Pres. Trump tours Theodore Roosevelt Presidential Library in Medora, ND

[0:07] right right a little bit yeah let me just come here is that better let's come up yep [0:32] these voices on the right [1:22] a little bit brighter [2:24] i know but this actually will help because for a couple minutes [3:14] oh wait are they back [1:07:01] library great center and it's a very special place i think it's going to do [1:07:06] very well it's a part of the country that i love and i think they love me because [1:07:11] i have the all-time record in presidential voting and that's a honor because they are the people [1:07:19] that built america so thank you very much and we appreciate it and we look forward to saying a few [1:07:25] words later we're going to be making a speech in a little while and hopefully it will be representative [1:07:32] of what they stand for out here and what teddy stood for because he stood for a lot thank you [1:07:39] very much great job thank you mr president thank you very much thank you everybody [1:14:01] audio check making sure for the press we have good levels in the molts [1:14:05] thumbs up from press audio check one two three four five six seven eight good for press thank [1:14:13] you very much good afternoon thank you all for being here want to just say one quick word which is [1:38:25] that this incredible amazing improbable presidential library museum would not have been possible with [1:38:32] all of you give yourselves a hand you guys are all key to making this happen way to go you've all been [1:38:42] invited to this special private ceremony we of course have a special guest here today on this remarkable [1:38:49] and historic day uh and we'd like to uh also with me on stage i'd like to introduce uh brit slabinski [1:38:57] brit is the president of the national medal of honor society but as you can see he's also a medal of [1:39:04] honor winner so thank you brit for your service thank you for everything and with that we have someone [1:39:18] who's got a very very remarkable surprise uh for the theater roosevelt presidential library opening [1:39:27] please join me in welcoming the 45th and 47th president of the united states of america president [1:39:33] donald jay of 1884 tr had just lived through the worst day of his life on the same day and in the same [1:39:40] house he had lost both his wife and mother unimaginable loss soul-crushing heartbreak as tr himself wrote [1:39:49] the light has gone out of my life always direct he drew a heavy x across the top of that page [1:39:57] devastated roosevelt came west he came to this place not as a politician but as a broken man trying [1:40:05] to outrun unimaginable grief once here he threw himself into the western ethos he started ranching [1:40:13] he branded cattle he rode next to hard men who had no idea or interest in his lineage or his wealth they [1:40:21] were however highly skeptical of his dandy clothes and his round spectacles but tr won them over because [1:40:29] these badlands didn't just heal him they remade him the heartbroken asthmatic boy became a man he [1:40:36] became a cowboy he learned the hardships of this life firsthand he led next to his net not behind them [1:40:43] he was thrown from his saddle and broke his shoulder he lost over half his herd to a brutal winner he spent [1:40:50] weeks chasing down both thieves and delivering them to the local sheriff but these hardships did not [1:40:55] break tr they healed i heard about this i said maybe we'll think about it then i saw what you did [1:41:01] and what a magnificent library you built it's really a library it's a museum it's a center [1:41:08] and it's a great tribute and i said let's take it from the roosevelt room which is a very important [1:41:13] room in the white house i use it all the time i'll be a little bit lonely in there without it but i thought [1:41:19] this would be a very really an appropriate place to have it and uh then it's very special you're a [1:41:27] very special man there are very few people that have them you know i want to give one to myself but [1:41:32] they tell me and i'm not allowed to my son over here by both of them i said fellas i'd love to give [1:41:37] one of them to me what have i done that when i deserve it and they couldn't think of anything [1:41:44] so i'm not happy with them today now there's no higher award that's the congressional medal of honor [1:41:52] the highest award we have you have the presidential medal of freedom that's more of the civilian [1:41:58] nature but those two but in particular that because what you have to go through is very rough [1:42:05] so it's an honor to be with you congratulations and it's an honor to be with my friend doug who's a [1:42:11] spectacular secretary of the interior to put it mildly there's never been anyone better so i know [1:42:30] you're all here looking forward to what will be a significant presidential address down at the [1:42:34] amphitheater but before you go we have one last thing uh president trump our nation's 250th birthday [1:42:41] all at once in this small town of a north of medora we are up to the challenge as north dakotans as [1:42:49] americans as roosevelt himself once said on a speech on the they did say no running with these we'll be [1:42:58] you we need audience participation you guys count down from 10 how about that 10 and 9 8 [1:43:20] thank thank you all we'll see you down at the amphitheater let's go north dakota unless you came [1:44:23] from rugby but acting secretary cow it has holds the same position that a young tr did on his way back [1:44:32] to uh the east and on his journey through what we are now celebrating and as a fun fact my grandfather [1:44:40] was born in medora north dakota and he was a sailor on the uss pawtucket acting secretary cow assumed [1:44:47] his role current role on april 22nd of this year he previously served in the same position as tr the [1:44:54] undersecretary of the navy acting secretary cow joined the navy in 1989 he is a decorated combat veteran [1:45:02] a qualified navy special operations eod and diving officer a naval parachutist and a surface warfare officer [1:45:10] he retired from acting duty in 2021 as a captain he holds a bachelor's degree in ocean engineering [1:45:16] a master's degree in applied physics and he was a fellow with mit and harvard kennedy school guy smart [1:45:23] he and his wife april have five children and we are grateful for their service to our country [1:45:29] please everyone give a warm north dakota welcome to acting secretary cow well first of all good [1:45:50] afternoon to president trump secretary bergam governor armstrong thank you sir for this uh welcome [1:45:55] distinguished guests and most of all the people of the great state of north dakota i love being [1:46:05] here because for two things first of all i love teddy roosevelt okay who doesn't right the commies don't [1:46:13] that's who doesn't and the second thing is i get to represent over half a million sailors and marines [1:46:21] who stand watch tonight on the front doors of freedom for our sake so we can be here and celebrate [1:46:27] our nation's 250th birthday it is such an honor to speak today at the opening of the theodore roosevelt [1:46:41] presidential library a man who shared the same office as i once held the office of assistant [1:46:47] secretary of the navy which is now called the under secretary of the navy it is inaugural speech [1:46:52] in 1905 president roosevelt said much has been given us and much will rightfully be expected from us [1:46:58] we have duties to others and duties to ourselves and we shirk neither in the speech he challenged us that [1:47:05] we have become a great nation we must behave as a people worthy of that responsibility those words [1:47:11] resonate today and the call to action is still the same we didn't ask to be the leaders of the free [1:47:17] world but we are and we must not shirk that responsibility president roosevelt is one of the [1:47:23] most revered leaders and historians will all agree that he's one of the top presidents in our nation's [1:47:28] history he was a yes he was he was a passionate man that cared about many things but when he was in [1:47:41] office he cared about one thing he cared about propelling america into becoming a superpower he spoke his mind [1:47:49] and fought for the american principles he believed in and exercised executive power and wrote more [1:47:55] than a thousand executive orders to create everything from national parks to the great white fleet [1:48:02] president roosevelt saw emerging challenges around the world and believed the united states needed a [1:48:06] modern capable fleet ready to defend national interest at a time when many viewed military [1:48:13] preparedness as unnecessary or expensive roosevelt argued that readiness was an investment in peace [1:48:21] roosevelt understood that america's interests required a fleet capable of operating worldwide he didn't [1:48:28] advocate for naval expansion because he sought conflict instead he advocated for it because he [1:48:33] believed a strong fleet would prevent conflict his vision reminds us that ships are more than steel and [1:48:40] technology they're instruments of deterrence diplomacy and national power every ship every sailor and every [1:48:49] marine advances the same objective roosevelt championed more than 120 years ago preserving [1:48:54] peace peace through strength the significance of the great white fleet was not measured by the [1:49:00] number of miles it traveled or the number of ports it visited those ships were built during peace time [1:49:06] at a moment when many questioned the need for a larger and more capable navy roosevelt saw beyond the [1:49:12] challenges of his day and understood that readiness could not wait for crisis his foresight would soon be [1:49:18] validated when world war one erupted less than a decade later many of the same ships and sailors of the great white fleet [1:49:25] were ready to answer our nation's call they trained thousands of new recruits protected america's coasts [1:49:32] supported wartime operations and brought american soldiers home after victory was secured the strength [1:49:39] that had been built in peace became the source of security in war in that sense the great white fleet [1:49:44] was more than a demonstration of american power it was a testament to roosevelt's belief that preparedness [1:49:51] is an investment of peace he understood that the strength forged during calm seas is what enables a [1:49:57] nation to weather the storms ahead a lesson that continues to guide the united states navy more [1:50:02] than a century later they just don't make leaders like teddy roosevelt anymore or do they teddy roosevelt [1:50:19] was exactly the president america needed at the turn of the 20th century 120 years later in the 21st century [1:50:26] we have another great american who believes in american greatness donald j trump both men are the people's [1:50:41] champion they heard the grievance of the american people and delighted in their longing for [1:50:46] exceptionalism both took the side of the common man against the powerful despite their own affluent [1:50:52] upbringing they returned to us our american birthright of excellence and we love them for it [1:50:59] just as the great white fleet extended america's reach globally today the golden fleet continues with [1:51:05] the legacy delivering aid providing security across the seven seas and destroying the enemies of peace [1:51:11] just ask iran and i tell you what if you really piss us off we're going to fly into your country and snag [1:51:22] you and your wife while you sleep in your beds the ships of president trump's golden fleet may look [1:51:34] different from president roosevelt's great white fleet but the principle remains the same that a [1:51:39] prepared nation is better positioned to deter its adversaries reassure its allies and protect its [1:51:44] interests as we open through roosevelt's presidential library today we renew his vision which parallels [1:51:51] president trump's america first legacy in three days we will celebrate our nation's 250th birthday [1:51:57] whoo yeah america may we never forget that freedom was never and will never be free it's paid with a [1:52:11] price and there's always a price may god bless you may god bless the armed forces of america and may [1:52:19] god bless the united states of america thank you so much ladies and gentlemen please welcome the secretary [2:01:41] of the interior doug burgum hello north dakota it's an honor to be here with all of you because if you're here [2:02:04] it's because you care about america you care deeply about this country you care about where it's going [2:02:09] and you care about the people that live on this land and make their living working off the land 140 [2:02:16] years ago somebody got off the train just over here it was a 24 year old new yorker and that 24 year old [2:02:24] new yorker was not yet governor not yet president united states not at the time the most famous person in [2:02:30] the world he was someone that came west to ranch and he learned about what it was like for hard work [2:02:39] and the working people and that transformed his ability to lead and and he transformed himself and [2:02:44] then he transformed our country and then we had just over a couple hours ago we had another person from [2:02:50] new york get off that train at the exact same spot that tr did and you know who that is you know you [2:03:04] you know me and you know that i know hard work and i have never worked with or for anyone in my life [2:03:11] that works harder than the person i'm about ready to introduce i'm talking 20 hours a day 20 hours a day [2:03:18] seven days a week and when he's working he's working for all of you he's working for the american people [2:03:25] and i'm talking about someone who we just moments ago completed the dedication of the opening of the [2:03:30] theater roosevelt presidential library museum here in medora north dakota at the entrance to theater [2:03:36] roosevelt national park the only one of our 63 national parks named after a person instead of a place [2:03:43] and what a place it is but he's here because of all of you please give an incredible welcome to our 45th and [2:03:50] 47th president donald j trump work for all my life and i had to start again just my children and my wife [2:04:21] thank my lucky stars you'll be living here today because the flag still stands for freedom and they [2:04:30] can't take that away from the lakes of minnesota to the hills of tennessee across the plains of texas from [2:05:27] sea to shining sea detroit down to houston and new york to l.a where there's pride in every american heart [2:05:40] and it's time we stand and say thank you everybody this is an honor we love you and you've been so [2:07:22] nice to me with those votes we set every record in the book but today we come to the heartland of [2:07:29] america to pay tribute to a man who embodied the heart and soul and fight and spirit of our country [2:07:36] as much as anyone who ever lived and uh he's a very special man and that's why i'm here president [2:07:43] theodore roosevelt and he loved your community he loved your state and uh he was quite something he [2:07:49] was really quite something and here beneath the wide open sky of the badlands they call it the badlands [2:08:03] they said what's that all about pretty cool pretty cool name i have to tell you on the steps of the burning [2:08:11] hills we dedicate a living monument to a legend a statesman a soldier frontiersman and a true american [2:08:20] hero this is a very exciting thing for me and number one i have to tell you because this was [2:08:28] a inaugural flight of a certain airplane called air force one after 37 years and it's a great plane and [2:08:44] we have uh we had a lot of fun with doug and everybody coming over but we talked about theodore [2:08:50] roosevelt a lot because he was something that was really very special number two because i'm honoring [2:08:58] theodore roosevelt and that's the man who i have long admired he's one of the few i don't admire too [2:09:04] many people i have to tell you there's not a lot of people out there and number three i'm back in north [2:09:11] dakota because i won this state with the most votes in the history of the presidency thank you thank you [2:09:28] and number four i have two teleprompters that aren't working and here i stand but tr once observed that [2:09:48] i would not have been president about himself had he not been and that it not been for the experience [2:09:58] in north dakota he had a great experience here it really shaped him so so much so there could be [2:10:05] no better place for this new national treasure than the rough rider state i met some of the [2:10:13] rough riders they are rough riders they're good riders too they were very impressive today 107 years [2:10:21] after he passed into eternity theodore roosevelt's presidential library opens its doors and the [2:10:28] small town but very great town and today it's a very famous town because that's all they're talking about [2:10:35] of medora opens its arms to the entire world the entire world is watching it's not a big town but [2:10:44] it's a very powerful town because of what was left behind i want to thank the thousands of people who [2:10:51] worked so hard to make this project a reality and you really did you made it a beautiful reality very few [2:10:58] places very very few places will top it and starting with the man who put the library in its first funding [2:11:12] think of this did so much he raised so much money he did so many different things he really did he [2:11:17] he had a very complete life wouldn't you think he was a real man of many forms of genius and without [2:11:26] whom it would never have been possible secretary of the interior and i'll tell you what i thought he [2:11:33] was an oil man and he wasn't i saw him on a debate because this guy was actually going against me can [2:11:40] you believe it but i thought he was very impressive i thought his wife catherine was even more impressive [2:11:47] to be honest with you and so impressive that i said he's a good man that guy's all right but he's been [2:11:57] fantastic he's been a tremendous secretary of the interior and the best ever there's never been [2:12:02] and a secretary of the interior like doug burgum thank you very much thank you never been and you [2:12:16] know doug called me he said would you do me a favor he's really fantastic because i did not know the [2:12:20] gentleman too well but he said kelly armstrong is fantastic would you endorse him for governor and i [2:12:27] did and he won easily kelly armstrong great job you're doing great job and two of my very good friends [2:12:35] two warrior senators and tough cookies that's tough oh i wish they could get their way we could get [2:12:41] a couple of little things passed like voter identification like like proof of citizenship [2:12:50] called save america you know that's pretty good save america can you imagine we have uh 100 of the [2:12:57] democrats against it and four or five republicans if you can believe that what are they all about [2:13:04] but these two people are with us all the way john hoven and kevin kramer senators [2:13:10] they're great two great guys and a congresswoman who fights and gets what she wants and she's very [2:13:21] respected julie fedorchuk thank you joe very very respected and we have our ambassador monica where's [2:13:31] monica monica monica crowley fantastic acting secretary of the navy hung cow and we're building a lot of [2:13:45] ships building a lot of ships north dakota house speaker robin wise thank you thank you doing a great [2:13:54] job state house majority leader mike lafor thank you mike state senate majority leader david hoague [2:14:09] thank you david and all of the members of the north dakota legislator i hear every single one i'm not [2:14:20] going to introduce you you have no chance of that i'll be here all day but you're all here we love [2:14:24] you and you've been with us from day one thank you very much thank you and the ceo who's done a [2:14:32] fantastic job he took me around i thought it would be maybe 10 minutes five minutes i i've been doing [2:14:39] this for two hours thank goodness i love the subject i would not have put up with it doug said you could [2:14:47] come in you know i'm prosecuting a war which we're winning very easily by the way i said doug let's fly in [2:14:59] we'll do 10 15 minutes i know i'm gonna love it and then i'll get out oh absolutely sir so then [2:15:07] time comes he got me making speeches i was over there two hours i know more about that museum [2:15:13] than the people that built it but that's okay because they did a very good job i can report [2:15:20] that they did a really good job the ceo of the theodore roosevelt presidential library who really did [2:15:27] give me a tremendous amount of knowledge i mean about things that i never would have thought could [2:15:34] have been possible about how great this man was ed o'keefe ed thank you very much and two of my sons [2:15:46] are here eric and don and bettina thank you very much don just got married bettina thank you it's going [2:15:59] to be great thank you very much but the members of the roosevelt family and countless foundation staff [2:16:11] donors and supporters everyone's here and i understand that one local construction worker delayed [2:16:16] his retirement by four years just to be involved with the building and they heard i was going to [2:16:22] come i was coming even when i wasn't president i had agreed to come and they said well when we do it [2:16:30] you're going to be president so that was during that ridiculous time that ridiculous that ridiculous [2:16:38] four-year period of time they asked me to come i said i'd love to come and uh i said i may or i may not [2:16:45] be president this we don't care we want you to be there and i always remember that but uh they said [2:16:51] you're going to win you know that if you run you're going to win it turned out we did quite easily [2:16:54] actually and today i can tell you that we can see why it was worth it it's really uh amazing they've [2:17:05] done an amazing job beautiful job and you know they've done it for from love jobs that are done from [2:17:11] love are always better than jobs where you sort of have to follow a plan they've made lots of changes and [2:17:16] they every one of them was good and i think i know about every one of them after two and a half [2:17:22] hours i learned every single one of them but i want to really thank everyone who greeted me at [2:17:29] the train station because that was so famous that was such a famous train the last one was [2:17:36] president dwight eisenhower and he was actually a very good president people don't realize he was a [2:17:41] general good general and he was actually built the interstate highway system i'd say that alone is [2:17:47] pretty good she did he was a good and that was he was the last one he was on the back of the exact [2:17:51] same train so the head of the railroad she was fabulous and they were explaining all about the [2:17:58] train and they said wow that's really some history in the crowd we have thousands of people over there [2:18:03] it was fantastic but i have the picture of president eisenhower in the back of the train the same exact [2:18:09] train i checked it out because i said you know we don't want to make any mistakes because the fake news is [2:18:15] watching and they'll say it wasn't it wasn't the same train it wasn't the same track no they've been [2:18:22] pretty nice to me lately look when you do as well as we're doing they have to be nice i guess they've [2:18:29] been pretty nice and i want to give a very special thanks to the patriots who gave us such an incredible [2:18:39] escort from town we had more law enforcement you know i love law enforcement now according to according to [2:18:50] the people that are running on the other side in many places they want to defund the police that's [2:18:55] not going to happen that's not going to happen we we see them all the time they said they're social [2:19:02] democrats doesn't it sound pretty they're actually communists but we'll get into that a little bit [2:19:07] later they're not going to win they're not going to win anything they got some very unattractive [2:19:12] candidates i have to say during my first term it was a privilege to sign the bill that helped [2:19:19] get this incredible project underway and transferring 90 acres we took it right out of the federal [2:19:25] government we ripped it away from the federal government they don't know what's missing they [2:19:29] still haven't figured out what the hell happened and today the artistry and scholarship technical [2:19:36] skill on display right here and in that museum in particular is just fantastic it's really great things [2:19:44] that they actually gave me you know we're going to build our museum in miami they got me a lot of [2:19:49] ideas doug you gave me a lot of ideas doug but they really did it well incredible i even had a [2:19:56] conversation with theodore roosevelt i said what did you think about the panama canal do you consider [2:20:03] that your greatest achievement how do you feel about the fact that the democrats gave the panama canal [2:20:11] away to panama for one dollar you know he built the panama canal preceded really by a man who is [2:20:20] actually he was the tariff king william mckinley he was the president and they took his name off mount [2:20:27] mckinley and i put it back on because it just put it back on but mckinley actually and he was [2:20:34] assassinated but he made tremendous amounts of money made our country very rich and then teddy roosevelt [2:20:41] as the vice president got in and he uh did some incredible things but one of them i think one of the [2:20:46] the most amazing maybe a lot of people would say the parks you could say a lot of different elements [2:20:52] of his success so incredible but he built the panama canal it was the most expensive project to this day [2:20:58] if you bring the dollars forward ever built in history 38 000 people died they died 95 percent from [2:21:07] mosquitoes malaria 95 you expected almost to die they paid workers from the united states [2:21:13] mostly they came in and mostly i must say men it was a little different time teddy would have [2:21:19] men and women but they had all men and they paid them massive amounts of money more than they were [2:21:26] making as workers in the united states it's such a fascinating thing the panama canal i've studied [2:21:32] it long and hard and when they made when they gave it away one dollar one dollar but uh they died from [2:21:39] the mosquito and they died from the snake they have a viper a snake that if you get bit you're in trouble if [2:21:44] you get bit you were dead you were dead and that got about that wiped out about five percent we lost [2:21:50] 38 000 people building the panama canal our people 38 000 people died building the panama canal it opened [2:21:59] and from day one it was very successful and we gave it away we gave it away it was the most expensive [2:22:05] thing we ever built and it was also the most profitable thing we ever built that's a nice combination [2:22:11] a little bit like venezuela we did a good job in venezuela but and we're actually doing equally as [2:22:21] well with the islamic republic of iran maybe you've heard of it but but think of it uh the [2:22:30] panama canal so we gave it away the first thing they did you know they did they raised the prices for [2:22:36] the ships by four times and they didn't lose one ship and then they raised it again twice and they didn't [2:22:44] lose one ship all they did is make tremendous amounts of money for years and years how stupid [2:22:50] was that and now china is trying to take over the panama canal and we're not going to let that happen [2:22:59] okay and that was not part of the script because i don't really have a script because this thing [2:23:09] doesn't work it's appropriate the one on my right is slightly better than the one on my left the one [2:23:16] on my left is a waste of time it's a little like politics the one on my right is a little bit it's not [2:23:27] great i'd give it about a two on the scale of ten and this afternoon i'm pleased to announce that [2:23:36] through the national endowment for the humanities we will be awarding the library 750 000 to support [2:23:45] the opening exhibits during the first year so they're getting a nice check getting a nice check [2:23:54] and as you know this week americans all across our nation are filled with joy and excitement and [2:24:00] anticipation as we prepare for one of the proudest moments in our history 250 years think about that [2:24:08] three days from now we will celebrate the 250th anniversary of the signing of the declaration of [2:24:17] independence what a document that was and this week we look back on 250 years of glorious freedom and we [2:24:30] took so much time and so much effort and by the way on july 4th it's going to be approximately 107 [2:24:39] degrees out and i'm going to go and i'm going to make a really long speech just to show that i can do [2:24:46] anything it's going to be 107 but you know what they also predicted the fight that we had three weeks [2:24:55] ago was unbelievable at the white house they said they said a week before six days five days four days [2:25:02] three days two days one day they said it was going to rain it's going to be horrible you're going to [2:25:08] have to cancel the fight sure we're going to have to count this was a big event this was one of the [2:25:13] highest rated fights in history it was on cbs national on a sunday night not a saturday night [2:25:19] saturday nights are called death valley for television i know a lot about ratings but sunday [2:25:25] nights very good and it was broadcast on cbs and network and it got among the highest ratings any fight [2:25:32] has ever gotten but they said it was going to rain and i talked to dana white i said dana i don't know [2:25:38] this is bad sir it's 100 chance of rain i said you sure like maybe 90 no 100 sir so it was seven [2:25:48] o'clock and it wasn't raining then it started at eight o'clock and we were going to delay it till [2:25:55] 12 o'clock midnight i said that's not good but it wasn't raining at eight o'clock and it wasn't raining [2:26:00] at 8 30 and we had the fight on time and it never rained never so you never know about you never know [2:26:10] about weather forecasting do you with all the money we spend we spend all that money that's happened [2:26:15] before we had a big march in washington you remember that that was going to be rained out [2:26:19] sir we're going to have to change it rained out never rained so we're getting pretty good at that [2:26:25] but this is a time to rediscover the indomitable spirit that built [2:26:31] our country and all that will ensure america always remains the most exceptional nation on the face [2:26:37] of the earth we're not going to let communists get in our way we're not going to let anyone get in our [2:26:41] way not to come not the communists it's a very unattractive lot they're not going to do it [2:26:50] they're not doing anything those people what they're doing it's so stupid it's so stupid there could be no [2:26:57] better place to begin this rediscovery than with the life times and passions of theodore roosevelt he [2:27:06] had great passion the colonel they called him was an american man he was really a a great he-man he was [2:27:15] a american man through and through his chest swelled with american optimism confidence enthusiasm pride [2:27:24] his heart beat with an unyielding sense of america's destiny and pride and that pride was bigger [2:27:30] the biggest word for him i think was bright he was a proud he was a proud man but i'm a proud man [2:27:35] i'm proud of our country i'm proud that two years ago we had a country that was a laughing stock all [2:27:46] over the world and now we have the hottest country anywhere in the world the most respected country [2:27:50] anywhere in the world but as a young boy i saw that he loved lincoln and lincoln's casket would [2:28:01] pass through a nation torn apart by civil war i don't know if you know that i think teddy roosevelt [2:28:09] i think is probably his biggest i was trying to get that today and i think it came pretty loud and clear [2:28:15] abraham lincoln was the person that he most respected most admired most looked up to he has a beautiful [2:28:23] picture of lincoln that he had in his his one of his rooms one of his very important rooms where he [2:28:29] lived and it's at the it's at the library by the end of the 60 years tr had transformed his country by [2:28:40] the reach of his vision he had a great vision and by the force of his will into one of the greatest [2:28:47] places one of the greatest empires one of the most incredible countries ready to take its rightful [2:28:54] place as the strongest and most respected nation anywhere in the world they didn't have people [2:29:00] that didn't couldn't they had no idea where they were they didn't have people that couldn't walk up [2:29:06] their steps see those steps they didn't have people that had no idea where the hell they were [2:29:12] they didn't have people that said let's have open borders so millions and millions of people can [2:29:15] pour into our country from prisons all over the world they didn't have those people they had strong [2:29:22] smart people like teddy roosevelt today america is stronger and more respected right now i'll tell [2:29:32] you the king of saudi arabia i was with him a year ago smart guy good guy he said to me sir you know [2:29:39] it's amazing and this was as we were just started to really and we've made a lot of progress since then [2:29:45] you see the numbers factories being built all over the country at a level that we've never had before [2:29:50] but he said you know one year ago during the biden sleepy joe during the biden administration [2:30:00] he said one year ago your country was dead we gave up on your country they were looking at china they [2:30:07] were looking at others to protect them they were looking at other countries and now you have the [2:30:11] hottest country anywhere in the world he said that and it's true now it's even more so than it was [2:30:17] the hottest country anywhere in the world so theodore roosevelt and his presidency fell exactly at the [2:30:28] halfway mark between the founding in 1776 and the place we are today in 2026 and here five lessons and [2:30:40] i i wanted to write these because you can learn from some people not from too many from a lot of them you [2:30:45] don't want to learn much but you can learn from him and here are five lessons that are really [2:30:52] extraordinary life offers to all americans on the threshold of our 250th year first of all the life [2:31:02] of theodore roosevelt reminds us that americans never give up we don't give up you know if you [2:31:11] really look back two years ago i could see people wanting to go i could see them wanting to give up he [2:31:19] never stopped never quit never surrendered in pursuit of his dreams he had a dream a very complex dream [2:31:27] he did because of the way he traveled the way he moved the fact that he ended up here and turned out [2:31:32] to be one of the most impactful things he ever did ending up right here where we are but his pursuit of [2:31:41] the american dream never ever stopped it was really amazing he was plagued by asthma very very bad very [2:31:48] serious he was having a hard time breathing for much of his life but he went out and he was told [2:31:56] by his doctor that he'd have to live very quietly he'd have to this is as a young man he was told you'd [2:32:02] have to be and have a very quiet life you have to be nice and easy and he did just the opposite he had a [2:32:10] freaking wild life right he was wild he just didn't want to take that he didn't want to listen to his doctor [2:32:19] he didn't want to be quiet he wanted to be great he actually wanted to be great and that's what he [2:32:26] turned out to be young theodore replied doctor i'm going to do all the things that you tell me not to do [2:32:34] and i've got to live the sort of life that you've described i don't care how short it is i just want [2:32:41] to live my life the way i want to live my life it was great i mean who would say that the next year he [2:32:47] sailed the atlantic and he summited the matterhorn just to prove that he could do these things just [2:32:56] to prove his doctor wrong he knew his doctor he wanted to prove him wrong maybe it wasn't smart [2:33:01] but it worked out okay but again and again he summoned the will to transcend tragedy and triumph and [2:33:10] defeat heartbreak with hard work he worked hard and i found that out i mean if you love what you do it's [2:33:18] not work that's one thing i will tell you people say i work hard but it's not work because if you [2:33:22] love it i love making america great again i mean i'm having a good time so it's not work we call it work [2:33:31] but it's so in his library we find his diary open to the page from 1884 when his mother and his wife [2:33:42] died on the very same day in the very same house totally unrelated just a tragic moment but unrelated [2:33:54] there wasn't an accident where both of them were killed they just died then he came back home and [2:34:00] he said what happened they're both dead different parts of the house had nothing to it's just an amazing [2:34:08] wife was very young mother was older but she was getting by the light has gone out from my life he wrote [2:34:17] but theodore roosevelt did not surrender to fate he came here to medora and made himself fate's master [2:34:28] i said i want to be fate's master he wanted to turn the tables and he really showed that that's what [2:34:33] americans can do that's what people can do beyond americans that's what people can do if they [2:34:39] really believe and they set their mind to it and if they're competent i mean you have to be competent [2:34:44] you have to be smart it's nice to say anybody can do it not anybody can do they'd like to say uh oh [2:34:51] anybody can do no no but he was a special person he arrived at this town narrow-chested 140 pounds he [2:35:02] looked pretty bad to the people here because they're pretty tough people around here never changed he was [2:35:08] sick he was shattered from the death of these two people that he loved the most and uh his body and his [2:35:16] spirit were pretty much broken not broken enough but pretty much broken if they were broken all the [2:35:22] way he wouldn't have been able to do what he did he left here two years later he weighed 40 pounds more [2:35:28] and he was strong as an ox they say it was 40 pounds of muscle i don't know how the hell that happened [2:35:34] they didn't have modern day drugs of course the modern day drugs don't do that either do they [2:35:40] in fact they actually take away the muscle that's not good how are we doing doctor well you lost a lot of [2:35:45] muscle that's not good but we didn't have any of that he went he was 40 pounds of steel the vital man [2:35:54] of vigor who would become president of the united states not that long after he left wow that's amazing [2:36:01] i know what it takes to do that stuff as a sheriff's deputy he heard three thieves had stolen the [2:36:11] only boat in town so he built another and over three days chased the criminals 300 miles he wanted [2:36:19] all those poor criminals we need a little bit more of that in our country don't but we do pretty good [2:36:26] we have the best border we've ever had we do pretty good thank you we're the best border strongest [2:36:32] border we went from the worst border in history in three months to the best border in history so we do [2:36:38] okay but he was a man who could get crushed beneath the horse he was crushed get up and he kept riding [2:36:50] people said you got to get back we got to get you to no no no i'm gonna keep riding he could take a [2:36:57] bullet to the chest stand up and keep speaking he had a little luck had a lot of paper there i saw it [2:37:05] today bullet hole right through both of them but so lucky got lucky but other people wouldn't have done [2:37:12] what he did he could feel sick and he was often feeling sick deep in the amazon jungles he would [2:37:23] get extremely sick maybe he shouldn't have been there he knew what was happening it was a very [2:37:28] dangerous place from that standpoint from the standpoint of catching some pretty bad diseases and [2:37:34] he caught him and yet he carried on when he was half dead and most people think he was going to die [2:37:40] they thought he was going to die they said teddy roosevelt is going to die but he carried on [2:37:46] and he was still standing he never sat he never rested he just kept going as america turns 250 years [2:37:53] old we look at this remarkable man and we recall that with effort determination and drive there is [2:38:02] nothing that americans of competence cannot do nothing our ancestors were the people who raised up new [2:38:19] york city from the marshes of manhattan and then ventured into the dakotas to carve up a life in [2:38:27] the place that they called hell with the fires burned out i don't know what the hell that's supposed to [2:38:33] mean hell with the fires burned out that doesn't sound so nice but you did and you become a tremendously [2:38:41] wealthy state a very successful state with low taxes i mean you have you have great government you have [2:38:50] great government these people right over here and the people i introduced but other places have good [2:38:57] land they have valuable assets under the land and they're losing you know california was our third [2:39:04] biggest oil drilling state dug not so long ago it's got tremendous amounts of oil nobody knows that it was [2:39:10] third after texas years ago it was a big oil drilling now they won't drill because the environmental [2:39:17] lunatics have said don't do it and it's not a state that's doing very well in fact it's doing [2:39:23] extremely poorly one of the most beautiful states in the world best weather best everything from [2:39:29] winning our independence to laying the railroads taming the west and planting our flag on the moon [2:39:36] nothing great that america has ever done has come without staggering effort and it has never come easy [2:39:44] it's been really an unflagging persistence that drove us into greatness we had the persistence of [2:39:51] great people great men great women they were persistent they never gave up this country was built on the [2:39:59] conviction that just because something is hard to do that only means that americans try even harder and [2:40:09] they succeed almost all the time because whatever the obstacle whatever the challenge it's no match for [2:40:18] american grit and you have it probably as much or more than any other place there is it may you have [2:40:24] american and second theodore roosevelt reminds us all that to be a great nation and to be a free nation [2:40:38] we must have courage without courage you have nothing as tr once put it freedom is not a gift that [2:40:48] lasts long in the hands of cowards how about that doesn't last long in the hands of cowards what a great [2:40:54] statement i want to use that i shouldn't have said it i would have used that statement and i wouldn't [2:41:06] have attributed it to tr and they would have said oh what a great statement that is trump made a brilliant [2:41:13] speech what do you think john would i get away with that kevin i don't know maybe not but that's a [2:41:19] great statement that's a beautiful thing to say but in the west he tracked a 1 200 pound grizzly my [2:41:29] two boys know all about that i say are grizzlies dangerous is a grizzly bear dangerous i looked at [2:41:35] eric and they know more about that stuff than any human being i tell you they said they're real dangerous [2:41:41] dead i said are they violent bears they said they're really violent right fellas you said they [2:41:49] are violent but that doesn't scare them just be scared okay and get the hell out of there [2:41:55] but we want to keep you around but when it roared a big one and it wanted to strike him and it was going [2:42:05] rapidly there very fast i just learned that on a beautiful airplane coming over here [2:42:09] he shot it squarely between the eyes and it fell touching him but not able to destroy him when he [2:42:20] heard a man here threatened to kill him right here one of your tough people is he around by any chance [2:42:27] would you please stand up he wrote to his house he wrote to the man's house knocked on his door the [2:42:34] man threatened to kill him he said i'm gonna kill roosevelt and he declared that i've come over to see [2:42:42] what you want to begin with and how do you want to begin the killing he said how do you want to begin [2:42:50] i'm right here in front of you how do you want to begin the killing that's a little different kind of [2:42:56] a guy by a coincidence of history it was exactly 128 years ago today that colonel roosevelt gave our [2:43:07] nation one of the greatest examples of american courage the age-old chronicles of military valor have ever [2:43:15] seen after commandeering a ship to cuba for the volunteer regiment he personally raised and trained [2:43:27] his incredible rough riders the rough riders i saw the rough riders what the hell are the rough [2:43:31] i look at these guys i wish i looked like them if i looked like them i would have been president 20 [2:43:40] years ago you guys are great thank you they could really ride those horses they let us in they were [2:43:46] going faster than the car i said to my guys is there any danger in the way they're riding yeah [2:43:51] there's danger sir but they're great riders you guys are fantastic but he led the rough riders in [2:44:02] their heroic charge up san juan heights and with malaria coursing all throughout his veins he was [2:44:11] really sick colonel roosevelt galloped into a hail of spanish bullets and when his horse came to a wire [2:44:18] fence he leapt off the horse he jumped off the horse and he started running toward the enemy i don't know [2:44:24] if that was smart but he made it then he looked over at the next hill and he grabbed his men he said [2:44:32] fellas let's do it again and he did it again and again the rough riders victory at san juan heights led [2:44:41] directly to the collapse of the spanish line ah the spanish the members of nato but not very good [2:44:51] members of nato they say no we don't want to help other people what are we doing huh [2:44:57] they uh they are not behaving nicely but they will learn soon after they relinquished their grip on [2:45:04] cuba and guam the philippines and puerto rico and they were all ours they all we we got them all and [2:45:13] speaking of cuba after many many decades it's coming our way coming our way but for his actions [2:45:26] that day tr was celebrated as a hero and eventually awarded the congressional medal of honor that's a [2:45:33] big deal and i'm thrilled to announce that just moments ago 128 years after the battle of san juan heights [2:45:43] it was my really great privilege to deliver his library and a very special little gift in fact i [2:45:53] gave it to doug and the president a man who did such a good job in helping to build it doug raised a lot [2:46:00] of money got a president to be out here all day instead of 15 minutes and i gave that medal i took [2:46:07] it off there we have a beautiful room the roosevelt room this roosevelt by the way and i took it off the [2:46:14] wall brought it over we just presented it it's going to be in your library now for a long long [2:46:20] time and it'll be displayed alongside the medal of honor earned by his brave son his son was brave [2:46:31] it's genetics you know it's like the racehorse theory right fast horses theodore roosevelt junior [2:46:40] on d-day he also received that incredible acknowledgement except for author and douglas [2:46:48] macarthur author was his son douglas macarthur great general they're the only father and son pair to [2:46:56] receive our nation's highest military award for courage above and beyond the call of duty now as i [2:47:05] see my two beautiful sons sitting there i think i'm going to give one to myself one to them and we'll [2:47:10] have a threesome okay i'll pick out one of the two i'll give them the congressional medal of honor for [2:47:18] something for their genius at hunting and i'll get one for taking on russia russia russia or something [2:47:29] and we'll have a third pair now i'm only kidding but i have seriously thought about now this is [2:47:35] dangerous to say because the fake news is up there all over the place and when i joke i always i learned [2:47:41] earlier don't be sarcastic in politics but i actually said a few times that i've seriously thought of [2:47:48] giving myself the congressional medal of honor now everyone knows i'm doing it with a chuckle but [2:47:56] then they report he wants to give himself the congressional so i don't say that anymore it's very [2:48:02] dangerous to say but it is the highest award and they had a father son get it and that's a tremendous [2:48:09] tribute to a genetic pool as we enter the 250th year americans must never forget we are a historic and [2:48:19] heroic people with a heroic spirit and a heroic purpose and in this world we are a very special [2:48:26] group american courage won our independence it liberated millions and millions from slavery rescued [2:48:33] billions from tyranny and sustained american liberty for two and a half centuries and we're not going to [2:48:41] lose it to this group of losers oh can you imagine have you seen these people have you have you seen [2:48:48] these people the press is just building them up they're losers okay they're nasty people but they're [2:48:56] losers we'll teach them we're going to teach them they're not going to hurt our country without courage [2:49:05] there is no america today if you don't have courage we wouldn't have america today wouldn't [2:49:10] we wouldn't be close third theodore roosevelt believed in the america that really works and worked [2:49:19] he refused to accept failure mediocrity corruption decay or decline and neither should we that's [2:49:29] why we can't take this nonsense that's going on right now we're not going to take it the first public [2:49:38] cause he ever supported was a bill to fix the streets in new york city was very new york city and new [2:49:47] york centric you know that that's where he came from he was pretty rich family as the civil service [2:49:54] commissioner he fought tooth and nail to return to federal hiring to a principle called merit merit [2:50:03] isn't that nice to hear and by the way by the way do you know a little while ago not in yesterday's [2:50:11] decisions where we actually had a good day except for birthright citizenship which will work out some way [2:50:18] but we had something called do you know what we're talking about we had something that gives back [2:50:26] tremendous power to the president of the united states and we won that i think six to three [2:50:33] and it was taken away from another roosevelt it was taken away from fdr in 1932 was taken away and [2:50:44] for almost a hundred years that's been up for grabs slaughter it was called the slaughter case [2:50:53] and a lot of people didn't think it would ever be won and we won it two days ago in the supreme court [2:50:59] it gives power back to the president at a time where the president really needs power the great [2:51:07] decision it was the most important and we want some others too it was the most important decision of [2:51:16] all of them i think but we'll take care of the birthright citizenship because that was that was not meant [2:51:21] for rich people from other countries that was meant for actually it was meant for the babies of slaves [2:51:29] if you look at it it was a month after the civil war ended that it went through that's because it was [2:51:36] meant for the babies of slaves it wasn't meant for rich people from china it was they came over in [2:51:44] gulf streams it was meant for the babies of slaves so i believe no i know they got it wrong but that's okay [2:51:52] because they gave us something that nobody thought but they also gave us something in one of the [2:51:59] sessions a year ago was called merit our country now is based again on merit so if you're a student [2:52:15] with very average marks and you looked a certain way or you acted a certain way or whatever and you get [2:52:23] into the finest school in the world and then you're somebody else that looked a certain way or acted a [2:52:28] certain way and you have all a pluses and you have all great marks and board numbers that are through [2:52:35] the roof way above other people but you don't get in they get in it's all over with it's based now on [2:52:44] merit i don't even know people know the fake news didn't want to cover it to me that's one of the [2:52:48] greatest decisions and that took courage of the supreme court because our country became great because of [2:52:55] merit we became great because of merit and when you look at those soldiers that we have standing there [2:53:03] at washington dc where we ended up so we had the one of the most unsafe cities places our capital [2:53:13] anywhere in the country and now we have one of the absolute safest you can walk anywhere in washington [2:53:19] washing and we fixed up the monuments and doug was fantastic we had 78 monuments fountains [2:53:25] statues we have the reflecting pond which we did the best job of all and they came in with box cutters [2:53:34] and they cut it up but it's working fine i'm going to let a little water out we're going to redo it a [2:53:40] little bit but we fixed it up after a hundred and think of it it was 1922 that it came about and from the [2:53:49] day it was built it leaked from the day it was built it didn't work but when it did when they had water it [2:53:55] was beautiful it reflected washington the washington monument it reflected lincoln and washington think [2:54:01] of it how beautiful how beautiful and uh these people went in and cut it up and they got caught [2:54:11] we'll see what happens with them but they got caught but they put a big gash 350 feet long think of that [2:54:19] 350 foot gash along the side of this very expensive material but it will have it all it's already [2:54:27] good we want to have it done for july 4th and it was done for july 4th and it's operating right now but [2:54:33] we'll let it reward out we'll fix it up very quickly doug and it'll be just as good but we have for the [2:54:39] first time ever what they don't say we spent a very small amount of money too what they don't say is [2:54:45] barack hussein obama have you heard of him barack hussein obama spent tens of millions of dollars [2:54:52] trying to fix it and it was a disaster sleepy joe biden spent millions of dollars trying to fix it [2:54:59] and he was unable to do it but we did it and it works beautifully it's a beautiful we got rid of the [2:55:05] algae which they put in they put in algae who the hell put in an algae they had a couple of people with [2:55:13] signs protect the algae can you believe this this world has gone crazy but today i'm proud to say [2:55:21] that after four years of decline america is once again a nation that has strong borders is respected [2:55:30] by everyone all countries all over the world they respect your president and they respect you when they [2:55:38] respect your president they respect you and we solve problems and we take things on just like [2:55:49] theodore roosevelt took things on he took them on directly right at them he stared in their face [2:55:55] but our laws will be enforced our laws will be protected and our law enforcement is respected again [2:56:04] you know one of the things that i'm most proud of when i was running in the campaign and even before i [2:56:09] announced you could not get people to join the military we had the worst years we've ever had under [2:56:16] sleepy joe biden he had no idea what the hell he was doing and people were ashamed of our country [2:56:23] and you couldn't get him to join and then we had a beautiful day november 5th and we won by a lot [2:56:30] we won by just a lot it was incredible we beat a woman named kamala we beat a brilliant young woman [2:56:39] named kamala who had no clue she was the border czar she never went to the border she never called the [2:56:46] border patrol i said fellas you ever get a call from kamala she's the border czar no sir she never [2:56:51] called i used to call them every other day how we doing on the border two months and we had a border [2:56:56] that was perfect two months but kamala never called and she never went so for four years she was the [2:57:07] border czar she never went to the border it's not doesn't typically play out very well and we had the [2:57:12] worst border in the world but uh these are the people that were running our government that we were a [2:57:17] laughing stock all over the world not anymore they don't laugh at us anymore a government that was [2:57:23] honest and accountable was the number one demand of the declaration of independence they want honesty [2:57:32] they want respect and on this anniversary we recommit ourselves to upholding that righteous [2:57:39] legacy and that's why i'm here i'm in a state that i won by a landslide but i won a lot of them by [2:57:45] landslides and all fairness but this was a beauty this was a beauty i refuse to tell you my son said [2:57:59] dad don't say that so i won't i refuse to tell you who got more votes me or the legendary and he was [2:58:09] great theodore roosevelt i refuse to say because you'll say he's a braggart he's a terrible human [2:58:17] being he's a horrible person so i refuse to say i told my son i will not say thank you thank you for [2:58:23] giving me some good advice eric trump and don trump tr was also a staunch and ferocious opponent of a [2:58:31] thing called communism you've been hearing a lot about that lately he said the doctrines of [2:58:37] communistic socialism if consistently followed mean the ultimate annihilation of civilization other than [2:58:45] that he thought it was wonderful as we're seeing now communism is the greatest threat to our country [2:58:52] including i believe this you know when i said it i said well that's pretty severe but i think it's [2:58:57] true it's the biggest threat to our country including world war one world war two pearl harbor [2:59:04] september 11th i think it's a a bigger threat potentially a bigger threat than that because [2:59:10] it's like a cancer that spreads and you better stop it fast we will never let the united states become [2:59:16] a communist country won't happen and four three you know thank you fourth theodore roosevelt believed in [2:59:28] an america that thinks big he thought big he was a big thinker he was a tremendously big thinker on the [2:59:38] fourth of july in 1886 he spoke in dickinson north dakota anybody from dickinson and said like all americans [2:59:51] i like big things i like big things big prairies big forests and mountains i want them big he wants [3:00:00] big wheat fields he wants tremendous railroads let them be big and beautiful and powerful and herds of [3:00:08] cattle he wants everything big he wants big factories steamboats he wants everything big it was cool [3:00:15] i mean i thought it was great because i feel that way i feel that i've always felt that way theodore roosevelt [3:00:21] wanted a big future and he had big dreams for america and thanks to him we built the panama canal [3:00:28] that beautiful panama canal that is not managed the way it should be but we won't talk about that now [3:00:42] but he did all of these incredible things with parks and everything else and we vanquished every foreign [3:00:52] power from the hemisphere and he raised the american flag on the far side of the world he had our american [3:01:02] flag planted on every part of the world he would call or whatever they did in those days is the flag [3:01:09] over there is the flag he wanted that flag to fly boldly in other countries and other parts of the [3:01:15] world we built the great white fleet did you ever hear the great white fleet we used to build ships [3:01:22] we're going to start very soon building them again we're building them like we will you see although [3:01:27] we do build the greatest submarines ever in ever in the world we're 15 years ahead on submarines and [3:01:32] other things we do other things great but we're going to start with the ships again we used to build a [3:01:37] ship a day now they got out of that a lot of bad a lot of people that didn't know what the hell they [3:01:43] were doing and running our country theodore roosevelt understood that the grand and righteous ambition [3:01:51] is not a vice it is a american virtue having ambition is a positive thing he said not a negative thing [3:01:58] and it won us our country and it's been among the greatest forces for good it's been the greatest [3:02:07] thing our attitude and the attitude toward our country and making our country great by some people [3:02:13] not all presidents were like that i don't want to get involved with talking about the individual [3:02:18] presidents but we had some good we had a few great we had a couple but we had some good but we had [3:02:26] some really bad ones and they set us back very very substantially in particular the last one [3:02:31] a nation like an individual either rises or falls bills or decays lives or dies by this as we look into [3:02:44] the future of our 250th year it's time that we get out there and we expand our aspirations and our ambitions [3:02:54] and build the country that will inspire the entire world for generations so that's what we're doing [3:03:02] again we have more money being invested in the united states of america by other countries and people [3:03:07] than ever before by many many times over the fake news doesn't like talking about it but they see what's [3:03:15] happened look at the stock market every day it's hitting a new high i think it's 82 times now in [3:03:21] a short period of time 82 and that's a good thing not a bad thing and all of you that have 401ks which [3:03:31] are many who has a 401k 401k yeah big percentage of the audience everyone that has a 401k is setting [3:03:40] records right now and your 401k your your wife your husband your kids they all think you're a genius [3:03:47] i'm the genius i'm the one no i'm only kidding no i told the story the other day for a first time [3:03:55] a policeman came up to me a big strong good-looking guy and he said sir i want to thank you he was [3:04:03] almost sort of crying i said what do you want to talk to me about officer he was standing online he was [3:04:09] watching as i shook hands with people some of these people are extremely strong and shaking hands they [3:04:15] break your hand because they're so emotional sir thank you very much you guys an nfl offensive lineman [3:04:19] sir i'd like to thank you very much why but he came up to me and he said sir i was leaving i want [3:04:27] to thank you so much why my 401k is up 84 percent my wife was disgusted with me for years we just it [3:04:37] was just going in the wrong direction but it's up 84 percent this year and i just want to thank you [3:04:44] sir because it's really helped me with my marriage my wife is respecting me again she thought i was an [3:04:50] idiot this is a big strong guy but the women you you know the women rule you know that we know all [3:04:56] the guys in there you know this guy is a big powerful guy and he was a petrified of his way [3:05:03] but you know what he said uh my wife now respects me again she thinks i'm a genius she thinks i'm [3:05:10] warren buffett she thinks i'm one of the greatest investors but they are up but everybody in this room [3:05:16] there's not one person here that hasn't been going up 50 60 70 80 percent your 401ks you're making a lot [3:05:22] of money everybody is and we have more people working today than any time in the history of our country [3:05:31] we have more people working today than at any time and we inherit a tremendous inflation problem [3:05:39] from biden we inherited the worst inflation in history 48 years they say but let's say history [3:05:44] it was the worst inflation and prices were high and those prices are all coming down and you see [3:05:50] fuel is coming way down it's dropping like a rock just like i said because those boats are coming out [3:05:56] of the hormone straight they're coming out by numbers that nobody ever saw we're setting records [3:06:02] actually the oil is dropping we have some great oilmen here i don't know if they're happy or sad i don't [3:06:09] give a damn if they're happy or sad i want the prices to go down and the oil is dropping like nobody [3:06:14] thought possible but i told you it would total control we have total control of everything [3:06:19] this is just the beginning of the golden age of america we're in the golden age of america [3:06:25] and america is going to experience something that i can truly say i believe the best is yet to come [3:06:34] going to be coming and it's a bit it's here but it's it's coming at at speeds that nobody thought [3:06:42] possible finally theodore roosevelt understood that whatever our background we are all americans [3:06:50] we're americans first united under one flag and we don't wipe our hands on a flag did you hear the [3:07:00] person one of our communists one of our communist people but they cleaned it up the press cleaned that [3:07:07] statement up you know that right she didn't use the word hands she used a different word a disgusting [3:07:12] word they're disgusting pigs she didn't use the word hand they said hand she used another word you [3:07:20] know what word i'm talking about these people are a disgrace that's why theodore roosevelt boldly fought [3:07:29] for what he called the new nationalism the word nationalism is a very interesting word putting the [3:07:37] needs of the whole nation and all of these people above partisanship lobbyists crooked politicians [3:07:45] that's this one thing with these guys they are honest as hell i'd let you know if they were [3:07:51] crooked if john or kevin were crooked i'd say they're crooked pals but they're honest maybe they're [3:08:00] too honest actually we got to get a little action going here fellas but now these are great politicians [3:08:05] they're great people that's why you you put them back in office in record numbers the two of them [3:08:10] all the time but tr knew that true patriotism demanded caring for the worker the environment [3:08:21] and the health and culture and integrity for the nation itself he was something special he was a [3:08:28] really great man he was a man the likes of which you may never see again but we'll all get close and [3:08:35] we'll all try and duplicate what he's done because he was a man of unbelievable genius and unbelievable [3:08:42] toughness and principle so i want to just say that it's an honor to be with you it's an honor to be [3:08:51] asked to represent our nation in the opening of what will be a truly great library museum or center call [3:08:58] it what you want and he deserves it as much as anybody that's ever been president of the united states [3:09:05] which is such a great honor and i just want to thank everybody for being here on this extremely hot day [3:09:10] it's a beautiful day and it's a beautiful state and i want to thank you all thank you very much [3:09:16] everybody thank you thank you very much thank you