00:00I'll just start by saying we had a series of very productive meetings, but I want to start by saying after those meetings, myself and my team were notified that two National Guardsmen have been shot in Washington, D.C., critically wounded.
00:16The shooter shot in a cowardly, dastardly act targeting the best of America, heroes willing to serve in Washington, D.C., serve for people they don't know and they've never met because they love their country and their capital and their community.
00:37They were willing to do dangerous things. Others were not because they love their fellow Americans.
00:43Someone decided to turn that into targeting National Guardsmen. That will only stiffen our resolve.
00:52We will never back down. We will secure our capital. We will secure our cities.
00:56In fact, this happened just steps away from the White House. It will not stand.
01:01And that's why President Trump has asked me and I will ask the Secretary of the Army to the National Guard.
01:06To add 500 additional troops, National Guardsmen, to Washington, D.C.
01:12This will only stiffen our resolve to ensure that we make Washington, D.C. safe and beautiful.
01:18The drop in crime has been historic. The increase in safety and security has been historic.
01:24But if criminals want to conduct things like this, violence against America's best, we will never back down.
01:31President Trump will never back down. That's why the American people elected him.
01:35America and our warriors, our National Guardsmen, are strong.
01:39And so we're following this very closely. We're getting information rapidly.
01:44And I mentioned the faith of this country, the Christian faith, the prayers.
01:51I would ask for prayers for our National Guardsmen.
01:53Excuse me, Mr. Peace.
01:54Appeals to heaven for our National Guardsmen, for their families, on bended knee as a war department, as a nation.
02:03Excuse me.
02:03We will never back down.
02:05Excuse me.
02:05When we think about them right now.
02:06Venezuela.
02:07Venezuela.
02:08We had a couple of great, productive meetings with the President and the Minister of Defense here,
02:13where we are dedicated to the counter-cartel effort here.
02:18Criminality knows no boundaries, whether it's the United States of America and Washington, D.C., or it's the Caribbean and the Western Hemisphere.
02:26We are going to go after narco-terrorists.
02:29It will not stand.
02:31Our borders will be secured, whether it's the Dominican Republic or the United States of America.
02:35And we look forward to working with our partners to make it happen.
02:38You know, President Trump believes in a clear principle, peace through strength.
02:45You get peace by being strong.
02:48And if you're a narco-terrorist who wants to bring drugs to the United States of America, we will find you, we will fix you, and we will finish you.
02:56Because we have all the rights in the world.
02:58We've got lots of attorneys and lots of intel analysts, and we know exactly who we're targeting and why.
03:03If you're involved in that conduct, we will kill you.
03:08It's that deadly serious because of the poison that has made its way into the American public for far too long.
03:15President Trump is serious about it.
03:17We're serious about it.
03:19And we're proud to be working with the Dominican Republic and other countries very serious about ensuring that cartels don't set the agenda.
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