President Trump Weekly Address Aboard the New Gerald R Ford Aircraft Carrier

President Trump  Weekly Address Aboard the New Gerald R Ford Aircraft Carrier

I'm joining you today from the deck of  what will be our nation's newest   and soon to be commissioned, Gerald  R Ford

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fellow Americans

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I'm joining you today from the deck of

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what will be our nation's newest

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and soon to be commissioned, Gerald

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R Ford and as you can see I'm wearing a

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jacket and I had that they just gave me

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not really used to it but it feels

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awfully good i'm very proud of that

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actually are carriers are the

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centerpiece of American military might

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projecting power and are totally

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unparalleled strength that see this

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beautiful new warship represents the

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future of naval aviation and she will

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serve as a cornerstone of our national

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defense for decades and decades to come

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a famous aviator once wrote that to

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build a truly great ship we shouldn't

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begin by gathering wood cutting boards

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for distributing work but instead by

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awakening within the people a desire for

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the vast and endless sea so true in the

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same way we must continue to renew the

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American spirit in order to rebuild our

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country and we build it we will on

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tuesday before a joint session to

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Congress I laid out of version i hope

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you all watched for how to accomplish

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that national rebuilding my vision

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includes the elimination of the defense

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sequester which has imposed steep cuts

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for military we must give our sailors

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soldiers airmen Marines and Coast

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Guardsmen the tools equipment resources

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and training they need to get the job

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done and get it done right especially in

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these very dangerous times the active

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duty army has been reduced by more than

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85,000 meant since 2009 and we have over

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18,000 fewer active-duty Marines

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Air Force it's the smallest it's been

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since 1947 and their planes are on

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average nearly 30 years old if you can

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believe that our Navy sleep is the

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smallest it's been since world war one

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and that's a long time ago

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frontline navy and marine strike fighter

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aircraft are more likely to be down for

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maintenance than to be in the sky we

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cannot afford to continue down this path

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my budget will give America's armed

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forces the resources they need to

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achieve full and total military

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preparedness to meet any and all global

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challenges and meet them we will

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investing in the military means

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investing in peace because the best way

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to prevent war as George Washington said

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is to be prepared for it

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most importantly an investment in the

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the military is an investment in the

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incredible men and women who serve our

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country in uniform they are the best of

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us

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they are the greatest force for peace

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and justice the world has ever known and

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we will support them every single step

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of the way these are truly exciting

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times amazing opportunities are

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unfolding before us to strengthen our

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military to reboot our economy and to

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bring back our jobs if we all work

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together and put our country first then

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anything is possible let us seize this

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moment and make the most of this

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incredible opportunity for national Reno

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may God bless the men and women of our

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military and may God bless the United

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States of America the country we love