Erik Prince [President Trump assassination attempt hearing]: I remember in the late 80's, during the Iran Contra controversy, and the CIA was not being forthcoming with some documents that congress had requested. The democrats were in charge of congress then, Tip O'Neil was the speaker. He made it very clear that he was specifically withholding all the pay for all the SIS, the Special Intelligence Service, Senior Intelligence Service Officers at CIA headquarters, until those documents were delivered. Shocker, the documents were delivered by Friday to the congress.
President Trump: Each and every one of the Guard members here today inherits the proud spirit of the citizen-soldier, running all the way back the Minutemen who stood against tyranny at Concord Bridge…to carry forward the legacy of Old Hickory Division that earned more medals of honor than any division in the Army and World War I, and the North Dakota Guardsmen who walked through hellfire at Guadalcanal.
President Trump: America's future is under threat like never before. Right at this moment, in my opinion, our country is at the most dangerous level we've ever been. I hate to say this, but we have a president who went on vacation a week ago, and now he came back and he went on vacation again. And we have people that are fighting all over the place and threatening our country as we speak. I don't think we've ever been closer to World War III than we are right now. It's a terrible thing. Our country is being destroyed by a radical political class that sends our Guardsmen and women to defend the borders of distant foreign nations, while they surrendered our own borders to an invasion right here at home, the likes of which we've never seen before.
President Trump: We will find and remove the terrorists and jihadists who have infiltrated our soil, and under my leadership, we'll bring back the values that you enlisted your lives to defend, sovereignty, liberty, free speech, and fair, equal, and impartial justice, under the Constitutional Rule of Law.
President Trump: Caused by Kamala Harris, Joe Biden, the humiliation in Afghanistan set off the collapse of American credibility and respect all around the world, and the fake news doesn't want to talk about it…our country will never be safe again until we have fired those responsible for this disaster. Nobody fired. Worst, most embarrassing day in the history of our country. It gave us Russia going into Ukraine. It gave us the October 7th attack on Israel, because it gave us lack of respect.
President Trump: I had ammunition; we had so much, it was coming out of our gills…and now we don't have ammunition again. We gave it all away to different groups, but mostly into Ukraine.
President Trump: One of my proudest achievements in my first term was to create Space Force, the first new branch of the armed forces in over seventy years. It's a big deal. Now that Space Force is up and running, I agree with your leadership [National Guard]…that the time has come to create a Space National Guard, as the primary combat reserve of the US Space Force…as president, I will sign historic legislation creating a Space National Guard.
President Trump: As your commander in chief, I will ensure that the National Guard members have access to train on the same state of the art equipment as active duty forces…and I'll also get you reinforcement for allies abroad, making them pull their weight. They have to do that, and they have to pay their fair share. for years, all of these NATO countries spent far less than two percent oof GDP on their militaries, leaving our forces overstretched. We were the ones making up the difference and paying for it. To make up for shortfalls, and help deter threats, I'll insist that every NATO nation must spend at least three percent…for most NATO countries, this will represent a defense budget increase of about thirty percent. If you take a look at their numbers, their numbers are starting to dwindle because of all the money they're spending in Ukraine.
President Trump: Upon my inauguration, we will take the sadists that Kamala Harris let in, and escort them from the VA hospitals, and get them the hell out of our federal buildings, and away from our great men. Because those who mistreat our veterans will not be protected, they will be terminated. We're going to terminate 'em. We're going to get 'em out…under Kamala Harris, American veterans are treated worse, by far, than illegal aliens…as Border Czar, Kamala has spent over one billion dollars of taxpayer money to house illegal aliens and foreign migrants in some of the most expensive housing and hotels anywhere in the country,. Meanwhile, more than forty-one thousand homeless American veterans are living in squalor on our streets.
President Trump: When I take office, I will sign an executive order to stop every penny that Harris has been spending on the shelter and transport of illegal aliens, and we will redirect that money top provide shelter and treatment for homeless American veterans. And we will end very rapidly, veteran's homelessness in America.
President Trump: Do not lose hope, because a few months from now, you're once again going to have a commander in chief that defends the sovereign borders of the United States above all else. We have to. Together we will stop the human traffickers, which are horrible; they traffic in women, mostly, and children, But women mostly. Because of the internet, it's big business. It's going to be bigger than the drug business, they think…we'll defeat the child smugglers, we will crush the cartels, and on Day One, I will begin the largest deportation operation int he history of our country.
President Trump: In 2020, when the left-wing mobs came from all over to burn our cities to the ground, Kamala stood with the looters and rioters, and raised money to bail out violent criminals all over the jails of Minnesota. She came with money to bail them out. Kamala's running mate, his nickname is Tampon Tim…he ignored the pleas of the mayor and the police chief to deploy the Nation Guard in Minneapolis, and said, 'You're not highly-trained soldiers. You are nineteen year olds who cook'. That's what he said.
President Trump: They were burning the American Flag [democrat convention]. I want to get a law passed, everyone tells me, 'Oh sir, it's very hard'. You burn an American Flag, you go to jail for one year. Gotta do it. We gotta do it. They say it's not Constitutional. They say, 'Sir, that's unconstitutional'. We'll make it constitutional. We're gonna make it constitutional.