It’s not every day where the entire world turns to hear you speak. What you say in that moment shows your real priorities.
We’ve got the full video here. It runs just 38 minutes… less if you speed up the playback.
Unlike many of his rallies with his trademark ‘weave’ storytelling style, he came as a man on a mission making his case to both America and the world.
We’ll provide a quick outline of what he had to say, with time stamps.
Some context and observations will follow.
Opening remarks and a summary of America’s recent accomplishments including economy, military, technology, energy.
1:18 — private sector jobs, historical lows in poverty, including Hispanic and African American poverty rates, together with new benchmark highs in real household income.
2:15 — historic tax cuts, stock market success, $21 trillion in new economic investments,
2:56 Border and crime improvements, tourism — taken together, a Golden Age for America
Global Leadership
4:42 — ‘other nations talk. America takes action’ — on solving problems, negotiating peace, on facing threats
IRAN
6:06 — catalogues history of aggression. Looked for common ground. They remained a threat.
7:09 — Midnight Hammer mitigated that threat. Tried again to negotiate. No cooperation.
7:20 — kept building arms, had a missile that could hit Europe, was building a ballistic shield they could use to develop nukes with impunity
7:50 — recounted their terroristic past and current tendencies as evidence they would do that and more if they held the power of nuclear deterrence.
8:47 — Iran has no regard for its OWN citizens, how much less those ‘infidels’ they’ve sworn to murder?
9:02 — the rationale behind Epic Fury, including specific military successes right out of the gate
10:06 — Iran remains obstinent and belligerent, while the UN acknowledges/denounces their attacks on civilian shipping
11:09 — Iran’s future — whether rebirth or destruction — will be driven by decisions of their own leaders
11:56 — swats aside notion that Trump is running in midterms, or that this issue will decide midterms elections
12:46 — swats aside claims that USA is short on munitions
13:43 — Calls for united front on blocking their terrorist tactics until they relent
Diplomatic Successes
14:36 — war in Gaza — hostages returned and international efforts to stabilize and rebuild the region
16:46 — ending of 8 wars since he took office, describing the lives saved, thanks and praise given by the relevant leaders
19:41 — still working on negotiating an end to the bloodshed that is bleeding both Ukraine and Russia dry
Regional Security
20:26 — the arrest of Maduro and reset of relationship with Venezuela — including prisoner release and historic new oil deal benefitting both countries
22:57 — Criminal cartels being killed, exiled or detained as enemy combatants, calling for Mexico to reassert its sovereignty over them
24:24 — CUBA called out for working with anti-American subversive groups, including the Communist party, Antifa, DSA. Freedom will be coming to Cuba
Arctic Alliances
25:59 — Greenland agreement. Permanent control over security. Right to build bases. Mineral rights. And veto power over the presence of any non-NATO power setting up shop there.
27:02 — This military presence projecting power into the Arctic protects not only USA, but Europe (and Canada) as well.
27:46 — back to the war between Russia/Ukraine and the new sanction power Trump can now bring to bear on the conflict’s principal players
28:12 — children’s issues that Melania has been championing — repatriating children displaced/taken in Russia/Ukraine war and foster family charities
UN And Global Institutions
29:18 — forcing fiscal responsibility in UN, e.g. 4000 layoffs, in their first staffing cuts EVER
29:33 — called out UN’s hard left agenda
29:50 — US blocked attempted global carbon tax
30:18 — blasted the ICC, reminded them it has no authority over US citizens, called for resignations
31:15 — blasted their silence on the slaughter of persecuted Christians by repressive regimes while demanding open borders and trans surgeries in the US
31:52 — blasted UNESCO for defending world heritage sites while also celebrating immigration swarms that overwhelm and radically alter the heritage, history, and culture of the countries into which they descend like locusts.
Super Intelligence
32:24 — believes AI can power growth greater than the Industrial Revolution itself, wants to dub it ‘Super Intelligence’, and sees connection between those who object to AI and those who jumped on every OTHER anti-American, anti-business rhetorical trope of the past 25 years.
34:53 — the only safeguard they need to keep it in line is the DOJ, which has already been involved in some actions
Vision For The Future (closing remarks)
35:30 Since Washington’s day, America has been bold in facing the future even amid daunting challenges, and today will be no different
[ end speech ]
My notes:
Opening remarks — the GOP should pound these points every day, especially about lifting 1.5 million out of poverty, and unprecedented success in addressing poverty rates among Hispanic and African American demographics.
In fact, all of these opening points need to be shouted from the rooftops, because few people even have a clue about them.
UN joining us in denouncing Iran will remind people that this isn’t strictly a US-Iran conflict.
Diplomatic successes — how long has it been since even the average Republican remembered those ‘Peace Prize’ conversations, and the lives that have been saved as a result?
Venezuela deal turned a hostile liability into a friendly asset. (They were a significant part of Cuba’s anti-American subversive action.) Speaking of Cuba, did you see them run like rabbits when he called their regime out by name?
Greenland — Trump got last laugh after all. The security he wanted, as the North West Passage is being opened up by ice breakers on the location that allows us early warning concerning Russian ICBM launches, and prevents hostile actors from getting a foothold on the Western Hemisphere?
And he didn’t even have to buy it!
UN — got spanked in their own house. And they deserved it.
And you call call out Trump’s personal piety all you like (sometimes with good reason) but which other US President has taken a public international stand for persecuted Christians around the world?
Not ‘Super-Catholic’ Joe Biden, that’s for damned sure. And others were no better. Even some names you might have expected to be loud about it.
AI — it’s an attempt to reframe the issue and expose the connections to the usual anti-America voices driving the conversation. Will ‘super-intelligence’ catch on? Who knows? I expect it will be a long time before anyone will think of SI as anything other than the maker of the once-famous Swimsuit Issue
After seeing so many career politicians dump on the country that PUT them into elected office, it’s always refreshing to hear from a leader who actually seems to LIKE America.
