MAKING HIS WAY TO THE PODIUM. HE’S THE SECOND SPEAKER OF THE
MORNING.
MORNING. >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
>> HERE’S HIS ADDRESS.
>> MR. PRESIDENT, MR. SECRETARY
GENERAL, DISTINGUISHED
GENERAL, DISTINGUISHED DELEGATES, AMBASSADORS AND WORLD
LEADERS, SEVEN DECADES OF
HISTORY HAVE PASSED THROUGH THIS
HALL IN ALL OF THEIR RICHNESS
AND DRAMA.
AND DRAMA. WHERE I STAND, THE WORLD HAS
HEARD FROM PRESIDENTS AND
PREMIERS AT THE HEIGHT OF THE
COLD WAR.
COLD WAR. WE HAVE SEEN THE FOUNDATION OF
NATIONS.
NATIONS. WE HAVE SEEN THE RING LEADERS OF
REVOLUTION.
REVOLUTION. WE HAVE BEHELD SAINTS WHO
INSPIRED US WITH HOPE, REBELS
WHO STIRRED US WITH PASSION, AND
HEROES WHO EMBOLDENED US WITH
COURAGE ALL HERE TO SHARE PLANS,
PROPOSALS, VISIONS AND IDEAS ON
THE WORLD’S BIGGEST STAGE.
LIKE THOSE WHO MET US BEFORE,
OUR TIME IS ONE OF GREAT
CONTESTS, HIGH STAKES AND CLEAR
CHOICES.
CHOICES. THE ESSENTIAL DIVIDE THAT RUNS
ALL AROUND THE WORLD AND
THROUGHOUT HISTORY IS ONCE AGAIN
THROWN INTO STARK RELIEF.
IT IS THE DIVIDE BETWEEN THOSE
WHOSE THIRST FOR CONTROL DELUDES
THEM INTO THINKING THEY ARE
DESTINED TO RULE OVER OTHERS,
AND THOSE PEOPLE AND NATIONS WHO
WANT ONLY TO RULE THEMSELVES.
I HAVE THE IMMENSE PRIVILEGE OF
ADDRESSING YOU TODAY AS THE
ELECTED LEADER OF A NATION THAT
PRIZES LIBERTY, INDEPENDENCE AND
SELF-GOVERNMENT ABOVE ALL.
THE UNITED STATES AFTER HAVING
SPENT OVER $2.5 TRILLION SINCE
MY ELECTION TO COMPLETELY
REBUILD OUR GREAT MILITARY IS
ALSO BY FAR THE WORLD’S MOST
POWERFUL NATION.
POWERFUL NATION. HOPEFULLY IT WILL NEVER HAVE TO
USE THIS POWER.
AMERICANS KNOW THAT IN A WORLD
WHERE OTHERS SEEK CONQUEST AND
DOMINATION, OUR NATION MUST BE
STRONG IN WEALTH, IN MIGHT, AND
IN SPIRIT.
IN SPIRIT. THAT IS WHY THE UNITED STATES
VIGOROUSLY DEFENDS THE
TRADITIONS AND CUSTOMS THAT HAVE
MADE US WHO WE ARE.
LIKE MY BELOVED COUNTRY, EACH
NATION REPRESENTED IN THIS HALL
HAS A CHERISHED HISTORY, CULTURE
AND HERITAGE THAT IS WORTH
DEFENDING AND CELEBRATING AND
WHICH GIVES US OUR SINGULAR
POTENTIAL AND STRENGTH.
THE FREE WORLD MUST EMBRACE ITS
NATIONAL FOUNDATIONS.
NATIONAL FOUNDATIONS. IT MUST NOT ATTEMPT TO ERASE
THEM OR REPLACE THEM.
LOOKING AROUND AND ALL OVER THIS
LARGE MAGNIFICENT PLANET, THE
TRUTH IS PLAIN TO SEE.
IF YOU WANT FREEDOM, TAKE PRIDE
IN YOUR COUNTRY.
IF YOU WANT DEMOCRACY, HOLD ON
TO YOUR SOVEREIGNTY.
IF YOU WANT PEACE, LOVE YOUR
NATION.
NATION. WISE LEADERS ALWAYS PUT THE GOOD
OF THEIR OWN PEOPLE AND THEIR
OWN COUNTRY FIRST.
THE FUTURE DOES NOT BELONG TO
GLOBALISTS.
GLOBALISTS. THE FUTURE BELONGS TO PATRIOTS.
THE FUTURE BELONGS TO SOVEREIGN
AND INDEPENDENT NATIONS WHO
PROTECT THEIR CITIZENS, RESPECT
THEIR NEIGHBORS AND HONOR THE
DIFFERENCES THAT MAKE EACH
COUNTRY SPECIAL AND UNIQUE.
IT IS WHY WE IN THE UNITED
STATES HAVE EMBARKED ON AN
EXCITING PROGRAM OF NATIONAL
RENEWAL.
RENEWAL. IN EVERYTHING WE DO, WE ARE
FOCUSED ON EMPOWERING THE DREAMS
AND ASPIRATIONS OF OUR CITIZENS.
THANKS TO OUR PRO GROWTH
ECONOMIC POLICIES, OUR DOMESTIC
UNEMPLOYMENT RATE REACHED ITS
LOWEST LEVEL IN OVER HALF A
CENTURY, FUELED BY MASSIVE TAX
CUTS AND REGULATIONS CUTS, JOBS
ARE BEING PRODUCED AT A HISTORIC
RATE.
RATE. 6 MILLION AMERICANS HAVE BEEN
ADDED TO THE EMPLOYMENT ROLLS IN
UNDER THREE YEARS.
LAST MONTH AFRICAN-AMERICAN,
HISPANIC AMERICAN AND ASIAN
AMERICAN UNEMPLOYMENT REACHED
THEIR LOWEST RATES EVER
RECORDED.
RECORDED. WE ARE MARSHALING OUR NATION’S
VAST ENERGY ABUNDANCE AND THE
UNITED STATES IS NOW THE NUMBER
ONE PRODUCER OF OIL AND NATURAL
GAS ANYWHERE IN THE WORLD.
WAGES ARE RISING, INCOMES ARE
SOARING, AND 2.5 MILLION
AMERICANS HAVE BEEN LIFTED OUT
OF POVERTY IN LESS THAN THREE
YEARS.
YEARS. AS WE REBUILD THE UNRIVALED
MIGHT OF THE AMERICAN MILITARY,
WE ARE ALSO REVITALIZING OUR
ALLIANCES BY MAKING IT VERY
CLEAR THAT ALL OF OUR PARTNERS
ARE EXPECTED TO PAY THEIR FAIR
SHARE OF THE TREMENDOUS DEFENSE
BURDEN WHICH THE UNITED STATES
HAS BORNE IN THE PAST.
AT THE CENTER OF OUR VISION FOR
NATIONAL RENEWAL IS AN AMBITIOUS
CAMPAIGN TO REFORM INTERNATIONAL
TRADE.
TRADE. FOR DECADES THE INTERNATIONAL
TRADING SYSTEM HAS BEEN EASILY
EXPLOITED BY NATIONS ACTING IN
VERY BAD FAITH AS JOBS WERE
OUTSOURCED, A SMALL HANDFUL GREW
WEALTHY AT THE EXPENSE OF THE
MIDDLE CLASS.
MIDDLE CLASS. IN AMERICA, THE RESULT WAS 4.2
MILLION LOST MANUFACTURING JOBS
AND $15 TRILLION IN TRADE
DEFICITS OVER THE LAST QUARTER
CENTURY.
CENTURY. THE UNITED STATES IS NOW TAKING
THAT DECISIVE ACTION TO END THIS
GRAVE ECONOMIC INJUSTICE.
OUR GOAL IS SIMPLE.
WE WANT BALANCED TRADE THAT IS
BOTH FAIR AND RECIPROCAL.
WE HAVE WORKED CLOSELY WITH OUR
PARTNERS IN MEXICO AND CANADA TO
REPLACE NAFTA WITH THE BRAND NEW
AND HOPEFULLY BIPARTISAN U.S.,
MEXICO, CANADA AGREEMENT.
TOMORROW I WILL JOIN PRIME
MINISTER ABE OF JAPAN TO
CONTINUE OUR PROGRESS IN
FINALIZING A TERRIFIC NEW TRADE
DEAL.
DEAL. AS THE UNITED KINGDOM MAKES
PREPARATIONS TO EXIT THE
EUROPEAN UNION, I HAVE MADE
CLEAR THAT WE STAND READY TO
COMPLETE AN EXCEPTIONAL NEW
TRADE AGREEMENT WITH THE UK THAT
WILL BRING TREMENDOUS BENEFITS
TO BOTH OF OUR COUNTRIES.
WE ARE WORKING CLOSELY WITH
PRIME MINISTER BORIS JOHNSON ON
A MAGNIFICENT NEW TRADE DEAL.
THE MOST IMPORTANT DIFFERENCE IN
AMERICA’S NEW APPROACH ON TRADE
CONCERNS OUR RELATIONSHIP WITH
CHINA.
CHINA. IN 2001, CHINA WAS ADMITTED TO
THE WORLD TRADE ORGANIZATION.
OUR LEADERS THEN ARGUED THAT
THIS DECISION WOULD COMPEL CHINA
TO KNOW STRENGTHEN PROTECTIONS
TO PROVIDE THINGS THAT WERE
UNACCEPTABLE TO US AND FOR
PRIVATE PROPERTY AND FOR THE
RULE OF LAW.
TWO DECADES LATER, THIS THEORY
HAS BEEN TESTED AND PROVEN
COMPLETELY WRONG.
COMPLETELY WRONG. NOT ONLY HAS CHINA DECLINED TO
ADOPT PROMISED REFORMS, IT HAS
EMBRACED AN ECONOMIC MODEL
DEPENDING ENT
DEPENDING ENT DEPENDENT ON MASSIVE MARKET
BARRIERS, HEAVY STATE SUBSIDIES,
CURRENCY MANIPULATION.
CURRENCY MANIPULATION. PRODUCT DUMPING, FORCED
TECHNOLOGY TRANSFERS AND THE
THEFT OF INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY,
AND ALSO TRADE SECRETS ON A
GRAND SCALE.
GRAND SCALE. AS JUST ONE EXAMPLE, I RECENTLY
MET THE CEO OF A TERRIFIC
AMERICAN COMPANY, MICRON
TECHNOLOGY, AT THE WHITE HOUSE.
MICRON PRODUCES MEMORY CHIPS
USED IN COUNTLESS ELECTRONICS.
TO ADVANCE THE CHINESE
GOVERNMENT’S FIVE-YEAR ECONOMIC
PLAN, A COMPANY OWNED BY THE
CHINESE STATE ALLEGEDLY STOLE
MICRON’S DESIGNS VALUED AT UP TO
$8.7 BILLION.
$8.7 BILLION. SOON THE CHINESE COMPANY OBTAINS
PATENTS FOR NEARLY AN IDENTICAL
PRODUCT AND MICRON WAS BANNED
FROM SELLING ITS OWN GOODS IN
CHINA.
CHINA. BUT WE ARE SEEKING JUSTICE.
THE UNITED STATES LOST 60,000
FACTORIES AFTER CHINA ENTERED
THE WTO.
THE WTO. THIS IS HAPPENING TO OTHER
COUNTRIES ALL OVER THE GLOBE.
THE WORLD TRADE ORGANIZATION
NEEDS DRASTIC CHANGE.
THE SECOND LARGEST ECONOMY IN
THE WORLD SHOULD NOT BE
PERMITTED TO DECLARE ITSELF A
DEVELOPING COUNTRY IN ORDER TO
GAME THE SYSTEM AT OTHERS’
EXPENSE.
EXPENSE. FOR YEARS THESE ABUSES WERE
TOLERATED, IGNORED, OR EVEN
ENCOURAGED.
ENCOURAGED. GLOBALISM EXERTED A RELIGIOUS
PULL OVER PAST LEADERS, CAUSING
THEM TO IGNORE THEIR OWN
NATIONAL INTERESTS.
NATIONAL INTERESTS. BUT AS FAR AS AMERICA IS
CONCERNED, THOSE DAYS ARE OVER.
TO CONFRONT THESE UNFAIR
PRACTICES, I PLACED MASSIVE
TARIFFS ON MORE THAN $500
BILLION WORTH OF CHINESE-MADE
GOODS.
GOODS. ALREADY AS A RESULT OF THESE
TARIFFS SUPPLY CHAINS ARE
RELOCATING BACK TO AMERICA AND
TO OTHER NATIONS AND BILLIONS OF
DOLLARS ARE BEING PAID TO OUR
TREASURY.
TREASURY. THE AMERICAN PEOPLE ARE
ABSOLUTELY COMMITTED TO
RESTORING BALANCE TO OUR
RELATIONSHIP WITH CHINA.
HOPEFULLY WE CAN REACH AN
AGREEMENT THAT WILL BE
BENEFICIAL FOR BOTH COUNTRIES.
BUT AS I HAVE MADE VERY CLEAR, I
WILL NOT ACCEPT A BAD DEAL FOR
THE AMERICAN PEOPLE.
AS WE ENDEAVOR TO STABILIZE OUR
RELATIONSHIP, WE ARE ALSO
CAREFULLY MONITORING THE
SITUATION IN HONG KONG.
THE WORLD FULLY EXPECTS THAT THE
CHINESE GOVERNMENT WILL HONOR
ITS BINDING TREATY MADE WITH THE
BRITISH AND REGISTERED WITH THE
UNITED NATIONS IN WHICH CHINA
COMMITS TO PROTECT HONG KONG’S
FREEDOM LEGAL SYSTEM AND
DEMOCRATIC WAYS OF LIFE.
HOW CHINA CHOOSES TO HANDLE THE
SITUATION WILL SAY A GREAT DEAL
ABOUT ITS ROLE IN THE WORLD IN
THE FUTURE.
THE FUTURE. WE ARE ALL COUNTING ON PRESIDENT
XI AS A GREAT LEADER.
THE UNITED STATES DOES NOT SEEK
CONFLICT WITH ANY OTHER NATION.
WE DESIRE PEACE, COOPERATION,
AND MUTUAL GAIN WITH ALL.
BUT I WILL NEVER FAIL TO DEFEND
AMERICA’S INTERESTS.
AMERICA’S INTERESTS. ONE OF THE GREATEST SECURITY
THREATS FACING PEACE-LOVING
NATIONS TODAY IS THE REPRESSIVE
REGIME IN IRAN.
THE REGIME’S RECORD OF DEATH AND
DESTRUCTION IS WELL KNOWN TO US
ALL.
ALL. NOT ONLY IS IRAN THE WORLD’S
NUMBER ONE STATE SPONSOR OF
TERRORISM, BUT IRAN’S LEADERS
ARE FUELING THE TRAGIC WARS IN
BOTH SYRIA AND YEMEN.
AT THE SAME TIME, THE REGIME IS
SQUANDERING THE NATION’S WEALTH
AND FUTURE IN A FANATICAL QUEST
FOR NUCLEAR WEAPONS AND THE
MEANS TO DELIVER THEM.
WE MUST NEVER ALLOW THIS TO
HAPPEN.
HAPPEN. TO STOP IRAN’S PATH TO NUCLEAR
WEAPONS AND MISSILES, I WITHDREW
THE UNITED STATES FROM THE
TERRIBLE IRAN NUCLEAR DEAL,
WHICH HAS VERY LITTLE TIME
REMAINING, DID NOT ALLOW
INSPECTION OF IMPORTANT SITES
AND DID NOT COVER BALLISTIC
MISSILES.
MISSILES. FOLLOWING OUR WITHDRAWAL, WE
HAVE IMPLEMENTED SEVERE ECONOMIC
SANCTIONS ON THE COUNTRY, HOPING
TO FREE ITSELF FROM SANCTIONS,
THE REGIME HAS ESCALATED ITS
VIOLENT AND UNPROVOKED
AGGRESSION.
AGGRESSION. IN RESPONSE TO IRAN’S RECENT
ATTACK ON SAUDI ARABIAN OIL
FACILITIES, WE JUST IMPOSED THE
HIGHEST LEVEL OF SANCTIONS ON
IRAN’S CENTRAL BANK AND
SOVEREIGN OIL FUND.
ALL NATIONS HAVE A DUTY TO ACT.
NO RESPONSIBLE GOVERNMENT SHOULD
SUBSIDIZE IRAN’S BLOOD LUST.
AS LONG AS IRAN’S MENACING
BEHAVIOR CONTINUES, SANCTIONS
WILL NOT BE LIFTED.
THEY WILL BE TIGHTENED.
IRAN’S LEADERS WILL HAVE TURNED
A PROUD NATION INTO JUST ANOTHER
CAUTIONARY TALE OF WHAT HAPPENS
WHEN A RULING CLASS ABANDONS ITS
PEOPLE AND EMBARKS ON A CRUSADE
FOR PERSONAL POWER AND RICHES.
FOR 40 YEARS, THE WORLD HAS
LISTENED TO IRAN’S RULERS AS
THEY LASH OUT AT EVERYONE ELSE
FOR THE PROBLEMS THEY ALONE HAVE
CREATED.
CREATED. THEY CONDUCT RITUAL CHANTS OF
"DEATH TO AMERICA" AND TRAFFIC
IN MANTRAS, ANTI-SEMITISM.
LAST YEAR THE COUNTRY’S SUPREME
LEADER SAID ISRAEL WAS A
CANCEROUS TUMOR THAT HAS TO BE
REMOVED AND ERADICATEDERADICATED
IT IS POSSIBLE AND IT WILL
HAPPEN.
HAPPEN. AMERICA WILL NEVER TOLERATE SUCH
ANTI-SEMITIC HATE.
ANTI-SEMITIC HATE. FANATICS HAVE LONG USED HATRED
OF ISRAEL TO DISTRACT FROM THEIR
OWN FAILURES.
OWN FAILURES. THANKFULLY THERE IS A GROWING
RECOGNITION IN THE WIDER MIDDLE
EAST THAT THE COUNTRIES OF THE
REGION SHARE COMMON INTERESTS IN
BATTLING EXTREMISM AND
UNLEASHING ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY.
THAT IS WHY IT IS SO IMPORTANT
TO HAVE FULL NORMALIZED
RELATIONS BETWEEN ISRAEL AND ITS
NEIGHBORS.
NEIGHBORS. ONLY A RELATIONSHIP BUILT ON
COMMON INTERESTS, MUTUAL RESPECT
AND RELIGIOUS TOLERANCE CAN
FORGE A BETTER FUTURE.
IRAN’S CITIZENS DESERVE A
GOVERNMENT THAT CARES ABOUT
REDUCING POVERTY, ENDING
CORRUPTION AND INCREASING JOBS,
NOT STEALING THEIR MONEY TO FUND
AND MASSACRE ABROAD AND AT HOME.
AFTER FOUR DECADES OF FAILURE,
IT IS TIME FOR IRAN’S LEADERS TO
STEP FORWARD AND TO STOP
THREATENING OTHER COUNTRIES AND
FOCUS ON BUILDING UP THEIR OWN
COUNTRY.
COUNTRY. IT IS TIME FOR IRAN’S LEADERS TO
FINALLY PUT THE IRANIAN PEOPLE
FIRST.
FIRST. AMERICA IS READY TO EMBRACE
FRIENDSHIP WITH ALL WHO
GENUINELY SEEK PEACE AND
RESPECT.
RESPECT. MANY OF AMERICA’S CLOSEST
FRIENDS TODAY WERE ONCE OUR
GREATEST FOES.
GREATEST FOES. THE UNITED STATES HAS NEVER
BELIEVED IN PERMANENT ENEMIES.
WE WANT PARTNERS, NOT
ADVERSARIES.
ADVERSARIES. AMERICA KNOWS THAT WHILE ANYONE
CAN MAKE WAR, ONLY THE MOST
COURAGEOUS CAN CHOOSE PEACE.
FOR THIS SAME REASON WE HAVE
PURSUED BOLD DIPLOMACY ON THE
KOREAN PENINSULA.
KOREAN PENINSULA. I HAVE TOLD KIM JONG-UN WHAT I
TRULY BELIEVE, THAT LIKE IRAN,
HIS COUNTRY IS FULL OF
TREMENDOUS UNTAPPED POTENTIAL,
BUT THAT TO REALIZE THAT PROMISE
NORTH KOREA MUST DENUCLEARIZE.
AROUND THE WORLD OUR MESSAGE IS
CLEAR, AMERICA’S GOAL IS
LASTING.
LASTING. AMERICA’S GOAL IS HARMONY.
AND AMERICA’S GOAL IS NOT TO GO
WITH THESE ENDLESS WARS, WARS
THAT NEVER END.
WITH THAT GOAL IN MIND, MY
ADMINISTRATION IS ALSO PURSUING
THE HOPE OF A BRIGHTER FUTURE IN
AFGHANISTAN.
AFGHANISTAN. UNFORTUNATELY, THE TALIBAN HAS
CHOSEN TO CONTINUE THEIR SAVAGE
ATTACKS.
ATTACKS. WE WILL CONTINUE TO WORK WITH
OUR COALITION OF AFGHAN PARTNERS
TO STAMP OUT TERRORISM, AND WE
WILL NEVER STOP WORKING TO MAKE
PEACE A REALITY.
HERE IN THE WESTERN HEMISPHERE,
WE ARE JOINING WITH OUR PARTNERS
TO ENSURE STABILITY AND
OPPORTUNITY ALL ACROSS THE
REGION.
REGION. IN THAT MISSION, ONE OF OUR MOST
CRITICAL CHALLENGES IS ILLEGAL
IMMIGRATION, WHICH UNDERMINES
PROSPERITY, RIPS APART SOCIETIES
AND EMPOWERS RUTHLESS CRIMINAL
CARTELS, MASS ILLEGAL MIGRATION
IS UNFAIR, UNSAFE AND
UNSUSTAINABLE FOR EVERYONE
INVOLVED.
INVOLVED. THE SENDING COUNTRIES AND THE
DEPLETED COUNTRIES AND THEY
BECOME DEPLETED VERY FAST, BUT
THEIR YOUTH IS NOT TAKEN CARE OF
AND HUMAN CAPITAL GOES TO WASTE.
THE RECEIVING COUNTRIES ARE
OVERBURDENED WITH MORE MIGRANTS
THAN THEY CAN RESPONSIBLY
ACCEPT, AND THE MIGRANTS
THEMSELVES ARE EXPLOITED,
ASSAULTED AND ABUSED BY VICIOUS
COYOTES.
COYOTES. NEARLY ONE-THIRD OF WOMEN WHO
MAKE THE JOURNEY NORTH TO OUR
BORDER ARE SEXUALLY ASSAULTED
ALONG THE WAY, YET HERE IN THE
UNITED STATES AND AROUND THE
WORLD, THERE IS A GROWING
COTTAGE INDUSTRY OF RADICAL
ACTIVISTS AND NONGOVERNMENTAL
ORGANIZATIONS THAT PROMOTE HUMAN
SMUGGLING.
SMUGGLING. THESE GROUPS ENCOURAGE ILLEGAL
MYIGRATION AND DEMAND THE ERASUR
OF OPEN BORDERS.
TODAY I HAVE A MESSAGE OF THOSE
OPEN BORDER ACTIVISTS WHO CLOAK
THEMSELVES IN THE RHETORIC OF
SOCIAL JUSTICE.
SOCIAL JUSTICE. YOUR POLICIES ARE NOT JUST.
YOUR PAUL GEEOLICYIES ARE CRUEL
EVIL.
EVIL. YOU ARE EMPOWERING CRIMINAL
ORGANIZATIONS THAT PREY ON
INNOCENT MEN, WOMEN AND
CHILDREN.
CHILDREN. YOU PUT YOUR OWN FALSE SENSE OF
VIRTUE BEFORE THE LIVES,
WELL-BEING OF COUNTLESS INNOCENT
PEOPLE WHEN YOU UNDERMINE ALL
THE SECURITY, YOU ARE
UNDERMINING HUMAN RIGHTS AND
HUMAN DIGNITY.
HUMAN DIGNITY. MANY OF THE COUNTRIES HERE TODAY
ARE COPING WITH THE CHALLENGES
OF UNCONTROLLED MIGRATION.
EACH OF YOU HAS THE ABSOLUTE
RIGHT TO PROTECT YOUR BORDERS.
AND SO, OF COURSE, DOES OUR
COUNTRY.
COUNTRY. TODAY WE MUST RESOLVE TO WORK
TOGETHER TO END HUMAN SMUGGLING
AND HUMAN TRAFFICKING AND PUT
THESE CRIMINAL NETWORKS OUT OF
BUSINESS FOR GOOD.
TO OUR COUNTRY, I CAN TELL YOU
SINCERELY WE ARE WORKING CLOSELY
WITH OUR FRIENDS IN THE REGION,
INCLUDING MEXICO, CANADA,
GUATEMALA, HONDURAS, EL SALVADOR
AND PANAMA, TO UPHOLD THE
INTEGRITY OF BORDERS AND ENSURE
SAFETY AND PROSPERITY FOR OUR
PEOPLE.
PEOPLE. I WOULD LIKE TO THANK PRESIDENT
LOPEZ OBRADOR OF MEXICO FOR THE
GREAT COOPERATION WE’RE
RECEIVING AND FOR RIGHT NOW
PUTTING 27,000 TROOPS ON OUR
SOUTHERN BORDER.
SOUTHERN BORDER. MEXICO IS SHOWING US GREAT
RESPECT, AND I RESPECT THEM IN
RETURN.
RETURN. THE U.S., WE HAVE TAKEN VERY
UNPRECEDENTED ACTION TO STOP THE
FLOW OF ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION.
TO ANYONE CONDUCTING CROSSINGS
OF OUR BORDER ILLEGALLY, PLEASE
HEAR THESE WORDS.
DO NOT PAY THE SMUGGLERS.
DO NOT PAY THE COYOTES.
DO NOT PUT YOURSELF IN DANGER.
DO NOT PUT YOUR CHILDREN IN
DANGER, BECAUSE IF YOU MAKE IT
HERE, YOU WILL NOT BE ALLOWED
IN.
IN. YOU WILL BE PROMPTLY RETURNED
HOME.
HOME. YOU WILL NOT BE RELEASED INTO
OUR COUNTRY AS LONG AS I AM
PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES.
WE WILL ENFORCE OUR LAWS AND
PROTECT OUR BORDERS.
FOR ALL OF THE COUNTRIES OF THE
WESTERN HEMISPHERE, OUR GOAL IS
TO HELP PEOPLE INVEST IN THE
BRIGHT FUTURES OF THEIR OWN
NATION.
NATION. OUR REGION IS FULL OF SUCH
INCREDIBLE PROMISE, DREAMS,
WAITING TO BE BUILT AND NATIONAL
DESTINIES FOR ALL.
AND THEY ARE WAITING ALSO TO BE
PURSUED.
PURSUED. THROUGHOUT THE HEMISPHERE THERE
ARE MILLIONS OF HARD-WORKING
PATRIOTIC YOUNG PEOPLE EAGER TO
BUILD, INNOVATE AND ACHIEVE, BUT
THESE NATIONS CANNOT REACH THEIR
POTENTIAL IF A GENERATION OF
YOUTH ABANDON THEIR HOMES IN
SEARCH OF A LIFE ELSEWHERE.
WE WANT EVERY NATION IN OUR
REGION TO FLOURISH AND ITS
PEOPLE TO THRIVE IN FREEDOM AND
PEACE.
PEACE. IN THAT MISSION, WE ARE ALSO
COMMITTED TO SUPPORTING THOSE
PEOPLE IN THE WESTERN HEMISPHERE
WHO LIVE UNDER BRUTAL
OPPRESSION, SUCH AS THOSE IN
CUBA, NICARAGUA AND VENEZUELA.
ACCORDING TO A RECENT REPORT
FROM THE U.N. HUMAN RIGHTS
COUNCIL, WOMEN IN VENEZUELA
STAND IN LINE FOR TEN HOURS A
DAY WAITING FOR FOOD.
OVER 15,000 PEOPLE HAVE BEEN
DETAINED AS POLITICAL PRISONERS.
MODERN HEF
MODERN HEF MODERN-DAY DEATH SQUADS ARE
CARRYING OUT THOUSANDS OF EXTRA
JUDICIAL KILLINGS.
JUDICIAL KILLINGS. THE DICTATOR, MADURO, IS A CUBAN
PUPPET, PROTECTED BY CUBAN
BODYGUARDS, HIDING FROM HIS OWN
PEOPLE WHILE CUBA PLUNDERS
VENEZUELA’S OIL WEALTH TO
SUSTAIN ITS OWN CORRUPT
COMMUNIST RULE.
COMMUNIST RULE. SINCE I LAST SPOKE IN THIS HALL,
THE UNITED STATES AND OUR
PARTNERS HAVE BUILT A HISTORIC
COALITION OF 55 COUNTRIES THAT
RECOGNIZE THE LEGITIMATE
GOVERNMENT OF VENEZUELA.
TO THE VENEZUELANS TRAPPED IN
THIS NIGHTMARE, PLEASE KNOW THAT
ALL OF AMERICA IS UNITED BEHIND
YOU.
YOU. THE UNITED STATES HAS VAST
QUANTITIES OF HUMANITARIAN AID
READY AND WAITING TO BE
DELIVERED.
DELIVERED. WE’RE WATCHING THE VENEZUELAN
SITUATION VERY CLOSELY.
WE AWAIT THE DAY WHEN DEMOCRACY
WILL BE RESTORED, WHEN VENEZUELA
WILL BE FREE AND WHEN LIBERTY
WILL PREVAIL THROUGHOUT THIS
HEMISPHERE.
HEMISPHERE. ONE OF THE MOST SERIOUS
CHALLENGES OUR COUNTRIES FACE IS
THE SPECTER OF SOCIALISM.
IT’S THE WRECKER OF NATIONS AND
DESTROYER OF SOCIETIES.
EVENTS IN VENEZUELA REMIND US
ALL THAT SOCIALISM AND COMMUNISM
ARE NOT ABOUT JUSTICE, THEY ARE
NOT ABOUT EQUALITY, THEY ARE NOT
ABOUT LIFTING UP THE POOR, AND
THEY ARE CERTAINLY NOT ABOUT THE
GOOD OF THE NATION.
SOCIALISM AND COMMUNISM ARE
ABOUT ONE THING ONLY, POWER FOR
THE RULING CLASS.
TODAY I REPEAT A MESSAGE FOR THE
WORLD THAT I HAVE DELIVERED AT
HOME.
HOME. AMERICA WILL NEVER BE A
SOCIALIST COUNTRY.
SOCIALIST COUNTRY. IN THE LAST CENTURY, SOCIALISM
AND COMMUNISM KILLED 100 MILLION
PEOPLE.
PEOPLE. SADLY AS WE SEE IN VENEZUELA,
THE DEATH TOLL CONTINUES IN THIS
COUNTRY.
COUNTRY. THESE TOTALITARIAN IDEOLOGIES
COMBINED WITH MODERN TECHNOLOGY
HAVE THE POWER TO EXCISE NEW AND
DISTURBING FORMS OF SUPPRESSION
AND DOMINATION.
AND DOMINATION. FOR THIS REASON, THE UNITED
STATES IS TAKING STEPS TO BETTER
SCREEN FOREIGN TECHNOLOGY AND
INVESTMENTS AND TO PROTECT OUR
DATA AND OUR SECURITY.
WE URGE EVERY NATION PRESENT TO
DO THE SAME.
FREEDOM AND DEMOCRACY MUST BE
CONSTANTLY GUARDED AND PROTECTED
BOTH ABROAD AND FROM WITHIN.
WE MUST ALWAYS BE SKEPTICAL OF
THOSE WHO WANT CONFORMITY AND
CONTROL.
CONTROL. EVEN IN FREE NATIONS WE SEE
ALARMING SIGNS AND NEW
CHALLENGES TO LIBERTY.
A SMALL NUMBER OF SOCIAL MEDIA
PLATFORMS ARE ACQUIRING IMMENSE
POWER OVER WHAT WE CAN SEE AND
OVER WHAT WE ARE ALLOWED TO SAY.
A PERMANENT POLITICAL CLASS IS
OPENLY DISDAINFUL, DISMISSIVE
AND DEFIANT OF THE WILL OF THE
PEOPLE.
PEOPLE. A FACELESS BUREAUCRACY OPERATES
IN SECRET AND WEAKENS DEMOCRATIC
RULE.
RULE. MEDIA AND ACADEMIC INSTITUTIONS
PUSH FLAT-OUT ASSAULTS ON OUR
HISTORIES, TRADITIONS AND
VALUES.
VALUES. IN THE UNITED STATES, MY
ADMINISTRATION HAS MADE CLEAR
THAT SOCIAL MEDIA COMPANIES THAT
WE WILL UPHOLD THE RIGHT OF FREE
SPEECH.
SPEECH. A FREE SOCIETY CANNOT ALLOW
SOCIAL MEDIA GIANTS TO SILENCE
THE VOICES OF THE PEOPLE, AND A
FREE PEOPLE MUST NEVER, EVER BE
ENLISTED IN THE CAUSE OF
SILENCING, COERCING, CANCELLING
OR BLACKLISTING THEIR OWN
NEIGHBORS.
NEIGHBORS. AS WE DEFEND AMERICAN VALUES, WE
AFFIRM THE RIGHT OF ALL PEOPLE
TO LIVE IN DIGNITY.
FOR THIS REASON MY
ADMINISTRATION IS WORKING WITH
OTHER NATIONS TO STOP
CRIMINALIZING OF HOMOSEXUALITY
AND WE STAND IN SOLIDARITY WITH
LGBTQ PEOPLE WHO LIVE IN
COUNTRIES THAT PUNISH, JAIL OR
EXECUTE INDIVIDUALS BASED UPON
SEXUAL ORIENTATION.
SEXUAL ORIENTATION. WE ARE ALSO CHAMPIONING THE ROLE
OF WOMEN IN OUR SOCIETIES.
NATIONS THAT EMPOWER WOMEN ARE
MUCH WEALTHIER, SAFER AND MUCH
MORE POLITICALLY STABLE.
IT IS THEREFORE VITAL NOT ONLY
TO A NATION’S PROSPERITY BUT
ALSO IS VITAL TO ITS NATIONAL
SECURITY TO PURSUE WOMEN’S
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT. GUIDED BY THESE PRINCIPLES, MY
ADMINISTRATION LAUNCHED THE
WOMEN’S GLOBAL DEVELOPMENT AND
PROSPERITY INITIATIVES.
PROSPERITY INITIATIVES. THE WGDP IS THE FIRST EVER
GOVERNMENTWIDE APPROACH TO
WOMEN’S ECONOMIC EMPOWERMENT,
WORKING TO ENSURE THAT WOMEN ALL
OVER THE PLANET HAVE THE LEGAL
RIGHT TO OWN AND INHERIT
PROPERTY, WORK IN THE SAME
INDUSTRIES AS MEN, TRAVEL FREELY
AND ACCESS CREDIT AND
INSTITUTIONS.
INSTITUTIONS. YESTERDAY I WAS ALSO PLEASED TO
HOST LEADERS FOR A DISCUSSION
ABOUT AN IRON CLAD AMERICAN
COMMITMENT PROTECTING RELIGIOUS
LEADERS AND ALSO PROTECTING
RELIGIOUS FREEDOM.
RELIGIOUS FREEDOM. THIS FUNDAMENTAL RIGHT IS UNDER
GROWING THREAT AROUND THE WORLD.
HARD TO BELIEVE, BUT 80% OF THE
WORLD’S POPULATION LIVES IN
COUNTRIES WHERE RELIGIOUS
LIBERTY IS IN SIGNIFICANT DANGER
OR EVEN COMPLETELY OUTLAWED.
AMERICANS WILL NEVER FIRE OR
TIRE IN OUR EFFORT TO DEFEND AND
PROMOTE FREEDOM OF WORSHIP AND
RELIGION.
RELIGION. WE WANT AND SUPPORT RELIGIOUS
LIBERTY FOR ALL.
AMERICANS WILL ALSO NEVER TIRE
OF DEFENDING INNOCENT LIFE.
WE ARE AWARE THAT MANY UNITED
NATIONS PROJECTS HAVE ATTEMPTED
TO ASSERT A GLOBAL RIGHT TO
TAXPAYER-FUNDED ABORTION ON
DEMAND, RIGHT UP UNTIL THE
MOMENT OF DELIVERY.
GLOBAL BUREAUCRATS HAVE
ABSOLUTELY NO BUSINESS ATTACKING
THE SOVEREIGNTY OF NATIONS THAT
WISH TO PROTECT INNOCENT LIFE.
LIKE MANY NATIONS HERE TODAY, WE
IN AMERICA BELIEVE THAT EVERY
CHILD BORN AND UNBORN IS A
SACRED GIFT FROM GOD.
THERE IS NO CIRCUMSTANCE UNDER
WHICH THE UNITED STATES WILL
ALLOW INTERNATIONAL COUNTRIES TO
TRAMPLE ON THE RIGHTS OF OUR
CITIZENS, INCLUDING THE RIGHT TO
SELF-DEFENSE.
SELF-DEFENSE. THAT IS WHY THIS YEAR I
ANNOUNCED THAT WE WILL NEVER
RATIFY THE U.N. ARMS TREATY
WHICH WOULD THREATENS THE
LIBERTIES OF LAW-ABIDING
CITIZENS.
CITIZENS. THE UNITED STATES WILL ALWAYS
UPHOLD OUR CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHT
TO KEEP AND BEAR ARMS.
WE WILL ALWAYS UPHOLD OUR SECOND
AMENDMENT.
AMENDMENT. THE CORE RIGHTS AND VALUES
AMERICA DEFENDS TODAY WERE
INSCRIBED IN AMERICA’S FOUNDING
DOCUMENTS.
DOCUMENTS. OUR NATION’S FOUNDERS UNDERSTOOD
THAT THERE WILL ALWAYS BE THOSE
WHO BELIEVE THEY ARE ENTITLED TO
WIELD POWER AND CONTROL OVER
OTHERS.
OTHERS. TYRANNY ADVANCES UNDER MANY
NAMES AND MANY THEORIES, BUT IT
ALWAYS COMES DOWN TO THE DESIRE
FOR DOMINATION.
FOR DOMINATION. IT PROTECTS NOT THE INTERESTS OF
MANY, BUT THE PRIVILEGE OF FEW.
OUR FOUNDERS GAVE US A SYSTEM
DESIGNED TO RESTRAIN THIS
DANGEROUS IMPULSE.
DANGEROUS IMPULSE. THEY CHOSE TO ENTRUST AMERICAN
POWER TO THOSE MOST INVESTED IN
THE FATE OF OUR NATION, A PROUD
AND FIERCELY INDEPENDENT PEOPLE.
THE TRUE GOOD OF THE NATION CAN
ONLY BE PURSUED BY THOSE WHO
LOVE IT, BY CITIZENS WHO ARE
ROOTED IN ITS HISTORY, WHO ARE
NOURISHED BY ITS CULTURE,
COMMITTED TO ITS VALUES,
ATTACHED TO ITS PEOPLE AND WHO
KNOW THAT ITS FUTURE IS THEIRS
TO BUILD OR THEIRS TO LOSE.
PATRIOTS SEE A NATION AND ITS
DESTINY IN WAYS NO ONE ELSE CAN.
LIBERTY IS ONLY PRESERVED.
SOVEREIGNTY IS ONLY SECURED.
DEMOCRACY IS ONLY SUSTAINED,
GREATNESS IS ONLY REALIZED BY
THE WILL AND DEVOTION OF
PATRIOTS.
PATRIOTS. IN THEIR SPIRIT IS FOUND THE
STRENGTH TO RESIST OPPRESSION,
THE INSPIRATION TO FORGE LEGACY,
THE GOOD WILL TO SEEK FRIENDSHIP
AND THE BRAVERY TO REACH FOR
PEACE.
PEACE. LOVE OF OUR NATIONS MAKES THE
WORLD BETTER FOR ALL NATIONS.
SO TO ALL THE LEADERS HERE
TODAY, JOIN US IN THE MOST
FULFILLING MISSION A PERSON
COULD HAVE, THE MOST PROFOUND
CONTRIBUTION ANYONE CAN MAKE.
LIFT UP YOUR NATIONS, CHERISH
YOUR CULTURE, HONOR YOUR
HISTORIES, TREASURE YOUR
CITIZENS, MAKE YOUR COUNTRIES
STRONG AND PROSPEROUS AND
RIGHTEOUS, HONOR THE DIGNITY OF
YOUR PEOPLE, AND NOTHING WILL BE
OUTSIDE OF YOUR REACH.
WHEN OUR NATIONS ARE GREATER,
THE FUTURE WILL BE BRIGHTER, OUR
PEOPLE WILL BE HAPPIER AND OUR
PARTNERSHIPS WILL BE STRONGER.
WITH GOD’S HELP TOGETHER WE WILL
CAST OFF THE ENEMIES OF LIBERTY
AND OVERCOME THE OPPRESSORS OF
DIGNITY.
DIGNITY. WE WILL SET NEW STANDARDS OF
LIVING AND REACH NEW HEIGHTS OF
HUMAN ACHIEVEMENT.
HUMAN ACHIEVEMENT. WE WILL REDISCOVER OLD TRUTHS,
UNRAVEL OLD MYSTERIES AND MAKE
THRILLING NEW BREAKTHROUGHS.
AND WE WILL FIND MORE BEAUTIFUL
FRIENDSHIP AND MORE HARMONY
AMONG NATIONS THAN EVER BEFORE.
MY FELLOW LEADERS, THE PATH TO
PEACE AND PROGRESS AND FREEDOM
AND JUSTICE AND A BETTER WORLD
FOR ALL HUMANITY BEGINS AT HOME.
THANK YOU, GOD BLESS YOU, GOD
BLESS THE NATIONS OF THE WORLD,