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00:00:00HILL. AFTER MONTHS OF FUNDRAISING AND
00:00:02CAMPAIGN, SEE THE RESULTS AND VICTORY AND CONCESSION SPEECHES
00:00:05LIVE AS THEY HAPPEN. DONE MISS OUR LIVE, PRIMARY
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00:00:17MARE NIGHT IN AMERICA, ON C-SPAN. EVERY MOMENT.
00:00:20EVERY RESULT, EVERY SPEECH.
00:00:24>> PRESIDENT TRUMP HOSTED A ROUND TABLE AT STATE DEPARTMENT
00:00:28HEADQUARTERS WHERE HE TOUTED HIS ADMINISTRATION'S RECORD IN
00:00:31EXPANDING U.S. MINING AND ACCESS TO CRITICAL MINERALS.
00:00:34HE WAS JOINED BY SECRETARY OF
00:00:36STATE RUBIO, INTERIOR SECRETARY
00:00:42BURGUM, AND COMMERCE SECRETARY LOT NICK.
00:00:44THIS ABOUT 35 MINUTES.
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00:01:19>> LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES,
00:01:23DONALD J. TRUMP. HAIL TO THE CH]
00:02:05PRES. TRUMP: THAT'S A VERY NICE A SONG. I LOVE THAT SONG.
00:02:09THAT MEANS YOU WON, BASICALLY.
00:02:13IF YOU LOSE YOU DON'T HEAR THAT SONG VERY MUCH.
00:02:16I WANT TO THANK EVERYONE, ESPECIALLY THE PEOPLE THAT BUILT
00:02:20OUR COUNTRY ARE HERE. AND YOU REALLY HAVEN'T -- I WAS
00:02:24LOOKING AT MY NOTES.
00:02:27I COULD DO THIS WITHOUT ANY NOTES BECAUSE OF A GREAT LOVE OF WHAT YOU DO.
00:02:32AND I THINK YOU HAVEN'T BEEN TREATED WELL FOR MANY YEARS.
00:02:35BUT YOU'RE MAKING UP FOR IT NOW. REALLY MAKING UP FOR IT NOW.
00:02:38SO IT'S AN HONOR AND I'M DELIGHTED TO BE HERE AT THE
00:02:42DEPARTMENT OF STATE TO ANNOUNCE SOME OF THE LARGEST EVER
00:02:45INVESTMENTS IN AMERICAN MINING.
00:02:49A GREAT THING, MINING IS.
00:02:51WE ARE PUTTING OUR MINERS BACK
00:02:55TO WORK AND RECLAIMING
00:02:57AMERICANS'RIGHTFUL PLACE AS THE
00:03:00MINERAL SUPER POWER OF THE WORLD WHICH IS WHAT WE ARE. PEOPLE JUST DIDN'T KNOW THAT FOR
00:03:04A WHILE. I WANT TO THANK OUR GREAT SECRETARY OF STATE MARCO RUBIO.
00:03:09BEAUTIFUL, MARCO. I LOOK -- THE PRESIDENT IS
00:03:12ALLOWED TO REMOVE THINGS FROM ANY BUILDING. [LAUGHTER]
00:03:16I AM LIKING THE CHANDELIERS.
00:03:20I LIKE THE CORINTHIAN COLUMNS
00:03:22BUT CUTTING THEM OUT WOULD NOT BE GOOD. BEAUTIFUL COLUMNS.
00:03:27I'M ALLOWED TO DO IT. EVERY ONCE IN A WHILE I WILL
00:03:30COME IN HERE AND GRAB A PAINTING AND PUT IT IN THE OVAL OFFICE.
00:03:33BUT NOT TOO MUCH. I WANT TO THANK MARCO.
00:03:36I WANT TO THANK THE SECRETARY OF
00:03:39INTERIOR DOUG BURNHAM FOR DOING
00:03:42A FANTASTIC JOB. HOWARD LUTNICK LIKEWISE.
00:03:46AS WELL AS THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE NATIONAL ENERGY DOMINANCE COUNCIL.
00:03:50THANK YOU, JARED. THANK YOU ALL. I LOVE THAT.
00:03:55THE DOMINANCE COUNCIL. I'VE NEVER HEARD THAT BEFORE. THAT'S A HELLUVA THING.
00:03:59WHERE IS JARED? I LIKE THAT.
00:04:02DID YOU MAKE UP THAT? DID YOU COME UP WITH THAT?
00:04:05>> THAT'S ALL YOU, SIR.
00:04:08YOU CAME UP WITH THAT. PRES. TRUMP: I THINK IT'S PRETTY GOOD. THANK YOU TO THE LEADERS OF MANY
00:04:13OF AMERICA'S GREAT MINING COMPANIES WHO ARE HERE.
00:04:17EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS ARE ALSO JOINING US TODAY.
00:04:19250 YEARS AGO AMERICA WON OUR
00:04:24POLITICAL INDEPENDENCE IN THE REVOLUTIONARY WAR. IN MY FIRST TERM WE SECURED OUR
00:04:28ENERGY INDEPENDENCE.
00:04:28NOW IN MY SECOND TERM WE ARE
00:04:33SECURING OUR ECONOMIC INDEPENDENCE, ENSURING AMERICA
00:04:35IS NEVER AGAIN RELIANT UPON A HOSTILE FOREIGN NATION FOR THE
00:04:39RESOURCES OUR COUNTRY NEEDS TO DOMINATE IN THE FUTURE.
00:04:41AND WE HAVE PLENTY OF THOSE RESOURCES.
00:04:44CRITICAL MINERALS ARE THE RAW MATERIALS OF AMERICAN STRENGTH
00:04:48AND POWER EVERYTHING FROM ADVANCED WEAPONRY TO AUTOMOBILES.
00:04:52AND WE WANT THESE ESSENTIAL PRODUCTS TO BE MINED, REFINED,
00:04:56AND MADE RIGHT HERE IN THE USA
00:05:00WITH THE AMERICAN SKILL AND AMERICAN HANDS. WE HAVE BETTER SKILL IN BETTER
00:05:03HANDS THAN ANYONE IN THE WORLD.
00:05:06FOR DECADES, POLITICIANS LET
00:05:09OTHER COUNTRIES STEAL OUR MINDS AND MINING JOBS AND CLOSE UP
00:05:13MINES, BUY A MINE AND CLOSE IT
00:05:17BECAUSE IT WAS GOOD FOR THEM AND PUT AMERICAN PRODUCERS OUT OF BUSINESS.
00:05:20THE UNITED STATES LOST
00:05:243400 MINES.
00:05:26I WAS GOING TO SAY MINERS, BUT
00:05:29JOBS, MINES.
00:05:333400 MINES OVER THE LAST THREE
00:05:37DECADES BUT THEY ARE COMING BACK AND COMING BACK FASTER.
00:05:39MANY ARE BEING REOPENED AND A
00:05:41LOT OF NEW MINES ARE BEING BUILT.
00:05:46OUR ADMINISTRATION HAS APPROVED MORE THAN 160 MINERALS DEALS
00:05:49WORTH 40 BILLION DOLLARS.
00:05:53TODAY THE UNITED STATES IS
00:05:55OPENING NEW MINES AT THE FASTEST
00:05:58PACE SINCE THE 1950'S. NO ONE HAS SEEN ANYTHING LIKE
00:06:02IT. THAT GOES FOR AUTO PLANTS, AI, AND OTHER KINDS OF PLANTS.
00:06:07THINK OF THIS. IN A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME, YEAR
00:06:09AND A HALF, THE NUMBERS ARE FOR
00:06:14THE FIRST 12 MONTHS, ACTUALLY. A YEAR AND A HALF.
00:06:16WE HAVE 19.2 TRILLION DOLLARS
00:06:19BEING INVESTED. THE PREVIOUS ADMINISTRATION HAD
00:06:22LESS THAN ONE TRILLION IN FOUR YEARS.
00:06:25WE HAVE 19 POINT TWO IN ACTUALLY 12 MONTHS, BUT WE WILL ADD
00:06:29SOMETHING TO IT SO IT'S NOW GOING TO BE OVER $20 TRILLION.
00:06:33BY THE WAY, NO COUNTRY EVER IN HISTORY HAS DONE ANYWHERE NEAR THAT NUMBER.
00:06:37WE ARE FIVE TO SIX TIMES HIGHER
00:06:41THAN CERTAIN OF OUR COMPETITORS FROM VERY SUCCESSFUL COMPETITORS.
00:06:45BUT WE ARE MUCH HIGHER. NO ONE HAS SEEN WHAT'S HAPPENING IN OUR COUNTRY.
00:06:48NO ONE HAS SEEN ANYTHING LIKE IT. AND HOPEFULLY YOU'LL SEE IT
00:06:52AGAIN, BUT ONLY FOR US. I THINK IT'S GOING TO BE HARD TO
00:06:56MATCH, HOWEVER. TODAY THE UNITED STATES IS
00:06:58OPENING NEW MINES AT THE FASTEST PACE. THE FIRST AMERICAN RARE EARTH
00:07:02MINE IN MORE THAN 70 YEARS.
00:07:04WHAT'S THAT ALL ABOUT, MARCO?
00:07:07WE'VE ANNOUNCED THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE FIRST NEW ALUMINUM
00:07:10SMELTER SINCE 1980. IT'S GOING TO BE A BIG ONE.
00:07:14IF IT'S THE SAME ONE. BUILDING A MASSIVE, BEAUTIFUL
00:07:17JOB-PRODUCING SMELTER IN
00:07:21OKLAHOMA. I LOVE OKLAHOMA, BECAUSE YOU HAVE 77 COUNTIES.
00:07:25I WON ALL 70 73 TIMES. RIGHT?
00:07:30DO YOU KNOW WHO SECOND WAS?
00:07:34RONALD REAGAN. 56. PRETTY GOOD.
00:07:36I LIKE OKLAHOMA.
00:07:38WE AUTHORIZED TO DEEP SEA MINING TO UNLOCK VAST UNTAPPED
00:07:42RESOURCES OFF OUR COAST. AND WE ARE REBUILDING THE
00:07:45NATIONAL DEFENSE STOCKPILES AND EVENTUALLY MORE THAN $12 BILLION
00:07:49IN A BRAND-NEW STRATEGIC MINERAL RESERVE. AND WE ARE PROTECTING AMERICAN
00:07:54WORKERS WITH HISTORIC TARIFFS ON
00:07:56FOREIGN COPPER, ALUMINUM, STEEL SO OUR PEOPLE ARE PROTECTED.
00:08:00THE TARIFFS ARE WHAT MADE THIS SO SUCCESSFUL.
00:08:03THE PROPER USE OF TARIFFS. THEY ARE REALLY WHAT MADE THIS
00:08:07SO SUCCESSFUL. YOU PROBABLY HEARD ME DURING MY CAMPAIGN.
00:08:09I USED TO SAY THE WORD TARIFF IS MY FAVORITE WORD.
00:08:13THE FAKE NEWS -- SEE THEM BACK THERE? THEY ARE ALL BACK THERE.
00:08:17THEY WOULD SAY, WHAT A TERRIBLE THING TO SAY.
00:08:20WHAT ABOUT GOD, WIFE, COUNTRY, LOVE?
00:08:24SO I MADE IT MY FIFTH FAVORITE WORD. NOW I HAVE NO PROBLEM.
00:08:27THEY HIT ME WHEN I SAID TARIFF WAS MY ALL-TIME FAVORITE WORD.
00:08:32IT DIDN'T PLAY WELL. BUT IT'S A SOLID NUMBER FIVE AND
00:08:34NOW I AM OK.
00:08:38AMERICAN MINERS HAVE NEVER HAD A GREATER CHAMPION IN THE WHITE
00:08:42HOUSE AND PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP. BEFORE I TOOK OFFICE OF FEDERAL
00:08:45MINING PERMITS TOOK 3, 4, EVEN FIVE YEARS.
00:08:48NOW THEY TAKE AS LITTLE AS 25 DAYS.
00:08:51WE WENT FROM FIVE YEARS FOR
00:08:53APPROVALS TO GET THEM, AND NO ONE WAS DOING IT ANYWAY, TOO
00:08:57LONG AND IT WASN'T WORKING, SO NOW WE GO FROM FIVE YEARS TO 25
00:09:01DAYS FOR APPROVAL. UNDER THE GREAT, BIG, BEAUTIFUL
00:09:05BILL WE SECURED AN UNPRECEDENTED $100 BILLION TO UNDERWRITE
00:09:10CRITICAL INVESTMENTS IN OUR MINERAL SUPPLY. AND FOR THE FIRST TIME EVER WE
00:09:14ARE EVEN MAKING DIRECT EQUITY
00:09:15INVESTMENTS IN CRITICAL MINERAL PRODUCTION.
00:09:20LAST JULY, THE DEPARTMENT OF WAR TOOK A $400 MILLION STAKE IN NP
00:09:25MATERIALS WHICH IS ALREADY WORTH
00:09:29NEARLY $1.2 BILLION. IT IS GOING TO GREATLY IN VALUE.
00:09:32I DID ONE OF THOSE TOO BUT NOT QUITE IN THE SAME BUSINESS. INTEL.
00:09:37WE HAD A PROBLEM WITH INTEL AND
00:09:41WE SETTLED THE PROBLEM. THEY GAVE US 10% OF THE COMPANY.
00:09:45THAT WAS WORTH $12 BILLION.
00:09:47AND SINCE WE HAVE THE COMPANY,
00:09:50YOU SAW IT -- YOU'VE PROBABLY BEEN WATCHING -- THE STOCK HAS
00:09:52GONE UP MANY TIMES. JUST ABOUT NUMBER ONE.
00:09:55WE MADE 82 BILLION DOLLARS.
00:09:57DO I GET CREDIT FOR THAT? NO.
00:10:00DOES ANYONE SAY GREAT JOB? OTHER COUNTRIES -- I HAVE TO BE
00:10:04VERY PLAIN ABOUT THAT.
00:10:06BUT WE MADE ABOUT PRETTY CLOSE
00:10:10TO $80 BILLION. A PROFIT OF $80 BILLION.
00:10:13HELPING A COMPANY. WE ARE DOING IT A LOT, ACTUALLY.
00:10:17TODAY WE ARE TAKING ANOTHER HISTORIC ACTION TOWARD THE FUTURE OF AMERICAN MINING.
00:10:22FOR YEARS MINING SCHOOLS AND COLLEGES THAT ARE CENTRAL TO
00:10:25TRAINING THE FUTURE LEADERS OF THIS INDUSTRY HAVE BEEN
00:10:29ABSOLUTELY AND SADLY DISAPPEARING.
00:10:32ACCREDITED MINING PROGRAMS IN THE UNITED STATES NOW GRADUATE
00:10:35LESS THAN 100 70 MINING ENGINEERS EACH YEAR.
00:10:38CHINA GRADUATES MORE THAN 3000
00:10:41AND HALF OF OUR CURRENT MINING WORKFORCE IS SET TO RETIRE
00:10:43WITHIN THE NEXT THREE YEARS.
00:10:48WELL, THAT'S WHY MY ADMINISTRATION IS MAKING AN UNPRECEDENTED FINANCIAL
00:10:52COMMITMENT TO OUR NATION'S MINING SCHOOLS.
00:10:55IT'S GOING TO KEEP US NICE, YOUNG, AND VIBRANT.
00:10:58THE SCHOOLS CAME TO US SEEKING
00:11:01$10 MILLION PER YEAR IN FUNDING. INSTEAD, I'M THRILLED TO
00:11:04ANNOUNCE WE ARE DELIVERING 100 MILLION DOLLARS TO TRAIN THE NEXT GENERATION OF AMERICAN
00:11:08MINERS. A LOT OF YOU ARE IN THE ROOM RIGHT NOW.
00:11:13[APPLAUSE]
00:11:22YOU KNOW, I'M NOT DOING THAT BECAUSE I'M A NICE PERSON.
00:11:25I'M DOING IT BECAUSE IT'S GREAT FOR THE COUNTRY. IT'S GREAT FOR THE COUNTRY AND
00:11:29IT ALSO HELPS A LOT OF PEOPLE. THEY WANT TO MINE.
00:11:34WE HAD A LITTLE CAMPAIGN. SOMEONE NAMED HILLARY CLINTON.
00:11:38SHE WANTED THE MINERS OF
00:11:43WEST VIRGINIA TO MAKE TINY CHIPS WITH THEIR BIG, STRONG HANDS.
00:11:46I WON BY 55 POINTS.
00:11:49THEY WERE NOT THRILLED. THEY WANTED TO BE IN THE MINES.
00:11:53THEY DON'T WANT TO DO ANYTHING ELSE. I REMEMBER THAT.
00:11:57IT WAS SO UNBELIEVABLE.
00:11:59IT WAS VERY GOOD FOR ME, I TELL YOU WHAT.
00:12:02SHE DIDN'T GET THAT -- WE DID VERY WELL WITH THAT KIND OF THINKING.
00:12:07WE ARE ALSO MAKING MAJOR GRANTS TO THE COLORADO SCHOOL OF MINES,
00:12:10THE SOUTH DAKOTA SCHOOL OF MINES
00:12:12, AND THE JOHN HOPKINS
00:12:16PARTNERSHIP. TOGETHER THOSE GRANTS ARE WORTH $81 MILLION. GOING TO TRAIN PEOPLE, WORK WITH
00:12:20PEOPLE, AND WE ARE GOING TO PUT YOU RIGHT BACK ON THE FRONT
00:12:24PAGES. THAT'S WHERE YOU HAVE TO BE. IN ADDITION, TODAY MY
00:12:28ADMINISTRATION IS ANNOUNCING A SERIES OF HISTORIC MINING
00:12:30PROJECTS WORTH $3 BILLION WHICH WILL CREATE THOUSANDS OF JOBS
00:12:35AND PROMOTE OUR ECONOMIC STABILITY AND SECURITY.
00:12:38THE DEPARTMENT OF WAR'S OFFICE OF STRATEGIC CAPITAL IS SIGNING
00:12:41A MASSIVE $1.4 BILLION LOAN
00:12:44AGREEMENT WITH CELONANO
00:12:49TECHNOLOGIES TO BUILD A NEXT-GENERATION BATTERY FACILITY IN WASHINGTON STATE USING WHAT
00:12:53WE HAVE RIGHT UNDER OUR FEET.
00:12:56THE EXPORT/IMPORT BANK IS WORKING TO PROVIDE MORE THAN $1
00:13:00BILLION TO FINANCE THE IVANHOE ELECTRICS SANTA CRUZ COPPER
00:13:04PROJECT IN ARIZONA, ONE OF THE BIGGEST ANYWHERE IN THE WORLD.
00:13:10THE ALABAMA GRAPHITE PROJECT, 25 MILLION DOLLAR INVESTMENT.
00:13:14AS WELL AS THE FORT KATIE
00:13:16INTEGRATED BORON FACILITY IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA.
00:13:20IT'S GOING TO BE SOMETHING.
00:13:24WE BROKE THROUGH THE ENVIRONMENTAL DISASTERS.
00:13:27THE ENVIRONMENTALS PEOPLE.
00:13:31I'M AN ENVIRONMENTAL PERSON, BELIEVE IT OR NOT.
00:13:35BUT PEOPLE WERE STOPPING IT. THEY WERE USING THE ENVIRONMENT TO STOP ALL OF THESE THINGS.
00:13:38THE DEPARTMENT OF WAR IS INVESTING $400 MILLION TO EXPAND
00:13:42PRODUCTION OF SCANDIUM, ONE OF
00:13:47THE MOST VALUABLE AEROSPACE AND
00:13:48DEFENSE MATERIALS, AND AUSTRALIA. THE DEPARTMENT OF WAR IS
00:13:53INVESTING $150 MILLION IN MINNESOTA.
00:13:57MINNESOTA?
00:13:59WOW, WHAT THE HELL HAPPENED TO
00:14:04MINNESOTA? THE GOVERNOR'S TOTALLY CORRUPT BUT WE WON'T TALK ABOUT THAT.
00:14:08CORRUPT AND INCOMPETENT. A BAD COMBINATION.
00:14:11TO BUILD RARE EARTH MAGNETS. YOU HAVE TO GO WITH MAGNETS.
00:14:14THAT'S A GOOD ONE. EVERYONE SHOULD GO FOR MAGNETS.
00:14:18REALLY BADLY NEEDED. GLOBAL ADVANCED METALS WILL
00:14:21BUILD A NEW FACTORY IN SOUTHEASTERN PENNSYLVANIA TO SUPPORT CUTTING EDGE OF DEFENSE
00:14:26AND AEROSPACE SYSTEMS.
00:14:28TOGETHER, WE ARE REAWAKENING THE
00:14:31SPIRIT OF THE GOLD RUSH, THE PROSPECTORS AND THE GREAT PIONEERS OF THIS COUNTRY.
00:14:36PEOPLE WHO BUILT THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.
00:14:38SIMPLY, WE ARE MAKING MINING GREAT AGAIN AND THE UNITED
00:14:41STATES IS DOING BETTER THAN IT HAS EVER DONE, MAYBE EVER DONE.
00:14:44I JUST WANT TO THANK YOU. I WILL NOW ASK SECRETARY RUBIO
00:14:48TO SAY A FEW WORDS. THEN WE WILL HEAR FROM SOME OF
00:14:52THE WONDERFUL PEOPLE WE HAVE UP HERE.
00:14:55SEC. BURGUM. SEC. LUTNICK, THE EXECUTIVE
00:14:58DIRECTOR OF THE UNIVERSITY OF
00:15:00ARIZONA SCHOOL OF MINING AND ENGINEERING AND MINERALS.
00:15:04THE PRESIDENT OF COLORADO SCHOOL OF MINES.
00:15:07THE CEO OF MFP MATERIALS.
00:15:13-- MP MATERIALS.
00:15:18I KNOW YOUR BROTHER. IN THE. >> YES.
00:15:20>> WELL, HE IS A SMART GUY.
00:15:26AND THE PRESIDENT OF RESOLUTION COPPER.
00:15:30I DIDN'T KNOW I WOULD HAVE SO MANY PEOPLE. I WILL BE HERE ALL DAY.
00:15:35IF YOU COULD GO QUICKLY WE HAVE A WAR TO PROSECUTE.
00:15:38THAT'S MY EXCUSE FOR GETTING OUT OF HERE A LITTLE EARLY.
00:15:41ONLY IN THE SENSE THAT WE ARE SPENDING HUNDREDS OF MILLIONS OF
00:15:45DOLLARS, EVEN BILLIONS OF DOLLARS IN BRINGING YOUR INDUSTRY BACK.
00:15:48WE NEED YOUR INDUSTRY. WE ARE DOING OUR SELF FAVORS.
00:15:51WE NEED YOUR INDUSTRY. PEOPLE WOULDN'T TALK ABOUT IT
00:15:54BUT WE DO. MARCO, PLEASE.
00:15:57SEC. MARCO: THANK YOU FOR COMING
00:16:01TO THE STATE DEPARTMENT.
00:16:05[INDISCERNIBLE]
00:16:08PRES. TRUMP: THAT'S A GOOD ONE. I'M TAKING IT WITH ME.
00:16:15SEC. RUBIO: I SHOULDN'T HAVE SAID ANYTHING.
00:16:18THANK YOU FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP ON THIS TOPIC.
00:16:22IT GOES TO THE SURVIVAL OF THE COUNTRY. THANK YOU FOR GIVING IT A PRIORITY.
00:16:25THIS HAS BEEN GOING ON FOR 25 YEARS WALKING AWAY FROM
00:16:28IMPORTANT POSITIONS AND NOW TRYING TO MAKE UP FOR 25 OR 30
00:16:32YEARS OF MISTAKES. WE APPRECIATE YOUR PRESIDENCY
00:16:35VALUING THIS WHEN OTHER PRESIDENTS DID NOT APPEAR THE GROUP OF PEOPLE HERE TODAY
00:16:39REPRESENT THE WHOLE NATION EFFORT THAT'S INVOLVED.
00:16:42AT THE CORE THIS IS OUR INDUSTRIAL STRENGTH BUT ALSO OUR
00:16:45NATIONAL SOVEREIGNTY. THAT WE NEVER DEPEND ON OTHER COUNTRIES FOR THINGS WE NEED TO
00:16:49PROSPER IN TO DEFEND OURSELVES AS A PEOPLE. YOU WILL SEE AS WE POINTED OUT
00:16:53WE HAVE LEADERS NOT ONLY FROM GOVERNMENT BUT INDUSTRIES,
00:16:56STUDENTS WHO WILL BE THE FUTURE OF THIS INDUSTRY.
00:16:59I WANTED TO VERY BRIEFLY TOUCH ON WHAT THE STATE DEPARTMENT HAS DONE.
00:17:04EARLIER THIS YEAR WE HAD A CRITICAL MINERALS -- WE BROUGHT
00:17:07IN COUNTRIES FROM ALL OVER THE WORLD TO ANNOUNCE THE CREATION
00:17:10OF FORGE, AN INTERNATIONAL PARTNERSHIP CHAIRED BY US AND
00:17:13THE UNITED STATES TO LEVERAGE PUBLIC FINANCE AND COORDINATE
00:17:17DIPLOMATIC SUPPORT TO SECURE THE SUPPLY CHAINS AROUND THE WORLD.
00:17:20AT THAT MEETING WE SIGNED 11 NEW
00:17:23CRITICAL MINERALS AGREEMENTS ADDING TO THE ONES THAT ALREADY EXISTED TODAY.
00:17:27UNDER YOUR ADMINISTRATION WE'VE ALREADY SIGNED A 27 CRITICAL
00:17:30MINERAL AGREEMENTS WITH OTHER COUNTRIES. WE ALSO COME UNDER THE
00:17:34LEADERSHIP OF SOMEONE WHO NEEDS TO BE RECOGNIZED, OUR
00:17:37UNDERSECRETARY COME I DON'T KNOW IF JACOB IS HERE, BUT JACOB HAS BEEN PHENOMENAL.
00:17:41HE CAME UP WITH AN INITIATIVE
00:17:44THAT LEADS OUR EFFORT TO PARTNER WITH THE PRIVATE SECTOR AND
00:17:46INVEST IN MINING, REFINING, PROCESSING, AND AT THE END-USE
00:17:51APPLICATIONS OF THAT. THERE IS STILL A LOT OF WORK LEFT TO DO BUT WE AT THE STATE
00:17:54DEPARTMENT ARE WILLING TO UTILIZE OUR UNMATCHED GLOBAL
00:17:57PRESENCE ALL OVER THE WORLD TO ENSURE WE ARE WORKING ON THIS
00:18:00AND WE ARE COMMITTED TO WORKING WITH INDUSTRY, UNIVERSITIES, ALL
00:18:03OF THE ELEMENTS OF OUR NATIONAL POWER TO BRING THIS ABOUT.
00:18:06SO THANK YOU, MR. PRESIDENT, FOR PRIORITIZING THIS.
00:18:10I THINK WE ALL LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING NOT JUST NATIONALLY BUT WITH OUR ALLIES AROUND THE WORLD
00:18:14TO ENSURE THAT WE HAVE SUPPLY CHAINS THAT ARE DIVERSIFIED,
00:18:18RELIABLE, AND NO COUNTRY CAN NEVER HOLD THIS OVER OUR HEAD
00:18:21AND THREATEN US IN THE FUTURE. PRES. TRUMP: THANK YOU, DOING A
00:18:25FANTASTIC JOB. I WILL TELL YOU THAT. DOUG?
00:18:28>> TODAY IS A DAY OF GRATITUDE
00:18:32AND WE ARE GRATEFUL TO HAVE A PRESIDENT WHO UNDERSTANDS THE
00:18:35IMPORTANCE OF THIS INDUSTRY AND
00:18:37OUR FUTURE DEPENDS ON RESTORING AMERICAN MINING.
00:18:40I'M GRATEFUL THAT WE CAN HAVE STUDENTS, EDUCATORS, INDUSTRY
00:18:43LEADERS TOGETHER IN THIS ROOM. FOR THE FIRST TIME, WE THINK, IN
00:18:47THE HISTORY THAT ANY PRESIDENT HAS CALLED THIS GROUP TOGETHER.
00:18:50THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE FOR THIS HISTORIC DAY. IT'S TRUE.
00:18:54THE PRESIDENT HAS SUPPORTED AMERICAN MINING MORE THAN ANY PRESIDENT IN HISTORY.
00:18:57IT'S TRUE WITH THE ANNOUNCEMENTS
00:18:59MADE TODAY HE HAS NOW SUPPORTED MINING EDUCATION MORE THAN ANY
00:19:03OTHER PRESIDENT IN HISTORY. AND WE OWE YOU A LOT FOR THAT, MR. PRESIDENT.
00:19:08AND WHEN HE FIRST TOOK OFFICE YOU DECLARED AN ENERGY EMERGENCY
00:19:11WHICH INCLUDED THE CRITICAL MINERALS AS PART OF THAT.
00:19:16YOU CREATED THE NATIONAL ENERGY DOMINANCE COUNCIL. WE HAVE SOME OF THOSE PARTNERS HERE.
00:19:19WHETHER IT IS MARCO WITH THE 27 BILATERAL AGREEMENTS GOING TO 51
00:19:24COUNTRIES, HOW WORD WITH THE TRADE DEALS AND INVESTMENTS THAT
00:19:27ARE BEING MADE, THE NATIONAL
00:19:30SECURITY COUNCIL, DAVID, EVERYONE WORKING ON SUPPLY
00:19:33CHAINS, JARED DOING ALL OF THIS WORK.
00:19:35IT IS A WHOLE OF GOVERNMENT APPROACH. YOU UNDERSTOOD WE HAD TO TURN
00:19:39THE SHIP AROUND. IT TOOK EVERY AGENCY WORKING
00:19:42TOGETHER AND YOUR LEADERSHIP HAS DRIVEN THAT ACROSS THE U.S.
00:19:46GEOLOGIC SURVEY.
00:19:47WE HAVE THE ASSISTANT SECRETARY
00:19:52FOR WATER AND SCIENCE. GETTING THESE THINGS LIKE THE
00:19:56GEOLOGIC SURVEY BACK TO THEIR CORE MISSION, WHICH IS MAPPING.
00:19:58THE CRITICAL MINERALS LIST COMES OUT OF THE U.S. GEOLOGIC SURVEY.
00:20:02WE EXPANDED THAT TO 60 CRITICAL MINERALS AND FOR THE FIRST TIME WE PUT COAL BACK ON THAT LIST
00:20:06BECAUSE THAT IS SUCH AN IMPORTANT PART OF MINING.
00:20:10YOU KNOW, PRESIDENT TRUMP, EVERYONE IN YOUR ADMINISTRATION
00:20:13IS CUTTING RED TAPE, ACCELERATING PERMITTING, BUT
00:20:16PERMITTING DOES NOT BUILD
00:20:19MINES, PEOPLE DO.
00:20:22THAT IS WHY INVESTMENTS ARE REIMAGINING THE WORKFORCE AND
00:20:27SUPPORTING THESE INSTITUTIONS. AMERICA IS ESTIMATED TO GRADUATE
00:20:30MORE THAN 30,000 LAWYERS PER YEAR. YOU HEARD THE PRESIDENT SAY LESS
00:20:35THAN 200 MINING AND METALLURGICAL DEGREE STUDENTS.
00:20:37THAT HAS TO CHANGE WITH 100 MILLION DOLLAR HISTORIC
00:20:40INVESTMENT AND THE OTHER INVESTMENTS ANNOUNCED TODAY.
00:20:44THE ANTICIPATION AND CHALLENGE TO THOSE 14 SCHOOLS TODAY IS TO DOUBLE OR TRIPLE THE NUMBER OF
00:20:48GRADUATES IN THE NEXT TWO YEARS.
00:20:50AND, AGAIN, PRESIDENT TRUMP,
00:20:54EVEN THOUGH THOSE ARE ALL AMAZING THINGS, THE MOST
00:20:57IMPORTANT THING YOU'VE DONE IS RESTORED AMERICA'S BELIEF THAT
00:20:59WE CAN DO BIG, BOLD, HARD THINGS AGAIN.
00:21:03WHEN YOU WERE CAMPAIGNING, YOU TALKED ABOUT DRILL, BABY, DRILL.
00:21:07SOME PEOPLE SCOFFED AT THAT. BUT UNDER THAT VISION OF ENERGY
00:21:11ABUNDANCE, AMERICA NOW, NUMBER ONE OIL PRODUCER, NUMBER ONE
00:21:15NATURAL GAS PRODUCER, NUMBER ONE LNG EXPORTER.
00:21:18ALL OF THAT IN 18 MONTHS. THIS INDUSTRY IS POISED TO DO
00:21:22EXACTLY THE SAME THING, REVIVE ITSELF AND BECOME A WORLD LEADER.
00:21:25IT WILL BE POWERED BY THE NEXT GENERATION OF AMERICAN ALTAR
00:21:29NEWARK -- AMERICAN ENTREPRENEURS, GEOLOGISTS, AND
00:21:33SKILLED MINORS. THIS GROUP IS HERE.
00:21:36YOU HAVE PROVED THAT WE CAN DRILL, BABY, DRILL.
00:21:39THIS GROUP IS HERE TO
00:21:42PROVE THAT WE CAN MINE, BABY
00:21:46MINE.
00:21:48WE ARE GOING TO MAP, BABY, MAP
00:21:50AND PUT AMERICAN MINING BACK ON THE MAP.
00:21:54PRES. TRUMP: MORE OIL, A LOT
00:22:00OF OIL. WE DO WITH THAT, EVEN INCLUDING
00:22:04VENEZUELA, WE ARE DOING MORE OIL THAN RUSSIA AND SAUDI ARABIA COMBINED.
00:22:08ISN'T THAT SOMETHING? THAT'S A BIG DIFFERENCE. HOWARD?
00:22:12PLEASE. >> CRITICAL MINERALS MORE THAN
00:22:16AN ECONOMIC ISSUE OUR NATIONAL SECURITY ISSUE.
00:22:18IF WE WANT TO LEAD IN ADVANCED
00:22:22MANUFACTURING, AI, ENERGY DEFENSE, WE CAN'T DEPEND ON OUR
00:22:25FOREIGN ADVERSARIES FOR THE MATERIALS THAT UNDERPIN OUR INDUSTRIES.
00:22:29WE JUST CAN'T.
00:22:31THAT'S WHY THE PRESIDENT CAST US TO REBUILD THE SUPPLY CHAIN AND
00:22:34MAKE IT A TOP PRIORITY IN HIS ADMINISTRATION AND MY
00:22:38DEPARTMENT. OUR OBJECTIVE IS VERY SIMPLE.
00:22:40WE ARE GOING TO MINE HERE,
00:22:43PROCESS HERE, REFINE HERE, MANUFACTURER HERE, AND CREATE
00:22:47THOSE AMERICAN JOBS RIGHT HERE.
00:22:51SECTION 232 TARIFFS, WHERE WE
00:22:54STRENGTHENED OUR STEEL, ALUMINUM, AND COPPER INDUSTRIES,
00:22:56AND LET'S TALK ABOUT WITH THAT HAS CREATED.
00:23:00I WENT DOWN TO VISIT HIS ALUMINUM SMELTER.
00:23:04AND HE IS BUILDING THE ONE IN OKLAHOMA.
00:23:07HE IS DOING THE ONE IN OKLAHOMA
00:23:09WHERE HE WILL DOUBLE THE ALUMINUM PRODUCTION BY THE UNITED STATES.
00:23:13THAT'S PRETTY AMAZING. AND OF COURSE WE ARE DOING STEEL IN ALABAMA.
00:23:17THESE ARE THE FIRST TYPES OF
00:23:21SMELTERS AND FURNACES THAT AMERICA HAS HAD IN 40 OR 50 YEARS.
00:23:25IT IS ONLY BECAUSE OF YOUR LEADERSHIP AND 232 TARIFFS WHICH
00:23:29YOU HAVE BEEN DRIVING.
00:23:31THE CHIPS PROGRAM -- WE GAVE
00:23:37TO BUILD A SMELTER IN THE UNITED
00:23:43STATES. VULCAN, HERE TO BUILD IN THE UNITED STATES.
00:23:47ROBERT SITTING NEXT TO ME, WE INVESTED IN HIGH-TECH MINING
00:23:52COMPANIES TO CHANGE THE WAY THAT MINING IS DONE. SO WE HAVE AN INVESTMENT WITH HIM.
00:23:56OF COURSE THE GOAL IS NOT JUST MORE MINERALS.
00:23:59IT IS THE FULL INDUSTRIAL SUPPLY CHAIN ON AMERICAN SOIL.
00:24:02YOU HAVE TO REMEMBER, WE LOST CRITICAL MINERALS NOT BECAUSE OF
00:24:07FREE MARKETS. BECAUSE OF FOREIGN SUBSIDIES,
00:24:11MARKET DISTORTION, EXPORT RESTRICTIONS, STOCKPILING.
00:24:14THESE ADVERSARIES HAVE JUST CHEATED THEIR WAY TO MARKET
00:24:17STRENGTH, AND WE ARE BACK, WE ARE FIGHTING IT.
00:24:20WE ARE NOT GOING TO ACCEPT THE DEPENDENCE ON FOREIGN SUPPLIES.
00:24:23WE ARE JUST NOT. THAT IS WHY WE ARE WORKING
00:24:26ACROSS THE WORLD AS MARCO POINTED OUT TO EXPAND OUR GLOBAL
00:24:29ALLIES AND MAKE SURE WE ARE DOING IT TOGETHER.
00:24:32WE WILL SECURE RELIABLE SUPPLY. WE WILL STRENGTHEN OUR GLOBAL PARTNERSHIPS.
00:24:36WE WILL BACK AMERICAN COMPANIES. WE WILL MAKE SURE THE UNITED
00:24:40STATES, NOT OUR ADVERSARIES,
00:24:45CONTROL THE SUPPLY CHAINS OF POWER AND CRITICAL MINERALS FOR OUR COUNTRY AND OUR FUTURE.
00:24:49THE BOTTOM LINE, WE NEED TO CONTROL OUR SUPPLY CHAIN.
00:24:53AND UNDER YOUR LEADERSHIP WE ARE EXECUTING ON THAT. AND IT IS COMING.
00:24:57WE WILL MINE, PROCESS, REFINE
00:24:59RIGHT HERE IN AMERICA UNDER THE TRUMP PRESIDENCY.
00:25:02PRES. TRUMP: THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
00:25:06WHERE IS GRAY?
00:25:07>> HERE, SIR.
00:25:11MR. PRESIDENT THIS IS A HISTORIC INVESTMENT IN AMERICAN MINING AND ENGINEERING SCHOOLS AND WE
00:25:15ARE REALLY GRATEFUL. I WANTED TO SAY THANK YOU FOR WHAT YOU'VE ALREADY DONE TOWARDS
00:25:19ACCELERATING PERMITTING FOR MINING IN THE UNITED STATES.
00:25:23IT HAS REALLY BEEN UNBELIEVABLE. YOU HAVE CREATED PATHWAYS FOR
00:25:27INDUSTRY. NOW, IN ORDER TO ACHIEVE AMERICAN MINERAL DOMINANCE, WE
00:25:30NEED TECHNOLOGY AND TALENT. YOUR AMERICAN MINING SCHOOLS ARE VERY GOOD TO GET TO WORK.
00:25:34THANK YOU. PRES. TRUMP: THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU.
00:25:38>> THANK YOU, MR. PRESIDENT, FOR
00:25:42YOUR LEADERSHIP. THE MESSAGE OF THE DAY IS WE NEED TO MINE, REFINE, AND MAKE
00:25:46THINGS IN AMERICA. I'M PLEASED TO REPORT TO YOU THAT BECAUSE THIS HAS BEEN A
00:25:50CALL TO ACTION FROM YOU FOR A
00:25:53LONG TIME, TO MAKE MAGNETS, I'M PLEASED TO SHOW YOU, THESE ARE
00:25:57MAGNETS THAT WE MADE AT MP FOR
00:26:02GM.
00:26:02THESE WERE MINED AND REFINED IN
00:26:08CALIFORNIA AND MADE IN THE STATE OF TEXAS. 100% AMERICAN MADE.
00:26:11THANKS TO YOUR LEADERSHIP WE ARE
00:26:14SCALING UP THAT FACILITY AND WILL TRIPLE THE CAPACITY.
00:26:17WE ARE DELIVERING MAGNETS TO GM TODAY. NEXT YEAR WE WILL DELIVER MAGNET
00:26:22X TO APPLE THEN 10 X OUR
00:26:26CAPACITY AS A RESULT OF OUR PUBLIC, PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP.
00:26:29WE WILL INCREASE CAPACITY FOR AMERICAN INDUSTRY WHICH COME AS
00:26:33YOU MENTIONED EARLIER, IS GOING
00:26:33TO BE -- THE AMERICAN TAXPAYER
00:26:38HAS ALREADY BENEFITED, IT WILL BE GREAT FOR NATIONAL SECURITY,
00:26:41IT WILL BE A WIN-WIN-WIN, SIR.
00:26:46A COUPLE THOUSAND JOBS, WE ARE MAKING A LOT OF PROGRESS THANKS YEAR LEADERSHIP.
00:26:50PRES. TRUMP: THANK YOU, GREAT JOB.
00:26:53THAT SO IMPORTANT WHAT YOU ARE DOING. VERY, VERY IMPORTANT.
00:26:57WHAT I WOULD BE LOOKING AT IF I WAS IN YOUR WORLD. PRES. TRUMP: THANK YOU.
00:27:02PAUL JOHNSON.
00:27:03>> WE ARE THE NUMBER ONE RANK
00:27:09PROGRAM IN THE WORLD. WE ARE THE LARGEST PROGRAM IN THE UNITED STATES.
00:27:12AND WE ARE VERY, VERY EXCITED ABOUT THE INVESTMENTS THAT YOU ARE MAKING.
00:27:16IT'S PRETTY HARD TO GO ANYWHERE IN THE WORLD AND NOT RUN ACROSS
00:27:18ANYONE WITHOUT A MINES EXPERT.
00:27:24OVER 200 WILL BE MOVING TO THE
00:27:26MINES CAMPUS AND WE LOOK FORWARD
00:27:29TO WELCOMING THEIR FOR THAT CEREMONY. THANK YOU FOR THE INVESTMENT IN MINING SCHOOLS.
00:27:40OUR EXPERTISE HAS ATROPHIED OVER TIME, PARTICULARLY IN THE PROCESSING SPACE. THIS INVESTMENT WILL MAKE A BIG DIFFERENCE.
00:27:44WHILE THE MAJORITY OF PROGRAMS HAVE SHRUNK OVER TIME WE HAVE GROWN OVER THE LAST TWO YEARS.
00:27:51I ATTRIBUTE THAT GROWTH TO YOU AND YOUR ADMINISTRATION'S HIGHLIGHTING OF CRITICAL
00:27:55MINERALS IN THE PRESS AND THE
00:28:00TEAM WORKING THROUGH YOU, INTERIOR, ENERGY, OTHER FOLKS.
00:28:04IT HAS REALLY MADE FAMILIES FEEL
00:28:08LIKE THIS IS A FIELD THEIR CHILDREN CAN GO INTO.
00:28:10THAT IS THE START OF GETTING
00:28:14THINGS. THE INVESTMENT YOU JUST
00:28:17ANNOUNCED IN MINES, OUR COMMERCIALIZATION.
00:28:21I'VE HAD A DREAM OF HAVING A FACILITY, 50 THOUSAND
00:28:24SQUARE-FOOT FACILITY THAT COULD BE DEDICATED TO TECHNOLOGY, TO
00:28:29GET FROM IDEAS TO PILOT SCALE TO COMMERCIALIZATION IN A VERY
00:28:32QUICK PERIOD OF TIME. YOUR INVESTMENT IN US IN DOING THAT WILL ENABLE US TO BE ABLE
00:28:36TO DO THAT. WE ARE UP FOR THE CHALLENGE.
00:28:38WE ARE EXCITED FOR IT. WE WERE DOING A HAPPY DANCE
00:28:42EARLIER WHEN WE HEARD YOUR ANNOUNCEMENT. AND REALLY LOOK FORWARD TO DOING
00:28:46WHAT WE CAN FOR THE COUNTRY. THANK YOU. PRES. TRUMP: THANK YOU, GOOD JOB.
00:28:50>> MR. PRESIDENT, YOU HAVE
00:28:54BROUGHT MINING BACK TO AMERICA, SINGLE-HANDEDLY.
00:28:57YOU AND YOUR ADMINISTRATION. I JUST WANTED TO THANK YOU FOR YOUR ENDURING SUPPORT.
00:29:01I HAVE RUN RESOLUTION COPPER, ONE OF THE LARGEST UNDEVELOPED
00:29:05COPPER DEPOSITS IN THE WORLD. IT IS IN A FORGOTTEN PART OF
00:29:09ARIZONA CALLED THE COPPER CORRIDOR.
00:29:12WE HAVE ALREADY INVESTED $3
00:29:14BILLION SO WE ARE READY TO GO.
00:29:17WE STARTED PERMITTING IN 2005. IF IT WERE NOT FOR YOUR
00:29:21ADMINISTRATION THAT FINALLY GOT IT OVER THE LINE THIS YEAR,
00:29:24EARLIER THIS YEAR -- SO, WE HAVE
00:29:274000 PEOPLE WHO WORK IN OUR FACILITY. 4000 MINERS.
00:29:30WE HOPE TO WORK WITH THE MINING SCHOOLS AND HIRE MANY OF THE
00:29:33STUDENTS WHO WILL BE GRADUATING.
00:29:36$1 BILLION EVERY YEAR FOR 60 YEARS INVESTED INTO THE ECONOMY.
00:29:39WE ALSO HAVE A SMELTER. I THINK THAT IS THE THING THAT MAKES IT UNIQUE.
00:29:44WE CAN KEEP EVERYTHING IN THE UNITED STATES.
00:29:46AND A HOST OF CRITICAL MINERAL COPRODUCTS AS WELL. THANK YOU.
00:29:50ON BEHALF OF OF THE HUNDREDS OF
00:29:54UNDERGROUND MINERS WHO ARE FABULOUS WHO RUN THE LINE TODAY, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
00:29:58WE ARE ROLLING IN DRILL RIGS AND EQUIPMENT.
00:30:01WE ARE GETTING ON WITH IT. PRES. TRUMP: GOOD LUCK.
00:30:04YOU DON'T NEED TOO MUCH LUCK. TOM, DAVID. GO AHEAD, PLEASE.
00:30:08>> MR. PRESIDENT, I AM VERY,
00:30:13VERY PROUD OF OUR ALUMNI OF THE
00:30:16UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA, FAIRBANKS, SCHOOL OF MINES.
00:30:19ON BEHALF OF THE FACULTY AND STUDENTS I'M THRILLED WITH ALL
00:30:22OF YOUR ANNOUNCEMENTS TODAY. WE HAVE ALL BEEN FRUSTRATED OVER
00:30:26DECADES. YOU ARE MAKING SOMETHING HAPPEN.
00:30:30I REALLY APPRECIATE THAT. MY FIRST MINING JOB AS IN ALASKA
00:30:34STAKING THE CLAIMS. WE WERE IN A RUSH THEN.
00:30:37THIS IS 1970 FIVE. 1976.
00:30:40THANK YOU FOR BREAKING THAT LOGJAM.
00:30:44I PRESENTED TO YOU A GIFT TO THE AMERICAN PEOPLE ON A PROJECT
00:30:48THAT I'VE BEEN VERY INVOLVED WITH. DEEP SEA NODULES.
00:30:51LIKE YOU, I'M A FAN OF GOLD AND
00:30:54THIS IS A SOLID GOLD REPLICA OF A DEEP-SEA NODULE.
00:30:58I WISH THE NODULES IN THE DEEP-SEA HAD A LOT OF GOLD IN THEM.
00:31:01IT WOULD MAKE THEM MORE ATTRACTIVE.
00:31:03BUT THEY DO CONTAIN 20 CRITICAL
00:31:06MINERALS AND THESE ARE 20 CRITICAL METALS THAT WILL BE NEEDED FOR THE
00:31:10RE-INDUSTRIALIZATION OF AMERICA, NEEDED FOR DEFENSE PURPOSES,
00:31:13NEEDED FOR ALL OF THE TECHNOLOGIES THAT WE ARE RELYING
00:31:16ON. EVERY SINGLE CITIZEN OF THE UNITED STATES TAKES IT FOR GRANTED.
00:31:20THAT SHOULD BE A KEY PART OF THE SUPPLY CHAIN AND THAT IS WHAT MINING CAN DO.
00:31:25THANK YOU VERY MUCH. PRES. TRUMP: WHERE IS THE GOLD? COME ON.
00:31:29I WANT THE GOLD. LET ME SEE WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE. IT SHOULD BE VERY HEAVY.
00:31:33>> THE GOLD IS MORE FUN. PRES. TRUMP: LET ME SEE.
00:31:39>> AND IT'S REAL.
00:31:42PRES. TRUMP: IT'S FANTASTIC.
00:31:45I LIKE THAT TOO. THIS IS SO VALUABLE.
00:31:50YOU HAVE A LOT OF COMPETITION, I HOPE?
00:31:54PEOPLE HAVE NO IDEA HOW VALUABLE IT IS. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. PLEASE.
00:31:58>> SOMEONE WHO JOINED THE TRUMP
00:32:03ADMINISTRATION FROM THE MINING INDUSTRY, I WANT TO SAY
00:32:06ABSOLUTELY NOBODY SUPPORTS OUR INDUSTRY MORE THAN PRESIDENT TRUMP.
00:32:09FOR DECADES WE FELT IGNORED BY
00:32:11WASHINGTON AND WE HAVE SEEN OUR
00:32:13INDUSTRY OUTSOURCED TO OUR GEOPOLITICAL COMPETITORS. I'M GLAD TO WORK FOR YOU BECAUSE
00:32:17YOU UNDERSTAND THIS INDUSTRY IS FOUNDATIONAL TO OUR ECONOMIC AND NATIONAL SECURITY.
00:32:21THANK YOU FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP ON THESE ISSUES. I KNOW FROM ALL OF US IN
00:32:24INDUSTRY WE ARE COMMITTED TO BUILDING THE WORLD'S BEST MINING
00:32:28SECTOR IN THE UNITED STATES AND REESTABLISHING AMERICAN METAL DOMINANCE.
00:32:32PRES. TRUMP: THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MY FRIEND.
00:32:34>> THE MINING INDUSTRY HAS NO
00:32:38GREATER FRIEND THAN PRESIDENT TRUMP. OBVIOUSLY, EVERYONE KNOWS HE IS
00:32:42THE GREATEST DEALMAKER IN THE WORLD BUT WHAT HE'S DOING YOUR TODAY IS BIGGER THAN ANY DEAL,
00:32:45ONE DEAL, OR TWO DEALS. THIS IS GENERATIONAL.
00:32:49HE IS FOCUSING ON THE NEXT
00:32:49GENERATION OF MINERS
00:32:55SOMETHING THAT HAS NEVER BEEN DONE BEFORE BY PRESIDENT OF
00:32:59THE UNITED STATES, YOU WILL CHANGE THE NEXT GENERATION OF MINING IN AMERICA, AND HE IS
00:33:02MAKING AMERICA AT THE CENTER OF ENERGY DOMINANCE FOR THE WORLD. THANK YOU, MR. PRESIDENT.
00:33:06PRES. TRUMP: WOULD YOU LIKE TO
00:33:09SAY ANYTHING, FELLAS? GOOD LOOKING GUYS HERE.
00:33:12>> MR. PRESIDENT, THIS IS A
00:33:17TRULY HISTORIC OCCASION TO BRING AMERICA BACK TO THE LEADERSHIP OF MINING, WHICH BUILT THIS
00:33:20BUILDING AND BUILT THIS COUNTRY.
00:33:21WE HAVE BEEN SLEEPWALKING
00:33:26THROUGH MANY ADMINISTRATIONS AND THIS IS A REVOLUTION THAT WILL
00:33:30ELECTRIFY THE MILLIONS OF PEOPLE IN THE UNITED STATES WHO
00:33:33UNDERSTAND THAT EVERYTHING YOU
00:33:35TOUCH WE EITHER MINED IT OR GREW
00:33:41IT AGRICULTURALLY. THE FARMERS NEED EVERYTHING THE MINERS PRODUCED TO HELP THEM FARM.
00:33:45THIS IS CRITICAL TO OUR NATIONAL SECURITY. WE ARE ELATED WITH YOUR SUPPORT
00:33:48AND WE WILL USE YANKEE INGENUITY
00:33:51TO PROVE THAT WE CAN DOMINATE THE SUPPLY CHAIN AGAIN RATHER
00:33:54THAN HAVE THAT USED BY OTHER NATIONS AGAINST US.
00:33:58THANK YOU FOR THAT. PRES. TRUMP: YOU USED THE WORD SLEEPWALKING.
00:34:02THAT IS WHAT OUR COUNTRY WAS DOING WITH RESPECT TO MINING AND
00:34:05MANY OTHER THINGS, BY THE WAY. SLEEPWALKING IS A GREAT WORD. THANK YOU.
00:34:09>> YEAH.
00:34:12IT IS AN HONOR TO BE HERE. IT IS SO EXCITING TO SEE THIS
00:34:16ATTENTION. I WILL SAY, THANK YOU FOR YOUR
00:34:19ATTENTION TO THIS MATTER, AS YOU LIKE TO END YOUR POSTS.
00:34:24IT'S AWESOME, WE ARE HERE, AND READY TO GO. SO, THANK YOU.
00:34:28[APPLAUSE]
00:34:29PRES. TRUMP: WELL, I JUST WANT
00:34:32TO THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THIS IS AN HONOR FOR ME TOO TO BE HERE.
00:34:36I LOVE WHAT YOU DO. DOUG MADE A TERRIBLE MISTAKE
00:34:40BEFORE WHAT HE SAID CALL. I SAID YOU ALWAYS HAVE TO
00:34:44PROCEED IT BY SAYING A BEAUTIFUL
00:34:50CALL. HE MADE A SPEECH AND IT WAS A GREAT SPEECH BUT HE TOOK ME OUT THE WORD.
00:34:53HE SAID, CLEAN, BEAUTIFUL CALL.
00:34:56HE MENTIONED A CALL ABOUT 40 TIMES AND HE KEPT SAYING CLEAN,
00:34:59BEAUTIFUL -- THAT'S ENOUGH. BUT IT IS.
00:35:02A LITTLE PUBLIC RELATIONS HELP. IT DOESN'T MEAN SO MUCH ANYMORE.
00:35:06WE ARE PRODUCING MORE COAL NOW THAT JUST ABOUT EVER BEFORE.
00:35:10IT IS FIRING UP OUR GREAT PLANS TO DO CERTAIN TYPES OF PLANTS. THERE'S NOTHING LIKE IT.
00:35:14WE WERE OUT OF THAT BUSINESS. IF YOU WOULD'VE SEEN THE PEOPLE
00:35:18SUFFER -- AND SOME OF YOU WEAR THOSE PEOPLE. SOME OF YOU WHERE THE PEOPLE.
00:35:25GREAT BIG COAL DEPOSITS, AND YOU CAN TOUCH THEM. IF YOU TOUCH THEM YOU WERE A BAD
00:35:29PERSON AND THEY PUT YOU IN JAIL.
00:35:32IT WAS THE CRAZIEST THING I'VE EVER SEEN. CHINA IS SMART AND THEY ARE USING COLE.
00:35:3658 COAL PLANTS THEY ARE BUILDING RIGHT NOW, GENERATING PLANTS,
00:35:39ALL COAL.
00:35:43NOT TOO MUCH WIND. THEY SELL LESS WIND TURBINES BUT THEY DON'T USED TO MANY OF THEM
00:35:46BECAUSE THEY ARE SMART. THEY SELL THEM BUT THEY DON'T USE THEM.
00:35:49THEY HAVE ONE THAT'S PRETTY BIG. DOES IT WORK?
00:35:52IT IS JUST FOR PURPOSES OF SHOW. WHEN THEY GO LOOK AT A TURBINE
00:35:55THEY SAY HERE WE ARE, BUT THEY NEVER WORK. IT'S CRAZY.
00:36:00CLEAN, BEAUTIFUL CALL IS SOMETHING SPECIAL, ALL VERY
00:36:04SPECIAL AND WE ARE BACK IN THE MINING BUSINESS. VERY PROUD OF THE COUNTRY.
00:36:07I'M VERY PROUD OF WHAT YOU DO.
00:36:10YOU REALLY DO -- PEOPLE WALKING IN, THESE ARE THE PEOPLE THAT
00:36:13REALLY BUILT AMERICA.
00:36:16AND YOU ARE NOT TREATED PROPERLY, BUT WE ARE MAKING UP FOR LOST TIME.
00:36:20YOU'RE BEING TREATED VERY PROPERLY RIGHT NOW, SO I JUST
00:36:23WANT TO THANK EVERYONE ALREADY. A GREAT HONOR TO BE WITH YOU.
00:36:27CONGRATULATIONS. [APPLAUSE]
00:36:32[♪ "HAIL TO THE CHIEF" PLAYING ♪
00:36:38]
00:37:07>> C-SPAN'S "WASHINGTON
00:37:10JOURNAL," OUR LIVE FOR THEM INVITING YOU TO DISCUSS THE
00:37:14LATEST ISSUES IN GOVERNMENT, POLITICS, AND PUBLIC POLICY FROM
00:37:18WASHINGTON ACROSS THE COUNTRY.
00:37:21SATURDAY MORNING, WE WILL TALK ABOUT THE JULY JOBS REPORT AND
00:37:23U.S. ECONOMIC CONDITIONS.
00:37:26ALSO WE DISCUSSED THE STATE OF
00:37:29THE ISRAEL-HAMAS CONFLICT IN THE MIDDLE EAST.
00:37:34AND THE CEO OF BLUE STAR
00:37:38FAMILIES DISCUSSES CHALLENGES FACING MILITARY FAMILIES.
00:37:43JOIN IN THE CONVERSATION LIVE AT 7:00 EASTERN SATURDAY MORNING ON
00:37:47C-SPAN, C-SPAN NOW, OUR FREE
00:37:52MOBILE APP, OR ONLINE AT
00:37:57C-SPAN.ORG. >> FORMER VICE PRESIDENT KAMALA WAS IN NEW ORLEANS TO SPEAK WITH
00:37:59PUTIN'S AT THE START OF THEIR NEW SCHOOL YEAR.
00:38:02UP NEXT, WE HEAR A DISCUSSION
00:38:04WITH THE FORMER VICE PRESIDENT WHO ENCOURAGES STUDENTS TO BE
00:38:08THEMSELVES AND TALKS ABOUT HER OWN UPBRINGING.
00:38:13LET ME JUST TELL YOU -- >> LET ME JUST TELL YOU. ONE OF THE REASONS I'M HERE.
00:38:23MS. HARRIS: LET ME JUST TELL YOU, ONE OF THE REASONS I'M HERE
00:38:27-- THE MAIN REASON I'M HERE, IS
00:38:29BECAUSE I HAVE BEEN HEARING ABOUT YOU SCHOLARS, AND I HAVE
00:38:34BEEN HEARING ABOUT HOW SMART YOU
00:38:35ARE AND HOW AMBITIOUS YOU ARE
00:38:38AND HOW HARD YOU WORK AND HOW
00:38:41MUCH YOU CARE, AND HOW
00:38:44COURAGEOUS YOU ARE, AND HOW YOU
00:38:46ARE COMMITTED TO MAKING SURE
00:38:50THINGS DO NOT JUST HAPPEN TO
00:38:51YOU, BUT YOU CHART THE FUTURE OF
00:38:56OUR COUNTRY. I CAME HERE THIS AFTERNOON TO
00:38:59VISIT WITH YOU BECAUSE I JUST WANTED TO BE WITH YOU TO THANK
00:39:03YOU FOR ALL THAT YOU DO TO HELP YOUR COUNTRY BE A BETTER PLACE.
00:39:31[CHEERING AND APPLAUSE]
00:39:34SO, SO, PART OF WHAT I HAVE BEEN UP TO --
00:39:38>> ALL RIGHT. ALL RIGHT.
00:39:42WE HAVE TO MAKE IT THROUGH PART OF THE INTERVIEW. SO LET'S HEAR FROM THE VICE PRESIDENT.
00:39:44>> SO, I LOVE ALL OF YOU.
00:39:48LET ME TELL YOU. SO, WHAT I'VE BEEN UP TO --
00:39:51I'VE BEEN, YOU KNOW,
00:39:56I'VE BEEN TRAVELING A LOT. I