OUR STRATEGY -- [ APPLAUSE ]
THANK YOU.
THANK YOU. OUR STRATEGY ADVANCES FOUR VITAL
NATIONAL INTERESTS. FIRST, WE MUST PROTECT THE
AMERICAN PEOPLE, THE HOMELAND
AND OUR GREAT AMERICAN WAY OF
LIFE.
LIFE.
THIS STRATEGY RECOGNIZES THAT WE CANNOT SECURE OUR NATION IF WEWE
CANNOT SECURE OUR NATION IF WE DO NOT SECURE OUR BORDERS.
SO FOR THE FIRST TIME EVER
AMERICAN STRATEGY NOW INCLUDES A
SERIOUS PLAN TO DEFEND OUR
HOMELAND.
HOMELAND.
IT CALLS FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF
A WALL ON OUR SOUTHERN BORDER ENDING CHAIN MIGRATION AND THE
HORRIBLE VISA AND LOTTERY
PROGRAMS, CLOSING LOOPHOLES THAT
UNDERMINE ENFORCEMENT AND
STRONGLY SUPPORTING OUR BORDER PATROL AGENTS, I.C.E. OFFICERS
AND HOMELAND SECURITY PERSONNEL.
[ APPLAUSE ]
IN ADDITION, OUR STRATEGY CALLS
FOR US TO CONFRONT DISCREDITED
DEFEAT RADICAL TERRORISM AND
IDEOLOGY AND TO PREVENT IT FROM
SPREADING INTO THE UNITED
STATES.
STATES.
AND WE WILL DEVELOP NEW WAYS TO COUNTER THOSE WHO USE NEWAYS TO
COUNTER THOSE WHO USE NEW DOMAINS SUCH AS CYBER AND SOCIAL
MEDIA TO ATTACK OUR NATION OR
THREATEN OUR SOCIETY.
THE SECOND PILLAR OF OUR
STRATEGY IS TO PROMOTE AMERICAN
PROSPERITY.
PROSPERITY.
FOR THE FIRST TIME AMERICAN
STRATEGY RECOGNIZES THAT
ECONOMIC SECURITY IS NATIONAL SECURITY.SECURITY IS NATIONAL
SECURITY.
ECONOMIC VITALITY, GROWTH AND PROSPERITY AT HOME IS ABSOLUTELY
NECESSARY FOR AMERICAN POWER AND
INFLUENCE ABROAD.
INFLUENCE ABROAD. ANY NATION THAT TRADES AWAY ITS
PROSPERITY FOR SECURITY WILL END
UP LOSING BOTH.
THAT IS WHY THIS NATIONAL
SECURITY STRATEGY EMPHASIZES
MORE THAN EVER BEFORE THE
CRITICAL STEPS WE MUST TAKE TO
ENSURE THE PROSPERITY OF OUR
NATION FOR A LONG, LONG TIME TO
COME.
COME.
IT CALLS FOR CUTTING TAXES AND ROLLING BACK UNNECESSARYES AND
ROLLING BACK UNNECESSARY REGULATIONS.
REGULATIONS.
IT CALLS FOR TRADE BASED ON THE
PRINCIPLES OF FAIRNESS AND
RESPEROCITY.
IT CALLS FOR FIRM ACTION AGAINST
UNFAIR TRADE PRACTICES AND
INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY THEFT AND
CALLS FOR NEW STEPS TO PROTECT OUR NATIONAL SECURITY, PROTECT
OUR NATIONAL SECURITY, INDUSTRIAL AND INNOVATION BASE.
THE STRATEGY PROPOSES A COMPLETE
REBUILDING OF AMERICAN
INFRASTRUCTURE, OUR ROADS,
BRIDGES, AIRPORTS, WATER WAYS
AND COMMUNICATIONS
AND COMMUNICATIONS INFRASTRUCTURE.
INFRASTRUCTURE.
AND IT EMBRACES A FUTURE OF AMERICAN ENERGY DOMINANCE AND
SELF-SUFFICIENCY.
SELF-SUFFICIENCY.
THE THIRD PILLAR OF OUR STRATEGY IS TO RESERVE PEACE THROUGHATEGY
IS TO RESERVE PEACE THROUGH STRENGTH.
STRENGTH.
[ APPLAUSE ] WE RECOGNIZE THAT WEAKNESS IS
THE SUREST PATH TO CONFLICT AND
UNRIVALLED POWER IS THE MOST
CERTAIN MEANS OF DEFENSE.
FOR THIS REASON OUR STRATEGY
BREAKS FROM THE DAMAGING DEFENSE
SEQUESTER.
SEQUESTER.
WE ARE GOING TO GET RID OF THAT. [ APPLAUSE ] TO GET RID OF THAT.
[ APPLAUSE ] IT CALLS FOR A TOTAL
MODERNIZATION OF OUR MILITARY
AND REVERSING PREVIOUS DECISIONS
TO SHRINK OUR ARMED FORCES EVEN
AS THREATS TO NATIONAL SECURITY
GREW.
GREW.
IT CALLS FOR STREAM LINING
ACQUISITION, ELIMINATING BLOATED BUREAUCRACY AND MASSIVELYBLOATED
BUREAUCRACY AND MASSIVELY BUILDING UP OUR MILITARY WHICH
HAS THE FUNDAMENTAL SIDE BENEFIT
OF CREATING MILLIONS AND
MILLIONS OF JOBS.
THIS STRATEGY INCLUDES PLANS TO
COUNTER MODERN THREATS, THREATS
OF CYBER AND ELECTROMAGNETIC
ATTACKS.
ATTACKS.
IT RECOGNIZES SPACE AS A
COMPETITIVE DOMAIN AND CALLS FOR MULTI-LAYERED MISSILE DEFENSE.OR
MULTI-LAYERED MISSILE DEFENSE. [ APPLAUSE ]
THIS STRATEGY OUTLINES IMPORTANT
STEPS TO ADDRESS NEW FORMS OF
CONFLICT SUCH AS ECONOMIC AND
POLITICAL AGGRESSION.
POLITICAL AGGRESSION. AND OUR STRATEGY EMPHASIZES
STRENGTHENING ALLIANCES TO COPE
WITH THESE THREATS.
IT RECOGNIZES THAT OUR STRENGTH
IS MAGNIFIED BY ALLIES WHO SHARE
PRINCIPLES AND OUR PRINCIPLES
AND SHOULDER THEIR FAIR SHARE OF
RESPONSIBILITY FOR OUR COMMON
SECURITY.
SECURITY.
FOURTH AND FINALLY OUR STRATEGY
IS TO ADVANCE AMERICAN INFLUENCE
IN THE WORLD. BUT THIS BEGINS WITH BUILDING UP
OUR WEALTH AND POWER AT HOME.
AMERICA WILL LEAD AGAIN.
WE DO NOT SEEK TO IMPOSE OUR WAY
OF LIFE ON ANYONE.
BUT WE WILL CHAMPION THE VALUES
WITHOUT APOLOGY.
WITHOUT APOLOGY. WE WANT STRONG ALLIANCES AND
PARTNERSHIPS BASED ON
COOPERATION AND RESPEROCITY.
WE WILL MAKE NEW PARTNERSHIPS
WITH THOSE WHO SHARE OUR GOALS
AND MAKE COPPEN ENCOMMON INTERES
COMMON CAUSE.
COMMON CAUSE.
WE WILL NOT ALLOW INFLEXIBILITY IDEOLOGY TO BECOME AN OBSOLETEY
IDEOLOGY TO BECOME AN OBSOLETE AND OBSTACLE TO PEACE.
WE WILL PURSUE THE VISION WE
HAVE CARRIED AROUND THE WORLD
OVER THIS PAST YEAR, A VISION OF
STRONG, SOVEREIGN AND
INDEPENDENT NATIONS THAT RESPECT
THEIR CITIZENS AND RESPECT THEIR
NEIGHBORS.
NEIGHBORS. NATIONS THAT THRIVE IN COMMERCE
IN COOPERATION ROOTED IN
HISTORIES AND BRANCHING OUT
TOWARDS THEIR DESTINYIES.
THAT IS THE FUTURE WE WISH FOR
THIS WORLD.
THIS WORLD. AND THAT IS THE FUTURE WE SEEK
IN AMERICA.
IN AMERICA. [ APPLAUSE ]
WITH THIS STRATEGY WE ARE
CALLING FOR A GREAT REAWAKENING
OF AMERICA, A RESURGENCE OF
CONFIDENCE AND A REBIRTH OF
PATRIOTISM, PROSPERITY AND
PRIDE.
PRIDE.
AND WE ARE RETURNING TO THE WISDOM OF OUR FOUNDERS. THE
WISDOM OF OUR FOUNDERS. IN AMERICA THE PEOPLE GOVERN,
THE PEOPLE RULE AND THE PEOPLE
ARE SOVEREIGN.
ARE SOVEREIGN. WHAT WE HAVE BUILT HERE IN
AMERICA IS PRECIOUS AND UNIQUE.
IN ALL OF HISTORY NEVER BEFORE
HAS FREEDOM RANG THE RULE OF LAW
PREVAILED AND PEOPLE THRIVE AS
WE HAVE HERE.
WE MUST LOVE AND DEFEND IT.
WE MUST GUARD IT WITH VIGILANCE
AND SPIRIT.
AND SPIRIT. AND IF NECESSARY LIKE SO MANY
BEFORE US WITH OUR VERY LIVES.
AND WE DECLARE THAT OUR WILL IS
RENEWED.
RENEWED.
OUR FUTURE IS REGAINED. AND OUR DREAMS ARE RESTORED.
EVERY AMERICAN HAS A ROLE TO
PLAY IN THIS GRAND NATIONAL
EFFORT.
EFFORT.
AND TODAY I INVITE EVERY CITIZEN
TO TAKE THEIR PART IN OUR VITAL MISSION.THEIR PART IN OUR VITAL
MISSION.
TOGETHER OUR TASK IS TO
STRENGTHEN OUR FAMILIES, TO BUILD UP OUR COMMUNITIES, TO
SERVE OUR CITIZENS AND TO
CELEBRATE AMERICAN GREATNESS AS
A SHINING EXAMPLE TO THE WORLD.
AS LONG AS WE ARE PROUD AND VERY
PROUD OF WHO WE ARE, HOW WE GOT
HERE AND WHAT WE ARE FIGHTING
FOR TO PRESERVE, WE WILL NOT
FAIL.
FAIL.
IF WE DO ALL OF THIS, IF WE
REDISCOVER OUR RESOLVE AND
COMMIT OURSELVES TO COMPETE AND WIN AGAIN THEN TOGETHER WE WILL
LEAVE OUR CHILDREN AND OUR
GRANDCHILDREN A NATION THAT IS
STRONGER, BETTER, FREER, PROUDER
AND YES AN AMERICA THAT IS