KENNEDY: OUR PROCESS INCLUDES
GOING TO THE PRESIDENT OF THE
UNITED STATES.
A TOAST TO FRENCH PRESIDENT
EMMANUEL MACRON.
PRESIDENT TRUMP: MELANIA AND I
HAVE PROFOUNDLY HONORED TO HOST
YOU AND OUR ENTIRE FRENCH
DELEGATION AT OUR FIRST OFFICIAL
STATE DINNER.
[SPEAKING FRENCH, VOICE OF
TRANSLATOR]
PRESIDENT TRUMP: TO AMERICA'S
ABSOLUTELY REMARKABLE FIRST
LADY, THIS IS AN EVENING WE'LL
ALWAYS REMEMBER.
THANK YOU, MELANIA.
[APPLAUSE]
[VOICE OF TRANSLATOR]
PRESIDENT TRUMP: TONIGHT WE
CELEBRATE 2 1/2 CENTURIES OF
FRIENDSHIP BETWEEN THE UNITED
STATES AND FRANCE.
YESTERDAY WE HAD A WONDERFUL
VISIT TO MOUNT VERNON.
A PLACE THAT'S TRULY SPECIAL IN
THE HISTORY OF THIS VERY
REMARKABLE FRIENDSHIP.
[VOICE OF FRENCH TRANSLATOR]
COUNTY REQUIRE WAS THERE THAT
GENERAL GEORGE WASHINGTON MET
WITH THE FRENCH GENERAL TO
FINALIZE THE VICTORY AT
YORKTOWN.
IT WAS THERE AFTER THE WAR THAT
GENERAL LAFAYETTE RETURNED TO
VISIT GEORGE WASHINGTON.
LAFAYETTE NAMED HIS ONLY SON
AFTER WASHINGTON AS A TRIBUTE TO
RESPECT AND LOVE FOR HIS TRUE
FRIEND.
[VOICE OF FRENCH -- FRENCH
TRANSLATOR]
PRESIDENT TRUMP: THERE AT MOUNT
VERNON HANG ON THE WALL FOR ALL
TO SEE IS THE KEY TO THE
BASTILLE.
A GIFT FROM LAFAYETTE TO
WASHINGTON.
THIS TOOL IMPRISONMENT HAD
BECOME A SYMBOL OF LIBERTY, A
DESIRE FOR FREEDOM THAT BURNS IN
THE HEART OF EVERY PATRIOT.
[VOICE OF FRENCH TRANSLATOR]
PRESIDENT TRUMP: THIS IS THE
DIVINE FLAME WHICH VICTOR HUGO
WROTE THAT EVIL CAN NEVER WHOLLY
EXTINGUISH.
THIS IS THE FLAME THAT SPURRED
AMERICAN SOLDIERS TO JOIN THE
FRENCH ON THE BATTLEFIELDS OF
WORLD WAR I.
THIS IS THE FLAME OF FRENCH
RESISTANCE OF WHICH CHARLES
DE GAULLE RALLIED HIS COUNTRY IN
1940.
NEARLY A MILLION FRENCHMEN TOOK
UP ARMS TO DEFEAT FASCISM IN
WORLD WAR II.
WE WORK TOGETHER EVERY DAY TO
BUILD A FUTURE THAT IS MERE
JUST, PROSPEROUS AND FREE.
[VOICE OF FRENCH TRANSLATOR]
PRESIDENT TRUMP: THE NAMES THAT
LINK OUR NATION ARE FORGED IN
BATTLE BY THE TIMELESS
PRINCIPLES THAT MAKER US TO WE
ARE.
RESPECT FOR LIFE, LOVE OUR
NEIGHBORS AND REVERENCE BESTOWED
ON US BY THE GLORY OF GOD.
[VOICE OF FRENCH TRANSLATOR]
PRESIDENT TRUMP: SO TONIGHT I
ASK THAT WE RAISE OUR GLASS AS I
OFFER THIS TOAST TO PRESIDENT
MACRON AND BRIDGET.
TO THE FRENCH DELEGATION AND
EVERY PROUD CITIZEN OF FRANCE,
MAY OUR FRIENDSHIP GROW EVEN