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Chinese free beacon well first of all at
ease at ease let's have a good time
let's have a good time and we had an
incredible meeting that lasted for about
an hour and you have no idea what we've
come up with you're gonna be so happy
you're gonna be so happy I want to just
first say thank you for everything and
on behalf of Melania and myself we had a
great flight in so I want to thank you
honey
I'm very honored to be here tonight I
thank you for your service for your
sacrifice and keeping us safe and free
I'm very proud of you and you know
behalf of our nation and wishing you a
Merry Christmas and a happy and
prosperous new year thank you again and
to your families
[Applause]
let's let her make this speech right
yeah she's very popular first lady and a
great person and I want to thank general
the camera for the incredible job he's
done and I was just saying we had a
meeting with him and some of your great
representatives and and we have some
ideas that are more than ideas that are
going to be just we like to win do we
like to win we're gonna win I want to
thank everyone at Al Asad Air Base
special people we came in we were we
felt very safe coming in it was pretty
difficult journey in certain ways but we
felt very very good very safe and also
we knew exactly where we're going and
we're going to say hello to you and to
wish you all a Merry Christmas and a
Happy New Year very important thank you
very much great job so Milani and I are
thrilled to be here with the
extraordinary men and women of the
American armed forces the greatest
military and especially as we get all of
this billions and billions of dollars of
new equipment that I approved over the
last two years you get in such new
equipment your eyes are popping right
your eyes apart you're getting the best
equipment in the world as you know it
was being very rapidly depleted and it
wasn't good we weren't gonna let that
happen to you or to our country
and I just want you to relax let's have
a good time for a few minutes
and then I'll be heading to another
location and then I'll be heading back
but I have you totally in mind totally
in mind we came to al-assad to share our
eternal gratitude for everything you do
to keep America safe strong and free
though you are thousands of miles away
from your home and your loved ones I
hope you all had a Merry Christmas I
also know that speaking for your
families they are missing
when they love you and you know they're
every bit a part of your success they
make it possible so they're very special
to us all of the families it's because
of your sacrifice that America's
families can celebrate in safety and in
peace and we're doing great back at home
there are many incredible Patriots to
recognize here right now and I'd like to
start by say a few words for Colonel
Michael Maddox colonel thank you very
much thank you colonel
great job Thank You colonel no games I
can see I know people know games for the
colonel no games with you general right
not a lot of games it's called they want
to win I want to thank the 201st
Regional Support Group one that
everybody knows of even back in the
States
Task Force Thunder and their Lieutenant
Colonel Kent Park
there's a reason for that name thunders
in there the 440 third air ecspecially
squadron and they are a great commander
major dicey rinse worst I see thank you
great fellas
the first expeditionary rescue group and
their commander Colonel Michael Bouchard
where's Michael
thank you thank you fellows the 3rd
Cavalry Regiment and their commander
Colonel Jonathan a Bayram
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Brigadier General austin renforth
where's Austin Austin Thank You Austin
thanks Austin
everyone at these Special Operations
Joint Task Force thank you what el are
they an all personnel who reside at Camp
havoc you know what that means Camp
havoc also joining us this evening is
the US ambassador to Iraq Douglas
silliman Douglas thank you very much
great job Douglas great job the
courageous men and women at all Asad
airbase are on the leading edge of our
fight to vanquish America's terrorist
enemies you know that the other reason
I'm here today is to personally thank
you and every service member throughout
this region for the near elimination of
the ISIS territorial Caliphate in Iraq
and in Syria two years ago when I became
president they were a very dominant
group they were very dominant today
they're not so dominant anymore
great job I looked at a map and two
years ago it was a lot of red all over
that map but now you have a couple
little spots and that's happening very
quickly that's happening very quickly
you'll be seeing that I want to just say
great job and we'll be watching Isis
very closely
we'll be watching them very very closely
the remnants of Isis no enemy on earth
can match the awesome strength of
American soldiers sailors airmen and
Marines nobody's even close and nobody
is even close in terms of our equipment
we make the greatest equipment in the
world whether it's missiles or ships or
anything you want to name we have the
greatest in the world the jet fighters
the new f-35 the super f-18s we have the
greatest fighter jets in the world we
make the greatest equipment in the world
but you strike fear into the hearts of
our enemies and bring comfort to all of
our allies and those who cherish peace
and we want peace and the best way to
have peace is strength when we're strong
we're gonna have peace if we're not
strong you know what happens
so we're stronger than ever and very
soon when it all comes in when that
equipment keeps flowing it's being made
much of it now there'll be nobody ever
in history that's even close
American and coalition forces have had
one military victory after another over
the last two years against Isis
including the retaking of both Mosul in
Iraq and Raqqa and Syria we've liberated
more than 20,000 square miles of
territory think of what that is 20,000
20,000 acres is a lot
think of what 20,000 square miles to a
lot this was all formerly held by Isis
and liberated more than three million
civilians from Isis's bloodthirsty
control the men and women stationed at
al-assad have played a vital role in the
military defeat of Isis in Iraq and in
Syria because of these gains our
servicemembers in Syria can now return
home to their family some will come here
for stay but a lot of them are going to
be going back home where they want to be
with their families they've done a
fantastic job originally years ago they
came here and it was supposed to be for
three to four months and that was a long
time ago those many years ago but what a
job you have done what a job they have
done I made it clear from the beginning
that our mission in Syria was the strip
Isis of its military strong halls
we're not nation-building rebuilding
Syria will require a political solution
and it's a solution that should be paid
for by it's very rich neighboring
countries not the United States
let them pay for it and they will they
will in fact Saudi Arabia yesterday you
probably read stepped up to the plate
and has already made a commitment of
substantial funds for development and
president Erdogan of Turkey has also
agreed to take out any remnants of Isis
and we'll be working with them we're
going to be working with them our
presence in Syria was not open-ended and
was never intended to be permanent eight
years ago we went there for three months
and we never left but now we're doing it
right and we're going to finish it off
one year ago I gave our generals six
more months in Syria I said go ahead get
them and it turns out it was really a
year and a half
I said go get him we need six months go
get him and they said give us another
six months I said go get him then they
said go can we have one more like period
of six months I said nope nope I said I
gave you a lot of six months and now
we're doing it a different way and we're
doing it and you're doing it folks
you're doing it just the remnants the
men and women who serve are entitled to
clear objectives and the confidence that
when those objectives are met they can
come home and be with their families our
objective in Syria was always to retake
the territory controlled by Isis some
people said we've already retaken 99%
that's the number that comes up a lot
and if you look at the map before and
after it looks like 99 percent now that
we have done so the nations of the
region must step up and take more
responsibility for their future and also
they have to confront those remnants of
Isis and take them out very easily if
after we're totally finished they're
even left at all there will be a strong
deliberate and orderly withdrawal of US
forces from Syria very deliberate very
orderly while maintaining the US
presence in Iraq to prevent an Isis
resurgence and to protect us interests
and also to always watch very closely
over any potential reformation of Isis
and also to watch over Iran we'll be
watching while American might can defeat
terrorist armies on the battlefield
each nation of the world must decide for
itself what kind of future it wants to
build for its people and what kind of
sacrifices they are willing to make for
their children America shouldn't be
doing the fighting for every nation on
earth
not being reimbursed in many cases at
all if they want us to do the fighting
they also have to pay a price and
sometimes that's also a monetary price
so we're not the suckers of the world
we're no longer the suckers folks and
people aren't looking at us as suckers
and I love you folks because most of you
are nodding your head this way we're
respected again as a nation we're
respected again America is safer and
peace is more possible because of the
incredible courage and devotion of every
Patriot here tonight some people say
well maybe somebody comes from the area
and they hit us on a homeland if that
happens they will suffer consequences
over here like nobody has ever suffered
before let me just tell you and I hope
they hear that loud and clear and that's
not a threat that's going to be a fact
if anything should happen at all nobody
will ever have suffered the consequences
that they will suffer just remember I
said it we will honor you're welcome
you're welcome
we will honor your service by doing
everything in our power to defend our
homeland and to stop terrorists from
entering America's shores and that
includes strengthening of our borders I
don't know if you folks are aware of
what's happening we want to have strong
borders in the United States the
Democrats don't want to let us have
strong borders only for one reason you
know why because I want it
if I said you know I think just standing
here looking at all these brilliant
young faces these Warriors you worries
you know your modern day warriors that's
what you own but he gave me an idea just
looking at this warrior group I think
I'll say I don't want the wall and then
they're gonna give it to me I figured
out the solution first lady tell Nancy
Pelosi I don't want the wall oh we want
the wall and then we get the wall that's
another way of doing it now we have to
have it and you know not only human
trafficking drugs illegals a lot of
criminals bad records we've seen
murderers come in through the you saw
what happened with the caravan as we
call it
tera van of thousands of people and by
the way our Border Patrol did an
incredible job and our military did an
incredible job and local law enforcement
on the various parts of the border did
an incredible job and those caravans are
slowly breaking up and they're going
back where they came from and they have
to come into our country legally legally
and that's what you're fighting for you
know when you think about it you're
fighting for borders in other countries
and they don't want to fight the
Democrats for the border of our country
doesn't make a lot of sense at this
sacred time of the year our thoughts
turned to the American heroes who gave
their last breath in defense of our
country including the seven brave souls
who perish last march on the jolly 51
rescue helicopter you know exactly who
we're talking about some of you were
great friends of theirs through their
incredible sacrifice our fallen heroes
have achieved immortality that's what it
is it's immortality immortality they
will live forever in the hearts of their
countrymen in your hearts and in the
history of the United States of America
they will live forever the dignity and
glory of the American warrior it's
recorded on the fields of battle and in
acts of Valor that will live for all of
time you're going to be remembered for
all of time and under my administration
we're winning now we're not playing to
lose slowly like they've been doing for
19 years we're fighting in areas where
we shouldn't be fighting and spending
hundreds of billions of dollars doing it
now you have the right thought process
now going for the first time in a long
time
thank you we want to fight where it's
meaningful which is basically what you
just say and you understand that better
than anybody the people in this room
understand that better your general
understands I just met with them your
general understands it we want to fight
for the meaningful things no force in
history has done more for the cause of
justice and peace I want each and every
one of you to know that we will always
protect those who protect us you protect
us we are always going to protect you
and you just saw that because you just
got one of the biggest pay raises you've
ever received unless you don't want it
does anybody here
is anybody here willing to give up the
big pay raise you just got raise your
hand please I don't see too many hands
okay don't give it up it's great you
know what nobody deserves it more you
haven't gotten one or more than ten
years more than ten years and we got to
get big wood I got you a big one I got
you he had plenty of people they came up
they said you know we could make it
smaller we could make it 3% we could
make it 2% we could make it 4% they said
don't make it 10% make it more than 10%
because it's been a long time it's been
more than 10 years in more than 10 years
it's a long time and you know you really
put yourselves out there and you put
your lives out there so congratulations
we're fighting every day to ensure you
have also the tools the equipment the
training and resources that you need to
fight and to win
we don't play prevent defense anymore
we're not doing that that's why when you
see me doing things I always have things
in mind always have lots of things in my
things that you have in mind too but a
lot of other people don't a lot of the
media doesn't want to report it
correctly but we have a lot of things in
mind but you ever see it like in
football where a team is holding the
other team scoreless they can't throw
they can't pass they can't do anything
now it's three and a half quarters they
got it just hold him and they say let's
change to prevent defense and that's
what happens and you know what it does
it prevents them from winning how many
times have you seen that we don't like
prevent defense we want real offense and
we want real defense
and that's what we're doing we have
secured a record increase to our
military budget and we are purchasing
all of this great equipment seven
hundred billion dollars last year 716
billion with Abby with Abby
we were fought very hard by the
Democrats and others but I said we have
to take care of our military I mean I
want to see costs come down to but not
when it comes to our military you have
to have the finest equipment anywhere in
the world and you have that 716 billion
and this year again we're going to be
don't tell anybody because nobody else
knows even a little bit higher but we
have no choice
we can't play cheap with our warriors
our military we can't play cheap with
victory and we're not going to we
understand the best way to preserve the
peace is to be prepared for combat and
the surest way to prevent conflict is to
be totally unyielding and totally ready
for conflict if that should happen
America is a peace-loving nation but
rest assured if we are forced to fight
we will engage the enemy with
overwhelming force
like never before like nobody's ever
seen before
there is no military more capable and
now more lethal more fearless and more
skilled than the United States Armed
Forces nobody is even close our faith
and confidence in you is absolute and
total you are the Sentinels who watch
over our nation you are the Warriors who
defend our freedom you are the Patriots
who ensure the flame of Liberty burns
forever bright that's who you are that's
who you are
to everyone at Al Asad Air Base and
every American serving overseas may God
bless you may God protect you and may
God always keep you safe we love you we
support you we salute you we cherish you
and together we pray for justice
goodness and peace on earth we are
putting America first for the first time
in a long time longer than anyone can
remember at the same time we're here to
help others and for all of you that have
those red caps then I saw him before I
signed a lot of them it says make
America great again and you know what
that's exactly what we're doing so we
flew all night on Christmas evening the
first lady myself John Bolton and a lot
of other great people on that plane
thank you John and it was worth every
minute of it
and I just want to thank you your
outstanding outstanding people and we
will never let you down just remember
that god bless america thank you very
much
[Applause]
[Music]
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