00:13Thank you all and Mr. President, Mr. Secretary, Mr. Chairman, all of our honored guests but
00:21especially our Gold Star families. I want to say just a few things today because I believe
00:28that the most important lesson of Memorial Day is perhaps that all of us owe a debt.
00:33That we owe a debt to the people who went overseas and gave their lives that the
00:37United States might be prosperous and peaceful and free. That we owe a debt to
00:43the people who put on a uniform knowing they might never come back and indeed
00:48today we pay tribute to those who never came back. I think like a lot of veterans
00:54and we're joined by so many of you sometimes Memorial Day is the most
00:59somber and the most sacred of the days on the American calendar. People will come
01:05up to our veterans and say things like happy Memorial Day or may you have a
01:09blessed Memorial Day and those of us who served know acutely that today is not for
01:14all veterans as much as we love all of our veterans. Today is for those veterans who
01:19put on the uniform who went overseas and who never came home. When I think about
01:26the debt that we owe them I think about all the things that they gave which can't
01:30be measured in dollars or in the things of this world but are measured in things
01:36like weddings that they never got to attend, children that they never saw grow up,
01:43daughters and sons that they never got to hug and kiss again, loved ones,
01:47husbands and wives, they traded every moment from the moment where they gave
01:54their lives to the moment where they would ultimately meet their natural end,
01:58every single one of those moments they gave up that the United States might be
02:03remain the freest and best country in the entire world. What an amazing thing, what
02:10amazing gift. On this Memorial Day I just ask two things of all of our fellow Americans. The first
02:25is that we be the very best version of ourselves in honor of those who gave everything that this nation
02:33might be worthy. To all the husbands and fathers that we be the best husbands and
02:45dads that we can. To all the mothers and wives that they be the best moms and wives that they
02:51can. To the
02:52sons and daughters that they be the very best version of themselves and that second, we always remember that every
02:59moment that we're able to enjoy with our loved ones, everything that gives our life
03:03and our nation meaning and purpose was given to us often by total strangers who
03:09laid down their lives that this might be the best nation in the history of the world.
03:14And finally, and finally to our Gold Star families, I hope you know that I will never forget. I'll never
03:30forget your loved ones, that the good life that I have and that my family have is fundamentally because
03:36you paid a debt that I can never repay. I'll never forget their smiling faces, I'll never forget their skill
03:44and
03:44bravery in battle. I'll never forget that all the moments that I'm able to have with my family, they're not
03:50able to
03:50have with theirs. And most of all, I know from every American across every political persuasion that we love you,
03:58we're
03:58grateful to you, we're proud of you, and we commit to make the United States of America the very best
04:06version of itself. And
04:08that is how we honor those who gave their lives to this country.
04:20And without further ado, it is my great honor to introduce the 45th and 47th
04:26Commander-in-Chief of these United States, President Donald J. Trump. Mr. President.
Comentarios