1 00:00:00,0 --> 00:00:03,736 INTERNATIONAL HOTELS AT THE OLD POST OFFICE PAVILION IN THE 2 00:00:03,738 --> 00:00:05,287 NATION'S CAPITAL. WE WILL SHOW YOU SOME OF AS WAIT 3 00:00:05,289 --> 00:00:15,563 FOR THE RALLY IN OHIO TO GET STARTED. 4 00:00:15,565 --> 00:00:15,604 HELLO, EVERYONE. IT'S AN HONOR TO STAND BEFORE 5 00:00:15,606 --> 00:00:19,712 YOU TODAY AND OFFICIALLY WELCOME YOU TO TRUMP INTERNATIONAL HOTEL 6 00:00:19,714 --> 00:00:23,577 AND TOWER IN WASHINGTON, D.C. THIS HAS BEEN AN UNFORGETTABLE 7 00:00:23,579 --> 00:00:27,16 YEAR FOR MY FAMILY FOR MANY REASONS. 8 00:00:27,18 --> 00:00:30,629 AS ERIC SAID OUR BUSINESS AT TRUMP HOTELS CONTINUES TO THRIVE 9 00:00:30,631 --> 00:00:34,360 IN THE LAST 12 MONTHS WE HAVE COMPLETED THE REDEVELOPMENT OF 10 00:00:34,362 --> 00:00:37,941 TRUMP NATIONAL IN MIAMI, FLORIDA, COME THE ICONIC RESORT 11 00:00:37,943 --> 00:00:43,99 IN SCOTLAND, AND AND THIS DIFFICULT INTERNATIONAL GOLF 12 00:00:43,101 --> 00:00:48,141 LINKS IN IRELAND. NEXT MONTH WHEN OPENING A 13 00:00:48,143 --> 00:00:51,729 STUNNING HOTEL AND RESIDENTIAL TOWER IN VANCOUVER, CANADA. 14 00:00:51,731 --> 00:00:54,646 WE'VE ALSO LAUNCHED OUR NEWEST BRAND WHICH WILL ENABLE US TO 15 00:00:54,648 --> 00:00:59,553 EXPAND OUR QUICKLY GROWING FOOTPRINT BEYOND FIVE STAR OF 16 00:00:59,555 --> 00:01:01,593 THE LUXURY MARKETS AND LOCATIONS SUCH AS THIS ONE. 17 00:01:01,595 --> 00:01:08,367 WE HAVE CELEBRATED MANY MILESTONES BUT THE ONE THAT 18 00:01:08,369 --> 00:01:09,382 GATHERS US HERE TODAY, THE GRAND OPENING OF THE REDEVELOPED OLD 19 00:01:09,384 --> 00:01:11,109 POST OFFICE BUILDING IS INCREDIBLY SPECIAL TO EACH 20 00:01:11,111 --> 00:01:14,553 MEMBER OF MY FAMILY, BOTH PERSONALLY AND PROFESSIONALLY. 21 00:01:14,555 --> 00:01:19,770 A RENOVATION IS MUCH MORE COMPLEX THAN A GROUND UP 22 00:01:19,772 --> 00:01:21,745 CONSTRUCTION PROJECT AND THE REDEVELOPMENT OF THE BUILDING 23 00:01:21,747 --> 00:01:26,580 WE'RE STANDING AND HAS BEEN PERHAPS THE MOST CHALLENGING AND 24 00:01:26,582 --> 00:01:30,575 GRATIFYING OF THEM ALL. WHEN THIS PROPERTY WAS 25 00:01:30,577 --> 00:01:34,102 ORIGINALLY BUILT IN 1899 ITS GRANT YOU WAS MEANT TO SIGNAL TO 26 00:01:34,104 --> 00:01:36,719 THE REST OF THE COUNTRY THAT PENNSYLVANIA AVENUE WAS 27 00:01:36,721 --> 00:01:40,482 AMERICA'S MAINSTREAM. A FULL CITY BLOCK AND HEART OF 28 00:01:40,484 --> 00:01:44,588 WASHINGTON, D.C., YOU DIDN'T HAVE TO BE A VISIONARY TO SEE 29 00:01:44,590 --> 00:01:49,158 THE POTENTIAL DESPITE THE FACT THAT IN RECENT YEARS TIME HAS 30 00:01:49,160 --> 00:01:52,534 TAKEN ITS TOLL ON ITS NATIONAL TREASURE. 31 00:01:52,536 --> 00:01:55,347 IN 2011 THE OLD POST OFFICE WAS CONSIDERED THE MOST SOUGHT AFTER 32 00:01:55,349 --> 00:01:59,152 REDEVELOPMENT OPPORTUNITY IN THE COUNTRY, AND MY FATHER AND I 33 00:01:59,154 --> 00:02:01,690 FOUGHT HARD AGAINST THE LARGEST HOTEL COMPANIES AND DEVELOPERS 34 00:02:01,692 --> 00:02:08,7 IN THE WORLD TO WIN THE DEAL. OVER THE COURSE OF EIGHT MONTHS 35 00:02:08,9 --> 00:02:04,587 OUR TEAM WORKED NONSTOP TO STUDY THE BUILDING AND STRATEGIZE THE 36 00:02:04,589 --> 00:02:08,675 BEST APPROACH TO RESTORE ITS TWO WITH FULL POTENTIAL, AN AND IN 37 00:02:08,677 --> 00:02:09,811 SOME. AFTER AN EXHAUSTIVE EVALUATION 38 00:02:09,813 --> 00:02:12,365 PROCESS WE WERE ULTIMATELY AWARDED THE DEAL BY UNITED 39 00:02:12,367 --> 00:02:16,850 STATES GOVERNMENT. WE WERE SELECTED BY A PANEL OF 40 00:02:16,852 --> 00:02:21,955 JUDGES BASED ON CRITERIA THAT INCLUDED OUR VISION FOR THE 41 00:02:21,957 --> 00:02:23,490 PROPERTY, THE STRENGTH AND EXPERIENCE OF OUR DEVELOPMENT 42 00:02:23,492 --> 00:02:28,195 TEAM, OUR COMPANIES FINANCIAL WHEREWITHAL, OUR TRACK RECORD 43 00:02:28,197 --> 00:02:32,699 AND A PLAN TO BRING VIBRANCY TO PENNSYLVANIA AVENUE. 44 00:02:32,701 --> 00:02:37,37 ONE OF THE REASONS I LOVE REAL ESTATE, A PASSION INHERITED FROM 45 00:02:37,39 --> 00:02:42,108 MY FATHER CAN IS BECAUSE AT THE END OF THE YEARS OF HARD WORK 46 00:02:42,110 --> 00:02:44,210 THERE EXISTS A TANGIBLE VALIDATION OF YOUR EFFORTS AND 47 00:02:44,212 --> 00:02:45,679 THE EFFORTS OF SO MANY PEOPLE. .. 48 00:02:45,680 --> 00:03:12,572 INVOLVED IN THE DESIGN, CONSTRUCTION, AND NOW THE 49 00:03:12,574 --> 00:03:19,352 OPERATION OF THIS PROJECT. MADE IT A POINT OF PERSONAL 50 00:03:19,354 --> 00:03:25,739 PRIDE TO BE EXTRA PRECISE IN THEIR WORK TO BE SURE IT WAS 51 00:03:25,741 --> 00:03:30,77 COMPLETED TO AN EXTREMELY HIGH STANDARD. 52 00:03:30,79 --> 00:03:32,202 MY BROTHERS AND I INCLUDED. A GOOD SIGN, SIGN OF A GOOD 53 00:03:32,204 --> 00:03:33,205 LEADER, IS HOW HARD HIS OR HER TEAM WORKS WHEN THE BOSS IS NOT 54 00:03:33,207 --> 00:03:37,85 THERE. MY FATHER'S TEAM HAS WORKED 55 00:03:37,87 --> 00:03:42,359 VERY, VERY HARD ON THIS BUILDING, AND WE'RE STANDING 56 00:03:42,361 --> 00:03:51,962 HERE TODAY, IT'S EVIDENT, OF THAT TREMENDOUS EFFORT. 57 00:03:51,964 --> 00:03:58,853 INCLUDING THE HISTORIC CLOCK TOWER, WHICH STILL HOUSES OUR 58 00:03:58,855 --> 00:04:03,197 NATION'S BELLS OF CONGRESS, THE OLD POST OFFICE IS THE SECOND 59 00:04:03,199 --> 00:04:08,964 TALLEST BUILDING IN WASHINGTON, DC AFTER THE MONUMENT. 60 00:04:08,966 --> 00:04:09,895 BEHIND THE FACADE IS THE CITY'S LARGEST LUXURY BALLROOM AND 61 00:04:09,897 --> 00:04:12,673 WITHIN THE BUILDING ITSELF THE GUESTS WILL DISCOVER THE MOST 62 00:04:12,675 --> 00:04:15,671 SPACIOUS SUITES IN THE DISTRICT. WE HAVE PAINSTAKINGLY PRESERVED 63 00:04:15,673 --> 00:04:17,419 ORIGINAL ARCHITECTURAL ELEMENTS LIKE THE STONE CASHINGS AND 64 00:04:17,421 --> 00:04:25,118 GRANITE FACADE, EXTRAORDINARY MILL WORK ON THE WOOD DOORS AND 65 00:04:25,121 --> 00:04:41,125 THE MARBLE WAINSCOTING. A FEW WEEKS AGO I MET A 66 00:04:41,127 --> 00:04:38,891 CONTRACTOR ON SITE WHO WAS WEARING A TRUMP SHIRT. 67 00:04:38,894 --> 00:04:45,552 HE WAS VERY PROUD TO TELL ME HE HELPED MY FATHER BUILD TRUMP 68 00:04:45,554 --> 00:04:48,374 TOWER IN NEW YORK CITY 15 YEARS AGO. 69 00:04:48,376 --> 00:04:51,915 AS A DAUGHTER, THIS POLITICAL SEASON HAS BEEN ONE OF THE MOST 70 00:04:51,917 --> 00:04:59,384 INTERESTING JOURNEYS OF MY LIFE. PUBLISH, BUT EACH DAY IF A A 71 00:04:59,386 --> 00:05:01,148 HEARD CRITICS AGAINST MY FATHER'S BUSINESS BUT ONE OF THE 72 00:05:01,150 --> 00:05:04,717 MOST TELLING SIGN'S HIS SKIS E SUCCESS IS THE THOUSANDS OF 73 00:05:04,720 --> 00:05:08,121 PEOPLE WHO HAVE WORKED WITH HIM, WORKED FOR HIM, FOUGHT WITH 74 00:05:08,123 --> 00:05:12,391 THEM, AND WHO CONTINUE TO STAND BY HIS SIDE, IN THEIR QUEST TO 75 00:05:12,394 --> 00:05:17,497 ACHIEVE GREAT THINGS. WHEN THIS PROPERTY WAS PUT OUT 76 00:05:17,499 --> 00:05:21,535 TO BID, CONGRESSMAN JOHN MICAH, CHAIRMAN OF THE HOUSE OVERSIGHT 77 00:05:21,537 --> 00:05:24,804 COMMITTEE, HELD A PRESS CONFERENCE IN THE VACANT 78 00:05:24,807 --> 00:05:28,475 BUILDING. IT WAS WITHOUT HEAT AND IN THE 79 00:05:28,477 --> 00:05:33,13 FREEZING COLD HEED A MACHINE ISSUED THE CROWD ABOUT 80 00:05:33,15 --> 00:05:36,115 GOVERNMENT EXCESS AND NOTED THE OLD POST SOLVES WAS LOSING THE 81 00:05:36,118 --> 00:05:37,484 GOVERNMENT BETWEEN $8 MILLION AND $6 MILLION A 82 00:05:37,486 --> 00:05:41,153 YEAR. AT A COMMITTEE HEARING FOLLOWING 83 00:05:41,156 --> 00:05:44,358 OUR SOFT OPENING LAST MONTH. CONGRESSMAN MICAH SAID THAT 84 00:05:44,360 --> 00:05:47,593 TRUMP INTERNATIONAL HOTEL WASHINGTON, DC IS NOW CREATING 85 00:05:47,596 --> 00:05:51,197 HUNDREDS OF JOBS, AND IS A STELLAR EXAMPLE OF TURNING 86 00:05:51,200 --> 00:05:57,337 UNDERUTILIZED FEDERAL PROPERTIES AROUND WITH THE HELP OF THE 87 00:05:57,339 --> 00:06:02,109 PRIVATE SECTOR. WIN WE AGAINSTED CONSTRUCTION 88 00:06:02,111 --> 00:06:04,678 AND AT THE GROUNDBREAKING CEREMONY I PLEDGED MY FAMILY'S 89 00:06:04,680 --> 00:06:07,13 COMMITMENT TO THE PROJECT AND ENSURING ITS SUCCESSFUL 90 00:06:07,15 --> 00:06:10,617 CONGRATULATIONS. I TOLD YOU THAT WE WOULD NOT 91 00:06:10,619 --> 00:06:15,154 DISAPPOINT YOU, AND THAT WE WOULD NEVER LET YOU DOWN. 92 00:06:15,157 --> 00:06:19,92 TODAY IS A CELEBRATION, NOT JUST OF MEETING BUT EXCEEDING THOSE 93 00:06:19,94 --> 00:06:22,195 GOALS. THIS ACHIEVEMENT WOULDN'T BE 94 00:06:22,197 --> 00:06:25,398 POSSIBLE WITHOUT OUR EXTRAORDINARY TEAM AT THE TRUMP 95 00:06:25,401 --> 00:06:33,239 ORGANIZATION. THANK YOU ALL FOR THE DESIGN AND 96 00:06:33,242 --> 00:06:38,411 PRESERVATION,, A, A ARCHITECTS FOR THEIR TREMENDOUS 97 00:06:38,414 --> 00:06:49,415 CONTRIBUTION TO THE PROCESS AND ALSO LIKE TO THANK ME MANY 98 00:06:49,417 --> 00:06:53,155 ELECTED OFFICIALS AND STAFF MEMBERS OF THE FEDERAL AND D.C. 99 00:06:53,157 --> 00:06:57,148 GOVERNMENT WHO I'VE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO WORK WITH SO 100 00:06:57,150 --> 00:07:01,698 CLOSELY, INCLUDING THE GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION, 101 00:07:01,700 --> 00:07:07,538 NATIONAL PARK SERVICE, COMMISSION OF FINE ARTS, 102 00:07:07,540 --> 00:07:09,999 NATIONAL CAPITAL PLANNING COMMISSION, D.C. MAYOR'S OFFICE, 103 00:07:10,1 --> 00:07:14,384 FIRE DEPARTMENT, THE POLICE DEPOSIT, -- DEPARTMENT AND THE 104 00:07:14,386 --> 00:07:13,935 HISTORIC PRESERVATION OFFICE. ADDITIONALLY I'D ALSO LIKE TO 105 00:07:13,937 --> 00:07:18,515 EXTEND A SPECIAL THANK YOU TO CONGRESSWOMAN ELEANOR HOLMES- 106 00:07:18,517 --> 00:07:22,413 NORMAN. THE MOST -- A GREAT PARTNER OVER 107 00:07:22,415 --> 00:07:22,504 THE LAST FIVE YEARS AND SOMEONE I HAVE GREAT RESPECT FOR AND 108 00:07:22,506 --> 00:07:27,427 HAVE THOROUGHLY, THOROUGHLY ENJOYED GETTING TO KNOW. 109 00:07:27,429 --> 00:07:31,31 FINALLY, THANK YOU TO MY FATHER, WHO TOOK A FEW HOURS AWAY FROM 110 00:07:31,33 --> 00:07:37,36 HIS GRUELING SCHEDULE ON THE CAMPAIGN TRAIL TO BE HERE TODAY. 111 00:07:37,39 --> 00:07:41,373 YEARS AGO, WHEN WE PROMISED THE CITY OF D.C. THAT TRUMP WOULD BE 112 00:07:41,376 --> 00:07:46,213 COMING TO PENNSYLVANIA AVENUE IN 2016 WE HAD NO IDEA WHAT WE WERE 113 00:07:46,215 --> 00:07:49,316 FORESHADOWING. THIS IS AN IMPORTANT MOMENT FOR 114 00:07:49,318 --> 00:07:53,954 OUR FAMILY AND OUR COMPANY, AND IT WOULDN'T BE POSSIBLE WITHOUT 115 00:07:53,956 --> 00:07:57,356 THE HARD WORK AND SUPPORT OF THIS VISIONARY MAN. 116 00:07:57,359 --> 00:08:00,292 SO WITHOUT FURTHER ADIEU, LET ME INTRODUCE MY FATHER, DONALD J. 117 00:08:00,295 --> 00:08:01,795 TRUMP. THANK YOU. 118 00:08:01,797 --> 00:08:12,171 [APPLAUSE] 119 00:08:12,174 --> 00:08:19,145 THANK YOU, EVERYBODY. I APPRECIATE IT. 120 00:08:19,147 --> 00:08:26,819 THANK YOU, MELANIA, STEPHANIE, LAURA, THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 121 00:08:26,821 --> 00:08:30,993 WE WERE VERY PROUD OF OUR COMPANY. 122 00:08:30,995 --> 00:08:38,398 WE BUILT ONE OF THE GREAT REAL ESTATE COMPANIES OF THE WORLD. 123 00:08:38,401 --> 00:08:40,648 BUT IT SEEMS VERY INSIGNIFICANT COMPARED TO WHAT WE'RE DOING 124 00:08:40,650 --> 00:08:46,6 NOW, AND AS SOON AS WE'RE FINISHED CUTTING THE RIBBON, I'M 125 00:08:46,8 --> 00:08:46,569 OFF TO NORTH CAROLINA, NEW HAMPSHIRE, AND BACK DOWN TO 126 00:08:46,571 --> 00:08:47,741 FLORIDA. RIGHT HERE WE'RE DOING VERY 127 00:08:47,743 --> 00:08:53,231 WELL. WITH THE NOTABLE EXCEPTION OF 128 00:08:53,233 --> 00:08:56,951 1600 PENNSYLVANIA AVENUE, THIS IS THE MOST COVETED PIECE OF 129 00:08:56,953 --> 00:09:00,675 REAL ESTATE IN WASHINGTON, DC, THE BEST LOCATION. 130 00:09:00,677 --> 00:09:04,291 I'M HONORED TO BE HERE TODAY TO SUPPORT MY FAMILY AND ESPECIALLY 131 00:09:04,293 --> 00:09:09,602 MY DAUGHTER, IVANKA, FOR HER DEDICATION TO THIS PROJECT. 132 00:09:09,604 --> 00:09:13,891 SHE WORKED SO HARD. I'M ALSO HONORED TO HAVE A 133 00:09:13,893 --> 00:09:19,345 CHANCE TO THANK THE INCREDIBLE TEAM OF PEOPLE WHO BROUGHT OUR 134 00:09:19,347 --> 00:09:24,275 VISION FOR WASHINGTON'S HISTORIC OLD POST OFFICE TO LIFE, 135 00:09:24,277 --> 00:09:29,541 INCLUDING HUNDREDS OF CONSTRUCTION WORKERS, 136 00:09:29,543 --> 00:09:32,838 ELECTRICIANS, MAINTENANCE WORKERS AND SO MANY OTHERS WHO 137 00:09:32,841 --> 00:09:34,598 HELPED MAKE THIS PROJECT A REALITY. 138 00:09:34,600 --> 00:09:35,607 THEY'RE REALLY THE IMPORTANT ONES. 139 00:09:35,609 --> 00:09:38,111 A PROJECT LIKE THIS DEMONSTRATES WHAT IS POSSIBLE WHEN A TEAM 140 00:09:38,114 --> 00:09:42,450 WORKS TOGETHER FOR A TOTALLY COMMON PURPOSE. 141 00:09:42,452 --> 00:09:46,969 IT ALSO SHOWS HOW TO WORK WITH OUR GOVERNMENT AND TO GET THINGS 142 00:09:46,971 --> 00:09:52,138 DONE. MY THEME TODAY IS FIVE WORDS. 143 00:09:52,140 --> 00:09:53,940 UNDERBUDGET AND AHEAD OF SCHEDULE. 144 00:09:53,942 --> 00:09:59,362 THAT WHAT WE DO. UNDERBUDGET AND AHEAD OF 145 00:09:59,364 --> 00:10:08,909 SCHEDULE. 146 00:10:08,911 --> 00:10:09,684 [APPLAUSE] 147 00:10:09,686 --> 00:10:11,995 SO IMPORTANT. WE DON'T HEAR THOSE WORDS TOO 148 00:10:11,997 --> 00:10:11,496 OFTEN IN GOVERNMENT BUT YOU WILL. 149 00:10:11,498 --> 00:10:12,859 OUR AGREEMENT WITH THE GOVERNMENT REQUIRED COMPLETION 150 00:10:12,861 --> 00:10:19,198 OF THE PROJECT BY 2018. WE WERE DRAMATICALLY AHEAD OF 151 00:10:19,200 --> 00:10:24,511 SCHEDULE ON THIS PROJECT, AND UNDERBUDGET. 152 00:10:24,513 --> 00:10:27,216 WE TURNED A PROPERTY THAT HAS BEEN NEGLECTED FOR DECADES AND 153 00:10:27,218 --> 00:10:32,545 WHICH WAS LOSING HUGE SUMS OF MONEY FOR THE FEDERAL 154 00:10:32,547 --> 00:10:37,149 GOVERNMENT, INTO A MAJOR REVENUE PRODUCER AND JOB CREATOR. 155 00:10:37,151 --> 00:10:38,653 THIS IS WHAT I WANT TO DO FOR OUR COUNTRY, AND THIS IS WHAT 156 00:10:38,655 --> 00:10:44,715 WE'RE WORKING SO HARD TO DO. RIGHT NOW, JUST ABOUT EVERYTHING 157 00:10:44,717 --> 00:10:48,405 OUR GOVERNMENT TOUCHES IS BROKEN OR THEY BREAK IT. 158 00:10:48,407 --> 00:10:51,931 IT'S ALWAYS OVERBUDGET, BEHIND SCHEDULE, AND SIMPLY NOTHING 159 00:10:51,933 --> 00:10:54,434 WORKS. LOOK AT THE VETERANS 160 00:10:54,436 --> 00:10:58,237 ADMINISTRATION, WHERE NEW HOSPITALS COULD 00THS OF 161 00:10:58,239 --> 00:11:03,343 MILLIONS OF DOLLARS OVERBUDGET. AND YET OUR BRAVE VETERANS STILL 162 00:11:03,345 --> 00:11:07,414 DON'T GET ANYWHERE NEAR THE KIND OF CARE THEY NEED OR DESERVE. 163 00:11:07,416 --> 00:11:11,216 LOOK AT OUR DECAYING INFRASTRUCTURE. 164 00:11:11,218 --> 00:11:17,656 OUR AGING MILITARY EQUIPMENT, OUR MILITARY IS SO DEPLETED. 165 00:11:17,658 --> 00:11:20,260 DESPITE HAVING THE GREATEST PEOPLE ON EARTH. 166 00:11:20,262 --> 00:11:24,296 I MEAN, THEY ARE THE GREATEST PEOPLE IN OUR MILITARY, BUT IT'S 167 00:11:24,299 --> 00:11:27,801 SO DEPLETED. THE TAX CODE IS BROKEN. 168 00:11:27,803 --> 00:11:34,273 THE EDUCATION SYSTEM IS BROKEN. WE SPEND THE MOST FOR ANY OF ANY 169 00:11:34,276 --> 00:11:39,179 COUNTRY ON EDUCATION AND GET BAD RESULTS, AND SO MANY PARTS OF 170 00:11:39,181 --> 00:11:47,996 OUR COUNTRY ARE IN A STATE OF DISREPAIR, AND NOW IT WAS JUST 171 00:11:47,998 --> 00:11:53,875 ANNOUNCED YESTERDAY THAT OBAMACARE IS IN FREEFALL, WITH 172 00:11:53,877 --> 00:11:55,209 PREMIUMS GOING UP MASSIVELY AND PLACES LIKE THE GREAT STATE OF 173 00:11:55,211 --> 00:11:59,357 ARIZONA, GOING UP OVER 100% IN COST. 174 00:11:59,359 --> 00:11:59,565 UNAFFORDABLE, UNUSABLE, AND DOESN'T WORK EVEN IF YOU CAN 175 00:11:59,567 --> 00:12:04,304 AFFORD IT. THE AMERICAN PEOPLE KNOW WHAT 176 00:12:04,306 --> 00:12:09,242 THIS ELECTION IS ABOUT, AND THEY SEE IT EVERY TIME THEY GET THEIR 177 00:12:09,244 --> 00:12:14,146 HEALTHCARE BILLS IN THE MAIL BOX OR RIDE DOWN A HIGHWAY THAT IS 178 00:12:14,148 --> 00:12:17,984 BROKEN OR GO TO AN AIRPORT THAT LOOKS LIKE IT'S FROM A THIRD 179 00:12:17,986 --> 00:12:21,421 WORLD COUNTRY. REMEMBER HILLARY SAID HERSELF, 180 00:12:21,423 --> 00:12:29,262 IT WAS CALLED, HILLARYCARE BEFORE IT WAS CALLED OBAMACARE. 181 00:12:29,264 --> 00:12:32,664 SHE MADE THAT STATEMENT NOT TOO LONG AGO AND NOW TRYING TO 182 00:12:32,666 --> 00:12:36,34 WITHDRAW THAT STATEMENT. WANTS TO WITHDRAW THAT SO BADLY, 183 00:12:36,36 --> 00:12:37,703 NEWT. BY THE WAY, CONGRATULATIONS ON 184 00:12:37,705 --> 00:12:44,10 LAST NIGHT. AN AMAZING INTERVIEW. 185 00:12:44,12 --> 00:12:48,481 AN AMAZING INTERVIEW. WE DON'T PLAY GAMES, NEWT, 186 00:12:48,483 --> 00:12:51,885 RIGHT? WE DON'T PLAY GAMES. 187 00:12:51,887 --> 00:12:54,187 I LOVE MY LIFE AND BUSINESS AND LOVED GETTING TO SHARE MY DREAMS 188 00:12:54,189 --> 00:12:58,124 WITH MY FAMILY. IT'S AN INCREDIBLE FAMILY AND 189 00:12:58,126 --> 00:13:00,827 MELANIA, I WANT TO THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 190 00:13:00,829 --> 00:13:03,596 YOU HAVE BEEN -- [APPLAUSE] 191 00:13:03,598 --> 00:13:15,862 MY JOB IS TO LOOK AT UNDEVELOPED SPACES AND IMAGINE WHAT THEY 192 00:13:15,864 --> 00:13:20,544 COULD BE. THESE ARE PACES -- SPACES THAT 193 00:13:20,546 --> 00:13:20,127 HAVE NO HOPE, NO FUTURE, BUT YOU NEED IMAGINATION AND YOU NEED 194 00:13:20,129 --> 00:13:24,117 THE ABILITY TO GET THEM DONE, AND TO UNLOCK THEIR POTENTIAL 195 00:13:24,119 --> 00:13:28,921 AND UNLOCK THE POTENTIAL OF THE PEOPLE WORKING ON THOSE SPACES 196 00:13:28,924 --> 00:13:31,757 AND ON THOSE PROJECTS, AND WE HAVE SO MANY THINGS WE CAN DO 197 00:13:31,760 --> 00:13:35,961 FOR OUR COUNTRY. WHERE OTHERS HAVE ONLY 198 00:13:35,963 --> 00:13:38,497 DEAD-ENDED I'VE DREAMED OF THE AMAZING POSSIBILITIES THAT WE 199 00:13:38,500 --> 00:13:41,901 HAVE. THAT'S WHY GOVERNMENT HAS TURNED 200 00:13:41,903 --> 00:13:47,140 TO ME IN THE PAST TO FIX PROJECTS THAT HAD GONE IN WHERE, 201 00:13:47,142 --> 00:13:50,543 THAT WERE CONSIDERED TOTAL DISASTERS, WHETHER IT'S TURNING 202 00:13:50,545 --> 00:13:57,583 A LANDFILL, AFTER MANY, MANY YEARS, OF FUTILE WORK, INTO 203 00:13:57,585 --> 00:14:00,520 BRONX, NEW YORK, INTO A WORLD CLASS GOLF COURSE THAT IS NOW 204 00:14:00,522 --> 00:14:04,924 OPEN AND DOING UNBELIEVABLE BUSINESS. 205 00:14:04,926 --> 00:14:08,961 OR REVITALIZING THE FACADE OF THE GREAT GRAND CENTRAL 206 00:14:08,963 --> 00:14:11,965 TERMINAL, OR BILLING AND SAVING THE RINK IN CENTRAL PARK, AFTER 207 00:14:11,967 --> 00:14:16,502 EIGHT YEARS OF FUTILITY AND SPENDING MASSIVE AMOUNTS OF 208 00:14:16,504 --> 00:14:19,606 MONEY AND GETTING IT DONE IN FOUR MONTHS FOR A VERY SMALL 209 00:14:19,608 --> 00:14:23,710 AMOUNT OF MONEY. SO MANY DIFFERENT THINGS. 210 00:14:23,712 --> 00:14:26,880 TODAY IS A METAPHOR FOR WHAT WE CAN ACCOMPLISH FOR THIS COUNTRY. 211 00:14:26,882 --> 00:14:31,450 SAME THING. THIS BUILDING IS A HISTORICAL 212 00:14:31,453 --> 00:14:35,320 LANDMARK, A TRUE AMERICAN ORIGINAL. 213 00:14:35,322 --> 00:14:40,627 IT HAD ALL OF THE INGREDIENTS OF GREATNESS BUT HAD BEEN NEGLECTED 214 00:14:40,629 --> 00:14:44,163 AND LEFT TO DETERIORATE FOR MANY, MANY DECADES. 215 00:14:44,165 --> 00:14:49,2 IT SAT THERE SO BEAUTIFUL AND SO EMPTY, AND WAS FALLING INTO A 216 00:14:49,4 --> 00:14:51,604 VERY, VERY BAD STATE OF CONDITION. 217 00:14:51,606 --> 00:14:57,343 IT HAD THE FOUNDATION FOR SUCCESS ALL OF THE ELEMENTS WERE 218 00:14:57,345 --> 00:15:01,713 HERE, OUR JOB WAS TOO RESTORE ITS FORMER GLORY, HONOR IS 219 00:15:01,716 --> 00:15:04,950 HERITAGE AND ALSO TO IMAGINE A BRAND NEW AND EXCITING VISION 220 00:15:04,953 --> 00:15:10,757 FOR THE FUTURE. TO CREATE A NEW PLACE FOR PEOPLE 221 00:15:10,759 --> 00:15:15,460 AND FAMILIES TO COME TOGETHER AND A MAGNIFICENT PLACE AT THAT. 222 00:15:15,463 --> 00:15:18,398 I'VE BEEN VERY LUCKY AND LED A GREAT LIFE. 223 00:15:18,400 --> 00:15:22,434 NOW I WANT TO GIVE BACK TO THE COUNTRY WHICH I LOVE SO MUCH AND 224 00:15:22,437 --> 00:15:27,372 HAS BEEN SO GOOD TO ME. I WANT TO GO INTO THE INNER 225 00:15:27,375 --> 00:15:32,744 CITIES CAN THE POOR RURAL COMMUNITIES AND FAILING SCHOOLS 226 00:15:32,747 --> 00:15:35,848 AND WORK ON A NATIONAL PLAN OF REVITALIZATION. 227 00:15:35,850 --> 00:15:39,885 I'M TIRED OF THE EXCUSES FROM OUR POLITICIANS. 228 00:15:39,888 --> 00:15:43,723 I'M TIRED OF BEING TOLD WHAT CANNOT BE DONE. 229 00:15:43,725 --> 00:15:47,327 I'M TIRED OF PEOPLE ASKING AMERICANS TO DEFER THEIR DREAMS 230 00:15:47,329 --> 00:15:51,64 TO ANOTHER DAY BUT REALLY WHAT THEY MEAN IS TO ANOTHER DECADE. 231 00:15:51,66 --> 00:15:54,299 ENOUGH WAITING. THE TIME IS NOW. 232 00:15:54,302 --> 00:15:59,138 WE CAN ACHIEVE OUR GOALS FOR THIS COUNTRY AND WE CAN DO SO 233 00:15:59,140 --> 00:16:04,77 MORE QUICKLY THAN ANYONE EVER THOUGHT POSSIBLE. 234 00:16:04,79 --> 00:16:08,580 THERE IS NOTHING WE CANNOT ACCOMPLISH. 235 00:16:08,583 --> 00:16:11,883 THE UNITED STATES IS GREAT. IT'S GREAT. 236 00:16:11,885 --> 00:16:17,422 ITS PEOPLE ARE GREAT. THERE IS NO TASK OR PROJECT TOO 237 00:16:17,424 --> 00:16:21,627 GREAT. THERE'S NO DREAM OUTSIDE OF OUR 238 00:16:21,629 --> 00:16:24,229 REACH. DON'T EVER LET ANYONE TELL YOU 239 00:16:24,231 --> 00:16:28,166 IT CAN'T BE DONE. THE FUTURE LIES WITH THE 240 00:16:28,169 --> 00:16:30,802 DREAMERS NORTH THE CYNICS AND THE CRITICS. 241 00:16:30,804 --> 00:16:34,741 EVERYWHERE I GO IN THIS COUNTRY ALL I SEE IS UNTAPPED POTENTIAL 242 00:16:34,743 --> 00:16:39,846 WAITING TO BE SET FREE. AND THE BIGGEST ELEMENT OF ALL 243 00:16:39,848 --> 00:16:43,216 IS OUR INCREDIBLE PEOPLE, THE PEOPLE OF THIS COUNTRY. 244 00:16:43,218 --> 00:16:48,221 THEY'RE JUST WAITING. THEY'RE WAITING AND WAITING, AND 245 00:16:48,223 --> 00:16:50,255 I THINK MAYBE NOW THEIR TIME HAS COME. 246 00:16:50,257 --> 00:16:57,864 BUT WE WILL REALIZE THAT THE POTENTIAL WE CAN CONTINUE TO PUT 247 00:16:57,866 --> 00:17:01,401 IN OUR FAITH AND THE FAITH OF OUR COUNTRY, AND WE HAVE TO SAY 248 00:17:01,403 --> 00:17:06,706 THE WORD "NEVER" WILL ALWAYS HAVE TO BE TAKEN OUT BECAUSE WE 249 00:17:06,708 --> 00:17:12,378 HAVE SUCH TREMENDOUS POTENTIAL. WE HAVE TO CHOOSE THE MOST 250 00:17:12,380 --> 00:17:17,682 OPTIMISTIC PATH. WE HAVE TO CHOOSE TO BELIEVE NOT 251 00:17:17,684 --> 00:17:21,720 OUR POLITICIANS, THAT IN MANY CASES TRULY DON'T KNOW WHAT 252 00:17:21,722 --> 00:17:27,125 THEY'RE DOING, BUT TO BELIEVE IN OURSELVES AND IN OUR COUNTRY. 253 00:17:27,127 --> 00:17:32,464 IF WE DO THAT, ANYTHING IS POSSIBLE. 254 00:17:32,466 --> 00:17:37,3 I'M ASKING AMERICA TO JOIN ME IN DREAMING BIG AND BOLD AND DREAM 255 00:17:37,5 --> 00:17:39,806 FOR WONDERFUL THINGS IN OUR FUTURE. 256 00:17:39,807 --> 00:17:44,843 LET'S CLOSE THE HISTORY BOOKS ON THE FAILURES INS INTO OPEN A NEW 257 00:17:44,845 --> 00:17:47,380 CHAPTER OF SUCCESS AND PROSPERITY FOR ALL OF OUR 258 00:17:47,381 --> 00:17:50,817 PEOPLE. WE HAVE A DIVIDED NATION. 259 00:17:50,818 --> 00:17:58,723 A SERIOUSLY DIVIDED NATION. ALL OF OUR PEOPLE. 260 00:17:58,725 --> 00:18:00,827 THAT IS HOW WE WILL TRULY MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN. 261 00:18:00,828 --> 00:18:03,562 THANK YOU VERY MUCH. I GREATLY APPRECIATE IT. 262 00:18:03,564 --> 00:18:11,636 [APPLAUSE] 263 00:18:11,638 --> 00:18:35,461 SO, WE'RE NOW GOING TO THE LOBBY. 264 00:18:35,463 --> 00:18:40,932 I WANT TO THANK IN PARTICULAR NOW THE EMPLOYEES, THE 265 00:18:40,934 --> 00:18:44,569 CONSTRUCTION WORKERS AND ALL OF THE PEOPLE THAT WORK SO HARD TO 266 00:18:44,571 --> 00:18:46,739 MAKE TRUMP INTERNATIONAL A REALITY. 267 00:18:46,740 --> 00:18:51,943 THIS WILL BE ONE OF THE GREAT HOTELS ANYWHERE IN WORLD. 268 00:18:51,945 --> 00:18:55,982 I WANT IN PARTICULAR TO CONGRATULATE IVANKA BECAUSE THIS 269 00:18:55,984 --> 00:19:01,319 WHAT HER BABY, AND SHE WORKED SO CLOSELY WITH THE GSA, GREAT, 270 00:19:01,321 --> 00:19:06,224 GREAT PROFESSIONALS, THE GSA PEOPLE ARE AMAZING PROFESSIONALS 271 00:19:06,226 --> 00:19:09,962 AND WORK LONG AND HARD FOR YEARS, AND THIS IS THE 272 00:19:09,963 --> 00:19:18,504 CULMINATION. SO, IVANKA, CONGRATULATIONS, AND 273 00:19:18,505 --> 00:19:22,340 MELANIA FOR PUTTING UP WITH THE TIME AND ALL THIS EFFORT, AND 274 00:19:22,342 --> 00:19:26,45 WE'RE GOING TO NOW BE CUTTING A RIBBON, AND MAYBE WHAT WE'LL DO 275 00:19:26,46 --> 00:19:28,880 IS HAVE SOME OF THE FOLKS -- WHY DON'T YOU BRING THEM UP. 276 00:19:28,882 --> 00:19:32,118 COME ON STAGE. THEY'RE SO BEAUTIFUL. 277 00:19:32,119 --> 00:19:37,223 NEVER SEEN SCISSORS THAT LOOK THIS BEAUTIFUL BEFORE. 278 00:19:37,224 --> 00:19:41,526 THAT'S GREAT. THAT BEAUTIFUL. 279 00:19:41,528 --> 00:19:46,765 AND THANK YOU TO THE EMPLOYEES. IT'S ALL ABOUT SERVICE, ALL 280 00:19:46,767 --> 00:19:49,401 ABOUT LOVING WHAT YOU DO, SO MANY OF THEM HAVE COME UP AND 281 00:19:49,403 --> 00:19:54,607 THANKED ME. THEY NOW HAVE LONG-TERM JOBS. 282 00:19:54,609 --> 00:19:58,244 MANY, MANY JOBS, AND LONG-TERM JOBS, AND WE'RE GOING TO -- 283 00:19:58,245 --> 00:20:01,947 WE'RE LOOKING TO MAKE THIS ONE OF THE GREAT HOTELS OF THE 284 00:20:01,949 --> 00:20:06,686 COUNTRY BUT IT'S GOING TO WE ONE THE GREAT HOTELS OF THE WORLD. 285 00:20:06,687 --> 00:20:10,223 WE HAVE THE FINEST LOCATION, AND WE HAVE THE FINEST BUILDING, 286 00:20:10,224 --> 00:20:15,461 BUILDING BUILT IN 1899. AND THAT WAS WHEN THIS WAS A 287 00:20:15,463 --> 00:20:17,863 VERY, VERY POWERFUL, RICH COUNTRY, WHEN MONEY WAS NO 288 00:20:17,864 --> 00:20:20,967 OBJECT. THEY BUILT THE POST OFFICE WITH 289 00:20:20,968 --> 00:20:24,904 BIG, BIG DOLLARS. AND THE WALLS ARE SOMETIMES -- 290 00:20:24,906 --> 00:20:31,843 YOU CAN TAKE A LOOK AND SEE THEM -- SOME OF THE EXTERIOR 291 00:20:31,845 --> 00:20:36,147 WALLS ARE FIVE FEET THICK. IT'S REALLY QUITE A PLACE AND 292 00:20:36,149 --> 00:20:39,885 WE'RE HONORED TO HAVE BEEN GIVEN THE OPPORTUNITY. 293 00:20:39,886 --> 00:20:44,689 SO, THIS IS FOR MANY, MANY YEARS OF SUCCESS, MANY, MANY YEARS OF 294 00:20:44,691 --> 00:20:48,961 GREAT JOBS, AND I JUST WANT TO THANK EVERYBODY FOR YOUR HARD 295 00:20:48,963 --> 00:20:50,863 WORK AND FOR BEING HERE TODAY. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 296 00:20:50,864 --> 00:20:53,165 [APPLAUSE] 297 00:20:53,166 --> 00:21:31,404 [INAUDIBLE CONVERSATIONS] 298 00:21:31,406 --> 00:21:54,292 ALL RIGHT. READY? 299 00:21:54,294 --> 00:21:58,431 MANY, MANY YEARS OF INCLUDING HAPPINESS AND EVERYTHING ELSE. 300 00:21:58,432 --> 00:22:04,3 ONE, TWO, THREE. [APPLAUSE] 301 00:22:04,5 --> 00:22:20,853 THAT'S FROM IDEA NOW WE TAKE YOU LIVE TO SPRINGFIELD, OHIO, 302 00:22:20,854 --> 00:22:24,857 DONALD TRUMP IS SET TO APPEAR AT A RALLY IN SPRINGFIELD. 303 00:22:24,859 --> 00:22:30,995 WE'RE LIFE -- LIVE AT THE CHAMPION CENTER. 304 00:22:30,997 --> 00:22:34,967 ONE OF THREE PLACES IN OHIO TRUMP STOPPED AT.