President Trump lights up the national Christmas tree

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00:00Thank you very much, everybody. It is beautiful. Not too cold. There's no wind.

00:05We don't have to wear hats or anything. This is a special time.

00:09And Melania and I are thrilled to wish everyone here tonight and Americans all across this land a very, very Merry Christmas.

00:18So is everybody ready to light the beautiful Christmas tree? Are you ready?

00:23So the first lady is going to do the honors and we're going to do a countdown.

00:31We'll go from five to zero. Okay. Five, four, three, two, one.

00:44Good job, honey.

00:53Well, thank you very much. And thank you, Melania.

01:18And it's a beautiful job they did in creating that tree. It's a beauty.

01:24And let me also recognize Vice President J.D. Vance and Second Lady Usha.

01:34As well as Secretaries Scott Besant, Pete Hegseth, Attorney General Pam Bondi,

01:43Secretaries Doug Burgum and Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.

01:49Administrator Kelly Loeffler and their wonderful families are doing a fantastic job.

01:54And I see out in the audience the great one, Wayne Gretzky and Janet.

01:59Thank you very much, Wayne, for being here.

02:01He's used to this kind of weather.

02:04Let's also express our gratitude to the great people of the National Park Service.

02:09They're incredible, the job they've done.

02:11As well as the unbelievable performers here tonight.

02:16You're going to see some incredible performers.

02:19And we have in the audience the Beach Boys. They're great.

02:23During this holy season, Christians everywhere rejoice at the miracle.

02:28In Bethlehem, more than 2,000 years ago,

02:32when the Son of God, our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ,

02:35came down from heaven to be with us.

02:38And you're right. Full of grace and truth,

02:42he brought the gift of God's love into the world

02:46and the promise of salvation for every person and every nation.

02:51And we just settled another war today.

02:53You saw that with Rwanda and the Congo.

02:56It's been going on for 34 years.

02:59Millions of people killed.

03:01Could be 20 million.

03:02They don't know what the number is.

03:03And we just settled it today.

03:04That was a big one.

03:05We're very happy to announce it on this important day.

03:10Tonight, this beautiful evergreen tree glows bright on the dark and cold winter night

03:15and reminds us of the words of the Gospel of John,

03:18and in him was life and that life was the light of all mankind.

03:24Beautiful words.

03:26With the birth of Jesus, human history turned from night to day.

03:30His word and his example call us to love one another,

03:34to serve one another,

03:35and to honor the sacred truth that every child is specially made in the image of God.

03:41For 250 years, think of it, our country is 250 years.

03:49It's a big year.

03:50I'm so happy that our presidency was delayed.

03:54Otherwise, I'd be sitting home watching television, not being invited.

03:58I would be extremely upset.

04:00And remember, we have not only the 250 years, but we have...

04:04This is a big one.

04:05We have the World Cup and we have the Olympics coming up

04:09all within this four-year period.

04:11See, if they didn't rig the election, I would have been sitting...

04:16Because can you imagine?

04:17I wouldn't have any of them.

04:18And I probably wouldn't have been invited.

04:20I would have been very upset by that.

04:22But America has stood tall in part because millions of our citizens

04:26have heeded that call,

04:28and the faith and service of Christians

04:31have been essential parts of America's strength

04:34from the very, very beginning.

04:36Incredible.

04:37We love the Christians.

04:38We love all religions.

04:39And, by the way, religion is coming back to the USA.

04:43You see that very strongly.

04:46So this Christmas season, let me say thank you to everyone

04:50who serves the needy and lifts up the communities inspired by faith.

04:55Thank you to the police, law enforcement officers,

04:58first responders, ICE, and border patrol agents

05:02who risked their lives every day to defend the innocent,

05:06protect the good, and keep the evil and danger at bay.

05:10And thank you to the men and women of the United States military,

05:13including the brave heroes of our National Guard

05:16here in Washington, D.C.,

05:18where we've set a record for lack of crime in 28 years.

05:23So I just want to say we have a great, a great place.

05:30And I want to pay my highest respects

05:32to those two great guardsmen.

05:35You know who I'm talking about.

05:38They paid, in one case, the ultimate and the other.

05:41Andrew is getting better.

05:43Sarah, unfortunately, is watching from a high,

05:46watching from heaven.

05:47Her parents are so incredible.

05:48And Andrew is hopefully getting better.

05:53He got hit hard defending us.

05:56And I just want to pay my respects to them,

05:58two incredible people, unbelievable people.

06:01I spoke with the parents and met the parents today,

06:03the parents of Andrew.

06:04And they have spirit,

06:07and they love our country so much you wouldn't believe.

06:09But as a nation, we have much to be grateful for.

06:13On this holiday season, our border is secure.

06:16Our spirit is restored.

06:17Most secure border we've ever had in the history of our country.

06:22Seven months, and nobody has come in illegally into our country.

06:26Nobody.

06:27Not one.

06:29Our economy is thriving.

06:30Inflation has stopped.

06:31Our nation is strong.

06:33And America is back bigger and better,

06:36stronger, better than ever before.

06:38Think of it.

06:39And we're making peace all over the world.

06:41We're settling wars at levels that nobody's ever seen before.

06:45Eight of them.

06:46We're looking for one more.

06:47That's Russia, Ukraine, if that's possible.

06:50And I think we'll get there eventually.

06:52Last week, 8,000 soldiers killed last month.

06:57They had 27,000 soldiers needlessly killed.

07:01We've got to get that stopped.

07:02We're working very hard on it.

07:04Just over one year ago,

07:05our country was in very, very serious trouble.

07:11The king of Saudi Arabia said to me very strongly, sir,

07:15one year ago, your country was dead.

07:17Now you have the strongest and hottest country anywhere in the world.

07:20Can you imagine?

07:21We did this in 10 months.

07:23What a difference.

07:24Yes, and it's true.

07:25Everybody feels that, and all leaders feel that.

07:29So as we prepare to celebrate the miracle of Christmas,

07:32we thank God for his many blessings.

07:34And together, we rejoice at the true source of greatness, happiness, and strength.

07:39The good news is that glorious nights 2,000 years ago,

07:44think of it 2,000 years ago.

07:46It was indeed a glorious night.

07:49So I want to thank everybody here.

07:51I want to pay my deepest respect and love to all of our great citizens,

07:57like 350 million people.

08:00We love them all.

08:02Whether you like them or not, we love them all.

08:05We want to take care of everybody.

08:06We have to take care of everybody in our country.

08:08I want to wish everybody a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.

08:12and have a good time.

08:15And you're going to see some great entertainment.

08:17Thank you very much, everybody.

08:19Merry Christmas.

08:20Happy Hanukkah.

08:21Happy New Year.

08:22Thank you, everybody.

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