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Secretary Hegseth [USS George Washington]: For too long, the previous administration, or iterations of administrations, there was a phrase, it's the dumbest phrase in military history. And that phrase is, 'our diversity is our strength'. You see, I look out at this crowd, and I see a lot of diverse faces. A lot of faces; black, brown, white, and otherwise. From small towns, from big cities, rich, poor; I don't know you, and you don't know me. But I don't look at you and see who you are based on the color of your skin. I look at you as a fellow American who bleeds red. Our strength is not our diversity, our strength is our common purpose. Our strength is our unity. Our strength is our mission. Our strength is our Oath to the Constitution, that we will defend each other. That's our strength.
President Trump has arrived on the USS George Washington with Prime Minister Takaichi.
President Trump: I'm thrilled to be here among thousands of proud American Patriots aboard the one hundred thousand tons, forward deployed symbol of American might, power, and prestige, the legendary, USS George Washington.
That was awesome to see it lower him into the room!
President Trump: Unlike past administrations, we will not be politically correct. You don't mind that, do you? When it comes to defending the United States, we're no longer politically correct. We're gonna defend our country any way we have to, and that's usually not the politically correct way. From now on, if we're in a war, we're going to win the war, we're going to win it like nobody ever before.
Prime Minister Takaichi: Six years ago, at this same place here in Yokosuka City , the late Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and President Trump stood side by side, and demonstrated their resolve that Japan and the United States would join hands to ensure peace and security in this region. Now, as the two commanders in chief of Japan and the United States stand together once again, I have renewed my determination to carry forward that resolve, and to make the Indo-Pacific free and open, so that it will serve as the foundation of peace and prosperity for the entire region.
President Trump: The United States is blessed with the strongest, and most powerful military in the history of the world. There's no military like our military. Not even close. Nobody has our weapons, and it'll be stronger, and more powerful than ever before, very soon. You know, we just approved the biggest budget in the history, over a trillion dollars. Over a trillion dollars. We have the best ships, the best airplanes, the best submarines, the best technology, but above all, we have America's military. It's the best people. It's all about the people.
President Trump: With more than; think of this, seventeen trillion dollars pouring into the United States of America from all over the world [from tariffs], and that's the biggest number in the history of any country..more than seventeen trillion in eight months, and I think by the time we finish up our first year, we're going to be over twenty or twenty-one trillion dollars of money coming into our country.
President Trump: What we're doing is we're going to make it totally safe [Chicago]. It'll be very safe, very soon. And we're doing that with all of our cities that are troubled. We have cities that are troubled. We can't have cities that are troubled. And we're sending in our National Guard, and if we need more than the National Guard, we'll send in more than the National Guard, because we're gonna have safe cities. We're not gonna have people killed in our cities. Whether people like that or not, that's what we're doing.
President Trump: For many years the drug cartels have waged war on America, and at long last, we're finally waging war on the cartels. We're waging war like they've never seen before. And we're going to win that battle. We're winning it already.
President Trump: Every sailor here today inherits a legacy of valor, and grit, and glory, unmatched in the long history of mankind's voyage on the seas. It's a voyage like nobody's ever had, like you have. For two and a half centuries, America's Navy has preserved the vision of our first commander in chief who gave this ship it's storied name, it's righteous soul, and it's timeless motto, 'First in war, first in peace'. Very famous phrase. George Washington. After two hundred and fifty years, that is exactly what our country is today. It's first in war, first in peace, first in wealth, first in power, first in science, first in spirit, and first in freedom. We went through four bad years, but now, America will always be first again. If you have the right person up here, if you have somebody that understands a lot of different subjects; we're gonna be bigger, better, stronger, and more important, frankly, to the world.