a 12 months in the past. They do not like to listen to that. One of the — sick folks. One of the courageous service members who helped obtain this beautiful turnaround was 20-year-old West Virginia Army National Guard Specialist, Sarah Beckstrom.

After a four-month deployment, she voluntarily prolonged her service, and her rank was going to be lifted. She was doing so nicely. They had been so proud of her. But the very subsequent day she was on patrol close to the White House when she was ambushed and shot in the head by a terrorist monster from Afghanistan, should not have been in our nation.

And all as a result of she wore the uniform of our nation, she was shot. He traveled right here as a result of he did not like folks carrying our uniform, he was sick and deranged. Shouldn’t have been in our nation. Sarah Beckstrom died with a purpose to defend our capital. And we’re honored to be joined by her great mother and father.

Gary and Evalea, your daughter was a real American patriot, and she will likely be tremendously missed. She was an ideal particular person. I noticed studies on her; they’ve by no means seen something prefer it. So sorry, thanks very a lot. An amazing younger girl. I noticed studies that had been like good. She was good. Serving alongside Sarah that day was Staff Sergeant Andrew Wolfe.

The terrorist shot Andrew in the head, and nobody thought he might probably make it. The two of them, Sarah and Andrew, each shot violently in the head, neither was anticipated to make it. They weren’t even given an opportunity, besides his great mom named Melody who I spoke to the similar evening, and she was so optimistic.

The medical doctors thought that Andrew was gone, however his mom stated no, no, Mr. President, Andrew will likely be wonderful. He’s going to make it. I’ve by no means seen something prefer it. I imply he was given nearly no probability. She stated I’ve little doubt, sir, he’ll be OK. This was a dialog that I had along with her that evening along with her son laying hopelessly in mattress, blood throughout.

Everybody is praying. She stated sir, he will likely be OK. The medical doctors did not perceive what she was saying and, after taking a look at the outcomes of the harm finished, neither did I. She was so sturdy and conclusive that even Andrew’s nice father felt she did not actually perceive the gravity of the scenario, however she turned out to be proper.

Right, Melody? She turned out to be proper. Amazing, truly. I stated the place does this lady come from? She’s the most optimistic particular person I’ve ever met. With God’s assist, Andrew has battled again from the edge of loss of life — and we’re speaking about the edge of loss of life, on his approach to a miraculous restoration.

He’s received slightly work to do, however he is doing nice. Nice to see — he is a handsome man. Nice to see you. Thanks, Andrew. Thank you very a lot. So, Andrew, whilst you’re up, now I’m going to ask a extremely revered General James Seward to current Staff Sergeant Andrew Wolf and the nice household of Sarah Beckstrom with the award created by our late nice president, George Washington himself.

It’s referred to as the Purple Heart.

We love you all. Love you. We’re proudly restoring security for Americans at dwelling and we’re additionally restoring safety for Americans overseas. Our nation has by no means been stronger. In my first 10 months I ended eight wars, together with Cambodia. Isn’t it humorous? They’re sick folks. Cambodia and Thailand. Pakistan and India, would have been a nuclear battle.

35 million folks stated the prime minister of Pakistan would have died if it weren’t for my involvement. Kosovo and Serbia, Israel and Iran, Egypt and Ethiopia, Armenia and Azerbaijan, the Congo and Rwanda and, of course, the battle in Gaza, which proceeds at a really low stage. It’s nearly there. And I wish to thank Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner in your assist.

Thank you, Steve. Thank you, Jared. And I additionally wish to thank the man they report back to, Secretary of State Marco Rubio. Thank you, Marco. People such as you. You know, Marco received 100% of the votes when he was in — I feel our subsequent one was about 54 p.c. And some of the Democrats at the moment are saying, I can not imagine we permitted that man.

And he stated, it is an honor that they really feel that means, proper, Marco? You have finished an ideal job, nice secretary of state. I feel he’ll go down as the finest ever. Under the ceasefire I negotiated each single hostage, each residing and useless has been returned dwelling. Can you imagine that? Nobody thought it was doable.

Nobody thought that was doable. Both residing and useless. And these mother and father who had a useless son, their boy, they’d all the time inform me their boy, they wished him as a lot as if he had been residing. It was a tremendous interval of time and they got here again. And once we received all of the residing hostages again and many, many earlier than them however I all the time stated these final 20 are going to be very powerful, however we received many, many extra, tons of.

But I stated these final 20 are going to be powerful. We received them again. But we solely received again 14 or 15 of the useless, of the 28. And imagine it or not, Hamas labored together with Israel and they dug and they dug and they dug. It’s a tricky — it is a powerful factor to do, going via our bodies throughout, passing up 100 our bodies typically for every one that they discovered.

Tough job. And they lastly received it again to 27. And then Steve and Jared, they received it again to twenty-eight. They discovered all 28. Nobody thought that was doable, however we did it. And I keep in mind the household of the twenty eighth. They had been so — grieved, however they had been so glad, as glad because it’s doable — doable to be. They had their boy again.

The mom stated, sir, we’ve our boy again. What a interval of time that was, however we received all of them again. So thanks each very a lot. Great job. And we’re working very arduous to finish the ninth battle, the killing and slaughter between Russia and Ukraine, the place 25,000 troopers are dying every and each month.

Think of that, 25,000 troopers are dying a month, a battle which might have by no means occurred if I had been president, would have by no means occurred.

As President, I’ll make peace wherever I can, however I’ll by no means hesitate to confront threats to America wherever we should. That’s why in a breakthrough operation final June, the United States army obliterated Iran’s nuclear weapons program with an assault on Iranian soil, referred to as Operation Midnight Hammer.

For a long time, it had been the coverage of the United States by no means to permit Iran to acquire a nuclear weapon, many a long time. Since they seized management of that proud nation 47 years in the past, the regime and its murderous proxies have unfold nothing however terrorism and loss of life and hate. They’ve killed and maimed 1000’s of American service members and tons of of 1000’s and even tens of millions of folks with what’s referred to as roadside bombs.

They had been the kings of the roadside bomb. And we took out Soleimani. I did that in my first time period, had a huge effect. He was the father of the roadside bomb. And simply over the final couple of months with the protests, they’ve killed a minimum of, it seems like 32,000 protests, 32,000 protesters in their very own nation.

They shot them and hung them. We stopped them from hanging loads of them with the menace of severe violence. But that is some horrible folks. They’ve already developed missiles that may threaten Europe and our bases abroad and they’re working to construct missiles that can quickly attain the United States of America.

After Midnight Hammer, they had been warned to make no future makes an attempt to rebuild their weapons program in a specific, nuclear weapons, but they proceed beginning it throughout. We wiped it out and they wish to begin yet again. And are at this second once more pursuing their sinister ambitions. We are in negotiations with them.

They wish to make a deal, however we have not heard these secret phrases, we’ll by no means have a nuclear weapon. My choice is to unravel this downside via diplomacy. But one factor is definite, I’ll by no means enable the world’s primary sponsor of terror, which they’re by far to have a nuclear weapon, cannot let that occur.

And no nation ought to ever doubt America’s resolve. We have the strongest army on earth I rebuilt the army in my first time period. We’re going to proceed to take action. Also, we simply permitted a $1 trillion finances. We don’t have any alternative. We need to be sturdy, as a result of hopefully we’ll seldom have to make use of this nice energy that we constructed collectively.

It’s actually referred to as peace via power and it has been very, very efficient. So due to Republican in Congress, we’re investing that report quantity of {dollars}, don’t have any alternative, in the United States armed forces, additionally creating loads of jobs, however we’re not even doing it for that purpose. Because as I stated, we’ve extra jobs, extra folks working as we speak than ever earlier than in the historical past of our nation.

And NATO international locations, our associates and allies, and they’re, they’re our associates and they’re our allies, have simply agreed at my very sturdy request to pay 5 p.c of GDP for army protection relatively than the two p.c – Which they weren’t paying; we had been paying for nearly all of them. Now they’re paying 5 versus not paying for it. And getting that 5 p.c was one thing which everybody stated would by no means be finished, couldn’t occur. We received it actually simply with one assembly and a giant distinction between 2 p.c that is not paid.

We had been paying the freight of many of them. Very few had been paid out. Now 5 p.c then they’re paid. And all the things we ship over to Ukraine is distributed via NATO and they pay us in full. They pay us completely in full.

Every department of our armed forces is setting data for recruitment. This is so thrilling. And each service member not too long ago acquired a warrior dividend of $1,776. You know, they put it on my desk.

We received the cash from tariffs and different issues, loads of cash we’ve. We have rather more cash than folks perceive, need to rebuild that program slightly bit, however it will not take lengthy. But we received the cash and it was $1,775 and they wished my approval. And I stated what’s the quantity. $1,775. I stated, wait a minute, for yet one more greenback we will have 1776. It’s going to — I stated we’ll determine that out.

I by no means requested anyone if we might afford it. One extra greenback, I stated $1,776. And I stated that is good. And I’ll let you know what, our army — that was 4 months in the past, our army, I by no means see an individual in the army that does not thank me for it. So, we’re honored to do it. They deserve it and we name it $1,776, It was nice.

And we love our army; we love our legislation enforcement. We love our firemen, the firemen do not get talked about sufficient. We love our firemen.

We’re additionally restoring American safety and dominance in the Western Hemisphere, appearing to safe our nationwide pursuits and defend our nation from violence, medicine, terrorism and overseas interference.

For years, massive swaths of territory in our area, together with massive components of Mexico, actually massive components of Mexico, have been managed by murderous drug cartels. That’s why I designated these cartels as overseas terrorist organizations, and I declared illicit fentanyl as a weapon of mass destruction. And with our new army marketing campaign, we’ve stopped report quantities of medicine coming into our nation and nearly stopped it utterly coming in by water or sea.

You in all probability seen that. We very critically broken their fishing business additionally. Nobody needs to go fishing anymore. We’ve additionally taken down one of the most sinister cartel kingpins of all. You noticed that yesterday.

In January, elite American warriors carried out one of the most complicated spectacular feats of army competence and energy in world historical past.

No one’s seen something prefer it. Foreign leaders, I will not let you know who, referred to as me and they stated very spectacular, superb. They could not imagine — all of them watched; they noticed what occurred.

This is a unique preventing power than we had years in the past once we fought to tie. No, it is an ideal preventing power. I’m so proud of it. Look at Space Force.

Space power is my child as a result of we did that. My child’s turning into so necessary. And America’s armed forces overwhelmed all defenses and totally defeated an enemy — good fighters — to finish the reign of outlaw dictator Nicolas Maduro and deliver him to face American justice. And this was a fully colossal victory for the safety of the United States.

And it additionally opens up a brilliant new starting for the folks of Venezuela. We’re working carefully with the new president of Venezuela, Delcy Rodriguez, to unleash extraordinary financial features for each of our international locations and to deliver new hope to those that have suffered so terribly. They actually did undergo. With us tonight is Alejandra Gonzalez.

She grew up in a decent knit Venezuelan household and was particularly near her beloved uncle, Enrique. But after Enrique ran for workplace and opposed Maduro, he was kidnaped by Maduro’s safety forces and thrown into the regime’s actually notorious jail in Caracas. Alejandra feared she would by no means see her uncle once more.

She feared for her personal life additionally. But since the raid, we’ve labored with the new management, and they’ve ordered the closure of that vile jail and launched tons of of political prisoners already with extra to return. Alejandra, I’m happy to tell you that not solely has your uncle been launched, however he is right here tonight.

We introduced him over to have fun his freedom with you in particular person.

Enrique, please come down. Thank you, Enrique. Have a great time. Nice to have you ever again, Enrique. There had been many heroes on that January raid to seize Maduro, actually nice heroes. It was very harmful. They knew we had been coming; they had been all set.

But the deeds of one warrior that evening will stay eternally in the everlasting chronicles of army valor, Chief Warrant Officer Five, Eric Slover, deliberate the mission and was the flight lead in the cockpit of the first helicopter. A giant, stunning, highly effective helicopter, it was a large Chinook carrying, as you may think about, many, many American warfighters.

Wearing the canine tags his spouse Amy had blessed with holy water earlier than he left, she knew it was going to be a tough one. Eric steered the Chinook underneath the cowl of evening and descended swiftly upon Maduros’ closely protected army fortress. This was a significant army set up protected by 1000’s of troopers and guarded by Russian and Chinese army expertise.

How did that work out? Not too good. While getting ready to land, enemy machine weapons fired from each angle and Eric was hit very badly in the leg and hip, one bullet after one other. He absorbed 4 agonizing photographs, shredding his leg into quite a few items. And but, regardless of the undeniable fact that the use of his legs was very important to a profitable helicopter flight — legs are the most necessary half of flying a helicopter — to ship the many commandos who would seize and detain Maduro was the solely factor Eric was fascinated about.

Then at the same time as he was gushing blood, which was flowing again down the aisle — a helicopter lands at a steep angle — the machine gun stood proper in entrance of him. They had been proper in entrance of him, two machine gunners, who escaped the wrath of the earlier planes. Eric maneuvered his helicopter with all of these lives and souls to face the enemy and let his gunners remove the menace — turned the helicopter round so the gunners might take care of enterprise, saving the lives of his fellow warriors from what might have been a catastrophic crash deep in enemy territory.

Only after safely touchdown the helicopter with all the warriors aboard in the precise proper spot, which was very important to the mission, we in all probability would have had perhaps cancel the mission if that did not occur, Eric advised his copilot, additionally wounded however not as gravely, to take over, I’m about able to cross out. The success of the complete mission and the lives of his fellow warriors hinge on Eric’s skill to take the searing ache, it was unbelievable what’s occurred to his legs, of the bullets and carry on flying and touchdown and folks knew what was taking place.

Everybody in the again of the helicopter knew as a result of they noticed the blood pouring down the aisle. Chief Warrant Officer Slover continues to be recovering from his severe wounds, however I’m thrilled to say that he’s right here tonight along with his spouse Amy. Eric and Amy, come on in.

So we’ve a shock for Eric and Amy. In recognition of Eric’s actions above and past the name of responsibility, I might now prefer to ask General Jonathan Braga to current Chief Warrant Officer Slover with our nation’s highest army award, the Congressional Medal of Honor. Well, thanks very a lot, Eric and Amy, nice to get to know you.

I met with them and with loads of their fellow warriors at Fort Bragg not too long ago. You discover the title Fort Bragg, we’ve it again, we introduced it again. We gained the First World War with it, the Second World War with it and then they determine to vary the title, however we modified it again. Everybody wished it modified again too.

And 10 of Eric’s fellow warriors from that unimaginable evening of victory can even be receiving medals at a non-public ceremony that can quickly be held at the White House, and Eric, you may be there. Thank you. Thank you, Eric. That’s a giant one. Tonight, We’ve celebrated many really extraordinary American patriots, however there may be one final residing legend to honor earlier than we go. He is yet one more heroic American aviator, navy fighter pilot Royce Williams served in World War II, Korea, Vietnam, flying greater than 220 missions.

In the skies over Korea in 1952, Royce was in the dogfight of a lifetime, legendary dogfight. Flying via blizzard situations, his squadron was ambushed by seven Soviet fighter planes. It was his first aerial fight of the battle and regardless of being massively outnumbered and outgunned, Royce led the takedown of 4 enemy jets and nearly destroyed the others, vanquishing his adversaries whereas taking 263 bullets to his personal aircraft and being critically damage.

His story was secret for over 50 years. He did not even wish to inform his spouse, however the legend grew and grew. But tonight, at 100 years previous, this courageous Navy captain is lastly getting the recognition he deserves. He was a legend lengthy earlier than this night. Royce, please get up and I’ll ask the First Lady of the United States to current Captain Royce Williams along with his Congressional Medal of Honor.

Gilroy stated, thanks, Eric. I’ve all the time wished the Congressional Medal of Honor, however I used to be knowledgeable, I’m not allowed to provide it to myself and I would not know why I’d be taking it. But in the event that they ever open up that legislation, I will likely be there with you sometime. But, , that is our highest honor, Congressional Medal of Honor.

And that is a giant factor and it is an honor to be in the similar room with you. Thank you each, very a lot, Eric, thanks. Thank you. 250 years is a very long time in the life of a nation, however in one other sense, it is actually a mere second in the eye of historical past. Two of the gents we met in the gallery this night took their first breaths one century in the past, 100 years earlier than that on July 4th, 1826, the creator of the Declaration of Independence, sensible.

Thomas Jefferson drew his final breath. Just a single lengthy human lifespan separates the giants who declared and gained our independence from the heroes who stand amongst us tonight. Everything our nation has finished, all the things we’ve achieved has been the work of these few nice lifetimes.

In these temporary chapters, Americans constructed this nation from 13 humble colonies into the pinnacle of human civilization and human freedom, the strongest, wealthiest, strongest, most profitable nation in all of historical past, Americans ventured out throughout the daunting and harmful continent. We carved paths via an unforgiving wilderness, settled a boundless frontier and tamed the stunning however very, very harmful wild West. From empty marshes and wide-open plains, we raised up the world’s best cities.

Together, we mastered the world’s mightiest industries, shattered historical past’s monstrous tyrannies, and we liberated tens of millions from the chains of fascism, Communism, oppression and terror. Americans lifted humanity into the skies on the wings of aluminum and metal. And then we launched mankind into the stars on rockets powered by sheer American will and unyielding American pleasure.

We wired the globe with our ingenuity, we captivated the planet with American tradition, and now we’re pioneering the subsequent nice American breakthroughs that can change the complete world. All of this and a lot extra is the enduring legacy, unmatched glory of the hardworking patriots who constructed and defended this nation and who nonetheless carry the hopes and freedoms on all of humanity’s backs.

For years, they had been forgotten, betrayed and forged apart, however that nice betrayal is over and they’ll by no means be forgotten once more as a result of when the world wants braveness, daring imaginative and prescient and inspiration, it’s nonetheless turning to America. And when God wants a nation to work his miracles, He is aware of precisely who to ask.

There isn’t any problem Americans can’t overcome, no frontier too huge for us to beat, no dream too daring for us to chase, no horizon too distant for us to assert. For our future is written by the hand of Providence and these first 250 years had been simply the starting. From the rugged border cities of Texas to the heartland villages of Michigan.

From the solar kissed shores of Florida to the limitless fields of the Dakotas. And from the historic streets of Philadelphia to proper right here in our nation’s capital, Washington DC, the Golden Age of America is upon us. The revolution that started in 1776 has not ended; it nonetheless continues as a result of the flame of liberty and independence nonetheless burns in the coronary heart of each American patriot.

And our future will likely be larger, higher, brighter, bolder and extra superb than ever earlier than. Thank you. God bless you and God bless America.