President Trump Addresses the Troops

President Trump Addresses the Troops in South Korea During his Visit There

(The following is an excerpt of his remarks to the troops on Sunday, June 30th.)

. . . "Very shortly, we will have the most ready, the best - we already have the best military in the world, but we're going to have it at a level that we've never been at before.

Our equipment - whether it's the missiles or the planes or the ships or the equipment for the soldiers. It doesn't matter. We have the best, and we have the budget to do it," Trump said.
"And that wasn't easy because, I will tell you - this is not a political speech, but the Democrats were not going to give it you. That I can tell you. [Laughter and applause.] They weren't going to give it to you, folks. They weren't going to. They want open borders and to hell with the military. That's not good."

. . . Trump said that above all, America's greatest weapons are the men and women of its armed forces.

"You're feared by your foes, and you're respected by all. You are so respected, and I just want you to know that. Sometimes you don't hear that. You don't hear it enough. You are totally respected. And, I can tell you, there's nobody that respects the military more than your President, Donald Trump. Nobody," he said.

Trump then looked ahead to the July Fourth celebration in Washington, D.C.

"I will celebrate Independence Day with a special 'Salute to America' on our National Mall. July Fourth. I hope everybody can be there. It's going to be big. We're making it especially big because we're more proud of our country today than we have been in many, many, many decades," he said.

"I want you to know that, as we pay tribute to armed forces this July Fourth, we will be thinking of you - the brave service members far from home, preserving American independence and all of that American great, great feeling of independence, and defending our great American flag.

"Americans are born free, and as long as we have brave soldiers and sailors and airmen and Marines, we know that our freedom will never, ever die," he said.