and history teaches us, do not hope on this side of the grairve, but then once in a lifetime, long foral wave will rise up and hope and history rhyme. 2024, we have a chance to make history rhyme again. are you ready to do that with me? [cheers and applause] look forward, not back? [cheers and applause] are you ready to choose unity over division? [cheers and applause] dignity over demolition? choose truth over lies. choose freedom and democracy because that's america. folks, i have been doing -- i know i look like i'm 40 but i have been doing it a long time. never more optimistic about our future. remember who we are. we are the united states of america. there is nothing, i mean it sincerely, i'm a student of american history, that has come out of every crisis stronger than when we went on. there is nothing beyond our capacity when we do it together. may god bless you all. may god protect our troops. [cheers and applause] [crowd chanting "four more years"] ♪ ♪♪ [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2024] captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is