The Greatest Speeches of Donald J. Trump: 45TH PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA with an Introduction by Presidential Historian Craig Shirley

The Greatest Speeches of Donald J. Trump: 45TH PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA with an Introduction by Presidential Historian Craig Shirley

by Donald J. Trump President of the United States of America, Craig Shirley (Editor)
The Greatest Speeches of Donald J. Trump: 45TH PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA with an Introduction by Presidential Historian Craig Shirley

The Greatest Speeches of Donald J. Trump: 45TH PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA with an Introduction by Presidential Historian Craig Shirley

by Donald J. Trump President of the United States of America, Craig Shirley (Editor)

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Overview

"We will make America strong again. We will make America safe again. And we will make America great again. Greater than ever before!” — President Donald J. Trump

The ultimate collection of President Donald J. Trump's most important speeches and words to the Nation.

The Greatest Speeches of President Donald J. Trump is edited by New York Times bestselling author and President Reagan biographer Craig Shirley who also wrote the introduction. This beautiful book will include historical photographs throughout and is the perfect gift for anyone who wants to know the history of how President Trump made America great again. 

The collection includes speeches from many pivotal and powerful moments in President Trump’s time in office and his presidential campaigns:

  • Trump’s campaign announcement at Trump Tower 
  • His surprise Presidential Victory Speech
  • His speech to the People of Poland in Warsaw
  • The Salute to America at Mount Rushmore 
  • His Farewell Address to the People of the United States and the World

The President's own strong and inspiring words from his final speech to the Nation from Washington D.C. while in office as the 45th President of the United States of America:

"We must never forget that while Americans will always have our disagreements, we are a nation of incredible, decent, faithful, and peace-loving citizens who all want our country to thrive and flourish and be very, very successful and good. We are a truly magnificent nation...

As long as the American people hold in their hearts deep and devoted love of country, then there is nothing that this nation cannot achieve. Our communities will flourish. Our people will be prosperous. Our traditions will be cherished. Our faith will be strong. And our future will be brighter than ever before.

I go from this majestic place with a loyal and joyful heart, an optimistic spirit, and a supreme confidence that for our country and for our children, the best is yet to come.

Thank you, and farewell. God bless you. God bless the United States of America."


Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781630062170
Publisher: Humanix Books
Publication date: 10/04/2022
Pages: 288
Sales rank: 368,167
Product dimensions: 9.50(w) x 10.90(h) x 1.00(d)

About the Author

PRESIDENT DONALD J. TRUMP is the very definition of the American success story, continually setting the standards of excellence while expanding his interests in real estate, sports, and entertainment. 

President Trump is an American media personality and businessman who served as the 45th president of the United States from 2017 to 2021. He is a graduate of the Wharton School of Finance. An accomplished author, Mr. Trump has authored over fifteen bestsellers and his first book, The Art of the Deal, is considered a business classic and one of the most successful business books of all time. Mr. Trump has many millions of followers on social media and is a frequent guest across a variety of media platforms.

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CRAIG SHIRLEY is the author of Reagan Rising, Rendezvous with Destiny, Reagan’s Revolution, Last Act and the New York Times bestseller December 1941. He is a regular commentator throughout the media and a contributor to national publications, and was hailed by the London Telegraph as “the best of the Reagan biographers.” 

He is the Visiting Reagan Scholar at Eureka College, Reagan’s alma mater, and lectures often at the Reagan Library and the Reagan Ranch, the founder of Shirley & Banister Public Affairs and was chosen in 2005 by Springfield College as their Outstanding Alumnus. Shirley, a widely sought after speaker and commentator, appears regularly on many network and cable shows including Newsmax, FOX News, MSNBC, CNN, ABC. CBS, CNBC, C-SPAN and others. 

He has also written extensively for the Wall Street Journal, Washington Post, Newsmax magazine, the Washington Examiner, the Washington Times, the Los Angeles Times, Town Hall, the Weekly Standard, Politico, Reuters and many other publications.

He and his wife, Zorine, divide their time between Ben Lomond, a three-hundred-year-old Georgian manor house in Essex County, Virginia, and Trickle Down Point on the Rappahannock River in Lancaster, Virginia. They are the parents of four children, Matthew, Andrew, Taylor, and Mitchell.

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Read an Excerpt

January 20, 2017: Inaugural Address President Donald J. Trump

Chief Justice Roberts, President Carter, President Clinton, President Bush, President Obama, fellow Americans, and people of the world: thank you.

We, the citizens of America, are now joined in a great national effort to rebuild our country and to restore its promise for all of our people.

Together, we will determine the course of America and the world for years to come.

We will face challenges. We will confront hardships. But we will get the job done.

Every four years, we gather on these steps to carry out the orderly and peaceful transfer of power, and we are grateful to President Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama for their gracious aid throughout this transition. They have been magnificent.

Today’s ceremony, however, has very special meaning. Because today we are not merely transferring power from one Administration to another, or from one party to another – but we are transferring power from Washington, D.C. and giving it back to you, the American People.

For too long, a small group in our nation’s Capital has reaped the rewards of government while the people have borne the cost.

Washington flourished – but the people did not share in its wealth.

Politicians prospered – but the jobs left, and the factories closed.

The establishment protected itself, but not the citizens of our country.

Their victories have not been your victories; their triumphs have not been your triumphs; and while they celebrated in our nation’s Capital, there was little to celebrate for struggling families all across our land.

That all changes – starting right here, and right now, because this moment is your moment: it belongs to you.

It belongs to everyone gathered here today and everyone watching all across America.

This is your day. This is your celebration.

And this, the United States of America, is your country.

What truly matters is not which party controls our government, but whether our government is controlled by the people.

January 20th 2017, will be remembered as the day the people became the rulers of this nation again.

The forgotten men and women of our country will be forgotten no longer.

Everyone is listening to you now.

You came by the tens of millions to become part of a historic movement the likes of which the world has never seen before.

At the center of this movement is a crucial conviction: that a nation exists to serve its citizens.

Americans want great schools for their children, safe neighborhoods for their families, and good jobs for themselves.

These are the just and reasonable demands of a righteous public.

But for too many of our citizens, a different reality exists: Mothers and children trapped in poverty in our inner cities; rusted-out factories scattered like tombstones across the landscape of our nation; an education system, flush with cash, but which leaves our young and beautiful students deprived of knowledge; and the crime and gangs and drugs that have stolen too many lives and robbed our country of so much unrealized potential.

This American carnage stops right here and stops right now.

We are one nation – and their pain is our pain. Their dreams are our dreams; and their success will be our success. We share one heart, one home, and one glorious destiny.

The oath of office I take today is an oath of allegiance to all Americans.

For many decades, we’ve enriched foreign industry at the expense of American industry;

Subsidized the armies of other countries while allowing for the very sad depletion of our military;

We've defended other nation’s borders while refusing to defend our own;

And spent trillions of dollars overseas while America's infrastructure has fallen into disrepair and decay.

We’ve made other countries rich while the wealth, strength, and confidence of our country has disappeared over the horizon.

One by one, the factories shuttered and left our shores, with not even a thought about the millions upon millions of American workers left behind.

The wealth of our middle class has been ripped from their homes and then redistributed across the entire world.

But that is the past. And now we are looking only to the future.

We assembled here today are issuing a new decree to be heard in every city, in every foreign capital, and in every hall of power.

From this day forward, a new vision will govern our land.

From this moment on, it’s going to be America First.

Every decision on trade, on taxes, on immigration, on foreign affairs, will be made to benefit American workers and American families.

We must protect our borders from the ravages of other countries making our products, stealing our companies, and destroying our jobs. Protection will lead to great prosperity and strength.

I will fight for you with every breath in my body – and I will never, ever let you down.

America will start winning again, winning like never before.

We will bring back our jobs. We will bring back our borders. We will bring back our wealth. And we will bring back our dreams.

We will build new roads, and highways, and bridges, and airports, and tunnels, and railways all across our wonderful nation.

We will get our people off of welfare and back to work – rebuilding our country with American hands and American labor.

We will follow two simple rules: Buy American and Hire American.

We will seek friendship and goodwill with the nations of the world – but we do so with the understanding that it is the right of all nations to put their own interests first.

We do not seek to impose our way of life on anyone, but rather to let it shine as an example for everyone to follow.

We will reinforce old alliances and form new ones – and unite the civilized world against Radical Islamic Terrorism, which we will eradicate completely from the face of the Earth.

At the bedrock of our politics will be a total allegiance to the United States of America, and through our loyalty to our country, we will rediscover our loyalty to each other.

When you open your heart to patriotism, there is no room for prejudice.

The Bible tells us, “how good and pleasant it is when God’s people live together in unity.”

We must speak our minds openly, debate our disagreements honestly, but always pursue solidarity.

When America is united, America is totally unstoppable.

There should be no fear – we are protected, and we will always be protected.

We will be protected by the great men and women of our military and law enforcement and, most importantly, we are protected by God.

Finally, we must think big and dream even bigger.

In America, we understand that a nation is only living as long as it is striving.

We will no longer accept politicians who are all talk and no action – constantly complaining but never doing anything about it.

The time for empty talk is over.

Now arrives the hour of action.

Do not let anyone tell you it cannot be done. No challenge can match the heart and fight and spirit of America.

We will not fail. Our country will thrive and prosper again.

We stand at the birth of a new millennium, ready to unlock the mysteries of space, to free the Earth from the miseries of disease, and to harness the energies, industries and technologies of tomorrow.

A new national pride will stir our souls, lift our sights, and heal our divisions.

It is time to remember that old wisdom our soldiers will never forget: that whether we are black or brown or white, we all bleed the same red blood of patriots, we all enjoy the same glorious freedoms, and we all salute the same great American Flag.

And whether a child is born in the urban sprawl of Detroit or the windswept plains of Nebraska, they look up at the same night sky, they fill their heart with the same dreams, and they are infused with the breath of life by the same almighty Creator.

So to all Americans, in every city near and far, small and large, from mountain to mountain, and from ocean to ocean, hear these words:

You will never be ignored again.

Your voice, your hopes, and your dreams, will define our American destiny. And your courage and goodness and love will forever guide us along the way.

Together, We Will Make America Strong Again.

We Will Make America Wealthy Again.

We Will Make America Proud Again.

We Will Make America Safe Again.

And, Yes, Together, We Will Make America Great Again. Thank you, God Bless You, And God Bless America.

July 4, 2020: Remarks at Salute to America President Donald J. Trump

Members of Congress, members of my cabinet, and my fellow Americans: The First Lady and I are delighted to welcome you to the second annual Salute to America.

On this wonderful day, we celebrate our history, our heroes, our heritage, our great American flag, and our freedom. Happy Fourth of July to everyone.

I want to thank the U.S. Army Golden Knights for that truly awe-inspiring display. Tremendous talent. The Golden Knights, and every member of the Armed Forces here this evening, we just want to say that you have earned the eternal gratitude of our entire nation.

Two hundred and forty-four years ago in Philadelphia, the 56 signers of our Declaration of Independence pledged their lives, their fortunes, and their sacred honor to boldly proclaim this eternal truth: that we are all made equal by God.

Thanks to the courage of those patriots of July 4th, 1776, the American Republic stands today as the greatest, most exceptional, and most virtuous nation in the history of the world.

Our workers, our factories have revolutionized industries and lifted millions into prosperity. Our artists, architects, and engineers have inspired the globe with transcendent works of beauty. American heroes defeated the Nazis, dethroned the fascists, toppled the communists, saved American values, upheld American principles, and chased down the terrorists to the very ends of the Earth. We are now in the process of defeating the radical left, the Marxists, the anarchists, the agitators, the looters, and people who, in many instances, have absolutely no clue what they are doing.

Our inventors, scientists, doctors, and researchers have improved the lives of billions and billions all around the world. Our brave astronauts planted the American flag on the Moon, and America will be the first nation to land on Mars.

All Americans living today are the heirs of this magnificent legacy. We are the descendants of the most daring and courageous people ever to walk on the face of the Earth. We inherit their towering confidence, unwavering enthusiasm, their unbridled ambition, and their unrelenting optimism. This is the untamed spirit that built this glorious nation, and this is the spirit that burns brightly within the soul of every American patriot.

That is why we pay tribute to generations of American heroes whose names are etched on our monuments and memorials, and in the pages of history, and in the hearts of a very grateful people.

We will never allow an angry mob to tear down our statues, erase our history, indoctrinate our children, or trample on our freedoms. We will safeguard our values, traditions, customs, and beliefs. We will teach our children to cherish and adore their country so that they can build its future. Together, we will fight for the American Dream, and we will defend, protect, and preserve American way of life, which began in 1492 when Columbus discovered America.

Jobs and companies are coming back to our country like never before. The power of tariffs being imposed on foreign lands that took advantage of the United States for decades and decades have enabled us to make great trade deals where there were none. Tens of billions of dollars are now paid to the United States Treasury by the same countries.

But there and then we got hit by the virus that came from China. And we’ve made a lot of progress; our strategy is moving along well. It goes out in one area, and rears back its ugly face in another area. But we’ve learned a lot. We’ve learned how to put out the flame. We’ve made ventilators where there were none by the tens of thousands, to the point that we have far more than we need, and we are now distributing them to many foreign countries, as a gesture of goodwill.

Likewise, testing — there were no tests for a new virus, but now we have tested over 40 million people. But by so doing, we show cases, 99 percent of which are totally harmless. Results that no other country will show, because no other country has testing that we have — not in terms of the numbers or in terms of the quality.

And now, just like everything else, we have become the manufacturer on record for ventilators, we have the most and finest testing anywhere in the world, and are producing gowns and masks and surgical equipment in our country where heretofore it was almost exclusively made in foreign lands, in particular, China, where, ironically, this virus and others came from. China’s secrecy, deceptions, and cover-up allowed it to spread all over the world — 189 countries — and China must be held fully accountable.

With respect to remedies, we are now doing unbelievably well, and are in deep testing on vaccines, treatments, and therapeutics. I want to send our thanks to the scientists and researchers around the country and even around the world who are at the forefront of our historic effort to rapidly develop and deliver life-saving treatments and, ultimately, a vaccine.

We are unleashing our nation’s scientific brilliance. And we’ll likely have a therapeutic and/or vaccine solution long before the end of the year.

We’re grateful to be joined this evening by Americans battling on the frontlines to kill the virus. I just want to say that America thanks you. Please stand. Please. Thank you very much. Great, brilliant people. These are great and brilliant people. Thank you. And brave people.

Our movement is based on lifting all citizens to reach their fullest, God-given potential.

Never forget: We are one family and one nation. This rich heritage belongs to every citizen, young and old, first-generation American and tenth-generation American. This heritage belongs to every citizen, young and old — first-generation American — we want to go from first generation to tenth generation; it matters not. We are American. We are from the USA.

This great heritage belongs to citizens of every background and of every walk of life. No matter our race, color, religion, or creed, we are one America, and we put America first. We will not allow anyone to divide our citizens by race or background. We will not allow them to foment hate, discord, and distrust. We will hold fast and true to the sacred loyalties that link us all as neighbors, as Americans, and as patriots.

In every age, there have always been those who seek to lie about the past in order to gain power in the present. Those that are lying about our history, those who want us to be ashamed of who we are, are not interested in justice or in healing. Their goal is demolition. Our goal is not to destroy the greatest structure on Earth, what we have built: The United States of America. To build a future, where every family is safe, where every child is surrounded by love, where every community has equal opportunity, and every citizen enjoys great and everlasting dignity.

Our past is not a burden to be cast away, it is a miraculous foundation that will lift us to the next great summit of human endeavor. The incredible story of American progress is the story of each generation picking up where the last finished — linked by time, by fate, and the eternal bonds of our national affection.

Those who would sever those bonds would cut us off from the wisdom, the courage, the love, and the devotion that gave us everything we are today and everything we strive for tomorrow. We cannot let that happen. We will not throw away our heroes. We will honor them, and we will prove worthy of their sacrifice. These are great heroes.

Let me also say a word to those in the media who falsely and consistently label their opponents as racists, who condemn patriotic citizens who offer a clear and truthful defense of American unity. That’s what our people are doing. We want a clear and faithful defense of American history and we want unity.

When you level these false charges, you not only slander me, you not only slander the American people, but you slander generations of heroes who gave their lives for America. You slander people much braver and much more principled than you. You are slandering the young men who raised the flag at Iwo Jima, and those who perished fighting for freedom in the Civil War. You slander them. You are dishonoring their great legacy and their memory by insisting that they fought for racism and they fought for oppression. They didn’t fight for those things; they fought for the exact opposite. We will not let the legacy of these heroes be tarnished by you.

The more you lie, the more you slander, the more you try to demean and divide, the more we will work hard to tell the truth. And we will win. The more you lie and demean and collude, the more credibility you lose. We want to bring the country together, and a free and open media will make this task a very easy one. Our country will be united. After all, what do we want? We want a strong military, great education, housing, low taxes, law and order. We want safety, we want equal justice, we want religious liberty, we want faith and family, and living in a great communities and happy communities and safe communities. And we want great jobs and we want to be respected by the rest of the world; not taken advantage of by the rest of the world, which has gone on for decade after decade. We should all want the same thing. How can it be any different than those things?

The more bitter you become, the more we will appeal to love and patriotism, and the more we will rise above your hate to build a better future for every child in our great country.

To celebrate America’s majestic inheritance, yesterday I signed an executive order to create a brand-new monument to our most beloved icons. The National Garden of American Heroes will be a vast outdoor park that will feature the statues of the greatest Americans who have ever lived. We will honor extraordinary citizens from every community and from every place and from every part of our nation. Great men and great women, people that we can look up to forever.

Families will be able to walk among the statues of titans, and we have already selected the first 30 legacies and 30 legends. And why don’t we start with a man who has been very unfairly treated, who, two years ago, three years ago — especially five or six years ago — people would have said it’s impossible to even attempt to try and disturb his incredible legacy and success: George Washington. Thomas Jefferson. Betsy Ross. Alexander Hamilton. Benjamin Franklin. John Adams. James Madison. Dolly Madison. The great Frederick Douglass. Abraham Lincoln. Harriet Tubman. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain. Clara Barton. Daniel Boone. Davy Crockett. Henry Clay. Susan B. Anthony. Booker T. Washington. Orville and Wilbur Wright, who are looking down.

And you’re going to see some planes like you have never seen before, because we build them better than anybody in the world. The greatest Air Force, the greatest fighters, the greatest everything. You’re going to be seeing something — I just wonder what Orville and Wilbur would have been thinking if they ever got to see that. But they’re looking. They’re checking it out right now along with us. Amelia Earhart.

A great, great athlete no matter where he went; he was the best athlete: Jackie Robinson. George S. Patton — General Patton. He didn’t know how to lose. He didn’t don’t how to lose. General Douglas MacArthur. Audie Murphy. The great Billy Graham. And an incredible man, respected by everybody: Martin Luther King. President Ronald Reagan. Christa McAuliffe, and Antonin Scalia.

So those are just a few of the people we’ll be naming, and things are subject to change, but once we make that decision, those great names are going to be up there and they’re never coming down. They have just been an incredible group. And we are going to do this in a very democratic way, frankly. We’re going to take names and suggestions. We’re going to have committees and we’re going to pick the greatest people that this country has ever known. The most respected people. The people that helped us the most. And the people that we can look up to and that our children and grandchildren and great-grandchildren can look up to into the future and they can say, “Isn’t America just a tremendous place?” So, thank you. That will be very exciting.

The patriots who built our country were not villains, they were heroes whose courageous deeds improved the Earth beyond measure.

The beauty and the glory of our constitutional system is that it gives us the tools to fight injustice, to heal division, and to continue the work of our Founding Fathers by expanding and growing the blessings of America. If you believe in justice, if you believe in freedom, if you believe in peace, then you must cherish the principles of our founding and the text of our Constitution. It is our founding and our Constitution. It is a firm foundation upon which all progress is achieved. That’s why our country is so strong, even despite terrible things that happen over the generations.

Here this evening are a number of heroes who risk their own lives to uphold these values and keep our communities and our country safe. We are joined by the outstanding law enforcement officers who have been able to fight on the front lines, protecting our cities — many of them facing down violent assaults from very bad people. We are especially moved to be joined by the family of a great man: Fallen Officer David Dorn, a 38-year veteran of the St. Louis Police Department who was killed last month in the city he devoted his life to defending. And to David’s great family, I want to thank you very much. The American people will always support the courageous men and women of law enforcement. And nobody — nobody — embodies that better than David. Thank you very much. Please. And David is looking down right now, and he is so proud of you and he loves you so much. And thank you for being here. He’s a great man. He’s a great man.

Finally tonight, we will salute the greatness and loyalty and valor of the men and women who have defended our independence for 244 years. We will honor the amazing men and women of the United States Military.

Never in history has a nation used so much power to advance so much good. Battlefields across the world, and here at home, are marked with the gravestones of young patriots who spent their final valiant moments on this Earth to secure liberty and peace. Every child should be taught the military heroes who fought and died to make us free. These are great, great people. These are great, great heroes, indeed. And our greatest leaders and heroes should be recognized and even immortalized for coming generations to see. You know that. This will make our country even stronger long into the future.

In a few moments, we will bear witness to awesome aircraft representing every major military conflict over the last 75 years. These planes once launched off massive aircraft carriers in the fiercest battles of World War II. They raced through the skies of Korea’s MiG Alley. They carried American warriors into the dense fields and jungles of Vietnam. They delivered a swift and swip- — and you know that sweeping — it was swift and it was sweeping like nobody has ever seen anything happen — a victory in Operation Desert Storm. A lot of you were involved in that. A lot of you were involved. That was a quick one. And they have gone on to dangerous missions around the world to take out enemy terrorists and bring our soldiers home safely.

As you know, we’ve killed, this last year, the two leading terrorists of the last 10 years: al-Baghdadi and Soleimani. Killed. Gone. Over. We have worked to fully rebuild the Armed Forces of the United States. No enemy on Earth stands a chance — $2.5 trillion, we’ve invested — all made in the USA. We’ve never had anything near the power and the equipment that we have right now. We did that over the last three years.

Everywhere these aircraft have flown, they’ve rained down American thunder, delivered American justice, and they have fiercely defended every square inch of American sovereignty.
In their steel frames, broad wings, and roaring engines, we see the story of America’s daring defiance, its soaring spirit, and undying resolve.

Throughout our history, our country has been tested and tried – but we have always fought to victory. Whenever our way of life has been threatened, our ancestors have responded with the same resounding answer as those first patriots who fought for independence: We are Americans, and we never back down, we never give in, and we never give up, and we will never yield [in] defense of our nation. We love our nation. We will only fight to win.

Today, we thank God for the gift of life and for the blessing of liberty.

We honor the legends of our history, the glories of our Founding Fathers, and the giants of the past, and the heroes of today who keep us safe, who keep us strong and proud, and who keep us free.

Once again, Happy July Fourth to all. Our country is in great shape. Our military has never been stronger. And many, many good things are going to happen. Next year will be one of the greatest years we’ve ever had.

I want to thank our men and women — they are so good — of the National Park Service, Air Traffic Control, and the United States Military.

God Bless you, God Bless our heroes, God bless America. And now, let the flyovers begin. Thank you very much.

January 19, 2021: Farewell Address to the Nation President Donald J. Trump

My fellow Americans: Four years ago, we launched a great national effort to rebuild our country, to renew its spirit, and to restore the allegiance of this government to its citizens. In short, we embarked on a mission to make America great again — for all Americans.

As I conclude my term as the 45th President of the United States, I stand before you truly proud of what we have achieved together. We did what we came here to do — and so much more.

This week, we inaugurate a new administration and pray for its success in keeping America safe and prosperous. We extend our best wishes, and we also want them to have luck — a very important word.

I’d like to begin by thanking just a few of the amazing people who made our remarkable journey possible.

First, let me express my overwhelming gratitude for the love and support of our spectacular First Lady, Melania. Let me also share my deepest appreciation to my daughter Ivanka, my son-in-law Jared, and to Barron, Don, Eric, Tiffany, and Lara. You fill my world with light and with joy.

I also want to thank Vice President Mike Pence, his wonderful wife Karen, and the entire Pence family.

Thank you as well to my Chief of Staff, Mark Meadows; the dedicated members of the White House Staff and the Cabinet; and all the incredible people across our administration who poured out their heart and soul to fight for America.

I also want to take a moment to thank a truly exceptional group of people: the United States Secret Service. My family and I will forever be in your debt. My profound gratitude as well to everyone in the White House Military Office, the teams of Marine One and Air Force One, every member of the Armed Forces, and state and local law enforcement all across our country.

Most of all, I want to thank the American people. To serve as your President has been an honor beyond description. Thank you for this extraordinary privilege. And that’s what it is — a great privilege and a great honor.

We must never forget that while Americans will always have our disagreements, we are a nation of incredible, decent, faithful, and peace-loving citizens who all want our country to thrive and flourish and be very, very successful and good. We are a truly magnificent nation.

All Americans were horrified by the assault on our Capitol. Political violence is an attack on everything we cherish as Americans. It can never be tolerated.

Now more than ever, we must unify around our shared values and rise above the partisan rancor, and forge our common destiny.

Four years ago, I came to Washington as the only true outsider ever to win the presidency. I had not spent my career as a politician, but as a builder looking at open skylines and imagining infinite possibilities. I ran for President because I knew there were towering new summits for America just waiting to be scaled. I knew the potential for our nation was boundless as long as we put America first.

So I left behind my former life and stepped into a very difficult arena, but an arena nevertheless, with all sorts of potential if properly done. America had given me so much, and I wanted to give something back.

Together with millions of hardworking patriots across this land, we built the greatest political movement in the history of our country. We also built the greatest economy in the history of the world. It was about “America First” because we all wanted to make America great again. We restored the principle that a nation exists to serve its citizens. Our agenda was not about right or left, it wasn’t about Republican or Democrat, but about the good of a nation, and that means the whole nation.

With the support and prayers of the American people, we achieved more than anyone thought possible. Nobody thought we could even come close.

We passed the largest package of tax cuts and reforms in American history. We slashed more job-killing regulations than any administration had ever done before. We fixed our broken trade deals, withdrew from the horrible Trans-Pacific Partnership and the impossible Paris Climate Accord, renegotiated the one-sided South Korea deal, and we replaced NAFTA with the groundbreaking USMCA — that’s Mexico and Canada — a deal that’s worked out very, very well.

Also, and very importantly, we imposed historic and monumental tariffs on China; made a great new deal with China. But before the ink was even dry, we and the whole world got hit with the China virus. Our trade relationship was rapidly changing, billions and billions of dollars were pouring into the U.S., but the virus forced us to go in a different direction.

The whole world suffered, but America outperformed other countries economically because of our incredible economy and the economy that we built. Without the foundations and footings, it wouldn’t have worked out this way. We wouldn’t have some of the best numbers we’ve ever had.

We also unlocked our energy resources and became the world’s number-one producer of oil and natural gas by far. Powered by these policies, we built the greatest economy in the history of the world. We reignited America’s job creation and achieved record-low unemployment for African Americans, Hispanic Americans, Asian Americans, women — almost everyone.

Incomes soared, wages boomed, the American Dream was restored, and millions were lifted from poverty in just a few short years. It was a miracle. The stock market set one record after another, with 148 stock market highs during this short period of time, and boosted the retirements and pensions of hardworking citizens all across our nation. 401(k)s are at a level they’ve never been at before. We’ve never seen numbers like we’ve seen, and that’s before the pandemic and after the pandemic.

We rebuilt the American manufacturing base, opened up thousands of new factories, and brought back the beautiful phrase: “Made in the USA.”

To make life better for working families, we doubled the child tax credit and signed the largest-ever expansion of funding for childcare and development. We joined with the private sector to secure commitments to train more than 16 million American workers for the jobs of tomorrow.

When our nation was hit with the terrible pandemic, we produced not one, but two vaccines with record-breaking speed, and more will quickly follow. They said it couldn’t be done but we did it. They call it a “medical miracle,” and that’s what they’re calling it right now: a “medical miracle.”

Another administration would have taken 3, 4, 5, maybe even up to 10 years to develop a vaccine. We did in nine months.

We grieve for every life lost, and we pledge in their memory to wipe out this horrible pandemic once and for all.

When the virus took its brutal toll on the world’s economy, we launched the fastest economic recovery our country has ever seen. We passed nearly $4 trillion in economic relief, saved or supported over 50 million jobs, and slashed the unemployment rate in half. These are numbers that our country has never seen before.

We created choice and transparency in healthcare, stood up to big pharma in so many ways, but especially in our effort to get favored-nations clauses added, which will give us the lowest prescription drug prices anywhere in the world.

We passed VA Choice, VA Accountability, Right to Try, and landmark criminal justice reform.

We confirmed three new justices of the United States Supreme Court. We appointed nearly 300 federal judges to interpret our Constitution as written.

For years, the American people pleaded with Washington to finally secure the nation’s borders. I am pleased to say we answered that plea and achieved the most secure border in U.S. history. We have given our brave border agents and heroic ICE officers the tools they need to do their jobs better than they have ever done before, and to enforce our laws and keep America safe.

We proudly leave the next administration with the strongest and most robust border security measures ever put into place. This includes historic agreements with Mexico, Guatemala, Honduras, and El Salvador, along with more than 450 miles of powerful new wall.

We restored American strength at home and American leadership abroad. The world respects us again. Please don’t lose that respect.

We reclaimed our sovereignty by standing up for America at the United Nations and withdrawing from the one-sided global deals that never served our interests. And NATO countries are now paying hundreds of billions of dollars more than when I arrived just a few years ago. It was very unfair. We were paying the cost for the world. Now the world is helping us.

And perhaps most importantly of all, with nearly $3 trillion, we fully rebuilt the American military — all made in the USA. We launched the first new branch of the United States Armed Forces in 75 years: the Space Force. And last spring, I stood at Kennedy Space Center in Florida and watched as American astronauts returned to space on American rockets for the first time in many, many years.

We revitalized our alliances and rallied the nations of the world to stand up to China like never before.

We obliterated the ISIS caliphate and ended the wretched life of its founder and leader, al Baghdadi. We stood up to the oppressive Iranian regime and killed the world’s top terrorist, Iranian butcher Qasem Soleimani.

We recognized Jerusalem as the capital of Israel and recognized Israeli sovereignty over the Golan Heights.

As a result of our bold diplomacy and principled realism, we achieved a series of historic peace deals in the Middle East. Nobody believed it could happen. The Abraham Accords opened the doors to a future of peace and harmony, not violence and bloodshed. It is the dawn of a new Middle East, and we are bringing our soldiers home.

I am especially proud to be the first President in decades who has started no new wars.

Above all, we have reasserted the sacred idea that, in America, the government answers to the people. Our guiding light, our North Star, our unwavering conviction has been that we are here to serve the noble everyday citizens of America. Our allegiance is not to the special interests, corporations, or global entities; it’s to our children, our citizens, and to our nation itself.

As President, my top priority, my constant concern, has always been the best interests of American workers and American families. I did not seek the easiest course; by far, it was actually the most difficult. I did not seek the path that would get the least criticism. I took on the tough battles, the hardest fights, the most difficult choices because that’s what you elected me to do. Your needs were my first and last unyielding focus.

This, I hope, will be our greatest legacy: Together, we put the American people back in charge of our country. We restored self-government. We restored the idea that in America no one is forgotten, because everyone matters and everyone has a voice. We fought for the principle that every citizen is entitled to equal dignity, equal treatment, and equal rights because we are all made equal by God. Everyone is entitled to be treated with respect, to have their voice heard, and to have their government listen. You are loyal to your country, and my administration was always loyal to you.

We worked to build a country in which every citizen could find a great job and support their wonderful families. We fought for the communities where every American could be safe and schools where every child could learn. We promoted a culture where our laws would be upheld, our heroes honored, our history preserved, and law-abiding citizens are never taken for granted. Americans should take tremendous satisfaction in all that we have achieved together. It’s incredible.

Now, as I leave the White House, I have been reflecting on the dangers that threaten the priceless inheritance we all share. As the world’s most powerful nation, America faces constant threats and challenges from abroad. But the greatest danger we face is a loss of confidence in ourselves, a loss of confidence in our national greatness. A nation is only as strong as its spirit. We are only as dynamic as our pride. We are only as vibrant as the faith that beats in the hearts of our people.

No nation can long thrive that loses faith in its own values, history, and heroes, for these are the very sources of our unity and our vitality.

What has always allowed America to prevail and triumph over the great challenges of the past has been an unyielding and unashamed conviction in the nobility of our country and its unique purpose in history. We must never lose this conviction. We must never forsake our belief in America.

The key to national greatness lies in sustaining and instilling our shared national identity. That means focusing on what we have in common: the heritage that we all share.

At the center of this heritage is also a robust belief in free expression, free speech, and open debate. Only if we forget who we are, and how we got here, could we ever allow political censorship and blacklisting to take place in America. It’s not even thinkable. Shutting down free and open debate violates our core values and most enduring traditions.
In America, we don’t insist on absolute conformity or enforce rigid orthodoxies and punitive speech codes. We just don’t do that. America is not a timid nation of tame souls who need to be sheltered and protected from those with whom we disagree. That’s not who we are. It will never be who we are.

For nearly 250 years, in the face of every challenge, Americans have always summoned our unmatched courage, confidence, and fierce independence. These are the miraculous traits that once led millions of everyday citizens to set out across a wild continent and carve out a new life in the great West. It was the same profound love of our God-given freedom that willed our soldiers into battle and our astronauts into space.

As I think back on the past four years, one image rises in my mind above all others. Whenever I traveled all along the motorcade route, there were thousands and thousands of people. They came out with their families so that they could stand as we passed, and proudly wave our great American flag. It never failed to deeply move me. I knew that they did not just come out to show their support of me; they came out to show me their support and love for our country.

This is a republic of proud citizens who are united by our common conviction that America is the greatest nation in all of history. We are, and must always be, a land of hope, of light, and of glory to all the world. This is the precious inheritance that we must safeguard at every single turn.

For the past four years, I have worked to do just that. From a great hall of Muslim leaders in Riyadh to a great square of Polish people in Warsaw; from the floor of the Korean Assembly to the podium at the United Nations General Assembly; and from the Forbidden City in Beijing to the shadow of Mount Rushmore, I fought for you, I fought for your family, I fought for our country. Above all, I fought for America and all it stands for — and that is safe, strong, proud, and free.

Now, as I prepare to hand power over to a new administration at noon on Wednesday, I want you to know that the movement we started is only just beginning. There’s never been anything like it. The belief that a nation must serve its citizens will not dwindle but instead only grow stronger by the day.

As long as the American people hold in their hearts deep and devoted love of country, then there is nothing that this nation cannot achieve. Our communities will flourish. Our people will be prosperous. Our traditions will be cherished. Our faith will be strong. And our future will be brighter than ever before.

I go from this majestic place with a loyal and joyful heart, an optimistic spirit, and a supreme confidence that for our country and for our children, the best is yet to come.

Thank you, and farewell. God bless you. God bless the United States of America.

Table of Contents

Table of Contents of THE GREATEST SPEECHES OF PRESIDENT DONALD J. TRUMP by President Donald J. Trump and Edited by Craig Shirley


June 16, 2015
Campaign announcement at Trump Tower
https://time.com/3923128/donald-trump-announcement-speech/

November 9, 2016
Trump Victory Speech
https://www.cnn.com/2016/11/09/politics/donald-trump-victory-speech/index.html

January 20, 2017
Inaugural Address
https://www.politico.com/story/2017/01/full-text-donald-trump-inauguration-speech-transcript-233907

February 24, 2017
Remarks at CPAC
https://time.com/4682023/cpac-donald-trump-speech-transcript/

June 29, 2017
Speech at the Unleashing American Energy Event
https://trumpwhitehouse.archives.gov/briefings-statements/remarks-president-trump-unleashing-american-energy-event/

July 24, 2017
Speech at the Boy Scout Jamboree
https://time.com/4872118/trump-boy-scout-jamboree-speech-transcript/

September 19, 2017
Address to the United Nations
https://www.politico.com/story/2017/09/19/trump-un-speech-2017-full-text-transcript-242879

December 18, 2017
Remarks on National Security Strategy
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/read-trumps-full-speech-outlining-his-national-security-strategy

January 26, 2018
Address at the World Economic Forum
https://www.politico.com/story/2018/01/26/full-text-trump-davos-speech-transcript-370861

January 30, 2018
State of the Union Address
https://www.cnn.com/2018/01/30/politics/2018-state-of-the-union-transcript

February 1, 2018
Remarks at the House and Senate Republican Member Congress
https://millercenter.org/the-presidency/presidential-speeches/february-1-2018-remarks-house-and-senate-republican-member

February 15, 2018
Statement on the School Shooting in Parkland, Florida
https://www.cnn.com/2018/02/15/politics/transcript-trump-parkland-shooting

February 23, 2018
Remarks at the Conservatives Political Action Conference (CPAC)
https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2018/2/23/17044760/transcript-trump-cpac-speech-snake-mccain

March 19,2018
Remarks on Combating the Opioid Crisis
https://millercenter.org/the-presidency/presidential-speeches/march-19-2018-remarks-combating-opioid-crisis

July 24, 2018
Speech at the Veterans of Foreign Wars National Convention
https://millercenter.org/the-presidency/presidential-speeches/july-24-2018-speech-veterans-foreign-wars-national-convention

September 25, 2018
Address at the 73rd Session of the United National General Assembly
https://ee.usembassy.gov/remarks-president-unga2018/

January 19, 2019
Remarks About the US Southern Border
https://www.cnn.com/2019/01/19/politics/trump-address-immigration-shutdown

February 5, 2019
State of the Union Address
https://time.com/5521860/2019-state-of-the-union-trump-transcript/

February 15, 2019
Speech Declaring a National Emergency
https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2019/02/trumps-declaration-national-emergency-full-text/582928/

September 24, 2019
Remarks at the United Nations General Assembly
https://millercenter.org/the-presidency/presidential-speeches/september-24-2019-remarks-united-nations-general-assembly

September 25, 2019
Press Conference
https://millercenter.org/the-presidency/presidential-speeches/september-25-2019-press-conference

October 27, 2019
Statement on the Death of Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi
https://www.npr.org/2019/10/27/773842999/read-trump-statement-on-baghdadis-death

January 3, 2020
Remarks on the Death of Qasem Soleimani
https://ge.usembassy.gov/remarks-by-president-trump-on-the-killing-of-qasem-soleimani-january-3/

January 8, 2020
Statement on Iran
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/01/08/us/politics/trump-address.html

January 24, 2020
Speech at March for Life
https://millercenter.org/the-presidency/presidential-speeches/january-24-2020-speech-march-life

February 4, 2020
State of the Union Address
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/02/05/us/politics/state-of-union-transcript.html

February 6, 2020
Remarks after His Acquittal in First Impeachment Trial
https://www.cnn.com/2020/02/06/politics/trump-acquittal-remarks-transcript/index.html

March 11, 2020
Statement on the Coronavirus
https://www.cpr.org/2020/03/11/transcript-video-president-donald-trump-addresses-the-nation-on-the-coronavirus-pandemic/

March 13, 2020
Press Conference about the Coronavirus
https://millercenter.org/the-presidency/presidential-speeches/march-13-2020-press-conference-about-coronavirus

April 13, 2020
Coronavirus Task Force Briefing
https://millercenter.org/the-presidency/presidential-speeches/april-13-2020-coronavirus-task-force-briefing

April 15, 2020
Press Briefing with the Coronavirus Task Force
https://millercenter.org/the-presidency/presidential-speeches/april-15-2020-press-briefing-coronavirus-task-force

April 23, 2020
Task Force Briefing on the Coronavirus Pandemic
https://millercenter.org/the-presidency/presidential-speeches/april-23-2020-task-force-briefing-coronavirus-pandemic

June 1, 2020
Statement on Protests Against Police Brutality
https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/transcript-trump-mobilize-federal-resources-stop-violence-restore/story?id=71008802

June 13, 2020
Address at West Point Graduation
https://millercenter.org/the-presidency/presidential-speeches/june-13-2020-address-west-point-graduation

June 20, 2020
Campaign Rally in Tulsa, Oklahoma
https://millercenter.org/the-presidency/presidential-speeches/june-20-2020-campaign-rally-tulsa-oklahoma

July 4, 2020
Remarks at Salute to America (Mt. Rushmore)
https://millercenter.org/the-presidency/presidential-speeches/july-4-2020-remarks-salute-america

August 8, 2020
Press Conference on Executive Orders
https://millercenter.org/the-presidency/presidential-speeches/august-8-2020-press-conference-executive-orders

September 7, 2020
Labor Day Press Conference
https://millercenter.org/the-presidency/presidential-speeches/september-7-2020-labor-day-press-conference

September 26, 2020
Announcing His Nominee the Honorable Amy Coney Barrettfor the US Supreme Court
https://millercenter.org/the-presidency/presidential-speeches/september-26-2020-announcing-his-nominee-us-supreme-court

October 26, 2020
Swearing in Ceremony of the Honorable Amy Coney Barrett to the US Supreme Court
https://www.rev.com/blog/transcripts/amy-coney-barrett-swearing-in-ceremony-transcript

November 5, 2020
Remarks on the 2020 Election
https://millercenter.org/the-presidency/presidential-speeches/november-5-2020-remarks-2020-election

January 6, 2021
Speech Urging Supporters to Go Home
https://millercenter.org/the-presidency/presidential-speeches/january-6-2021-speech-urging-supporters-go-home

January 7, 2021
Message After US Capitol Protests
https://millercenter.org/the-presidency/presidential-speeches/january-7-2021-message-after-pro-trump-mob-overruns-us-capitol

January 13, 2021
Statement about the Violence at the Capitol
https://millercenter.org/the-presidency/presidential-speeches/january-13-2021-statement-about-violence-capitol

January 19, 2021
Farewell Address to the Nation
https://millercenter.org/the-presidency/presidential-speeches/january-19-2021-farewell-address

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Preface

Introduction by Craig Shirley to THE GREATEST SPEECHES OF PRESIDENT DONALD J. TRUMP by President Donald J. Trump

Over the years, historians and writers have often referred to the presidential pedestal as “The Bully Pulpit.” The term was first coined by Teddy Roosevelt and, contrary to modern usage, means a wonderful platform; a profound and powerful tool by which a President may articulate a grand vision for the future and prosperity of our nation. A message that cannot be corrupted or twisted by pundits or publications who often believe the right to communicate directly to all Americans is solely their privilege. Indeed, when the New York Times reported on his usage of the term, they were not pleased:

"A man may be temperamentally fond of a fight, even of vulgar brawls, but most men have a sobering sense that the power and responsibility of a high office involve the obligation of dignity. Mr. Roosevelt was not sobered, he was not repressed, he was turned loose. His immense egotism exalted in the possession of an office that brought him into the eye of millions and he was apparently intoxicated with the sense of his power to speak and act."

The shallow and superficial and collectivist New York Times bashing a Republican president? What a surprise.

Some things never change.

It’s vitally important that each of us — including presidents — have a chance to speak out for ourselves and not rely on the corrupt filter of the Washington Post or NBC, just as the Framers intended in 1787 when they wrote the Constitution. Then, they saw the pamphleteers and broadsheets of the era as valuable allies of the American people. No longer. The national media is mostly the enemy, making presidential speeches even more important.

The Bully Pulpit is a powerful tool for those leaders with the foresight to recognize its power. Leaders who don't, like Jimmy Carter have only squeaked out from this podium simply because they did not understand presidential power. Who can forget the now notorious “Malaise Speech” by Carter blaming Americans for high inflation and all the other problems which America faced in that steamy, hot summer of 1979?

Other presidents who rightly roared over the years include Franklin Roosevelt, Ronald Reagan and Donald Trump. They may not have always been right — as FDR was incorrect about the Great Depression needing more government regulations — but they spoke with verve and conviction.

And FDR was right about the threats from Nazi Germany and the Empire of Japan.

President Theodore Roosevelt spoke often of the presidency as a “Bully Pulpit.” The president has the rare ability to speak to the nation at will and to disseminate information supporting his point of view, as when the old Bull Moose pointed out, in his speech on the six duties of American citizenship, long before he was president. They included the “Big Stick” foreign policy as well and noting that Americans should be good people and, especially, acting as a political watchdog over the system. Great presidents think great thoughts even before they become president. Donald Trump was such a watchdog, as when he took on the liberals of the high-tech industry, who are a direct threat to the American way of life.

Some presidents — like Lyndon Johnson — confuse the Bully Pulpit with the pulpit of a bully. He was a small man, and as a result, a bully.

Other presidents evolved in office. Men such as Abraham Lincoln, Harry Truman and John Kennedy all developed and “grew” in office. The Abraham Lincoln of 1861 was not the Abraham Lincoln of 1865 when he appealed to the better angels of our nature. He’d gone from a hack politician who won the presidency with a mere plurality to one of our most important presidents. JFK blundered badly in the Bay of Pigs in Cuba of 1961 but performed magnificently in the Cuban Missile Crisis of 1962. Truman was over his head in 1946 but was commanding the seas by 1950.

Sometimes presidents suffer for using the executive podium, as in the many cases of Richard Nixon, who only seemed to make the Watergate scandal even worse, as he did when he blundered by saying, “The American people need to know if their president is a crook. Well I am not a crook.” At the time, no one was accusing Nixon of being a crook. He was pleading his innocence when no one was accusing him of being guilty. Nixon had a history of flying off the handle, as he did when he once said to the media in the third person, they “won’t have Nixon to kick around anymore.”

Others like Reagan were more surefooted. Reagan was a reader, a writer, a thinker and a listener. He wrote many of his own speeches even as he had the best speechwriters in the history of the presidency. They came up with phrases such as “tear down this wall!” His Farewell Address, ranked with Washington’s and Dwight Eisenhower’s as the best farewell remarks in the history of the presidency by historians.

The Constitution established a relatively weak Chief Executive. The Framers were understandably fearful of granting too much power to one man, having just been the victims of King George II and King George III. This was made clear in the Federalist Papers when Alexander Hamilton, James Madison and John Jay made the case against the Articles of Confederation, and for a new constitution, as they did in Federalist 59 and 70. They argued for the need for a stronger, central government but also argued for the need to regulate the presidency. The greatest power the president exercises with regularity is the power to persuade Congress and the American people that his agenda should be implemented. Over the course of the twentieth century, technology has permitted the president’s words to move faster, not just to the American people but around the world.

Donald Trump is an historical anomaly. He is the first person to be elected to the presidency without having served in government or the military. However, he has understood the “bully pulpit” better than most career politicians. Mr. Trump emerged in the New York media as a brash, second-generation real estate developer. His projects were proclaimed to be the biggest and the best in the greatest city in the world. He was used to getting things done and leap frogging over bureaucracy. Over time, he became a media celebrity. He parlayed his business acumen and showmanship into the hit reality television show, “The Apprentice.” His demands for accountability and swift terminations with “You’re Fired!” gave a preview into his Administration.

On June 16, 2015, Donald Trump famously “descended the escalator” in Trump Tower in New York to announce his seemingly longshot candidacy for the presidency. He began the speech by commenting on the size of the crowd. He immediately listed ways in which the United States was losing to both China and Japan. One of his most controversial statements was “The U.S. has become a dumping ground for everybody else’s problems.” And rightly pointing out those problems Washington politicians sweep with regularity under the nation’s rug. He was refreshing in his frankness, talking about things that others ducked.

This book is a compilation of President Donald Trump’s best presidential speeches. Trump is sui generis; Latin for unique or one’s own class.

I am known for being a Reagan biographer and presidential historian and I find Trump’s take on the conservative philosophy, Republicanism and America interesting. People don’t always agree with him, but at least he gets them thinking. Is he a reader of the philosophy of John Locke? No. Does he feel conservatism instinctively? The answer is a resounding “yes.” He says what’s on his mind, much like Harry Truman. Truman suffered in the short term for his bluntness, but now ranks firmly in the second tier of American presidents. And he had to follow Roosevelt!

Trump is blunt spoken in an era of false niceties. Many are sick of the false platitudes of the mainstream media. Instead, he would like the words of Thomas Paine in Common Sense. Now is the time to try peoples’ souls. Today, we have collectivist politicians telling us that more taxes and more regulation will lead to more prosperity. We have collectivist politicians telling us that reducing police forces will result in less crime. Yeah, and 2 plus 2 equals 5. Trump is like a breath of fresh air bring common sense to the national debate.

Right from the beginning, Trump took the bull by the horns, saying forthrightly in his Inaugural address, “We the citizens of America are now joined in a great national effort to rebuild our country and restore its promise for all of our people. Together we will determine the course of America, and the world, for many, many years to come. We will face challenges. We will confront hardships, but we will get the job done.” He was making clear the time of the Obama celebrity-hood was over and it was time to get this nation moving again.

Later, he said, “I’m calling on all members of Congress to put the safety of the American people first.” One can argue if this is the proper role of the national government except in times of national crisis, but one cannot argue intent.

And who can argue with the results? A booming economy, peace breaking out in the Middle East, standing up to Communist China, the border crisis mostly healed, a vaccine found for the Chinese inspired Wuhan plague which killed millions of our fellow Americans, our military strength restored.

Trump will never be known as a great speechifier like Kennedy or “The Great Communicator” Reagan, but he did communicate important thoughts. Trump talked about a secure border, as did Reagan. Trump talked about the need to get this country moving again, as did JFK. Trump talked about cleaning up Washington, a worthy goal. Maybe the establishment has some things twisted. Maybe it is that Donald Trump didn’t talk about things so farfetched, maybe it is the establishment that has become so farfetched.

Maybe Trump was talking about some good old-fashioned common sense that this nation has gotten away from and that we desperately need to hear again.

Here are some of Trump’s best speeches. Best thoughts for we the people.

Sine die.

Craig Shirley
Ben Lomond

June 2021

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