Trump: I am proud of our military (full speech)

WOW.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
WELCOME, EVERYONE.
THE RAIN STOPPED JUST AS WE CAME
OUT.
I DON'T KNOW WHAT THAT MEANS,
BUT IT'S NOT BAD.
AND HAPPY FOURTH OF JULY.
GREAT HONOR TO HAVE YOU WITH US.
MELANIA AND I TRULY APPRECIATE
AND CELEBRATE AMERICA'S
INDEPENDENCE WITH THOSE WHO
COURAGEOUSLY DEFEND OUR COUNTRY,
THE MEN, WOMEN AND FAMILIES OF
THE UNITED STATES MILITARY.
IT IS BECAUSE OF YOU THAT WELL
OVER 300 MILLION AMERICAN
CITIZENS CAN LIVE IN FREEDOM.
THERE IS ONE MILITARY FAMILY
HERE TODAY I AM ESPECIALLY
EXCITED TO RECOGNIZE, OUR GREAT
VICE PRESIDENT MIKE PENCE AND
OUR SECOND LADY -- NEVER HEARD
THAT TERM BEFORE BUT THAT'S WHAT
THEY SAY -- AND SHE IS SOME
LADY, THAT I CAN TELL YOU -- OF
THE UNITED STATES, KAREN PENCE
ARE HERE ALONG WITH THEIR SON,
MARINE FIRST LIEUTENANT MICHAEL
PENCE.
WHERE IS MICHAEL?
[ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ]
>> THAT'S GREAT, MICHAEL.
MICHAEL, NOT ONLY ARE YOUR
PARENTS PROUD OF YOU, NOT ONLY
AM I PROUD OF YOU, BUT AMERICA,
MICHAEL, IS VERY PROUD OF YOU.
THANK YOU.
AND AMERICA IS PROUD OF ALL OF
THE BRAVE MEN AND WOMEN WHO
SERVE IN EVERY BRANCH OF OUR
GREAT MILITARY.
WE HAVE OUTSTANDING
REPRESENTATIVES OF EACH SERVICE,
EACH BRANCH, THEY'RE WITH US
TODAY.
WE HAVE ARMY, WE HAVE NAVY, WE
HAVE AIR FORCE, WE HAVE MARINES,
WE HAVE COAST GUARD.
WE LOVE OUR COAST GUARD.
REPRESENTING THE UNITED STATES
ARMY IS CAPTAIN JEAN GUAN.
SHE SERVED 14 YEARS AND TODAY
SHE IS COMPANY COMMANDER IN
SUPPORT OF OLD GUARD WHERE SHE
OVERSEES THE 120 SOLDIERS WHO
PROTECT THE TOMB OF THE UNKNOWN
SOLDIER.
IT'S BEAUTIFUL.
CAPTAIN GUAN IS JOINED TODAY BY
HER HUSBAND CAPTAIN JAMES
FALWELL.
THANK YOU BOTH FOR YOUR SERVICE
AND THANK YOU TO EVERY SOLDIER
HERE WITH US TODAY AND SERVING
OUR NATION AND SERVING US ALL
AROUND THE WORLD.
YOU'RE TRULY THE ARMY OF THE
FREE.
FROM THE MARINES WE HAVE MARINE
SERGEANT YANEK TUNOKUNDI.
HE'S WITH SQUADRON 1, A COMPANY
I'VE COME TO KNOW VERY MUCH
SINCE ARRIVING AT THE WHITE
HOUSE.
SERGEANT TUNOKUNDI IS SENIOR
TECHNICIAN AND THE SOLE CHIEF
MARTIAL ARTS INSTRUCTOR AND
TRAINER FOR THE ENTIRE SQUADRON.
THANK YOU, AND THANK YOU FOR
BEING HERE, AND ALSO WE LAY
CLAIM TO A VERY SPECIAL TITLE.
YOU ARE A UNITED STATES MARINE.
THAT IS A SPECIAL TITLE.
THANK YOU, SERGEANT.
FROM THE NAVY, WE HAVE
LIEUTENANT COMMANDER ALLISON
MAYBURY.
A NAVY OCEANOGRAPHER.
WHAT SHE DOES IS SO INCREDIBLE
HAVING TO DO WITH SENSING,
MONITORING AND PREDICTING THE
ELECTRONIC WARFARE CAPABILITY OF
VARIOUS COUNTRIES.
HOPEFULLY WE WON'T BE THINKING
ABOUT TOO MUCH, BUT SHE'S THERE
AND SHE'S GOT THE INFORMATION
LIKE NOBODY HAS.
WE THANK ALLISON AND HER
HUSBAND, LIEUTENANT COMMANDER
MICHAEL MAYBURY HERE WITH THEIR
CHILDREN, EMMA, LILY AND AMELIA.
OUR INCREDIBLE SAILORS EMBODYING
THE NAVY CREDO NOT FOR OURSELVES
BUT FOR OUR COUNTRY.
FROM THE NAVY WE HAVE LIEUTENANT
SERGEANT BANEL.
HE IS RESPONSIBLE FOR LEADING
SECURITY PERSONNEL THAT PROTECT
THE PRESIDENT, THE VICE
PRESIDENT AND VISITING FOREIGN
HEADS OF STATE.
A BIG JOB, A VERY IMPORTANT JOB.
WE WANT A THANK YOU TO RALPH AND
YOUR WIFE PATRICIA, AND THANK
YOU TO EVERY MEMBER OF THE AIR
FORCE THAT GIVES OUR NATION
TOTAL SUPERIORITY IN THE AIR,
STRIKING FEAR INTO THE HEARTS OF
OUR ENEMIES AND INSPIRING HOPE
IN THE HEARTS OF OUR FRIENDS ALL
AROUND THE WORLD.
FINALLY, REPRESENTING THE COAST
GUARD, WE HAVE PETTY OFFICER
FIRST CLASS TONY FRANKLIN.
TONY IS A GUNNER'S MATE AND IS
DIRECTLY RESPONSIBLE FOR THE
ARMAMENT OF 17 UNITS.
HE HAS LED COUNTLESS GUNNERY AND
PYRE PYROTECHNIC DEMONSTRATION,
SO I DON'T THINK THE FIREWORKS
WILL IMPRESS HIM VERY MUCH, BUT
I CAN TELL YOU THEY'LL IMPRESS
YOU.
I WANT TO THANK THE COAST GUARD.
I WAS AT THE COAST GUARD ACADEMY
THIS YEAR AND GAVE THE
COMMENCEMENT ADDRESS, AND IT WAS
AN AMAZING GROUP OF PEOPLE AND A
REALLY GREAT DAY.
THANK YOU, TONY, SO MUCH.
EACH OF YOU HERE TODAY
REPRESENTS THAT PATRIOTISM,
VIRTUE AND COURAGE THAT OUR
CITIZENS HAVE ALWAYS, AND I MEAN
ALWAYS, ADMIRED AND THAT OUR
ENEMIES HAVE ALWAYS FEARED.
AT THIS MOMENT, YOUR BROTHERS
AND SISTERS IN ARMS ARE POSTED
AROUND THE GLOBE, FIGHTING OUR
ENEMIES AND STANDING NEAR WHAT
IS OUR NATION.
THEY'RE FIGHTING FOR US.
WE ARE THANKING THEM, PRAYING
FOR THEM AND SALUTING THEM FOR
THEIR SELFLESS SACRIFICE.
THERE COULD BE NO GREATER
PRIVILEGE THAN TO SERVE AS YOUR
COMMANDER IN CHIEF.
I PLEDGE ANY UNWAVERING SUPPORT
FOR YOU, FOR YOUR FAMILIES AND
YOUR MISSIONS.
I WILL ALWAYS HAVE YOUR BACK.
I WILL ALWAYS, UNDER ALL
CIRCUMSTANCES, YOU'LL BE COMING
BACK HERE AND I WILL ALWAYS HAVE
YOUR BACK.
I WANT TO JUST TELL YOU THAT OUR
COUNTRY IS DOING REALLY, REALLY
WELL.
NO MATTER WHERE YOU LOOK, THE
ECONOMY IS BLAZING, AND ON EVERY
FRONT WE'RE DOING WELL, AND WE
DO HAVE CHALLENGES, BUT WE WILL
HANDLE THOSE CHALLENGES, BELIEVE
ME.
YOU'RE PART OF A NEW AND A TRULY
GREAT GENERATION.
TWO DAYS AGO I SPOKE WITH
LIEUTENANT COLONEL DICK KO WHO
SERVED AS THE COE-PILOT OF THE
LEAD BOMBER AND LED BY PILOT
JIMMY DOLITTLE DURING THE 1942
RAID AFTER THE ATTACK ON PEARL
HARBOR.
LIEUTENANT COLONEL COLE AND THE
REST OF THE RAIDERS LAURNCHED
THEIR AIRCRAFT INTO THE SKY
KNOWING THEY WOULD NOT HAVE
ENOUGH FUEL TO RETURN TO
FRIENDLY TERRITORY.
THAT'S NOT A GOOD FEELING.
THAT'S A LOT OF COURAGE.
OUR SERVICEMEN AND WOMEN ARE
PRESERVING THE LEGACY OF COURAGE
AND SELFLESS SERVICE THAT THEY
INHERITED FROM LIEUTENANT
COLONEL DICK COLE AND SO MANY
OTHERS.
MAY GOD BLESS YOU ALL.
MAY GOD BLESS OUR MILITARY.
MAY GOD BLESS FOREVER THE UNITED
STATES OF AMERICA.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR BEING
HERE.
HAPPY FOURTH OF JULY.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
THANK YOU.
HAPPY FOURTH OF

Trump: I am proud of our military (full speech)

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