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00:00Well, thank you very much, everybody.
00:02What an honor this is.
00:04Yeah, it's six times.
00:06Can you believe it?
00:07Moving along, well, we like it.
00:10Healthy guy between you and you.
00:13You've done very well medically, I can tell you.
00:17But it's too long a story to tell,
00:19but these two guys are very special.
00:22I want to thank our great speaker.
00:23He's a great speaker, actually.
00:25He's a great speaker.
00:30Because when you think of everything that we've passed,
00:33with a sometimes majority of one,
00:36when we get back to two, three, and four, Mike,
00:38we think we have it really made.
00:41We lost a couple, and we had a couple of people.
00:44They're in heaven now.
00:46They're looking.
00:47And that didn't help us with the vote,
00:48but we're doing all right,
00:50and you're getting things done like really nobody.
00:52I think there's never been anything like it.
00:55So I just want to thank you.
00:56You're doing a fantastic job.
01:00And I want to thank that beautiful,
01:03you're not allowed to say that about women anymore,
01:05but I say it anyway.
01:06Usually, it's the end of your career.
01:08You're not allowed to use the word beauty in any form
01:11to introduce a woman,
01:12but she happens to be beautiful, Kelly.
01:14Thank you very much.
01:15All Irish.
01:16I'm in deep trouble.
01:18I'm in deep trouble.
01:19There'll be headlines when I get out of this room,
01:22but I'll stick with it.
01:24And then your family is so incredible, too.
01:27So thank you very much.
01:28And to every friend of Ireland in this room today,
01:33I just want to wish you a very happy St. Patrick's Day,
01:36special day.
01:37It's a very great day.
01:38And to Tishok, you are a man that I've gotten to know,
01:44and you mean business.
01:46And he can tell a story like nobody can tell a story.
01:50And then he said, how did you speak for almost two hours?
01:53A couple of weeks ago, I had called State of the Union.
01:58I said, you could do it very easily.
01:59I guarantee you that.
02:00He could do it.
02:01But we've had a really great relationship.
02:05And, Mary, thank you very much.
02:07Terrific.
02:08Thank you very much to be with you both.
02:10I hope you enjoy your stay.
02:15Also with us is House Majority Leader Steve Scalise.
02:18Steve, great job.
02:21Deputy First Minister of Northern Ireland.
02:23And they get along so well.
02:24I saw that.
02:25You get along very well together.
02:26That's the way it's supposed to be, huh?
02:28I don't know if I should be promoting merger.
02:30I love mergers, but I didn't know.
02:32We're going to get in a little trouble.
02:34We're going to get in more trouble.
02:36More trouble with that than the beauty.
02:39But, Emma Little Pingali, thank you very much, Emma.
02:42Thank you very much.
02:46And the Ambassador from the Republic of Ireland, Geraldine Byrne-Nason.
02:51Geraldine.
02:52Thank you, Geraldine.
02:53Thank you very much.
02:56Ambassador from the United Kingdom, Christian Turner.
03:00Christian.
03:02Thank you, Christian.
03:03Thank you very much.
03:05And the U.S. Ambassador to Ireland, a great golfer.
03:08This guy can play golf.
03:10He can play golf.
03:12Walshie, right?
03:13Can't you, huh?
03:14But Trump's not bad.
03:15Are you good?
03:16I know.
03:18He's a great player, and he's having a lot of fun over there.
03:22What is that?
03:23For a guy who loves golf, is that the best location?
03:26Can you imagine?
03:27Ambassador to Ireland?
03:28That's got to be the greatest job in the world.
03:30Anyway, have a good time.
03:32Have a good time.
03:33You're doing a good job.
03:36As many of you know, this year, we're
03:38celebrating something that is very special.
03:41The glorious 250th anniversary of America's founding.
03:45That's a big deal, and I'm very happy to be here.
03:47I didn't â I wasn't supposed to be president right now.
03:50It was supposed to be maybe in Ireland taking it easy,
03:54or someplace taking it easy.
03:56But I'm president now, and I got the Olympics.
03:59I have the World Cup, and I have the 250th year.
04:02And we all have it together.
04:04And I just do want to say that the war is proceeding very, very strongly.
04:09We're doing very, very well.
04:12Iran, knocking the hell out of them.
04:13And you have to do that.
04:15We can't let them have a nuclear weapon.
04:16They were two weeks away, in my opinion, two weeks away from having a nuclear weapon.
04:21If those beautiful, magnificent machines, those B-2 bombers, if they didn't do their job seven or eight months ago,
04:28they would have had a nuclear weapon.
04:32And there would have been no talking to them, no talking at all.
04:35They would have used it very gladly, very happily.
04:37And you sort of see that by the fact that they were sending missiles, ballistic missiles, powerful missiles, to all
04:44of their neighbors.
04:45And for the most part, they were supposed to be somewhat friendly with their neighbors.
04:49They were going to blow the hell out of them.
04:51And that was going to be the Middle East, between Israel, the Middle East.
04:56And Europe would have been there.
04:58And we would have been there.
04:59There would have been no stopping.
05:00And we did a good job.
05:01And a lot of people appreciated it.
05:03A lot of presidents know they should have done it.
05:06It was 47 years of terror.
05:08Every time you see somebody with no legs, no arms, a face that's been really so badly damaged, so badly
05:18hurt, lives destroyed, 95% chance it was, it came right out of Iran.
05:27They loved that bomb, they loved that bomb.
05:32And the father of that was, as you know, Soleimani.
05:36General Soleimani.
05:38And we got rid of him in my first term.
05:41And if we didn't get rid of him, I think it might have been a different story.
05:43Because he was a bad guy, but he was a brilliant guy if you like to fight dirty.
05:49And he fought as dirty as you can.
05:51And so we've done something that a lot of people said that other people should have done long before I
05:57got here.
05:58But it's my honor to do it.
06:00And we've had a very big day today.
06:03We knocked out things that nobody thought were possible to knock out.
06:07Today was a very big day already.
06:09As part of this great celebration, we also honor 250 years of cherished Irish-American friendship.
06:18And 250 years of fierce, proud, tenacious Irish-American heritage.
06:23These are incredible people.
06:25Oh, I know so many Irish.
06:27They're difficult, though.
06:28You know, they're very difficult.
06:30And they're great politicians.
06:33You know, I was just told, right, that 23 American presidents have some Irish blood on them.
06:42Right?
06:42Some.
06:43Some a little bit.
06:44And some a lot.
06:45Right?
06:46That's a pretty big number.
06:47I don't think any, and nobody else competes with that.
06:49But out of the 56 signers of our Declaration of Independence, 11 were patriots with roots in Ireland back in
06:57July 4th, 1776.
06:59It was the son of Ireland who actually printed that sacred document for the first time.
07:05Who knew that?
07:06And it was also an Irishman who first read its immortal words to the American public, proclaiming aloud that we
07:13are all made free and equal by the hand of our Creator,
07:17and endowed by God with rights to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.
07:24It came out of the blood of Ireland.
07:27The Irish did not come to America.
07:30They helped found America, the fact is.
07:32And they helped build America.
07:34These are incredible people.
07:36I know them well.
07:38And with a little bit of Irish luck, they helped make America into the most exceptional nation the world has
07:45ever seen.
07:45And we're doing better.
07:46We had to do a little excursion, if you don't mind.
07:49A little excursion to take care of nuclear weaponry in the hands of maniacs.
07:54But other than that, in a couple of weeks, and it won't be much longer, it's moving along fast.
08:00We're way ahead of schedule.
08:01Did you know that, Mr. Speaker?
08:03I'm trying to save a lot of money by being ahead of schedule.
08:05We're way ahead of schedule.
08:07Nobody would have thought somebody, a great war historian, told me today, nobody would have thought you could do that
08:13much damage in that little time.
08:15Two weeks.
08:16But we're way ahead.
08:17But we had prior to that, and really, I guess you could say after that, but prior to that, and
08:24it'll bounce back so fast, the oil prices will drop like a rock.
08:28And the economy is so powerful, so strong.
08:32And, you know, we hit 50,000 on the Dow.
08:36Think of that.
08:3750,000.
08:38I was told you'll never hit 50,000, not for the first three years.
08:41Maybe at the end of the fourth year you might be able to hit it.
08:44We hit it in the first year.
08:46And we then hit 7,000 on the S&P.
08:49And that was even more of a long shot, Steve.
08:52That was a chance that they said you couldn't do that.
08:55That was harder than 50 on the Dow.
08:587,000 on the S&P.
09:00We hit that before the end of the first year.
09:02And all of those things.
09:04And then I said to myself, well, we're doing great.
09:08We're doing great.
09:09I went to Susie, my beautiful Susie Wiles.
09:12There's nobody like Susie.
09:13I went to Susie.
09:16Right?
09:20And everybody's with her.
09:21And she's a great woman, really.
09:23She's a great woman.
09:24But I went to Susie.
09:25I always go to Susie.
09:26I said, Susie, do you mind if I take a little excursion here?
09:29Do you mind if I â you know, we're hitting all these records, right?
09:33Most â more people are working in the United States today than ever before.
09:38I could name this â I don't want to bore you, because this is all about Ireland.
09:41This is all about â but you're a big part of it,
09:44because you're a big part of this country.
09:46But I said, do you mind if I take a little excursion?
09:49My chief of staff, because I want to do this.
09:53I have Marco here.
09:54We have a lot of our great people.
09:55J.D. is here.
09:57They're all here.
09:57I say, let's do this.
10:00We've got to do it right.
10:01Should have been done by many presidents.
10:03Should have been done long before 47 years.
10:06It's 40 years of living in terror.
10:08You know, they're called the bully of the Middle East.
10:10But they're really the bully of the world, because they used oil to bribe, right?
10:15They used oil to bribe and to, you know, gain power.
10:19I don't know what they gained.
10:20What did they gain?
10:21What the hell?
10:21How are they doing?
10:22Not so good.
10:23They're all gone now.
10:24Every one of them, they're all gone.
10:26We don't even know who â our biggest problem, we don't know who to deal with.
10:29Over here, I can call the Speaker of the House.
10:31He's so powerful.
10:32I can call him.
10:32I can make a deal.
10:33Maybe.
10:34I can even call your Democrat counterpart.
10:37This guy, I said to Kelly, what do you think of your counterpart?
10:40He said he's a great guy.
10:41This is Republican, Democrat.
10:44I never thought I was going to hear that about you.
10:46Let me shake your hand.
10:55When Kelly tells me that, I said, that's the way it used to be.
10:59You know, that's the way â not so long ago.
11:01And maybe someday that's the way it'll be again.
11:04It's really great.
11:04But I said, do you mind if I take a little excursion?
11:09Because we have to do something.
11:11And it'll be a short-term excursion.
11:12But we have all these great things going.
11:15And we had â you know, we could have â we could have gone up, up, up.
11:19It was only going in one direction.
11:21But I think now it's going to go much higher than it would have gone
11:23had we not taken this little journey.
11:26And so I appreciate all of the people that have worked with us.
11:30That was not an easy decision to make.
11:32We have a country that was hotter than any country anywhere in the world.
11:37And doing great in every way.
11:39And I say, oh, we have to put out this cancer.
11:43It's a cancer.
11:44We had to take that operation.
11:47And we did.
11:48And it was very successful.
11:50And it continues.
11:51Frankly, as somebody said, very â they could leave today.
11:55And it would take 10 years to rebuild the damage that's been done.
11:59But I think we have to make it a little bit more permanent.
12:01Because no other president has to go through this.
12:04And we shouldn't have any other president having to go through this kind of a thing.
12:09And if they didn't want to do it, if for some reason they didn't want to do it, we'd have
12:14the same problem.
12:16We don't ever want to have that problem again.
12:18Not with lunatics.
12:19We can't have lunatics controlling nuclear weaponry.
12:23So I just want to thank you, everybody.
12:29Let's get back to Ireland.
12:30Do you mind?
12:31Ireland?
12:32We don't mind.
12:33Ireland is a nice place.
12:35I love Ireland.
12:36In fact, we're going to have the Irish open at a property that happens to be owned by years early.
12:42But I have nothing to do with it.
12:45I own it, but I don't even like to talk to my son.
12:48He says, Dad, we're doing great with the â I'm allowed to.
12:51I'm allowed to run it, but I don't choose to.
12:54Dad, we're doing great.
12:56Eric calls up.
12:57He's doing a good job.
12:58Do you like Eric?
12:59I think so, right?
13:00Who doesn't like Eric?
13:01But he calls up, Dad, we're doing a great job in Ireland.
13:05What's going on?
13:06Well, we're doing this.
13:07And I said, don't tell me about it.
13:09I don't want to know about it.
13:10I don't want to know about it.
13:12Of course, if things were â if we were treated badly, I'd let him know very quickly.
13:18But I think you are very proud of what's been done over there by the Trump Organization, right?
13:25It's one of the greatest places, one of the greatest golf courses in the world.
13:29And it's an honor to hold the Irish Open there.
13:31It's coming up very shortly.
13:33And it's a great honor.
13:35And say hello to Rory McIlroy and all of those great players, because they are truly great talents.
13:40And they're wonderful people, friends of mine.
13:42But over the centuries, 130 members of the House and Senate have been born in Ireland and been elected to
13:49work in these great halls.
13:51Think of it.
13:52That's a lot.
13:53Our national anthem itself was signed by the sight of the Star Spangled Banner waving over the fort named for
14:02the son of Ireland, Fort Henry, Fort McHenry.
14:05When Americans ventured west on the Oregon Trail, they were guarded by troops stationed at Fort Riley, named for the
14:15Irish American warrior who President Grant called the finest specimen of physical manhood I've ever looked upon.
14:23We didn't know that about President Grant.
14:25I think we just learned something.
14:28But I could say that about your sons.
14:30Okay?
14:31Kelly, I could say that about your sons.
14:33One's a boxing champion.
14:35They're like champions.
14:36Who would think from this one?
14:37It's got to be from that one.
14:41Well, I didn't know about your Italian roots either.
14:44I thought he was a super wasp.
14:46You know, to me.
14:48No, to me, Mike was always a wasp.
14:51Now I learned that this is serious Italian stuff, right?
14:54Well, that'll that'll be good for you.
14:57I think your image.
14:59His image has changed a hell of a lot very quick.
15:02He's great.
15:03Even today, when Americans visit Gettysburg, they find a Celtic cross honoring the soldiers of the famed Irish Brigade and
15:12defended our union and its pivotal hour, most pivotal hour.
15:17And they were there and it said that more than 50% of all congressional medals of honor are awarded.
15:24Think of that.
15:2450% went to people who had parents, one or the other, Irish American.
15:31That's a lot.
15:32We're going to have to look.
15:33That's because we have so many Irish politicians.
15:35That's how that works.
15:36But we can't let that.
15:37We got to make some changes in that.
15:39That's too many.
15:40Don't you think, Kelly?
15:41I think.
15:42But from 1776 to today, our country has stood strong and free and no small part due to the spirit
15:50of the warriors.
15:51You really are warriors.
15:52You're incredible.
15:53And the fighting Irish, you know, Notre Dame, the fighting Irish is a reason for it.
15:58I don't know how many Irish people are playing on the team, though.
16:01How many Irish people do we have on the team?
16:02I'm not sure we have so many.
16:04Well, you got him.
16:05You have Kelly.
16:06Kelly's a warrior, let me tell you.
16:08As the Tishak has said and the President reminds us today, the United States and Ireland continue
16:16to build upon the age-old bond together.
16:18We are strengthening the ties of culture.
16:22We have a tremendous deficit, by the way, I want to tell you right now.
16:26I looked at the numbers.
16:27You guys are much better business people than our past politicians.
16:31We have to talk about that deficit.
16:33Are we allowed to talk about that today?
16:35It's a substantial deficit.
16:37Well, okay.
16:38Tomorrow.
16:39Okay.
16:39Walt said tomorrow.
16:40And cooperation that really does stretch back many, many generations.
16:45Under our leadership as we speak, Irish companies are investing more than $6 billion into the United States,
16:52including $45 million in Pennsylvania, $70 million in Colorado, and over $100 million in New Mexico and Ohio.
17:01And I'm hopeful that we'll soon reach a deal to let American liquefy natural gas.
17:07And that'll bring down your deficits a lot.
17:09So I think you have to make this deal with us.
17:11We, you know, got to do something.
17:13But these companies are going to be fueling your homes and factories and all of the other things.
17:18We got a lot of, we have a lot of energy in this country.
17:21We have more than anybody.
17:23We have the most energy of any country in the world by far.
17:26So we want to sell a little of that to you.
17:29And the deficit will come down, down, down, and everybody's going to be happy.
17:34So you got to buy a lot of our stuff.
17:36But in this small and beautiful, it's a beautiful room.
17:40I love this room.
17:41It's been a very warm room.
17:42I've had a good time.
17:43I have so many friends and so many relationships that I've gotten from this room, mostly from this event.
17:49But on this St. Patrick's Day, as we press ahead toward the opportunities that await,
17:54let us remember the beautiful words of St. Patrick himself.
17:59May the power of God preserve us.
18:02May the wisdom of God instruct us.
18:05May the hand of God protect us.
18:07May the way of God direct us.
18:10May the shield of God defend us.
18:13And may the host of God guard us.
18:16That's beautiful.
18:18And today we add, may God bless the people of Ireland,
18:22and may God bless the United States of America.
18:26And it's great to be with you.
18:27Thank you very much, everybody.
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