Trump Addresses Members Of Congress At White House Congressional Picnic

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President Trump addresses members of Congress at the White House Congressional Picnic.

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00:00Ladies and gentlemen, the President of the United States and First Lady Melania Trump.

00:25Well, thank you very much. This is a beautiful day.

00:28It's a little warm, but that's the way we like it.

00:31And this is beautiful Republicans and beautiful Democrats.

00:35We have them both.

00:36And it's nice to mention them in the same breath, frankly.

00:40And I'm delighted to welcome all of the members of the House and Senate and your beautiful families.

00:45It's a great honor to have you at the White House and to the annual White House Congressional Picnic.

00:52A long time it's been going on.

00:54I want to thank our magnificent First Lady for putting together this wonderful evening.

01:05There are too many friends, frankly, to mention all of them.

01:08We have so many of our congressmen and we have some senators in here.

01:12I have to tell you, they snuck in, but that's okay.

01:17They wanted to be here.

01:19But I just want to thank all of you.

01:21And I want to, in particular, thank Speaker Mike Johnson.

01:25He's doing an incredible job.

01:27And all of our other colleagues on both sides of the aisle for your service to America.

01:34That's what it is.

01:35That's what it is.

01:36It's service to America.

01:37For more than half a century, the White House Congressional Picnic has served as a special night

01:43for Republicans and Democrats to put politics aside, if that's possible.

01:48Is that possible?

01:49I think so, right?

01:50For at least about an hour.

01:51And come together with our families and give thanks and privilege to all of those people.

01:57And I want to really, in particular, thank all of the people that so beautifully serve our country.

02:04And that's what exactly what you're doing.

02:06Everyone here works incredibly hard.

02:08And your loved ones, they make just these tremendous sacrifices, enormous sacrifices, frankly.

02:15And I want to thank you all.

02:17The exceptional dedication to our country is unparalleled.

02:22We're gathered at a truly exciting time for our nation.

02:25The USA is now the hottest country in the world.

02:28They just came back from the Middle East.

02:30And the king of Saudi Arabia and Qatar.

02:34We have a great leader of Qatar, as you probably know.

02:37And UAE, all leaders, great leaders, frankly.

02:41And they all said the same thing.

02:43They started off.

02:44They said, America is the hottest country anywhere in the world.

02:47And it is.

02:48And if you think about it, seven or eight months ago, we were cold as ice.

02:52We weren't hot.

02:53We were a laughing stock.

02:55And now we're hot as can be.

02:57They all respect us.

02:58We actually came home.

02:59You'll be happy to hear $5.1 trillion we brought back with us from the Middle East.

03:04So that's an all-time record by far.

03:09But the USA is now really on a path that's, I believe, unparalleled.

03:14Trillions of dollars of investment are pouring in.

03:17Incomes are soaring.

03:19Grocery prices are way down.

03:21Gasoline prices are way down.

03:23Energy prices are down.

03:24Mortgage rates are down.

03:26And inflation is down.

03:27Other than that, how are you doing?

03:29Right?

03:30They've been talking to me, do you think you can get prices down?

03:32We did it.

03:33Every single one of them.

03:35And last month, we cut the trade deficit.

03:38You saw that two days ago, it was just announced.

03:41The trade deficit was cut in exactly half.

03:44And that was all done in a period of four months.

03:49So we've reduced the number of illegal border crosses.

03:52And you know that because you look at the numbers.

03:54And 99.999 percent.

03:57Last month, it was three people got across.

04:00Three.

04:01So I did a good job in 2016.

04:04But we did an even better job right now.

04:07And it's been amazing.

04:10We have to get a little cooperation for some people.

04:13But a lot of bad people were let into our country.

04:16We're getting them out.

04:17We're getting them out fast.

04:18And I think you know that.

04:19They came from jails, prisons.

04:21They came from mental institutions, gang members.

04:25We're getting them out very fast.

04:27You're going to be very happy when you see the results.

04:29The recent months, we've even come together as a bipartisan basis.

04:34And on a bipartisan basis, with the help of our great First Lady,

04:39to pass the Take It Down Act, protecting our youth from exploitation.

04:43And I want to thank you, Melania.

04:45And thank you, everybody out there.

04:50When I saw that bill pass bipartisan, I said,

04:52you know, I think you're going to take my job, Melania.

04:54You'll get a little bipartisan.

04:55We don't get so much bipartisan.

04:57So, she didn't know why.

04:59She said, why is that?

05:00I said, there is no reason for it.

05:02But you did it.

05:03Congratulations.

05:04That's a great job.

05:05But as a result of these many other historic wins for the American people,

05:12a majority of Americans now believe our country is on the right track for the first time in over 28 years,

05:1928 years, according to a very prestigious poll.

05:2228 years it has not been.

05:24And this is the first time in 28 years, and it will only get better when the Senate passes the one big, beautiful bill,

05:32and Congress sends it to my desk on the 4th of July.

05:35We're shooting for the 4th of July.

05:37I think it's going to be the most important piece of legislation that our country has passed in many, many years.

05:43On Saturday, we're coming together to celebrate the 250th anniversary of the United States Army with a grand parade,

05:51a parade, a military parade that I don't think we've ever seen the likes of what you're going to see.

05:56I hope the weather is okay.

05:58But actually, if it's not, that brings you good luck.

06:00And that's okay, too.

06:01It doesn't matter.

06:02It doesn't affect the tanks at all.

06:04It doesn't affect the soldiers.

06:06If they're used to it, they're tough, smart.

06:09Next year, when we're all together again, we will be celebrating the 250th anniversary of the American founding.

06:17We founded our country.

06:19They founded our great people.

06:21Our great past founders have done a fantastic job.

06:25And we'll be cheering on Team USA in the World Cup.

06:29So we have the World Cup coming.

06:31We have the Olympics coming.

06:33And maybe most importantly, we're going to celebrate a whole year, 250th anniversary.

06:38You know, the Army is exactly one year older than the country.

06:42So that was interesting.

06:44We did a speech yesterday at Fort Bragg, and it was really something, the display that they put on.

06:50I truly believe the great times are ahead for America.

06:53So, once again, I want to thank all of you.

06:56I want to thank every single person in this group, Democrat, Republican, or a couple of independents out there.

07:03They say they're independent, but they're not that independent.

07:06But I want to thank everybody in the audience for being very special.

07:11I know every one of you, and some by reputation and some by just knowing them.

07:16And you're fantastic people, and you have great families.

07:19And without the families, it wouldn't work for you at all.

07:22So I just want to thank you very much for being here.

07:24Have a great night.

07:25We're going to have plenty of fun.

07:27Have a really fantastic night.

07:29And nobody is going to be cold tonight.

07:31You're going to be very warm tonight because it's a little on the hot side.

07:34But just enjoy yourself.

07:35And again, really happy birthday to a truly great country.

07:40Thank you very much.

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