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President Donald Trump speaks at the military parade honoring 250 years of the US Army on June 14, 2025.
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Peter Burgess COMMENTARY
OUCH ... a pretty simplistic speach by an infantile President Trump.
Quite an embarrassment!
Peter Burgess
Transcript
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- [Applause]
- so without further ado it is my pleasure
- to introduce the 45th and 47th
- commanderin-chief of the United States
- military President Donald J trump
- [Applause]
- [Music]
- thank you very much everybody and thank
- you to Vice President Vance and thank
- you to our wonderful first lady and
- above Above all thank you to the
- greatest fiercest and bravest fighting
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- force ever to stride the face of this
- earth the United States Army thank you
- very much
- because the army keeps us free you make
- us strong and tonight you have made all
- Americans very proud they're watching
- from all over the world actually made
- them all very proud
- every other country celebrates their
- victories it's about time america did
- too that's what we're doing tonight
- and watching this magnificent display
- our souls are filled with gratitude for
- every generation of warriors who have
- worn the uniform all the way back to the
- very beginning so to every veteran
- across our land and right here in our
- nation's capital including six
- recipients of the Congressional Medal of
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- Honor we love you we honor you and we
- salute your noble service to our flag
- and to our country as we celebrate
- tonight we also think of the hundreds of
- thousands of Army soldiers who have made
- the supreme sacrifice for our nation and
- selflessly laid down their lives in
- every war from the revolution to the war
- on terror to the gold star families with
- us today the courage of your heroes is
- the bedrock on which our entire nation
- stands we thank you yes we thank you
- today we commemorate an event that did
- not just change American history but
- change the history of the entire world
- with the creation of America's army on
- June 14th 1775
- liberty got its shield and the freedom
- got its sword those first army patriots
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- in the American Revolution fought
- against a fearsome enemy and impossible
- odds but they were armed with a
- righteous cause they were led by an
- indomitable commander a truly great man
- General George Washington and they were
- united by an eternal creed
- their motto is victory or death over the
- past two and a half centuries our
- warriors have shown unrivaled valor on
- fields of battle around the globe with
- the frostbitten feet and bloody fist
- they have marched into the flames and
- fury of combat charged up mountains
- stormed beaches waited through torrents
- of gunfire and leapt into skies thick
- with smoke and shrapnel
- the US Army has driven bayonets into the
- heart of sinister empires
- crushed the ambitions of evil tyrants
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- beneath the threads of American tanks
- it's done so well it's done so much and
- sent the devil himself flying into full
- retreat time and again America's enemies
- have learned that if you threaten the
- American people our soldiers are coming
- for you your defeat will be certain your
- demise will be final and your downfall
- will be total and complete
- because our soldiers never give up never
- surrender and never ever quit they fight
- fight fight and they win win win
- and that's why no institution in history
- has entered more names into the roster
- of American heroes than the US Army the
- Congressional Medal of Honor more than
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- anyone or anything there was mad Anthony
- Wayne asked by George Washington to lead
- a daring midnight raid up the cliffs of
- Stony Point with unloaded musketss and
- only their bayonets to fight the red
- coats madthony replied 'Isue the order
- sir and I will storm into hell for you.'
- Then there was the Civil War General
- John Coarse shot in the face in combat
- he fired off a message to his commander
- i am short at cheekbone and one ear but
- I am able to whip the hell out of all of
- them he stayed on the front lines it
- seemed forever
- in World War II there was the greatraton
- Abrams besieged on all sides by the
- Nazis at the Battle of the Bulge
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- he boldly proclaimed 'They've got us
- surrounded again the poor bastards
- this is the fighting spirit and
- unyielding force of the US Army
- it has never changed and it will never
- ever change because there is no earthly
- force more powerful than the brave heart
- of a US infantryman or an army ranger
- paratrooper or green beret they are the
- best they are the finest from Bunker
- Hill to San Juan Hill from Gettysburg to
- Guad Canal from Yorktown to Shiloh and
- from the trenches of the Argon to the
- mountains of Afghanistan
- the Army has forged a legacy of
- unmatched courage untold sacrifice and
- unequaled
- and undying glory our soldiers have
- poured out their blood by the bucketful
- on Missionary Ridge and Heartbreak Ridge
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- on the sands of Sicily Normandy and the
- Philippines and on the dusty streets of
- Daang
- Baghdad and Fallujah thanks to their
- extraordinary service and devotion 250
- years later America stands tall America
- stands proud and America stands free
- we're the hottest country in the world
- right now and our country will soon be
- greater and stronger than ever before
- down through history we've been blessed
- beyond words by this valiant legion of
- Army warriors and patriots heroes and
- legends and tonight we affirm with
- unwavering certainty that in the years
- ahead and in every generation hence
- whenever duty calls and whatever danger
- comes the American soldier will be there
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- no matter the risk no matter the
- obstacles our warriors will charge into
- battle they will plunge into the
- crucible of fire and they will seize the
- crown of victory because the United
- States of America will always have the
- grace of almighty God and the iron will
- of the United States Army
- congratulations to everybody we love our
- country we've never done better thank
- you god bless you god bless the Army and
- God bless America
- and now I'd like to ask
- our great first lady to join me at the
- podium thank you very much everybody
- [Music]
- [Applause]
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- thank you
- [Applause]
- mr president on behalf of the United
- States Army the Army Golden Knights I
- would like to present to you this flag
- which was flown over our nation's
- capital in freef fall during the Army's
- 250th birthday celebration
- [Applause]
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