In a viral video that swept the internet, President Donald Trump broke out his iconic dance while speaking aboard the USS Harry S. Truman in Norfolk, Virginia, at the celebration of the US Navy’s 250th anniversary, much to the joy of the assembled sailors.
In addition, he assured servicemen that they would be paid and promised an end to the government shutdown, blaming Democrats for this obstruction. Likewise, he defended his decision to deploy the National Guard to US cities in order to combat crime in Democratic cities across the country.
In any case, Trump began his comments by assuring sailors that they would be paid. “We will get our service members every last penny. Don’t worry about it, but, we have to take care of this little gnat that’s on our shoulder called the Democrats,” he said.“They want to give all of our money to illegal aliens that pour into the country.”
Building on this point, he promised that pay raises would be coming soon for our service members. “Don’t worry about that. It’s all coming, and even more because I’m supporting the across-the-board pay raises for every sailor and service member in the United States armed forces,” the president vowed.
Additionally, the president thanked the Navy for defending America and promised to support our troops. Trump declared, “The US Navy always stands for America, and as your commander in chief, I will always stand for you, I promise you that.”
Pivoting, Trump noted that the Navy would receive unprecedented material support for its mission.“We’re going to be building lots of ships and doing lots of things that you haven’t seen happen for 35 years,” he noted.
As an aside, he criticized previous administrations, saying, “I’m a very aesthetic person, and I don’t like some of the ships you’re doing aesthetically.” However, pivoting back to his main point, he declared, “We’ll soon revitalize our shipyards with hundreds of millions of dollars in new investments and new people coming from all around the world, and they’re going to build ships in America. We want them built in America.”
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Wrapping up his popular speech, President Trump continued his remarks. “America’s sailors have proven time and again that our Navy does just the best job there is. We own the skies, we stalk the depths, and we rule the seas. We don’t know anything about defeat. In every era and every part of this globe, our sailors have fought with courage in their hearts, patriotism in their souls, and salt water in their veins,” the president said with evident patriotism.
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Concluding his soaring remarks, Trump issued a confident vision of the future, where he declared, “And standing before all of you today, I know that whenever our nation is threatened and whenever they need help, whenever duty calls, American sailors will hoist our flag high and they will rally….with your help we will fight, fight, fight and we will win, win win, because of you our navy and our country will always be proud and righteous and mighty and free.”
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