Trump meets with Israeli PM Netanyahu (full speech)

[ APPLAUSE ]
>> THANK YOU.
>> TRUMP, DONALD, SARAH AND I
ARE ABSOLUTELY DELIGHTED TO
WELCOME YOU AND MELANIA TO THE
PRIME MINISTER'S RESIDENCE, THE
UNITED CAPITOL OF THE JEWISH
STATE.
WE'VE KNOWN EACH OTHER FOR MANY
YEARS AND IT'S ALWAYS GOOD TO
SEE YOU.
BUT IT'S AILSO WONDERFUL TO SEE
THE BLOSSOMING FRIENDSHIP
BETWEEN OUR TWO BEAUTIFUL WIVES.
YOU'RE SO WELCOME HERE.
WE'RE SO PLEASED TO SEE YOU.
WE'RE HONORED TO HAVE YOU IN OUR
HOME.
YOU'VE BEEN TODAY, MR.
PRESIDENT, TO THE WESTERN WALL,
ONE OF THE HOLIEST SITES OF
JUDAISM.
YOU'VE BEEN TO THE CHURCH, ONE
OF THE HOLIEST SIGNS OF
CHRI
CHRI
CHRISTIANITY.
WE PROTECT THE CHRISTIAN SITES
AS NO ONE ELSE DOES.
WE PROTECT CHRISTIAN SITES,
MUSLIM SITES AND JEWISH SITES.
WE'RE COMMITTED TO THE FREEDOM
OF ALL FAITHS AND TO THE RIGHTS
OF ALL.
MR. PRESIDENT, I APPRECIATE THE
FACT THAT YOU WENT TO THE
WESTERN WALL AND YOU WERE THE
FIRST ACTING PRESIDENT WHO'S
DONE THAT.
THE PEOPLE OF ISREAL APPLAUD YOU
FOR IT.
[ APPLAUSE ]
>> WE HAD A TERRIFIC DISCUSSION
TODAY AND WHEN I SAY TERRIFIC,
IT ACCOMPLISHES EVERYTHING.
WE CAN TALK ABOUT DEREGULATION.
WE CAN TALK ABOUT ECONOMICS.
I THINK WE QUOTE EACH OTHER.
WE UNDERSTAND EACH OTHER.
AND SO MUCH OF THE THINGS THAT
WE WISH TO ACCOMPLISH FOR BOTH
OF OUR COUNTRIES.
BUT I WANT TO THANK YOU
ESPECIALLY TODAY FOR YOUR DEEP
COMMITMENT TO ISREAL'S SECURITY,
ITS WELL-BEING AND ITS FUTURE.
I HAVE NO DOUBT THAT AS WE WORK
TOGETHER YOU AND I, THE ALLIANCE
BETWEEN OUR COUNTRIES WILL GROW
EVER STRONGER.
I WANT YOU TO KNOW HOW MUCH WE
APPRECIATE THE CHANGE IN
AMERICAN POLICY ON IRAN WHICH
YOU ENUNCENUNCIATED JUST AN HOU.
AND YOUR BOLD DECISION ON THE
USE OF CHEMICAL WEAPONS IN SYRIA
AND HOW MUCH WE APPRECIATE THE
ASSERTION OF LEADERSHIP IN THE
M
MIDDLE EAST.
I LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING
CLOSELY WITH YOU IN THIS
VOLATILE MIDDLE EAST.
I BELIEVE TOGETHER WE COULD ROLL
BACK IRAN'S MARCH OF AGGRESSION
AND TERROR IN THIS REGION AND WE
CAN THWART IRAN'S AMBITION TO
BECOME A NUCLEAR WEAPONS STATE.
I ALSO LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING
CLOSELY WITH YOU TO ADVANCE
PEACE IN OUR REGION.
BECAUSE YOU HAVE NOTED THAT
COMMON DANGERS ARE TURNING
FORMER ENEMIES INTO PARTNERS.
AND THAT'S WHERE WE SEE
SOMETHING NEW AND POTENTIALLY
SOMETHING VERY PROMISING.
IT WON'T BE SIMPLE, BUT FOR THE
FIRST TIME IN MANY YEARS, AND
MR. PRESIDENT FOR THE FIRST TIME
IN MY LIFETIME, I SEE A REAL
HOPE FOR CHANGE.
THE ARAB LEADERS WHO YOU MET
YESTERDAY COULD HELP CHANGE THE
ATMOSPHERE AND THEY COULD HELP
CREATE THE CONDITIONS FOR
REALISTIC PEACE.
THESE ARE ALL GREAT SIGNS ON
YOUR HISTORIC VISIT.
IT'S A VISIT THAT I THINK HAS
ECHOED DOWN THE AGES BECAUSE THE
GREAT ABRAHAM LINCOLN IS
REPORTED TO HAVE SAID THAT THERE
WAS NO CITY ON EARTH YOU SO MUCH
DESIRE TO SEE AS JERUSALEM.
WELL, MR. PRESIDENT, DONALD,
THERE'S NO CITY ON EARTH WHERE
YOU ARE MORE WELCOME THAN RIGHT
HERE WITH US IN JERUSALEM.
WELCOME TO JERUSALEM.
WELCOME TO ISREAL.
[ APPLAUSE ]
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
IT'S A GREAT HONOR TO BE WITH MY
GOOD FRIEND PRIME MINISTER
NETANYAHU.
AND OF COURSE SARAH.
THANK YOU.
AND ALSO THANK YOU FOR THAT
BEAUTIFUL TOUR.
MELANIA IS STILL TALKING ABOUT
IT.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
YOU HONORED ME AND MELANIA BY
BEING ONE OF THE FIRST WORLD
LEADERS TO VISIT THE WHITE HOUSE
AS YOU KNOW.
AND WE HAD A VERY GOOD AND SOUND
DISCUSSION.
AND NOW YOU HONOR US AGAIN BY
WELCOMING US TO YOUR HOME ON MY
FIRST TRIP ABROAD AS THE
PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES.
THIS IS A LANDFI FILLED WITH
BEAUTY, WONDER, AND THE SPIRIT
OF GOD.
I'VE BEEN AMAZED BY THE GLORIOUS
AND BEAUTIFUL MONUMENTS AND HOLY
SITES AND THE GENEROSITY OF YOUR
INCREDIBLE PEOPLE.
BECAUSE IT'S ALL ABOUT THE
PEOPLE.
I WAS DEEPLY MOVED BY MY VISIT
TODAY TO THE WESTERN WALL.
WORDS FAIL TO CAPTURE THE
EXPERIENCE.
IT WILL LEAVE AN IMPRESSION ON
ME FOREVER.
TODAY WE REAFFIRM THE
UNBREAKABLE BOND OF FRIENDSHIP
BETWEEN ISREAL AND THE UNITED
STATES.
A FRIENDSHIP BUILT ON OUR SHARED
LOVE OF FREEDOM, OUR SHARED
BELIEF IN HUMAN DIGNITY AND OUR
SHARED HOPE FOR AN ISREAL AT
LASTING PEACE.
WE WANT ISREAL TO HAVE PEACE.
BUT WE ARE MORE THAN FRIENDS.
WE ARE GREAT ALLIES.
WE HAVE SO MANY OPPORTUNITIES IN
FRONT OF US.
BUT WE MUST SEIZE THEM TOGETHER.
WE MUST TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THE
SITUATION AND THERE ARE MANY,
MANY THINGS THAT CAN HAPPEN NOW
THAT WOULD NEVER HAVE BEEN ABLE
TO HAPPEN BEFORE, AND WE
UNDERSTAND THAT VERY WELL.
THAT INCLUDES ADVANCING
PROSPE
PROSPERITY, DEFEATING THE EVILS
OF TERRORISM AND FACING THE
THREAT OF AN IRANIAN REGIME THAT
IS THREATENING THE REGION AND
CAUSING SO MUCH VIOLENCE AND
SUFFERING.
DURING MY TRAVELS, I HAVE SEEN
MANY HOPEFUL SIGNS THAT LEAD ME
TO BELIEVE THAT WE CAN TRULY
ACHIEVE A MORE PEACEFUL FUTURE
FOR THIS REGION AND FOR PEOPLE
OF ALL FAITHS AND ALL BELIEFS
AND FRANKLY ALL OVER THE WORLD.
IN MY VISIT TO SAUDI ARABIA, I
MET WITH MANY LEADERS OF THE
ARAB AND MUSLIM WORLD.
INCLUDING KING SALMAN WHO
TREATED US SO BEAUTIFULLY.
AND REALLY WANTS TO SEE GREAT
THINGS HAPPEN FOR THE WORLD.
HE REALLY DOES.
I GOT TO KNOW HIM WELL AND HE
REALLY DOES.
THESE LEADERS VOICE CONCERNS WE
ALL SHARE ABOUT ISIS, ABOUT
IRAN'S RISING AMBITIONS, AND
ROLLING BACK ITS GAINS AND ABOUT
THE MENACE OF EXTREMISM THAT HAS
SPREAD THROUGH TOO MANY PARTS OF
THE MUSLIM WORLD.
I'M ENCOURAGED THAT THEY PLEDGE
COOPERATION TO CONFRONT
TERRORISM AND THE HATEFUL
IDEOLOGY THAT DRIVES IT SO HARD.
AMERICA WELCOMES THE ACTION AND
SUPPORT OF ANY NATION WILLING TO
DO THE HARD BUT VITAL WORK IN
IR
IRRADICATING THE VIOLENT
IDEOLOGIES WITH SO MUCH BLOOD
SHED AND KILLING HERE AND ALL
OVER THE WORLD.
WE ARE WILLING TO WORK TOGETHER.
I BELIEVE THAT A NEW LEVEL OF
PARTNERSHIP IS POSSIBLE AND WILL
HAPPEN.
ONE THAT WILL BRING GREATER
SAFETY TO THIS REGION, GREATER
SECURITY TO THE UNITED STATES,
AND GREATER PROSPERITY TO THE
WORLD.
THIS INCLUDES A RENEWED EFFORT
AT PEACE BETWEEN THE ISRAELIS
AND THE PALESTINIANS.
AND I THANK THE PRIME MINISTER
FOR HIS COMMITMENT TO PURSUING
THE PEACE PROCESS.
HE'S WORKING VERY HARD AT IT.
IT'S NOT EASY.
I'VE HEARD IT'S ONE OF THE
TOUGHEST DEALS OF ALL.
BUT I HAVE A FEELING THAT WE'RE
GOING TO GET THERE EVENTUALLY.
I HOPE.
I'M CERTAIN WE WILL HAVE VERY
PRODUCTIVE DISCUSSIONS AND WE'RE
GOING TO HAVE VERY PRODUCTIVE
DISCUSSIONS IN MY OPINION WITH
THE LEADERS OF OTHER NATIONS
ALSO.
AND I FEEL STRONGLY ABOUT THAT.
BECAUSE THERE'S A LOT OF LOVE
OUT THERE.
AND PEOPLE FROM ALL NATIONS,
EVEN NATIONS THAT YOU WOULD BE
SURPRISED TO HEAR, THEY WANT TO
STOP THE KILLING.
THEY'VE HAD ENOUGH.
AMERICA STANDS READY TO ASSIST
IN EVERY WAY WE CAN.
OUR DEEP AND LASTING FRIENDSHIP
WILL ONLY GROW DEEPER AND
STRONGER AS WE WORK TOGETHER IN
THE DAYS AHEAD.
I THANK YOU AGAIN FOR HOSTING US
IN THIS BEAUTIFUL AND ANCIENT
LAND.
IT'S A LAND OF WONDERS.
I APPRECIATE IT VERY MUCH.
GREAT HONOR.
THANK YOU.
[ APPLAUSE ]
>> WHERE WOULD YOU LIKE US TO
STAND?
THERE.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

Trump meets with Israeli PM Netanyahu (full speech)

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