Posted on 05/25/2018 11:32:30 AM PDT by Kaslin
President Trump traveled from the White House to Annapolis, Maryland Friday morning to give the commenement address for the 2018 U.S. Naval Academy graduating class.
"You are now leaders in the most powerful and righteous force on the face of the planet: the United States military," President Trump said to a stadium filled with 30,000 people. "Each of you will make your own mark on the Navy, the Marine Corps, the military, and the history of our great nation...There is no hill our Marines our can’t take and there is no stronghold the SEALs can’t breach. There is no sea the Navy can’t brave."
"Together you are the tip of the spear, the edge of the blade and the front of the shield defending and protecting our great country," he continued. "America is the greatest fighting force for peace, justice, and freedom in the history of the world."
The president joked about the football rivalry between Navy and Army, then proceeded to ask if they were "sick of winning yet." He also informed the cadets that hundreds of new ships are on their way and said the days of depleted military funding are over.
"No money for the military? Those days are over," he said. “We know that the best way to prevent war is to be fully prepared for war.”
Near the end of his remarks, the president said he was told he would stay and shake hands with the top 100 graduates. The number was limited for the sake of time. He turned to the crowd and asked if he should stay to shake hands with all of the cadets, which totaled more than 1000.
"What should I do?!" he asked.
After chants of "Stay! Stay! Stay!" he made the decision to stay and greet every cadet receiving a diploma.
"Together their is nothing America can't do. Absolutely nothing," Trump said. "We are all in for America like never before. We are all in for our great country."
“Strive for excellence, live for adventure, think big, dream bigger, push further, sail faster, fly higher, and never, ever stop reaching for greatness,” he concluded. “As long as we are united with the same mission, the same purpose, the same patriotic heart, we will win because we are one people, one family, and one glorious nation under God.”
Already been addressed.
Thanks
To: huckfillary
Technology gets involved also.
Earlier today I made a post and wanted the word "which". My auto correct or whatever it is decided that I really wanted "witch".
Not a super big deal, the spell check found nothing wrong with the word and I should have caught it.
I really don't need that kind of help and I wish that I could shut these "helpful" tools off.
39 posted on 5/25/2018, 7:04:34 PM by skimbell [ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 33 | View Replies | Report Abuse]
President Trump is turning out to be quite an awesome President.
Much better than the Liar-In-Chief Obama.
Think of all the lies he told on his campaign trails, both leading up to 2008 and 2012 elections. He said what he had to in order to get elected then reversed course and went far, far Left.
THAT is the DEMOCRAT way!
Naw, Hillary, or any Democrat, would have phoned it in
Or I should say ...
Yes he did.
God willing, the last cadet, or midshipman, to shake President Trump’s hand is still a junior in high school.
Anybody have a transcript of the speech that’s not from a lib site?? I did not see it at the article... Would like to forward to a couple friends.
Thanks in advance!
My last baby graduated tonight from HS. Congressman Lipinski IL was the speaker. Talk about vomit material this was it. Congrats on those going into service. Recommending all others go into some service related feild or polictical area to service the people never once mentioned that 93% of the students were heading into colleges. I have vacation rentals I do not discount at all, ever; but I do give a military discount always as stated in my listings. I donated 1 week for each rental through Wounded Warriors to disabled vets and thier families in each rental annually and throw in SeaWorld tickets for the families. I also have a grandson in the USGC and I really appreciated his address to this group of the new militaty as I’m sure they did too.
That’s what an AMERICAN president looks like.
It was awesome to watch this live and watch him stand there and Shake all those hands!
#Iloveourpresident
I watched the whole thing never got tired of the President’s smile and the Midshipmen and their joy at graduating. Just a lovely thing from this President...the “world” could wait for this moment in time.
V.K. that is a truly great picture of this President....I plan to use it....hope you don’t mind. Thanks!
:-)
Ensigns and Second Lieutenants.
I was obviously referring to the proper nomenclature before graduation.
When he shook hands, they were Ensigns, no?
I love this man.
Well said. Trump comes from that place in the heart we Freepers know as “America. Land Of The Free. Home Of The Brave’’.
Touche’
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