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00:01:30I HAVE BUILT A LOT OF GREAT THINGS. THERE WILL NEVER BE ANYTHING LIKE THIS BUILT.
00:01:35WHAT WE HAVE IS THE ROOF IS DEAD
00:01:38FLAT WITH ABSOLUTELY NOTHING.
00:01:41VERY STRONG STEEL. IT IS DRONE PROOF AND MEANT FOR
00:01:45OUR MILITARY TO BE ABLE TO STAY
00:01:49ON. ALSO FOR THE DRONE BUILDING
00:01:52CAPACITY, SOME OF THAT TAKES PLACE RIGHT DOWN HERE.
00:01:56YOU CAN SEE THE VERY LARGE
00:01:58PIPING, OTHER THINGS, VERY COMPLEX BUILDING.
00:02:03THE ROOF GOES WITH THE GROUND FLOOR, THE GROUND FLOOR GOES WITH THE ROOF.
00:02:08THE ROOF ALSO GOES DOWN INTO THE BASEMENT.
00:02:11EVERYTHING IS CONNECTED, INTERTWINED, ELEVATORS, HEATING,
00:02:15AIR CONDITIONING, ONE BUILDING. THAT IS WHY WE ARE TRYING TO
00:02:20EXPLAIN THAT. THIS IS ALL ONE WELL THAT BUILDING.
00:02:23ONE DOES NOT WORK WITHOUT THE OTHER.
00:02:27VERY IMPORTANTLY, THE BEAUTY, PROBABLY THE CLOSEST THING TO
00:02:30THIS WOULD BE THE U.S. SUPREME COURT, THE FACADE OF THE U.S. SUPREME COURT.
00:02:37HERE ARE A COUPLE OF THINGS THAT YOU CAN LOOK AT.
00:02:41HOW ARE YOU?
00:02:45THERE WILL NEVER BE A THING LIKE THIS I DON'T BELIEVE BUILT FROM A COST STANDPOINT.
00:02:50THIS IS ALL MY MONEY AND DONOR'S
00:02:54MONEY, THIS IS TAX-FREE. EVERYONE TALKING ABOUT THEY ARE
00:02:57GOING TO GIVE MONEY. THE MONEY THEY ARE GOING TO GIVE
00:03:00IS REALLY FOR THE SECURITY OF
00:03:02THAT AND THE WHOLE WHITE HOUSE PREMISE.
00:03:05YOU PROBABLY NEED THAT NOW. WE HAVE DONE THE FENCING ON THE
00:03:09OUTSIDE OF THE WHITE HOUSE, TITANIUM.
00:03:12THE BLACK FENCING. THAT WAS JUST DONE RECENTLY.
00:03:16IT WAS APPROVED ORIGINALLY BY ME, COMPLETED, VERY POWERFUL.
00:03:22A BULLDOZER CANNOT KNOCK IT OVER.
00:03:24IT GOES DOWN DEEP AND IT'S TITANIUM, WHICH IS THE STRONGEST
00:03:28OF ALL THE METALS A MUCH STRONGER THAN STEEL AS AN EXAMPLE.
00:03:33THE BALLROOM WILL BE A
00:03:36TREMENDOUS THING. AS AN EXAMPLE, WHAT HAPPENED A
00:03:40COUPLE WEEKS AGO AT THE WHITE HOUSE CORRESPONDENTS' DINNER COULDN'T HAPPEN HERE.
00:03:44ONE THING WE HAVE COME WE DON'T HAVE PEOPLE LIVING ABOVE IT.
00:03:48THEY HAVE 1000 UNITS ABOVE IT WITH THE ELEVATOR COMING
00:03:50STRAIGHT DOWN RIGHT WHERE THE CONVENTION OR WHATEVER IT MAY BE
00:03:54IS.
00:03:57THIS IS A ROOM THAT HAS BEEN WANTED FOR 150 YEARS BY
00:04:01PRESIDENTS.
00:04:04WE HAVE NO ROOM TO HAVE AN EVENT. THE ONLY WAY YOU CAN HAVE AN
00:04:08EVENT IS TO BUILD A TENT ON THE LAWN.
00:04:10IF IT RAINS HERE, BECAUSE IT IS BUILT ON WETLANDS, THE LAWN IS
00:04:15IMPOSSIBLE TO DEAL WITH.
00:04:17THE WATER GOES OVER EVERYONE'S SHOES. LITERALLY OVER THE SHOES.
00:04:22THEY HAVE HAD A LOT OF CATASTROPHES WITH THAT. IF YOU TAKE A LOOK AT THIS
00:04:27SECTION, THIS IS THE DIFFERENT FACADE.
00:04:37THIS MORE OR LESS COMES OUT OF GREECE. THIS IS THE ULTIMATE FACADE FROM
00:04:41GREECE. THIS FACES THE TREASURY BUILDING.
00:04:44THIS IS A DIFFERENT FACADE. THAT IS WRONG.
00:04:51THE WASHINGTON MONUMENT, THE LINCOLN MEMORIAL, ETC..
00:04:53YOU HAVE TWO FACADES.
00:04:57PRIMARILY HAVE TO TWO ENTRANCES HERE AND HERE.
00:05:01PRIMARY ENTRANCE IS DIRECTLY THROUGH THE WHITE HOUSE. IT IS REALLY SOMETHING.
00:05:05I THINK YOU CAN SEE THE COMPLEXITY.
00:05:08ALL OF THESE COLUMNS GO DIRECTLY UP TO THE ROOF.
00:05:11THE ROOF IS A BARRIER, SHIELD.
00:05:14IT IS MADE OUT OF, THE SIDE
00:05:17WALLS ARE STEEL, IMPENETRABLE
00:05:19STEEL AND ALSO IMPENETRABLE GLASS.
00:05:22THE GLASS IS APPROXIMATELY FOUR INCHES THICK.
00:05:26YET, IT'S AMAZING, YOU CAN SEE THROUGH IT, AS IF IT DIDN'T EXIST.
00:05:31AND IT CAN STOP JUST ABOUT
00:05:34ANYTHING, JUST ABOUT ANYTHING. ON THE OTHER CLASS, WE HAVE
00:05:37STEEL AND CONCRETE.
00:05:41THE GLASS IS VERY POWER
00:05:46FUL, AND WHAT IS HOLDING THE GLASS IS EQUALLY AS POWERFUL.
00:05:50ALL OF THESE COLUMNS GO DIRECTLY RIGHT TO THE ROOF OF THE
00:05:54BUILDING. AGAIN, WE CALL IT A DRONE PORT.
00:05:57IT IS SET UP FOR UNLIMITED NUMBERS OF DRONES.
00:06:01PURPOSELY, WE DON'T HAVE ANY AIR CONDITIONING EQUIPMENT UP THERE
00:06:04BECAUSE WE DON'T WANT ANYTHING
00:06:06COMING DOWN THROUGH THE PIPES. NORMALLY YOU HAVE A LOT OF
00:06:10AIR-CONDITIONING EQUIPMENT ON THE ROOF.
00:06:11WE BUILT IT ALL INSIDE THE CASE
00:06:14OF THE BUILDING BECAUSE WE DON'T WANT TO HAVE ANYTHING HAVING TO
00:06:18DO WITH AIR OR AIR QUALITY OR
00:06:19ANY PROBLEMS WITH THE AIR.
00:06:23YOU WILL NOTICE IT IS A DEAD FLAT ROOF WITH NO EQUIPMENT ON
00:06:27IT. ALL THE EQUIPMENT IS INSIDE OF THE BUILDING.
00:06:31THAT IS FOR SAFETY REASONS. NORMALLY YOU DO A LOT LESS
00:06:35EXPENSIVE, YOU DO IT A DIFFERENT WAY.
00:06:37SO ALL OF THIS WAS PAID FOR BY
00:06:40MYSELF BECAUSE I KEEP ON HEARING -- WE ARE MAKING A GIFT OF THIS.
00:06:44THIS IS NOT GOING TO BE PAID FOR BY THE TAXPAYER.
00:06:48WE HAVE A JUDGE WHO THINKS IT'S A TERRIBLE THING THAT WE ARE
00:06:52MAKING A GIFT. HE SAID IT'S TERRIBLE WE ARE MAKING A GIFT.
00:06:55IT SHOULD BE PAID FOR BY THE
00:07:00TAXPAYER. MAYBE SHE DOESN'T UNDERSTAND.
00:07:03THIS IS A GIFT TO THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.
00:07:06MORE THAN A GIFT, IT WILL BE ONE OF THE MOST BEAUTIFUL BUILDINGS
00:07:09THAT'S EVER BEEN BUILT IN THE COUNTRY OR WASHINGTON, D.C.
00:07:14HERE IS THE OTHER FACADE OVER HERE.
00:07:20THESE GREAT CLASSICAL BUILDINGS, THEY ARE TAKEN FROM DIFFERENT
00:07:24PARTS OF THE WORLD DURING DIFFERENT GLAMOROUS TIMES.
00:07:28THIS IS ROME. THEY LIKE FLAT ROOFS.
00:07:31GREECE, THEY LIKED THE TRIANGLES. YOU SEE THAT.
00:07:34THIS LOOKS OUT OVER THE CITY.
00:07:39ALSO DEVELOPED IN SUCH A WAY THAT WE CAN HAVE MILITARY THERE.
00:07:42BUT THE ENTIRE ROOF IS DEVELOPED FOR MILITARY.
00:07:48THEY ARE HIGHER THAN JUST ABOUT ANYTHING ELSE.
00:07:50THEY HAVE A 300 60 DEGREE VISION
00:07:52OF WASHINGTON, D.C.
00:07:56THEY HAVE A MASSIVE DRONE CAPACITY.
00:07:59NOT ONLY DRONE PROOF, IT BOUNCES OFF, IT WON'T HAVE ANY IMPACT.
00:08:04IT IS ALSO MEANT AS A DRONE PORT
00:08:07TO PROTECT ALL OF WASHINGTON, THE ROOF OF THE BUILDING.
00:08:13NOW, DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS?
00:08:17I THINK YOU CAN BRING YOUR CAMERAS.
00:08:22THESE ARE ALL DIFFERENT ROOMS.
00:08:25THEY ARE BUILDING A HOSPITAL, BUILDING A MILITARY HOSPITAL.
00:08:30THEY ARE BUILDING ALL SORTS OF RESEARCH FACILITIES, MEETING
00:08:34ROOMS, ROOMS THAT GO HAND-IN-HAND FOR THE MILITARY USING THE BALLROOM.
00:08:40THE BALLROOM IS NEARLY SEALED AND PROTECTING ALL OF THE THINGS BUILT HERE.
00:08:45AS YOU SEE IT, IT IS ALREADY UP TO THE GROUND.
00:08:49THIS GOES DOWN VERY DEEP. YOU GET A BETTER VIEW OVER HERE.
00:08:55BECAUSE WE HAVE ALREADY DONE THE FLOORS.
00:08:58THESE ARE ALREADY DOWN TWO FLOORS. THAT IS ABOUT SIX STORIES DEEP.
00:09:04NORMALLY WHEN YOU BUILD A BALLROOM, YOU BUILD IT FLAT.
00:09:10THE COMPLEXITY OF THIS, AND AGAIN, IT IS ALL THAT TOGETHER.
00:09:14THE DRONE PROOFING, THE DRONE
00:09:19CAPACITY UPSTAIRS. WE CAN HAVE ALL OF THE MILITARY
00:09:23-- I HATE TO USE THE WORD
00:09:25SNIPERS, BUT WE HAVE GREAT SNIPER CAPACITY.
00:09:28IT IS BUILT FOR OUR SNIPERS, NOT THE ENEMY SNIPERS. BECAUSE OF THE HEIGHT WE GET A
00:09:32CLEAR VIEW OF EVERYTHING FROM OVER WASHINGTON.
00:09:35>> [INDISCERNIBLE]
00:09:41PRES. TRUMP: THEY ARE NOT.
00:09:44CONGRESS IS APPROVING MONEY FOR
00:09:47SECURITY AND SOME OF IT MAY GO HERE FOR ADDITIONAL SECURITY, I DON'T KNOW.
00:09:51CONGRESS IS APPROVING MONEY BUT THIS BUILDING, I PUT UP THE
00:09:55MONEY TO BUILD THIS BUILDING ALONG WITH GREAT PATRIOTS.
00:09:59PEOPLE PUT UP A LOT OF MONEY TO BUILD THE BUILDING AND WE HAVE A
00:10:03BUILDING, I THINK IT WILL
00:10:05POTENTIALLY BE THE MOST
00:10:09BEAUTIFUL BUILDING AND ALL OF WASHINGTON AND WITH THAT IS
00:10:12GREAT MILITARY CAPACITY.
00:10:16WE ARE BUILDING IT IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE UNITED
00:10:19STATES MILITARY.
00:10:20>> [INDISCERNIBLE]
00:10:23PRES. TRUMP: THEY HAVE THE BUDGET AND THE SECRET SERVICE
00:10:25AND MILITARY TO DO SOME OF THE
00:10:27WORK YOU SEE RIGHT HERE SO THE ANSWER IS THEY WANT TO ENHANCE
00:10:31WHAT YOU SEE AND IT IS VERY POWERFUL TO SEE WHAT IS
00:10:34HAPPENING, VERY POWERFUL CONCRETE, 9000 POUND CONCRETE.
00:10:53VERY STRONG CONCRETE. BUT I THINK PROBABLY WANT TO ENHANCE THE AREA THEY FINISHED
00:10:57HER THIS IS A VERY SACRED PIECE OF LAND, THIS IS THE WHITE HOUSE AND THEY WANT TO DO THINGS BUT
00:11:01EVERYTHING YOU SEE, THE MONEY BEING PUT UP TO BUILD THE
00:11:04BALLROOM AND THE BALLROOM IS NECESSARY FOR THE BALLROOM TO BE
00:11:07BUILT WITH WHAT YOU SEE OVER HERE.
00:11:11IT IS ALL KNIT IN, THE HEATING,
00:11:13THE DRONE CAPACITY, THE SHIELD THE BALLROOM BECOMES A SHIELD
00:11:16FOR EVERYTHING YOU SEE RIGHT HERE.
00:11:19WITHOUT THAT THEY COULDN'T HAVE THIS. THEY COULD NOT BUILD A LOWER
00:11:22FORCE WITHOUT THE SHIELD OVER THE TOP OF IT.
00:11:24IT IS A SHIELD THAT WILL TOTALLY PROTECT WHAT IS DOWNSTAIRS.
00:11:28THEY HAVE A LOT OF THINGS GOING ON DOWNSTAIRS AND SOME OF IT YOU SEE.
00:11:32THIS GOES DOWN SIX STORIES. YOU SEE THREE STORIES BECAUSE IT
00:11:35HAS ALREADY BEEN BUILT.
00:11:38VERY SHORTLY THE ROOF GOES ALONG
00:11:43THIS LINE.
00:11:50BASICALLY IT GOES OUTSIDE, YOU SEE WHERE THE WOOD IS. YOU ARE GOING OUTSIDE OF THAT
00:11:53LINE AND IT GOES STRAIGHT OUT AND IT IS ALL PROTECTION AND
00:11:56EVERYTHING IS TOGETHER. YOU CAN'T BUILD ONE WITHOUT THE
00:12:00OTHER AND WHAT WE HAVE IS THE SAFEST BUILDING EVER BUILT IN MY
00:12:04OPINION.
00:12:08YOU CAN HAVE -- THE OTHER THING,
00:12:11WE ARE RIGHT ON BUDGET, ON PLAN.
00:12:14THE ONLY BUDGET CHANGE WOULD BE THAT WE DOUBLED THE SIZE AT THE
00:12:17REQUEST OF THE MILITARY, BUT WE
00:12:20ARE RIGHT ON BUDGET, ON PLAN AND
00:12:24ORIGINALLY WERE GOING TO BUILD SMALLER AND IT WOULD NOT HAVE DONE THE JOB.
00:12:28WE HAVE TOO MANY EVENTS. WE HAVE PRESIDENT XI COMING
00:12:32HERE, WE HAD NOWHERE TO PUT HIM.
00:12:35WE HAVE THE QUEEN AND KING THE
00:12:36OTHER DAY.
00:12:39WE ENDED UP HAVING A HUNDRED
00:12:40PEOPLE.
00:12:46MAYBE MORE IMPORTANT THIS IS A
00:12:49SHIELD, EVERYTHING INSIDE AND
00:12:53THE WHITE HOUSE WAS BUILT IN
00:12:541792.
00:13:02IT IS AWFULLY HARD TO DO THAT
00:13:03KIND OF A CAPACITY.
00:13:09YOU HAVE TO UNDERSTAND WHEN THIS
00:13:12IS FINISHED, MY TERM ENDS SHORTLY AFTER THAT. THIS IS REALLY FOR OTHER
00:13:16PRESIDENTS, THIS IS NOT FOR ME, THIS IS MY GIFT TO THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.
00:13:19I WILL BE ABLE TO USE IT VERY
00:13:20LITTLE.
00:13:23WE ARE TALKING SIX OR SEVEN MONTHS.
00:13:26WE CAN USE IT HOPEFULLY HUNDREDS OF YEARS FOR OTHER PRESIDENTS
00:13:30AND THERE WILL NEVER BE ANYTHING LIKE THIS AGAIN, ANOTHER ROOM
00:13:34BUILT LIKE THIS. AS AN EXAMPLE IF WE HAD THE
00:13:38WHITE HOUSE CORRESPONDENTS' DINNER HERE IT WOULD HAVE BEEN
00:13:42NO PROBLEM.
00:13:46>> WHEN IT OPENS IN SIX OR SEVEN MONTHS, AROUND THAT TIME HAVE
00:13:50YOU THOUGHT ABOUT THE FIRST
00:13:51EVENT YOU WOULD LIKE TO HOST?
00:13:56PRES. TRUMP: EVERYBODY WANTS TO BE HERE FOR THE FIRST EVENT.
00:13:59WE ARE TALKING HEADS OF NATION.
00:14:02WE HAVE SOME VERY SPECIAL PLACES
00:14:04WHERE IT COULD HAPPEN.
00:14:08WE HAD LITERALLY THE KING AND
00:14:13QUEEN WHERE WE HAD THIS
00:14:15FINISHED, WE WOULD'VE HAD AN EVENT THAT WOULD'VE BEEN 10
00:14:19TIMES BETTER. WE ARE IN A LITTLE ROOM OR
00:14:21WHATEVER.
00:14:25PRESIDENTS HAVE BEEN ASKING FOR THIS LITERALLY FROM THE TIME THE
00:14:28WHITE HOUSE WAS BUILT BUT ON
00:14:31RECORD FOR 150 YEARS THEY SAID
00:14:32WHAT ABOUT A BALLROOM?
00:14:36THEY HAVE SOME WHERE THEY USED
00:14:37TENTS.♪
00:17:16>> ARE YOU HAVING FUN?
00:17:22I WILL TELL YOU WHAT. IT IS GREAT TO BE BACK.
00:17:25THIS IS MY THIRD TIME IN THIS FACILITY.
00:17:29I LOVE WATCHING HOT STEEL COLUMN OFF THE LINE.
00:17:32WHEN YOU LOOK AT THAT, THAT IS AMERICA, BABY. ISN'T IT?
00:17:37IT IS JUST SO COOL.
00:17:40THIS IS A GREAT DAY.
00:17:43I'M SO EXCITED TO BE HERE.
00:17:45IT IS A GREAT DAY FOR CLEVELAND
00:17:49CLIFFS BUT IT IS A GREAT DAY FOR ALL OF YOU, FOR YOUR FAMILIES
00:17:52AND FOR MIDDLETOWN IN THIS COMMUNITY.
00:17:54IT IS A GREAT DAY FOR AMERICA. IT REALLY IS.
00:17:59THIS IS WHAT THE AMERICA FIRST AGENDA LOOKS LIKE.
00:18:02IT IS ABOUT THESE FOLKS RIGHT HERE.
00:18:04IT IS LIKE PLACES -- IT IS
00:18:06PLACES LIKE CLEVELAND CLIFFS.
00:18:11IT IS ABOUT YOUR JOBS AND YOUR FAMILY AND MAKING SURE THAT
00:18:14AMERICA CAN MAKE THE PRODUCTS
00:18:16THAT WE NEED EVERY DAY FOR OUR
00:18:20ECONOMIC AND NATIONAL SECURITY AND THAT IS WHAT YOU DO.
00:18:26[APPLAUSE]
00:18:30I'M GOING TO ASK YOU A QUESTION.
00:18:34DO YOU BELIEVE THAT AMERICA NEEDS TO BE ABLE TO MAKE STEEL
00:18:37TO BE ECONOMICALLY AND NATIONALLY SECURE? DO YOU BELIEVE IT?
00:18:44WELL, WE LOST A LOT OF STEEL
00:18:46JOBS AND WE LOST A LOT OF STEEL
00:18:48FACTORIES BUT IT IS COMING BACK TO AMERICA, AGAIN. [APPLAUSE]
00:18:57SO I WANT TO SHARE SOMETHING WITH YOU BECAUSE I IMAGINE A LOT OF YOU DON'T KNOW THIS.
00:19:03IF YOU LOOK BACK, I REMEMBER GROWING UP IN OHIO.
00:19:09IN THE 80'S AND 90'S.
00:19:11THE STATE WAS DYING. IT REALLY WAS.
00:19:16MY FAMILY EXPERIENCED IT FIRSTHAND.
00:19:19MY DAD WORKED AT A MACHINE TOOL FACTORY.
00:19:24I'VE WORKED THIRD SHIFT THERE AS WELL. I PROBABLY I'M THE ONLY GUY IN
00:19:28THE U.S. SENATE THAT HAS WORKED THIRD SHIFT IN A FACTORY.
00:19:32I REMEMBER THE DAY THAT MY DAD
00:19:35TOLD ME THAT HIS JOB WAS GOING
00:19:37AWAY AND THAT MY WHOLE FAMILY
00:19:40WAS GOING TO HAVE TO LEAVE OHIO BECAUSE THERE WAS NO PLACE TO GO
00:19:43TO WORK IN THE LITTLE TOWN I GREW UP.
00:19:47IT WAS A TOUGH DAY. HE WAS BEING STRONG FOR OUR FAMILY.
00:19:51I COULD HEAR IT IN HIS VOICE.
00:19:54BUT HE WAS ALSO WORRIED ABOUT HIS FAMILY.
00:19:58IT WASN'T JUST HIS JOB THAT WENT AWAY.
00:20:01IT WAS TWO OF MY UNCLES AND MY AUNT AS WELL THAT WORKED THERE.
00:20:05AND IN A TOWN OF 4000, WHEN YOU
00:20:09LOSE 400, IT IS A BIG DEAL. THERE IS NO PLACE TO GO TO WORK
00:20:13OR TO SELL YOUR HOUSE TOO. NOT A LOT OF HOPE ABOUT THAT
00:20:17FUTURE. THAT HAPPENED BECAUSE OF AMERICAN POLICYMAKERS.
00:20:20THERE WERE PEOPLE IN THIS COUNTRY OVER TIME BUT THOUGHT IT
00:20:24WAS OK TO SEND OUR JOBS TO CHINA
00:20:27, GET BACK TO YOU PRODUCTS IN RETURN.
00:20:31AND WE CAN -- WEAKEN AMERICAN
00:20:38MANUFACTURING AND THEY VOTED FOR POLICIES THAT MADE THAT HAPPEN.
00:20:43IT AFFECTED FAMILIES LIKE MINE
00:20:45AND I'M SURE MANY LIKE EUROS
00:20:48FROM YOUNGSTOWN TO CINCINNATI TO WRITE EVERYPLACE ACROSS THIS
00:20:51STATE, OHIO WAS STRUGGLING.
00:20:54OHIO WAS TRULY STRUGGLING. BUT TODAY IS A NEW DAY.
00:20:58IT TRULY IS.
00:21:00IT IS A NEW DAY BECAUSE OF THE
00:21:02AMERICA FIRST AGENDA AND WE'VE
00:21:04TURNED OHIO INTO A STATE RANKED NUMBER ONE IN THE STATE TO DO
00:21:08BUSINESS. WE USED TO BE 34TH. WE ARE NUMBER ONE NOW, AGAIN.
00:21:12[APPLAUSE]
00:21:17WE HAVE ADDED TO THIS DATE 3000 MANUFACTURING JOBS.
00:21:21I REMEMBER WHEN THERE WERE
00:21:25PRESIDENTS THAT SAID MANUFACTURING JOBS ARE DEAD AND GONE. THEY WERE WRONG.
00:21:31WE CAN BRING BACK MANUFACTURING
00:21:33TO THIS GREAT COUNTRY IN PLACES LIKE MIDDLETOWN AND ACROSS OUR
00:21:37GREAT STATE. AND IT IS IMPORTANT.
00:21:40WHY IS IT IMPORTANT THAT WE DO US?
00:21:44A MILLION-DOLLAR INVESTMENT RIGHT HERE.
00:21:46IT IS JOB SECURITY.
00:21:50ECONOMIC SECURITY. NATIONAL SECURITY. YOU HAVE TO BE ABLE TO MAKE THE
00:21:53THINGS THAT ARE ESSENTIAL FOR YOUR ECONOMIC AND NATIONAL
00:21:56SECURITY IF YOU WANT TO BE A GREAT NATION. DON'T YOU NEED TO DO THAT?
00:22:01EXACTLY RIGHT.
00:22:05I'M PROUD TO HAVE PLAYED A SMALL
00:22:08ROLE IN THIS BECAUSE I KNOW WHEN I TOOK THE OATH OF OFFICE AND
00:22:11SAID I WAS GOING TO FIGHT FOR YOU, THAT THIS WAS WHAT THE
00:22:15AMERICA FIRST AGENDA IS. IT IS LIKE PLACES LIKE THIS.
00:22:19IT IS ABOUT MAKING SURE WE HAVE THE ENERGY WE NEED.
00:22:22BUT YOU HAVE TO UNDERSTAND, THERE ARE A LOT OF PEOPLE IN
00:22:26WASHINGTON THAT DON'T GET IT. THEY DON'T GET WHAT IT TAKES TO BE GREAT.
00:22:30THEY DON'T GET THE FACT THAT
00:22:32RADICAL POLICIES -- I WANT TO
00:22:35TELL YOU THIS RIGHT NOW, YOU
00:22:37WANT TO HAVE LOWER ELECTRICITY? I WANT TO TELL YOU WHY THEY ARE
00:22:41RISING.
00:22:41BECAUSE CONGRESS UNDER THE OBAMA
00:22:46AND BIDEN ADMINISTRATIONS, THEY
00:22:48CLOSED 23 POWER PLANTS IN THE STATE OF OHIO REPRESENTING HALF
00:22:52THE ELECTRICITY TO USE ON A DAILY BASIS.
00:22:56RADICAL CLIMATE POLICIES DID THAT. NOW WE HAVE A SUPPLY AND DEMAND
00:23:00PROBLEM. WE HAVE TO BUILD MORE POWER PLANTS. WE HAVE TO BUILD IN ALL OF THE
00:23:05ABOVE ENERGY STRATEGY.
00:23:08WE HAVE TO INVEST IN CLEAN ENERGY THAT IS GOING TO HELP
00:23:12POWER STEEL PLANTS. HOW DOES A STEEL PLANT RUN WITHOUT ELECTRICITY?
00:23:18IT DOESN'T RUN. YOU HAVE TO HAVE A -- YOU HAVE
00:23:19TO HAVE IT 20 47, 360 FIVE.
00:23:25WE ARE GOING TO BUILD MORE FACTORIES AND POWER PLANTS AND
00:23:29WERE GOING TO FUEL THIS NATION. WE ARE GOING TO FUEL ITS
00:23:33RENAISSANCE TO MAKE SURE AMERICANS ARE PROUD INTO THE FUTURE.
00:23:36250 YEARS AGO PEOPLE OF THIS
00:23:43NATION SACRIFICED GREATLY TO GIVE US OUR BIRTH.
00:23:45I KNOW -- I LOVE THE AMERICAN
00:23:48250 CELEBRATION.
00:23:52I'VE DONE THIS FOR OVER 20 YEARS.
00:23:55I GET UP ON INDEPENDENCE DAY AND READ THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE.
00:23:59WE LOVE THE LINE THAT WE KNOW
00:24:03ABOUT THE LAST LINE WHERE WE
00:24:06PLEDGE OUR LIVES, FORTUNES AND SACRED HONOR.
00:24:08WE ARE ALL IN THIS TOGETHER.
00:24:11THERE ARE SO MANY PEOPLE THAT HAVE SACRIFICED OVER THIS 250
00:24:15YEARS TO GIVE US THIS GREAT NATION.
00:24:17WE OWE IT TO THEM. WE OWE IT TO OUR CHILDREN AND
00:24:21GRANDCHILDREN TO CONTINUE TO MAKE AMERICA THE GREATEST NATION IN THE WORLD.
00:24:24I WILL CLOSE WITH THIS BECAUSE I'M ASKING YOU TO GET OUT AND
00:24:28VOTE THIS YEAR AND TELL YOUR FRIENDS AND FAMILY WHAT YOU BELIEVE AND.
00:24:32WE STAND FOR AMERICA FIRST. GEORGE WASHINGTON TELLS THE
00:24:36STORY IN SOME OF THE WRITINGS HE
00:24:39MADE ABOUT THE WINTER AT VALLEY FORGE.
00:24:43HE SAID YOU CAN TRACE THE
00:24:46MOVEMENTS OF THIS ARMY BY THE
00:24:47BLOOD IN THE SNOW BECAUSE MANY
00:24:51OF HIS SOLDIERS DIDN'T HAVE FOOD
00:24:54, CLOTHING, OR SHOES.
00:24:55I'M NOT ASKING YOU TO WINTER IN
00:25:01VALLEY FORGE. I'M ASKING YOU TO FIGHT OVER THE
00:25:04NEXT 75 DAYS FOR A, FOR THE AMERICAN WAY.
00:25:08THANK YOU VERY MUCH. GOD BLESS YOU.
00:25:10[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] ♪
00:25:20ND BRING JOBS BACK TO THE BUCKEYE STATE.
00:25:27[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] ♪
00:25:44>> GREAT TO SEE YOU, MIDDLETOWN.
00:25:48ARE YOU EXCITED TO BRING JD VANCE BACK HOME TODAY.
00:25:52WE APPRECIATE THE WARM WELCOME.
00:25:54IN POLITICS, WE OFTEN SPEND A
00:25:57LOT OF TIME TALKING ABOUT WHAT
00:25:59IS BROKEN AND WHAT NEEDS TO BE
00:26:01FIXED AND WERE GOING TO DO THAT.
00:26:04BUT, WE CAN ONLY YOU SUCCESSFULLY FIX WHAT NEEDS TO
00:26:09BE FIXED IF WE ARE FIRST GRATEFUL FOR WHAT WE ARE ACTUALLY GETTING RIGHT.
00:26:13AND I WILL TELL YOU THIS, AS A
00:26:16FATHER OF THREE YOUNG KIDS, TWO OF THEM I SENT OFF TO SCHOOL
00:26:20THIS MORNING BEFORE COMING HERE, THERE IS NO OTHER COUNTRY IN THE
00:26:23WORLD, THERE IS NO OTHER STATE IN THE WORLD WHERE I WOULD
00:26:27RATHER BE RAISING THOSE KIDS THEN HERE IN THE UNITED STATES
00:26:31OF AMERICA RIGHT HERE IN OUR STATE OF OHIO.
00:26:34THERE IS NO OTHER COUNTRY IN THE WORLD. WHERE ANY OF US WOULD RATHER LIVE.
00:26:40THEN IN THE GREATEST COUNTRY KNOWN TO THE HIT -- IN THE HISTORY OF MANKIND.
00:26:44THINK ABOUT THE PEOPLE YOU HAVE
00:26:49HEARD FROM TODAY.
00:26:52THINK OF LORENZO'S STORY.
00:26:53THREE DECADES AGO BOARDED A
00:26:57PLANE WITH HIS WIFE AND HIS KIDS. HE TOLD ME BACKSTAGE AND 13 BAGS
00:27:00BECAUSE HE DIDN'T WANT TO SEND THEM BY MAIL.
00:27:04CAME TO THIS COUNTRY IN THE LATE 1990'S AND LIVED THE AMERICAN
00:27:08DREAM TO LEAD ONE OF AMERICA'S LEADING STEEL PRODUCERS.
00:27:12THINK OF BERNIE MORENO, JOHN HUGHES DID WHO HAVE EACH LIVED
00:27:15AT THEIR AMERICAN DREAM COMING FROM COLOMBIA IN BERNIE'S CASE.
00:27:19A KID THAT GOT OUT OF FOSTER CARE TO BE ADOPTED.
00:27:22NOW ARE BOTH U.S. SENATORS.
00:27:25JD VANCE FROM HUMBLE BEGINNINGS
00:27:28IN MIDDLETOWN, OHIO NOW THE VICE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES.
00:27:31THEIR STORIES ARE AMERICA'S STORIES.
00:27:34MY STORY IS AMERICA'S STORY. THE KID OF MIDDLE-CLASS PARENTS.
00:27:38A FATHER THAT WORKED ON THE
00:27:39FLOOR THE GE PLANT THROUGH JACK
00:27:43WELCH'S LAYOFFS. A MOTHER THAT TOOK CARE OF
00:27:46NURSING HOME PATIENTS AND WORKED AT THE V.A..
00:27:48WENT THROUGH PUBLIC -- WENT TO
00:27:52PUBLIC SCHOOLS THROUGH EIGHTH
00:27:53GRADE AND NOW RAISING MY KIDS IN
00:27:57CIRCUMSTANCES THAT MY PARENTS WOULD NEVER HAVE IMAGINED
00:28:00POSSIBLE JUST A GENERATION AGO.
00:28:03AND THE EXTRAORDINARY PART OF THAT STORY AND THE STORY BASICALLY EVERYONE YOU'RE
00:28:06HEARING ON THIS STAGE TODAY IS
00:28:09THAT IT'S REALLY NOT THAT EXTRAORDINARY IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.
00:28:13THIS IS THE COUNTRY ON GODS GREEN EARTH WHERE THAT STORY IS
00:28:17NOT ONLY POSSIBLE BUT NORMAL AND THE REASON I'M RUNNING FOR
00:28:20GOVERNOR IS THAT I'M ON A MORAL
00:28:23MISSION TO TURN THAT AMERICAN
00:28:26DREAM INTO A REALITY ONCE AGAIN
00:28:30HERE IN OUR HOME STATE OF OHIO.
00:28:34BECAUSE OUR WORKERS DESERVE IT. BECAUSE OUR FAMILIES DESERVE IT.
00:28:38BECAUSE THE PEOPLE OF THIS STATE DESERVE IT. YOU WORK HARD AND PLAY BY THE
00:28:43RULES. YOU DESERVE TO HAVE A GOOD LIFE
00:28:45AND DREAM FOR AN OUT EVEN BETTER
00:28:49LIFE YOUR KIDS. THE THING THAT MAKES AMERICAN
00:28:51GREAT AND WHAT -- FOR US IT IS
00:28:57OUR PEOPLE. IT IS THE PEOPLE OF OHIO THAT I
00:29:00BELIEVE MAKE THIS STATE SPECIAL.
00:29:04AND WHAT I HOPE TO DO IT IN A FEW SHORT YEARS AHEAD IS TO MAKE
00:29:08OHIO THE STATE THAT TEXAS AND
00:29:11FLORIDA AND TENNESSEE ACTUALLY LOOK UP TO RATHER THAN THE OTHER
00:29:15WAY AROUND. TO GOVERN OHIO AS THE CONSERVATIVE STATE THAT WE
00:29:18ACTUALLY ARE. [APPLAUSE]
00:29:23AND I DO BELIEVE THIS NOVEMBER,
00:29:27WE ARE TALKING 75 DAYS FROM NOW, THIS NOVEMBER MARKS A FORK IN
00:29:31THE ROAD FOR THE FUTURE OF OHIO,
00:29:34IT MARKS A FORK IN THE ROAD FOR THE FUTURE OF OUR COUNTRY.
00:29:37WE CAN WAKE UP TO AN OHIO WHERE
00:29:42YOU ARE PAYING LOWER ELECTRIC BILLS BECAUSE WE ARE PRODUCING
00:29:46MORE ENERGY HERE IN AMERICA AND HERE AT HOME IN OHIO.
00:29:49WE CAN WAKE UP WHERE YOU ARE PAYING LOWER PROPERTY TAX
00:29:52BECAUSE WE ARE DOWNSIZING THE LAYERS OF GOVERNMENT ON THE BACK
00:29:55OF YOUR CITIZENS ARE YOU GET TO LIVE IN THE HOME YOU BOUGHT
00:29:58WITHOUT HAVING TO PAY AN OVER
00:30:00ABUSE OF RENT TO A GOVERNMENT
00:30:03THAT ISN'T ACTUALLY SERVING OUR PEOPLE SUFFICIENTLY.
00:30:07LOWER ELECTRIC BILLS. LOWER PROPERTY TAXES.
00:30:13LOWER HEALTH CARE EXPENSES THROUGH PRICE TRANSPARENCY AND
00:30:17BY PROSECUTING MEDICAID FRAUD BY THE BILLIONS TO PUT THAT MONEY
00:30:21BACK IN YOUR POCKETS WHERE BELONGS.
00:30:24-- WHERE IT BELONGS.
00:30:27AND SCHOOLS THAT PREPARED FOR OUR KIDS TO COMPETE IN THE
00:30:30ECONOMY OF THE FUTURE. MATH, READING AND WRITING
00:30:34INSTEAD OF GENDER IDEOLOGY AND WOKE IDEOLOGY.
00:30:43AND THE BEAUTY OF OUR COUNTRY IS
00:30:47THAT THAT CHOICE FOR OHIO, FOR
00:30:49THE FUTURE OF OUR STAY, THAT CHOICE FOR THE FUTURE OF
00:30:53MIDDLETOWN, THAT CHOICE FOR THE FUTURE OF AMERICA BELONGS TO NOBODY ELSE THEN TO US.
00:30:58TO WE THE PEOPLE THAT CREATE A GOVERNMENT THAT IS ACCOUNTABLE
00:31:02TO US AND NOT THE OTHER WAY AROUND.
00:31:04THIS IS THE YEAR THAT WE
00:31:06CELEBRATE THE 250TH ANNIVERSARY
00:31:11OF THE GREATEST NATION EVER KNOWN TO THE HISTORY OF MAN.
00:31:15THAT WE CELEBRATE THE SIGNING OF
00:31:17THE GREATEST MISSION STATEMENT FOR A NATION EVER WRITTEN IN
00:31:21HUMAN HISTORY, THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE.
00:31:24THE IDEA THAT ALL MEN ARE CREATED EQUAL, ENDOWED BY THEIR
00:31:28CREATOR WITH CERTAIN INALIENABLE RIGHTS.
00:31:32AMONG THESE, LIFE, LIBERTY AND
00:31:35THE PURSUIT OF HAPPINESS. THIS IS THE YEAR WHERE IT IS UP
00:31:37TO US TO MAKE THAT CHOICE AND ACTUALLY CHOOSE IT.
00:31:41MY ONLY ASK OF ALL OF YOU HERE
00:31:44ON MY BEHALF AS HOPEFULLY THE NEXT GOVERNOR OF THE STATE AND
00:31:49ON JOHN HUGHES DID'S BEHALF, MY
00:31:53ASK ON ALL OF OUR BEHALF IS THAT YOU DO YOUR PART.
00:31:56YOU COME OUT AND VOTE.
00:31:59VOTE 10 TIMES THIS NOVEMBER AND I DON'T MEAN THAT LIKE SOME
00:32:03PEOPLE MEAN IT. I MEAN YOU VOTE ONCE AND
00:32:07EVERYONE IN THIS ROOM BRING NINE OTHER PEOPLE FROM GREATER
00:32:11MIDDLETOWN OR SOUTHWEST OHIO OR WHEREVER YOU ARE IN OHIO, BRING
00:32:14OUT NINE OTHER PEOPLE THAT MIGHT NOT OTHERWISE HAVE VOTED AND YOU
00:32:17TELL THEM ABOUT HOW WE IN THE REPUBLICAN PARTY YOU'RE GOING TO
00:32:21MAKE THEIR LIVES CONTINUOUSLY BETTER AS WE ALREADY HAVE AND WILL CONTINUE TO DO AND IF YOU
00:32:25DO YOUR PART, I PROMISE YOU THAT
00:32:29MY FAMILY AND I, THE MEN AND WOMEN ON THIS STAGE TODAY, THEIR
00:32:33FAMILIES AND THEY WILL DO THEIR
00:32:34PART TO ENSURE THAT MIDDLETOWN'S
00:32:37BEST DAYS, OHIO'S BEST DAYS AND HONEST TO GOD THROUGH OHIO,
00:32:42AMERICA'S BEST DAYS ARE ACTUALLY STILL AHEAD OF US.
00:32:45LET'S WIN THIS THING AND MAKE OHIO AND MAKE AMERICA GREATER
00:32:48THAN WE HAVE EVER BEEN.
00:32:51GOD BLESS MIDDLETOWN AND MET A
00:32:52GOD BLESS THE GREAT STATE OF OHIO.