Posted on 11/22/2018 9:59:47 AM PST by markomalley
President Donald Trump visited members of the U.S. Coast Guard on Thanksgiving Day “to thank them for the great job they have been doing.”
“We’re just celebrating the Coast Guard because it has to be celebrated,” Trump said as he opened his remarks.
“It’s an honor to be with all of you, and thank you very much,” Trump said as he spent time at the Coast Guard Station Lake Worth Inlet in Florida.
After his remarks and conversation with about 100 service members, Trump shook each Coast Guard members’ hand to thank them each individually and wish them a happy Thanksgiving. He thanked them especially for their service during hurricane responses, saving thousands of lives since his presidency began.
“Nobody has gone up more than the Coast Guard,” Trump said.
The president asked which Coast Guard member lifted the most and then pretended to battle one officer to a fake arm wrestle.
Trump also spent part of his Thanksgiving morning on a teleconference with members of each military branch who are currently spending the holiday serving overseas.
“I want to thank you all for serving today,” he said. “We thank God for the blessings of having you people be our heroes — and you really are our heroes — and your families are back here, and they love you, and they respect you, and they look forward to seeing you.
“You’re the ones who keep America safe and strong and free,” Trump added. “You do a job like nobody else, and it is really great respect that we all have.”
Great article.
Happy Thanksgiving to the POTUS and his family!
And they know that he MEANS IT, unlike Two-faced Barry.
Nice that he selected the Coasties, who probably don’t get the recognition they deserve.
U.S. Coast Guard, the overlooked branch of service.
During WW2:
To support the cause, the Coast Guard expanded to a record high of more than 170,000 men and women serving in uniform at one time, with nearly 250,000 personnel serving over the course of the war. The Coast Guard supported both combat and traditional service missions, including search and rescue, marine safety, convoy escort duty, troop transport and amphibious operations, port security, and beach patrol. By doing so, the U.S. Coast Guard proved itself Semper Paratus-”Always Ready”-to perform any maritime missions required by the war effort.
https://www.history.uscg.mil/Commemorations/World-War-II/igpage/2/
Well done!
Thank You for Posting this.
Does President Trump ever sleep? It just seems like He is always doing something somewhere for someone.
Bouy and Port PING !!!
RIP Tonk...
Thank You, I knew that I was missing Someone but couldn’t dig deep enough into My Brain.
well it’s not like he’ll ever see it, but... ya never know
he’s still here in spirit
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