1 00:00:02,000 --> 00:00:04,000 INTERNATIONAL HOTELS AT THE OLD 2 00:00:04,000 --> 00:00:05,000 POST OFFICE PAVILION IN THE NATION'S CAPITAL. 3 00:00:05,000 --> 00:00:06,000 WE WILL SHOW YOU SOME OF AS WAIT 4 00:00:06,000 --> 00:00:10,000 FOR THE RALLY IN OHIO TO GET 5 00:00:10,000 --> 00:00:15,000 STARTED. 6 00:00:17,000 --> 00:00:20,000 >> HELLO, EVERYONE. 7 00:00:20,000 --> 00:00:21,000 IT'S AN HONOR TO STAND BEFORE 8 00:00:21,000 --> 00:00:24,000 YOU TODAY AND OFFICIALLY WELCOME 9 00:00:24,000 --> 00:00:26,000 YOU TO TRUMP INTERNATIONAL HOTEL 10 00:00:26,000 --> 00:00:28,000 AND TOWER IN WASHINGTON, D.C. 11 00:00:28,000 --> 00:00:30,000 THIS HAS BEEN AN UNFORGETTABLE 12 00:00:30,000 --> 00:00:33,000 YEAR FOR MY FAMILY FOR MANY 13 00:00:33,000 --> 00:00:34,000 REASONS. 14 00:00:34,000 --> 00:00:35,000 AS ERIC SAID OUR BUSINESS AT 15 00:00:35,000 --> 00:00:38,000 TRUMP HOTELS CONTINUES TO THRIVE 16 00:00:38,000 --> 00:00:40,000 IN THE LAST 12 MONTHS WE HAVE 17 00:00:40,000 --> 00:00:41,000 COMPLETED THE REDEVELOPMENT OF 18 00:00:41,000 --> 00:00:43,000 TRUMP NATIONAL IN MIAMI, 19 00:00:43,000 --> 00:00:45,000 FLORIDA, COME THE ICONIC RESORT 20 00:00:45,000 --> 00:00:48,000 IN SCOTLAND, AND AND THIS 21 00:00:48,000 --> 00:00:49,000 DIFFICULT INTERNATIONAL GOLF 22 00:00:49,000 --> 00:00:53,000 LINKS IN IRELAND. 23 00:00:53,000 --> 00:00:54,000 NEXT MONTH WHEN OPENING A 24 00:00:54,000 --> 00:00:56,000 STUNNING HOTEL AND RESIDENTIAL 25 00:00:56,000 --> 00:00:58,000 TOWER IN VANCOUVER, CANADA. 26 00:00:58,000 --> 00:00:59,000 WE'VE ALSO LAUNCHED OUR NEWEST 27 00:00:59,000 --> 00:01:01,000 BRAND WHICH WILL ENABLE US TO 28 00:01:01,000 --> 00:01:05,000 EXPAND OUR QUICKLY GROWING 29 00:01:05,000 --> 00:01:06,000 FOOTPRINT BEYOND FIVE STAR OF 30 00:01:06,000 --> 00:01:07,000 THE LUXURY MARKETS AND LOCATIONS 31 00:01:07,000 --> 00:01:08,000 SUCH AS THIS ONE. 32 00:01:08,000 --> 00:01:11,000 WE HAVE CELEBRATED MANY 33 00:01:11,000 --> 00:01:16,000 MILESTONES BUT THE ONE THAT 34 00:01:16,000 --> 00:01:17,000 GATHERS US HERE TODAY, THE GRAND 35 00:01:17,000 --> 00:01:18,000 OPENING OF THE REDEVELOPED OLD POST OFFICE BUILDING IS 36 00:01:18,000 --> 00:01:19,000 INCREDIBLY SPECIAL TO EACH 37 00:01:19,000 --> 00:01:21,000 MEMBER OF MY FAMILY, BOTH 38 00:01:21,000 --> 00:01:22,000 PERSONALLY AND PROFESSIONALLY. 39 00:01:22,000 --> 00:01:25,000 A RENOVATION IS MUCH MORE 40 00:01:25,000 --> 00:01:26,000 COMPLEX THAN A GROUND UP 41 00:01:26,000 --> 00:01:27,000 CONSTRUCTION PROJECT AND THE 42 00:01:27,000 --> 00:01:28,000 REDEVELOPMENT OF THE BUILDING 43 00:01:28,000 --> 00:01:31,000 WE'RE STANDING AND HAS BEEN 44 00:01:31,000 --> 00:01:33,000 PERHAPS THE MOST CHALLENGING AND 45 00:01:33,000 --> 00:01:36,000 GRATIFYING OF THEM ALL. 46 00:01:36,000 --> 00:01:37,000 WHEN THIS PROPERTY WAS 47 00:01:37,000 --> 00:01:40,000 ORIGINALLY BUILT IN 1899 ITS 48 00:01:40,000 --> 00:01:42,000 GRANT YOU WAS MEANT TO SIGNAL TO 49 00:01:42,000 --> 00:01:43,000 THE REST OF THE COUNTRY THAT 50 00:01:43,000 --> 00:01:45,000 PENNSYLVANIA AVENUE WAS 51 00:01:45,000 --> 00:01:48,000 AMERICA'S MAINSTREAM. 52 00:01:48,000 --> 00:01:51,000 A FULL CITY BLOCK AND HEART OF WASHINGTON, D.C., YOU DIDN'T 53 00:01:51,000 --> 00:01:52,000 HAVE TO BE A VISIONARY TO SEE 54 00:01:52,000 --> 00:01:54,000 THE POTENTIAL DESPITE THE FACT 55 00:01:54,000 --> 00:01:57,000 THAT IN RECENT YEARS TIME HAS 56 00:01:57,000 --> 00:01:59,000 TAKEN ITS TOLL ON ITS NATIONAL 57 00:01:59,000 --> 00:02:01,000 TREASURE. 58 00:02:01,000 --> 00:02:03,000 IN 2011 THE OLD POST OFFICE WAS 59 00:02:03,000 --> 00:02:04,000 CONSIDERED THE MOST SOUGHT AFTER 60 00:02:04,000 --> 00:02:08,000 REDEVELOPMENT OPPORTUNITY IN THE 61 00:02:08,000 --> 00:02:09,000 COUNTRY, AND MY FATHER AND I FOUGHT HARD AGAINST THE LARGEST 62 00:02:09,000 --> 00:02:11,000 HOTEL COMPANIES AND DEVELOPERS 63 00:02:11,000 --> 00:02:16,000 IN THE WORLD TO WIN THE DEAL. 64 00:02:16,000 --> 00:02:17,000 OVER THE COURSE OF EIGHT MONTHS 65 00:02:17,000 --> 00:02:18,000 OUR TEAM WORKED NONSTOP TO STUDY 66 00:02:18,000 --> 00:02:19,000 THE BUILDING AND STRATEGIZE THE BEST APPROACH TO RESTORE ITS TWO 67 00:02:19,000 --> 00:02:22,000 WITH FULL POTENTIAL, AN AND IN 68 00:02:22,000 --> 00:02:23,000 SOME. 69 00:02:23,000 --> 00:02:24,000 AFTER AN EXHAUSTIVE EVALUATION 70 00:02:24,000 --> 00:02:26,000 PROCESS WE WERE ULTIMATELY 71 00:02:26,000 --> 00:02:28,000 AWARDED THE DEAL BY UNITED 72 00:02:28,000 --> 00:02:30,000 STATES GOVERNMENT. 73 00:02:30,000 --> 00:02:32,000 WE WERE SELECTED BY A PANEL OF 74 00:02:32,000 --> 00:02:35,000 JUDGES BASED ON CRITERIA THAT 75 00:02:35,000 --> 00:02:38,000 INCLUDED OUR VISION FOR THE 76 00:02:38,000 --> 00:02:39,000 PROPERTY, THE STRENGTH AND EXPERIENCE OF OUR DEVELOPMENT 77 00:02:39,000 --> 00:02:41,000 TEAM, OUR COMPANIES FINANCIAL 78 00:02:41,000 --> 00:02:44,000 WHEREWITHAL, OUR TRACK RECORD 79 00:02:44,000 --> 00:02:45,000 AND A PLAN TO BRING VIBRANCY TO 80 00:02:45,000 --> 00:02:48,000 PENNSYLVANIA AVENUE. 81 00:02:48,000 --> 00:02:50,000 ONE OF THE REASONS I LOVE REAL 82 00:02:50,000 --> 00:02:53,000 ESTATE, A PASSION INHERITED FROM 83 00:02:53,000 --> 00:02:54,000 MY FATHER CAN IS BECAUSE AT THE 84 00:02:54,000 --> 00:02:58,000 END OF THE YEARS OF HARD WORK 85 00:02:58,000 --> 00:03:00,000 THERE EXISTS A TANGIBLE VALIDATION OF YOUR EFFORTS AND 86 00:03:00,000 --> 00:03:01,000 THE EFFORTS OF SO MANY PEOPLE. 87 00:03:01,000 --> 00:03:06,000 .. 88 00:03:25,000 --> 00:03:27,000 INVOLVED IN THE DESIGN, 89 00:03:27,000 --> 00:03:28,000 CONSTRUCTION, AND NOW THE 90 00:03:28,000 --> 00:03:31,000 OPERATION OF THIS PROJECT. 91 00:03:31,000 --> 00:03:32,000 MADE IT A POINT OF PERSONAL 92 00:03:32,000 --> 00:03:35,000 PRIDE TO BE EXTRA PRECISE IN 93 00:03:35,000 --> 00:03:37,000 THEIR WORK TO BE SURE IT WAS 94 00:03:37,000 --> 00:03:38,000 COMPLETED TO AN EXTREMELY HIGH 95 00:03:38,000 --> 00:03:41,000 STANDARD. 96 00:03:41,000 --> 00:03:43,000 MY BROTHERS AND I INCLUDED. 97 00:03:43,000 --> 00:03:45,000 A GOOD SIGN, SIGN OF A GOOD 98 00:03:45,000 --> 00:03:47,000 LEADER, IS HOW HARD HIS OR HER 99 00:03:47,000 --> 00:03:48,000 TEAM WORKS WHEN THE BOSS IS NOT 100 00:03:48,000 --> 00:03:49,000 THERE. 101 00:03:49,000 --> 00:03:51,000 MY FATHER'S TEAM HAS WORKED 102 00:03:51,000 --> 00:03:53,000 VERY, VERY HARD ON THIS 103 00:03:53,000 --> 00:03:56,000 BUILDING, AND WE'RE STANDING 104 00:03:56,000 --> 00:03:58,000 HERE TODAY, IT'S EVIDENT, OF 105 00:03:58,000 --> 00:03:59,000 THAT TREMENDOUS EFFORT. 106 00:03:59,000 --> 00:04:01,000 INCLUDING THE HISTORIC CLOCK 107 00:04:01,000 --> 00:04:04,000 TOWER, WHICH STILL HOUSES OUR 108 00:04:04,000 --> 00:04:08,000 NATION'S BELLS OF CONGRESS, THE 109 00:04:08,000 --> 00:04:09,000 OLD POST OFFICE IS THE SECOND 110 00:04:09,000 --> 00:04:10,000 TALLEST BUILDING IN WASHINGTON, 111 00:04:10,000 --> 00:04:14,000 DC AFTER THE MONUMENT. 112 00:04:14,000 --> 00:04:15,000 BEHIND THE FACADE IS THE CITY'S 113 00:04:15,000 --> 00:04:18,000 LARGEST LUXURY BALLROOM AND 114 00:04:18,000 --> 00:04:21,000 WITHIN THE BUILDING ITSELF THE 115 00:04:21,000 --> 00:04:23,000 GUESTS WILL DISCOVER THE MOST 116 00:04:23,000 --> 00:04:24,000 SPACIOUS SUITES IN THE DISTRICT. 117 00:04:24,000 --> 00:04:28,000 WE HAVE PAINSTAKINGLY PRESERVED 118 00:04:28,000 --> 00:04:30,000 ORIGINAL ARCHITECTURAL ELEMENTS 119 00:04:30,000 --> 00:04:32,000 LIKE THE STONE CASHINGS AND 120 00:04:32,000 --> 00:04:35,000 GRANITE FACADE, EXTRAORDINARY 121 00:04:35,000 --> 00:04:37,000 MILL WORK ON THE WOOD DOORS AND 122 00:04:37,000 --> 00:04:42,000 THE MARBLE WAINSCOTING. 123 00:04:49,000 --> 00:04:50,000 A FEW WEEKS AGO I MET A 124 00:04:50,000 --> 00:04:51,000 CONTRACTOR ON SITE WHO WAS 125 00:04:51,000 --> 00:04:55,000 WEARING A TRUMP SHIRT. 126 00:04:55,000 --> 00:04:57,000 HE WAS VERY PROUD TO TELL ME HE 127 00:04:57,000 --> 00:04:59,000 HELPED MY FATHER BUILD TRUMP 128 00:04:59,000 --> 00:05:00,000 TOWER IN NEW YORK CITY 15 YEARS AGO. 129 00:05:00,000 --> 00:05:02,000 AS A DAUGHTER, THIS POLITICAL 130 00:05:02,000 --> 00:05:04,000 SEASON HAS BEEN ONE OF THE MOST 131 00:05:04,000 --> 00:05:06,000 INTERESTING JOURNEYS OF MY LIFE. 132 00:05:06,000 --> 00:05:11,000 PUBLISH, BUT EACH DAY IF A A 133 00:05:13,000 --> 00:05:16,000 HEARD CRITICS AGAINST MY 134 00:05:16,000 --> 00:05:17,000 FATHER'S BUSINESS BUT ONE OF THE 135 00:05:17,000 --> 00:05:19,000 MOST TELLING SIGN'S HIS SKIS E 136 00:05:19,000 --> 00:05:20,000 SUCCESS IS THE THOUSANDS OF 137 00:05:20,000 --> 00:05:22,000 PEOPLE WHO HAVE WORKED WITH HIM, 138 00:05:22,000 --> 00:05:24,000 WORKED FOR HIM, FOUGHT WITH 139 00:05:24,000 --> 00:05:27,000 THEM, AND WHO CONTINUE TO STAND 140 00:05:27,000 --> 00:05:28,000 BY HIS SIDE, IN THEIR QUEST TO 141 00:05:28,000 --> 00:05:31,000 ACHIEVE GREAT THINGS. 142 00:05:31,000 --> 00:05:33,000 WHEN THIS PROPERTY WAS PUT OUT 143 00:05:33,000 --> 00:05:35,000 TO BID, CONGRESSMAN JOHN MICAH, 144 00:05:35,000 --> 00:05:37,000 CHAIRMAN OF THE HOUSE OVERSIGHT 145 00:05:37,000 --> 00:05:39,000 COMMITTEE, HELD A PRESS 146 00:05:39,000 --> 00:05:40,000 CONFERENCE IN THE VACANT 147 00:05:40,000 --> 00:05:42,000 BUILDING. 148 00:05:42,000 --> 00:05:44,000 IT WAS WITHOUT HEAT AND IN THE 149 00:05:44,000 --> 00:05:47,000 FREEZING COLD HEED A MACHINE 150 00:05:47,000 --> 00:05:49,000 ISSUED THE CROWD ABOUT 151 00:05:49,000 --> 00:05:50,000 GOVERNMENT EXCESS AND NOTED THE 152 00:05:50,000 --> 00:05:52,000 OLD POST SOLVES WAS LOSING THE 153 00:05:52,000 --> 00:05:53,000 GOVERNMENT BETWEEN $8 MILLION AND $6 MILLION A 154 00:05:53,000 --> 00:05:55,000 YEAR. 155 00:05:55,000 --> 00:05:57,000 AT A COMMITTEE HEARING FOLLOWING 156 00:05:57,000 --> 00:05:59,000 OUR SOFT OPENING LAST MONTH. 157 00:05:59,000 --> 00:06:00,000 CONGRESSMAN MICAH SAID THAT 158 00:06:00,000 --> 00:06:01,000 TRUMP INTERNATIONAL HOTEL 159 00:06:01,000 --> 00:06:03,000 WASHINGTON, DC IS NOW CREATING 160 00:06:03,000 --> 00:06:06,000 HUNDREDS OF JOBS, AND IS A 161 00:06:06,000 --> 00:06:07,000 STELLAR EXAMPLE OF TURNING 162 00:06:07,000 --> 00:06:12,000 UNDERUTILIZED FEDERAL PROPERTIES 163 00:06:12,000 --> 00:06:13,000 AROUND WITH THE HELP OF THE 164 00:06:13,000 --> 00:06:15,000 PRIVATE SECTOR. 165 00:06:15,000 --> 00:06:18,000 WIN WE AGAINSTED CONSTRUCTION 166 00:06:18,000 --> 00:06:19,000 AND AT THE GROUNDBREAKING 167 00:06:19,000 --> 00:06:20,000 CEREMONY I PLEDGED MY FAMILY'S 168 00:06:20,000 --> 00:06:22,000 COMMITMENT TO THE PROJECT AND 169 00:06:22,000 --> 00:06:23,000 ENSURING ITS SUCCESSFUL 170 00:06:23,000 --> 00:06:25,000 CONGRATULATIONS. 171 00:06:25,000 --> 00:06:26,000 I TOLD YOU THAT WE WOULD NOT 172 00:06:26,000 --> 00:06:28,000 DISAPPOINT YOU, AND THAT WE 173 00:06:28,000 --> 00:06:31,000 WOULD NEVER LET YOU DOWN. 174 00:06:31,000 --> 00:06:34,000 TODAY IS A CELEBRATION, NOT JUST 175 00:06:34,000 --> 00:06:35,000 OF MEETING BUT EXCEEDING THOSE 176 00:06:35,000 --> 00:06:37,000 GOALS. 177 00:06:37,000 --> 00:06:38,000 THIS ACHIEVEMENT WOULDN'T BE 178 00:06:38,000 --> 00:06:40,000 POSSIBLE WITHOUT OUR 179 00:06:40,000 --> 00:06:41,000 EXTRAORDINARY TEAM AT THE TRUMP 180 00:06:41,000 --> 00:06:45,000 ORGANIZATION. 181 00:06:45,000 --> 00:06:49,000 THANK YOU ALL FOR THE DESIGN AND 182 00:06:49,000 --> 00:06:54,000 PRESERVATION,, A, A ARCHITECTS 183 00:06:54,000 --> 00:06:56,000 FOR THEIR TREMENDOUS CONTRIBUTION TO THE PROCESS AND 184 00:06:56,000 --> 00:06:58,000 ALSO LIKE TO THANK ME MANY 185 00:06:58,000 --> 00:06:59,000 ELECTED OFFICIALS AND STAFF 186 00:06:59,000 --> 00:07:00,000 MEMBERS OF THE FEDERAL AND D.C. 187 00:07:00,000 --> 00:07:02,000 GOVERNMENT WHO I'VE HAD THE 188 00:07:02,000 --> 00:07:03,000 OPPORTUNITY TO WORK WITH SO 189 00:07:03,000 --> 00:07:05,000 CLOSELY, INCLUDING THE GENERAL 190 00:07:05,000 --> 00:07:07,000 SERVICES ADMINISTRATION, 191 00:07:07,000 --> 00:07:09,000 NATIONAL PARK SERVICE, 192 00:07:09,000 --> 00:07:11,000 COMMISSION OF FINE ARTS, 193 00:07:11,000 --> 00:07:12,000 NATIONAL CAPITAL PLANNING 194 00:07:12,000 --> 00:07:14,000 COMMISSION, D.C. MAYOR'S OFFICE, 195 00:07:14,000 --> 00:07:15,000 FIRE DEPARTMENT, THE POLICE 196 00:07:15,000 --> 00:07:20,000 DEPOSIT, -- DEPARTMENT AND THE 197 00:07:20,000 --> 00:07:21,000 HISTORIC PRESERVATION OFFICE. 198 00:07:21,000 --> 00:07:23,000 ADDITIONALLY I'D ALSO LIKE TO 199 00:07:23,000 --> 00:07:26,000 EXTEND A SPECIAL THANK YOU TO 200 00:07:26,000 --> 00:07:29,000 CONGRESSWOMAN ELEANOR HOLMES- 201 00:07:29,000 --> 00:07:30,000 NORMAN. 202 00:07:30,000 --> 00:07:34,000 THE MOST -- A GREAT PARTNER OVER 203 00:07:34,000 --> 00:07:36,000 THE LAST FIVE YEARS AND SOMEONE 204 00:07:36,000 --> 00:07:38,000 I HAVE GREAT RESPECT FOR AND 205 00:07:38,000 --> 00:07:41,000 HAVE THOROUGHLY, THOROUGHLY 206 00:07:41,000 --> 00:07:43,000 ENJOYED GETTING TO KNOW. 207 00:07:43,000 --> 00:07:45,000 FINALLY, THANK YOU TO MY FATHER, 208 00:07:45,000 --> 00:07:47,000 WHO TOOK A FEW HOURS AWAY FROM 209 00:07:47,000 --> 00:07:50,000 HIS GRUELING SCHEDULE ON THE 210 00:07:50,000 --> 00:07:53,000 CAMPAIGN TRAIL TO BE HERE TODAY. 211 00:07:53,000 --> 00:07:55,000 YEARS AGO, WHEN WE PROMISED THE 212 00:07:55,000 --> 00:07:57,000 CITY OF D.C. THAT TRUMP WOULD BE 213 00:07:57,000 --> 00:08:01,000 COMING TO PENNSYLVANIA AVENUE IN 214 00:08:01,000 --> 00:08:02,000 2016 WE HAD NO IDEA WHAT WE WERE 215 00:08:02,000 --> 00:08:03,000 FORESHADOWING. 216 00:08:03,000 --> 00:08:05,000 THIS IS AN IMPORTANT MOMENT FOR 217 00:08:05,000 --> 00:08:07,000 OUR FAMILY AND OUR COMPANY, AND 218 00:08:07,000 --> 00:08:10,000 IT WOULDN'T BE POSSIBLE WITHOUT 219 00:08:10,000 --> 00:08:13,000 THE HARD WORK AND SUPPORT OF THIS VISIONARY MAN. 220 00:08:13,000 --> 00:08:15,000 SO WITHOUT FURTHER ADIEU, LET ME 221 00:08:15,000 --> 00:08:16,000 INTRODUCE MY FATHER, DONALD J. 222 00:08:16,000 --> 00:08:17,000 TRUMP. THANK YOU. 223 00:08:17,000 --> 00:08:22,000 [APPLAUSE] 224 00:08:32,000 --> 00:08:35,000 >> THANK YOU, EVERYBODY. I APPRECIATE IT. 225 00:08:35,000 --> 00:08:37,000 THANK YOU, MELANIA, STEPHANIE, 226 00:08:37,000 --> 00:08:42,000 LAURA, THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 227 00:08:42,000 --> 00:08:43,000 WE WERE VERY PROUD OF OUR 228 00:08:43,000 --> 00:08:44,000 COMPANY. 229 00:08:44,000 --> 00:08:45,000 WE BUILT ONE OF THE GREAT REAL 230 00:08:45,000 --> 00:08:48,000 ESTATE COMPANIES OF THE WORLD. 231 00:08:48,000 --> 00:08:50,000 BUT IT SEEMS VERY INSIGNIFICANT 232 00:08:50,000 --> 00:08:52,000 COMPARED TO WHAT WE'RE DOING 233 00:08:52,000 --> 00:08:55,000 NOW, AND AS SOON AS WE'RE 234 00:08:55,000 --> 00:08:57,000 FINISHED CUTTING THE RIBBON, I'M 235 00:08:57,000 --> 00:08:59,000 OFF TO NORTH CAROLINA, NEW 236 00:08:59,000 --> 00:09:00,000 HAMPSHIRE, AND BACK DOWN TO 237 00:09:00,000 --> 00:09:01,000 FLORIDA. 238 00:09:01,000 --> 00:09:02,000 RIGHT HERE WE'RE DOING VERY 239 00:09:02,000 --> 00:09:04,000 WELL. 240 00:09:04,000 --> 00:09:08,000 WITH THE NOTABLE EXCEPTION OF 241 00:09:08,000 --> 00:09:12,000 1600 PENNSYLVANIA AVENUE, THIS 242 00:09:12,000 --> 00:09:14,000 IS THE MOST COVETED PIECE OF REAL ESTATE IN WASHINGTON, DC, 243 00:09:14,000 --> 00:09:16,000 THE BEST LOCATION. 244 00:09:16,000 --> 00:09:18,000 I'M HONORED TO BE HERE TODAY TO 245 00:09:18,000 --> 00:09:20,000 SUPPORT MY FAMILY AND ESPECIALLY 246 00:09:20,000 --> 00:09:23,000 MY DAUGHTER, IVANKA, FOR HER 247 00:09:23,000 --> 00:09:24,000 DEDICATION TO THIS PROJECT. 248 00:09:24,000 --> 00:09:26,000 SHE WORKED SO HARD. 249 00:09:26,000 --> 00:09:27,000 I'M ALSO HONORED TO HAVE A 250 00:09:27,000 --> 00:09:29,000 CHANCE TO THANK THE INCREDIBLE 251 00:09:29,000 --> 00:09:31,000 TEAM OF PEOPLE WHO BROUGHT OUR 252 00:09:31,000 --> 00:09:33,000 VISION FOR WASHINGTON'S HISTORIC 253 00:09:33,000 --> 00:09:35,000 OLD POST OFFICE TO LIFE, 254 00:09:35,000 --> 00:09:37,000 INCLUDING HUNDREDS OF 255 00:09:37,000 --> 00:09:39,000 CONSTRUCTION WORKERS, 256 00:09:39,000 --> 00:09:42,000 ELECTRICIANS, MAINTENANCE 257 00:09:42,000 --> 00:09:43,000 WORKERS AND SO MANY OTHERS WHO 258 00:09:43,000 --> 00:09:44,000 HELPED MAKE THIS PROJECT A 259 00:09:44,000 --> 00:09:46,000 REALITY. 260 00:09:46,000 --> 00:09:47,000 THEY'RE REALLY THE IMPORTANT 261 00:09:47,000 --> 00:09:48,000 ONES. 262 00:09:48,000 --> 00:09:50,000 A PROJECT LIKE THIS DEMONSTRATES 263 00:09:50,000 --> 00:09:53,000 WHAT IS POSSIBLE WHEN A TEAM 264 00:09:53,000 --> 00:09:54,000 WORKS TOGETHER FOR A TOTALLY 265 00:09:54,000 --> 00:09:56,000 COMMON PURPOSE. 266 00:09:56,000 --> 00:09:59,000 IT ALSO SHOWS HOW TO WORK WITH 267 00:09:59,000 --> 00:10:01,000 OUR GOVERNMENT AND TO GET THINGS 268 00:10:01,000 --> 00:10:02,000 DONE. 269 00:10:02,000 --> 00:10:07,000 MY THEME TODAY IS FIVE WORDS. 270 00:10:08,000 --> 00:10:09,000 UNDERBUDGET AND AHEAD OF 271 00:10:09,000 --> 00:10:10,000 SCHEDULE. 272 00:10:10,000 --> 00:10:12,000 THAT WHAT WE DO. 273 00:10:12,000 --> 00:10:13,000 UNDERBUDGET AND AHEAD OF 274 00:10:13,000 --> 00:10:18,000 SCHEDULE. 275 00:10:18,000 --> 00:10:21,000 [APPLAUSE] 276 00:10:21,000 --> 00:10:24,000 >> SO IMPORTANT. 277 00:10:24,000 --> 00:10:25,000 WE DON'T HEAR THOSE WORDS TOO 278 00:10:25,000 --> 00:10:27,000 OFTEN IN GOVERNMENT BUT YOU WILL. 279 00:10:27,000 --> 00:10:28,000 OUR AGREEMENT WITH THE GOVERNMENT REQUIRED COMPLETION 280 00:10:28,000 --> 00:10:32,000 OF THE PROJECT BY 2018. 281 00:10:32,000 --> 00:10:35,000 WE WERE DRAMATICALLY AHEAD OF 282 00:10:35,000 --> 00:10:36,000 SCHEDULE ON THIS PROJECT, AND 283 00:10:36,000 --> 00:10:37,000 UNDERBUDGET. 284 00:10:37,000 --> 00:10:39,000 WE TURNED A PROPERTY THAT HAS 285 00:10:39,000 --> 00:10:41,000 BEEN NEGLECTED FOR DECADES AND 286 00:10:41,000 --> 00:10:42,000 WHICH WAS LOSING HUGE SUMS OF 287 00:10:42,000 --> 00:10:44,000 MONEY FOR THE FEDERAL 288 00:10:44,000 --> 00:10:46,000 GOVERNMENT, INTO A MAJOR REVENUE 289 00:10:46,000 --> 00:10:49,000 PRODUCER AND JOB CREATOR. 290 00:10:49,000 --> 00:10:50,000 THIS IS WHAT I WANT TO DO FOR 291 00:10:50,000 --> 00:10:53,000 OUR COUNTRY, AND THIS IS WHAT 292 00:10:53,000 --> 00:10:55,000 WE'RE WORKING SO HARD TO DO. 293 00:10:55,000 --> 00:10:58,000 RIGHT NOW, JUST ABOUT EVERYTHING 294 00:10:58,000 --> 00:11:00,000 OUR GOVERNMENT TOUCHES IS BROKEN 295 00:11:00,000 --> 00:11:03,000 OR THEY BREAK IT. 296 00:11:03,000 --> 00:11:06,000 IT'S ALWAYS OVERBUDGET, BEHIND 297 00:11:06,000 --> 00:11:08,000 SCHEDULE, AND SIMPLY NOTHING 298 00:11:08,000 --> 00:11:09,000 WORKS. 299 00:11:09,000 --> 00:11:10,000 LOOK AT THE VETERANS 300 00:11:10,000 --> 00:11:11,000 ADMINISTRATION, WHERE NEW 301 00:11:11,000 --> 00:11:14,000 HOSPITALS COULD 00thS OF 302 00:11:14,000 --> 00:11:17,000 MILLIONS OF DOLLARS OVERBUDGET. 303 00:11:17,000 --> 00:11:19,000 AND YET OUR BRAVE VETERANS STILL 304 00:11:19,000 --> 00:11:22,000 DON'T GET ANYWHERE NEAR THE KIND 305 00:11:22,000 --> 00:11:23,000 OF CARE THEY NEED OR DESERVE. 306 00:11:23,000 --> 00:11:25,000 LOOK AT OUR DECAYING 307 00:11:25,000 --> 00:11:27,000 INFRASTRUCTURE. 308 00:11:27,000 --> 00:11:29,000 OUR AGING MILITARY EQUIPMENT, 309 00:11:29,000 --> 00:11:33,000 OUR MILITARY IS SO DEPLETED. 310 00:11:33,000 --> 00:11:34,000 DESPITE HAVING THE GREATEST 311 00:11:34,000 --> 00:11:36,000 PEOPLE ON EARTH. 312 00:11:36,000 --> 00:11:38,000 I MEAN, THEY ARE THE GREATEST 313 00:11:38,000 --> 00:11:40,000 PEOPLE IN OUR MILITARY, BUT IT'S 314 00:11:40,000 --> 00:11:41,000 SO DEPLETED. 315 00:11:41,000 --> 00:11:43,000 THE TAX CODE IS BROKEN. 316 00:11:43,000 --> 00:11:48,000 THE EDUCATION SYSTEM IS BROKEN. 317 00:11:48,000 --> 00:11:50,000 WE SPEND THE MOST FOR ANY OF ANY 318 00:11:50,000 --> 00:11:52,000 COUNTRY ON EDUCATION AND GET BAD 319 00:11:52,000 --> 00:11:55,000 RESULTS, AND SO MANY PARTS OF 320 00:11:55,000 --> 00:11:57,000 OUR COUNTRY ARE IN A STATE OF 321 00:11:57,000 --> 00:11:58,000 DISREPAIR, AND NOW IT WAS JUST 322 00:11:58,000 --> 00:12:00,000 ANNOUNCED YESTERDAY THAT 323 00:12:00,000 --> 00:12:03,000 OBAMACARE IS IN FREEFALL, WITH 324 00:12:03,000 --> 00:12:05,000 PREMIUMS GOING UP MASSIVELY AND 325 00:12:05,000 --> 00:12:07,000 PLACES LIKE THE GREAT STATE OF 326 00:12:07,000 --> 00:12:10,000 ARIZONA, GOING UP OVER 100% IN 327 00:12:10,000 --> 00:12:13,000 COST. 328 00:12:13,000 --> 00:12:15,000 UNAFFORDABLE, UNUSABLE, AND 329 00:12:15,000 --> 00:12:17,000 DOESN'T WORK EVEN IF YOU CAN AFFORD IT. 330 00:12:17,000 --> 00:12:20,000 THE AMERICAN PEOPLE KNOW WHAT 331 00:12:20,000 --> 00:12:22,000 THIS ELECTION IS ABOUT, AND THEY 332 00:12:22,000 --> 00:12:25,000 SEE IT EVERY TIME THEY GET THEIR 333 00:12:25,000 --> 00:12:27,000 HEALTHCARE BILLS IN THE MAIL BOX 334 00:12:27,000 --> 00:12:30,000 OR RIDE DOWN A HIGHWAY THAT IS 335 00:12:30,000 --> 00:12:31,000 BROKEN OR GO TO AN AIRPORT THAT 336 00:12:31,000 --> 00:12:34,000 LOOKS LIKE IT'S FROM A THIRD 337 00:12:34,000 --> 00:12:36,000 WORLD COUNTRY. 338 00:12:36,000 --> 00:12:37,000 REMEMBER HILLARY SAID HERSELF, 339 00:12:37,000 --> 00:12:41,000 IT WAS CALLED, HILLARYCARE 340 00:12:41,000 --> 00:12:45,000 BEFORE IT WAS CALLED OBAMACARE. 341 00:12:45,000 --> 00:12:47,000 SHE MADE THAT STATEMENT NOT TOO 342 00:12:47,000 --> 00:12:48,000 LONG AGO AND NOW TRYING TO 343 00:12:48,000 --> 00:12:51,000 WITHDRAW THAT STATEMENT. 344 00:12:51,000 --> 00:12:52,000 WANTS TO WITHDRAW THAT SO BADLY, 345 00:12:52,000 --> 00:12:53,000 NEWT. 346 00:12:53,000 --> 00:12:55,000 BY THE WAY, CONGRATULATIONS ON LAST NIGHT. 347 00:12:55,000 --> 00:13:00,000 AN AMAZING INTERVIEW. 348 00:13:00,000 --> 00:13:03,000 AN AMAZING INTERVIEW. 349 00:13:03,000 --> 00:13:04,000 WE DON'T PLAY GAMES, NEWT, 350 00:13:04,000 --> 00:13:05,000 RIGHT? 351 00:13:05,000 --> 00:13:08,000 WE DON'T PLAY GAMES. 352 00:13:08,000 --> 00:13:09,000 I LOVE MY LIFE AND BUSINESS AND 353 00:13:09,000 --> 00:13:10,000 LOVED GETTING TO SHARE MY DREAMS 354 00:13:10,000 --> 00:13:13,000 WITH MY FAMILY. 355 00:13:13,000 --> 00:13:14,000 IT'S AN INCREDIBLE FAMILY AND 356 00:13:14,000 --> 00:13:15,000 MELANIA, I WANT TO THANK YOU 357 00:13:15,000 --> 00:13:16,000 VERY MUCH. 358 00:13:16,000 --> 00:13:19,000 YOU HAVE BEEN -- 359 00:13:19,000 --> 00:13:22,000 [APPLAUSE] 360 00:13:22,000 --> 00:13:25,000 MY JOB IS TO LOOK AT UNDEVELOPED 361 00:13:25,000 --> 00:13:26,000 SPACES AND IMAGINE WHAT THEY 362 00:13:26,000 --> 00:13:29,000 COULD BE. 363 00:13:29,000 --> 00:13:33,000 THESE ARE PACES -- SPACES THAT 364 00:13:33,000 --> 00:13:34,000 HAVE NO HOPE, NO FUTURE, BUT YOU 365 00:13:34,000 --> 00:13:36,000 NEED IMAGINATION AND YOU NEED 366 00:13:36,000 --> 00:13:38,000 THE ABILITY TO GET THEM DONE, 367 00:13:38,000 --> 00:13:40,000 AND TO UNLOCK THEIR POTENTIAL 368 00:13:40,000 --> 00:13:42,000 AND UNLOCK THE POTENTIAL OF THE 369 00:13:42,000 --> 00:13:45,000 PEOPLE WORKING ON THOSE SPACES 370 00:13:45,000 --> 00:13:46,000 AND ON THOSE PROJECTS, AND WE 371 00:13:46,000 --> 00:13:47,000 HAVE SO MANY THINGS WE CAN DO 372 00:13:47,000 --> 00:13:49,000 FOR OUR COUNTRY. 373 00:13:49,000 --> 00:13:52,000 WHERE OTHERS HAVE ONLY 374 00:13:52,000 --> 00:13:53,000 DEAD-ENDED I'VE DREAMED OF THE 375 00:13:53,000 --> 00:13:54,000 AMAZING POSSIBILITIES THAT WE 376 00:13:54,000 --> 00:13:55,000 HAVE. 377 00:13:55,000 --> 00:13:58,000 THAT'S WHY GOVERNMENT HAS TURNED 378 00:13:58,000 --> 00:14:01,000 TO ME IN THE PAST TO FIX 379 00:14:01,000 --> 00:14:03,000 PROJECTS THAT HAD GONE IN WHERE, 380 00:14:03,000 --> 00:14:04,000 THAT WERE CONSIDERED TOTAL 381 00:14:04,000 --> 00:14:06,000 DISASTERS, WHETHER IT'S TURNING 382 00:14:06,000 --> 00:14:10,000 A LANDFILL, AFTER MANY, MANY 383 00:14:10,000 --> 00:14:13,000 YEARS, OF FUTILE WORK, INTO 384 00:14:13,000 --> 00:14:14,000 BRONX, NEW YORK, INTO A WORLD 385 00:14:14,000 --> 00:14:16,000 CLASS GOLF COURSE THAT IS NOW 386 00:14:16,000 --> 00:14:18,000 OPEN AND DOING UNBELIEVABLE 387 00:14:18,000 --> 00:14:21,000 BUSINESS. 388 00:14:21,000 --> 00:14:22,000 OR REVITALIZING THE FACADE OF 389 00:14:22,000 --> 00:14:25,000 THE GREAT GRAND CENTRAL 390 00:14:25,000 --> 00:14:26,000 TERMINAL, OR BILLING AND SAVING 391 00:14:26,000 --> 00:14:28,000 THE RINK IN CENTRAL PARK, AFTER 392 00:14:28,000 --> 00:14:30,000 EIGHT YEARS OF FUTILITY AND 393 00:14:30,000 --> 00:14:32,000 SPENDING MASSIVE AMOUNTS OF 394 00:14:32,000 --> 00:14:34,000 MONEY AND GETTING IT DONE IN 395 00:14:34,000 --> 00:14:35,000 FOUR MONTHS FOR A VERY SMALL 396 00:14:35,000 --> 00:14:37,000 AMOUNT OF MONEY. 397 00:14:37,000 --> 00:14:39,000 SO MANY DIFFERENT THINGS. 398 00:14:39,000 --> 00:14:42,000 TODAY IS A METAPHOR FOR WHAT WE 399 00:14:42,000 --> 00:14:43,000 CAN ACCOMPLISH FOR THIS COUNTRY. 400 00:14:43,000 --> 00:14:45,000 SAME THING. 401 00:14:45,000 --> 00:14:47,000 THIS BUILDING IS A HISTORICAL 402 00:14:47,000 --> 00:14:48,000 LANDMARK, A TRUE AMERICAN 403 00:14:48,000 --> 00:14:51,000 ORIGINAL. 404 00:14:51,000 --> 00:14:53,000 IT HAD ALL OF THE INGREDIENTS OF 405 00:14:53,000 --> 00:14:56,000 GREATNESS BUT HAD BEEN NEGLECTED 406 00:14:56,000 --> 00:14:57,000 AND LEFT TO DETERIORATE FOR 407 00:14:57,000 --> 00:15:00,000 MANY, MANY DECADES. 408 00:15:00,000 --> 00:15:03,000 IT SAT THERE SO BEAUTIFUL AND SO 409 00:15:03,000 --> 00:15:05,000 EMPTY, AND WAS FALLING INTO A 410 00:15:05,000 --> 00:15:06,000 VERY, VERY BAD STATE OF 411 00:15:06,000 --> 00:15:07,000 CONDITION. 412 00:15:07,000 --> 00:15:10,000 IT HAD THE FOUNDATION FOR 413 00:15:10,000 --> 00:15:13,000 SUCCESS ALL OF THE ELEMENTS WERE 414 00:15:13,000 --> 00:15:15,000 HERE, OUR JOB WAS TOO RESTORE 415 00:15:15,000 --> 00:15:17,000 ITS FORMER GLORY, HONOR IS 416 00:15:17,000 --> 00:15:19,000 HERITAGE AND ALSO TO IMAGINE A 417 00:15:19,000 --> 00:15:21,000 BRAND NEW AND EXCITING VISION 418 00:15:21,000 --> 00:15:23,000 FOR THE FUTURE. 419 00:15:23,000 --> 00:15:26,000 TO CREATE A NEW PLACE FOR PEOPLE 420 00:15:26,000 --> 00:15:29,000 AND FAMILIES TO COME TOGETHER 421 00:15:29,000 --> 00:15:31,000 AND A MAGNIFICENT PLACE AT THAT. 422 00:15:31,000 --> 00:15:32,000 I'VE BEEN VERY LUCKY AND LED A 423 00:15:32,000 --> 00:15:34,000 GREAT LIFE. 424 00:15:34,000 --> 00:15:36,000 NOW I WANT TO GIVE BACK TO THE 425 00:15:36,000 --> 00:15:38,000 COUNTRY WHICH I LOVE SO MUCH AND 426 00:15:38,000 --> 00:15:41,000 HAS BEEN SO GOOD TO ME. 427 00:15:41,000 --> 00:15:43,000 I WANT TO GO INTO THE INNER 428 00:15:43,000 --> 00:15:45,000 CITIES CAN THE POOR RURAL 429 00:15:45,000 --> 00:15:48,000 COMMUNITIES AND FAILING SCHOOLS 430 00:15:48,000 --> 00:15:50,000 AND WORK ON A NATIONAL PLAN OF 431 00:15:50,000 --> 00:15:51,000 REVITALIZATION. 432 00:15:51,000 --> 00:15:53,000 I'M TIRED OF THE EXCUSES FROM 433 00:15:53,000 --> 00:15:56,000 OUR POLITICIANS. 434 00:15:56,000 --> 00:15:57,000 I'M TIRED OF BEING TOLD WHAT 435 00:15:57,000 --> 00:15:59,000 CANNOT BE DONE. 436 00:15:59,000 --> 00:16:01,000 I'M TIRED OF PEOPLE ASKING 437 00:16:01,000 --> 00:16:03,000 AMERICANS TO DEFER THEIR DREAMS 438 00:16:03,000 --> 00:16:06,000 TO ANOTHER DAY BUT REALLY WHAT 439 00:16:06,000 --> 00:16:07,000 THEY MEAN IS TO ANOTHER DECADE. 440 00:16:07,000 --> 00:16:08,000 ENOUGH WAITING. 441 00:16:08,000 --> 00:16:10,000 THE TIME IS NOW. 442 00:16:10,000 --> 00:16:13,000 WE CAN ACHIEVE OUR GOALS FOR 443 00:16:13,000 --> 00:16:15,000 THIS COUNTRY AND WE CAN DO SO 444 00:16:15,000 --> 00:16:17,000 MORE QUICKLY THAN ANYONE EVER 445 00:16:17,000 --> 00:16:20,000 THOUGHT POSSIBLE. 446 00:16:20,000 --> 00:16:21,000 THERE IS NOTHING WE CANNOT 447 00:16:21,000 --> 00:16:24,000 ACCOMPLISH. 448 00:16:24,000 --> 00:16:26,000 THE UNITED STATES IS GREAT. 449 00:16:26,000 --> 00:16:28,000 IT'S GREAT. 450 00:16:28,000 --> 00:16:32,000 ITS PEOPLE ARE GREAT. 451 00:16:32,000 --> 00:16:33,000 THERE IS NO TASK OR PROJECT TOO 452 00:16:33,000 --> 00:16:36,000 GREAT. 453 00:16:36,000 --> 00:16:37,000 THERE'S NO DREAM OUTSIDE OF OUR 454 00:16:37,000 --> 00:16:39,000 REACH. 455 00:16:39,000 --> 00:16:40,000 DON'T EVER LET ANYONE TELL YOU 456 00:16:40,000 --> 00:16:42,000 IT CAN'T BE DONE. 457 00:16:42,000 --> 00:16:44,000 THE FUTURE LIES WITH THE 458 00:16:44,000 --> 00:16:45,000 DREAMERS NORTH THE CYNICS AND 459 00:16:45,000 --> 00:16:46,000 THE CRITICS. 460 00:16:46,000 --> 00:16:49,000 EVERYWHERE I GO IN THIS COUNTRY 461 00:16:49,000 --> 00:16:50,000 ALL I SEE IS UNTAPPED POTENTIAL 462 00:16:50,000 --> 00:16:54,000 WAITING TO BE SET FREE. 463 00:16:54,000 --> 00:16:55,000 AND THE BIGGEST ELEMENT OF ALL 464 00:16:55,000 --> 00:16:57,000 IS OUR INCREDIBLE PEOPLE, THE 465 00:16:57,000 --> 00:16:59,000 PEOPLE OF THIS COUNTRY. 466 00:16:59,000 --> 00:17:01,000 THEY'RE JUST WAITING. 467 00:17:01,000 --> 00:17:04,000 THEY'RE WAITING AND WAITING, AND 468 00:17:04,000 --> 00:17:05,000 I THINK MAYBE NOW THEIR TIME HAS 469 00:17:05,000 --> 00:17:06,000 COME. 470 00:17:06,000 --> 00:17:11,000 BUT WE WILL REALIZE THAT THE 471 00:17:11,000 --> 00:17:13,000 POTENTIAL WE CAN CONTINUE TO PUT 472 00:17:13,000 --> 00:17:16,000 IN OUR FAITH AND THE FAITH OF 473 00:17:16,000 --> 00:17:17,000 OUR COUNTRY, AND WE HAVE TO SAY 474 00:17:17,000 --> 00:17:21,000 THE WORD "NEVER" WILL ALWAYS 475 00:17:21,000 --> 00:17:22,000 HAVE TO BE TAKEN OUT BECAUSE WE 476 00:17:22,000 --> 00:17:27,000 HAVE SUCH TREMENDOUS POTENTIAL. 477 00:17:27,000 --> 00:17:28,000 WE HAVE TO CHOOSE THE MOST 478 00:17:28,000 --> 00:17:31,000 OPTIMISTIC PATH. 479 00:17:31,000 --> 00:17:33,000 WE HAVE TO CHOOSE TO BELIEVE NOT 480 00:17:33,000 --> 00:17:35,000 OUR POLITICIANS, THAT IN MANY 481 00:17:35,000 --> 00:17:37,000 CASES TRULY DON'T KNOW WHAT 482 00:17:37,000 --> 00:17:39,000 THEY'RE DOING, BUT TO BELIEVE IN 483 00:17:39,000 --> 00:17:43,000 OURSELVES AND IN OUR COUNTRY. 484 00:17:43,000 --> 00:17:44,000 IF WE DO THAT, ANYTHING IS 485 00:17:44,000 --> 00:17:48,000 POSSIBLE. 486 00:17:48,000 --> 00:17:51,000 I'M ASKING AMERICA TO JOIN ME IN 487 00:17:51,000 --> 00:17:53,000 DREAMING BIG AND BOLD AND DREAM 488 00:17:53,000 --> 00:17:55,000 FOR WONDERFUL THINGS IN OUR FUTURE. 489 00:17:55,000 --> 00:17:57,000 LET'S CLOSE THE HISTORY BOOKS ON 490 00:17:57,000 --> 00:18:00,000 THE FAILURES INS INTO OPEN A NEW 491 00:18:00,000 --> 00:18:02,000 CHAPTER OF SUCCESS AND 492 00:18:02,000 --> 00:18:03,000 PROSPERITY FOR ALL OF OUR 493 00:18:03,000 --> 00:18:05,000 PEOPLE. 494 00:18:05,000 --> 00:18:06,000 WE HAVE A DIVIDED NATION. 495 00:18:06,000 --> 00:18:11,000 A SERIOUSLY DIVIDED NATION. 496 00:18:11,000 --> 00:18:14,000 ALL OF OUR PEOPLE. 497 00:18:14,000 --> 00:18:15,000 THAT IS HOW WE WILL TRULY MAKE 498 00:18:15,000 --> 00:18:16,000 AMERICA GREAT AGAIN. 499 00:18:16,000 --> 00:18:18,000 THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 500 00:18:18,000 --> 00:18:19,000 I GREATLY APPRECIATE IT. 501 00:18:19,000 --> 00:18:24,000 [APPLAUSE] 502 00:18:48,000 --> 00:18:51,000 >> SO, WE'RE NOW GOING TO THE LOBBY. 503 00:18:51,000 --> 00:18:52,000 I WANT TO THANK IN PARTICULAR 504 00:18:52,000 --> 00:18:57,000 NOW THE EMPLOYEES, THE 505 00:18:57,000 --> 00:18:59,000 CONSTRUCTION WORKERS AND ALL OF 506 00:18:59,000 --> 00:19:00,000 THE PEOPLE THAT WORK SO HARD TO 507 00:19:00,000 --> 00:19:01,000 MAKE TRUMP INTERNATIONAL A 508 00:19:01,000 --> 00:19:02,000 REALITY. 509 00:19:02,000 --> 00:19:04,000 THIS WILL BE ONE OF THE GREAT 510 00:19:04,000 --> 00:19:08,000 HOTELS ANYWHERE IN WORLD. 511 00:19:08,000 --> 00:19:09,000 I WANT IN PARTICULAR TO 512 00:19:09,000 --> 00:19:12,000 CONGRATULATE IVANKA BECAUSE THIS 513 00:19:12,000 --> 00:19:14,000 WHAT HER BABY, AND SHE WORKED SO 514 00:19:14,000 --> 00:19:17,000 CLOSELY WITH THE GSA, GREAT, 515 00:19:17,000 --> 00:19:20,000 GREAT PROFESSIONALS, THE GSA 516 00:19:20,000 --> 00:19:22,000 PEOPLE ARE AMAZING PROFESSIONALS 517 00:19:22,000 --> 00:19:25,000 AND WORK LONG AND HARD FOR 518 00:19:25,000 --> 00:19:26,000 YEARS, AND THIS IS THE 519 00:19:26,000 --> 00:19:27,000 CULMINATION. 520 00:19:27,000 --> 00:19:32,000 SO, IVANKA, CONGRATULATIONS, AND 521 00:19:34,000 --> 00:19:36,000 MELANIA FOR PUTTING UP WITH THE 522 00:19:36,000 --> 00:19:38,000 TIME AND ALL THIS EFFORT, AND 523 00:19:38,000 --> 00:19:40,000 WE'RE GOING TO NOW BE CUTTING A 524 00:19:40,000 --> 00:19:42,000 RIBBON, AND MAYBE WHAT WE'LL DO 525 00:19:42,000 --> 00:19:43,000 IS HAVE SOME OF THE FOLKS -- WHY 526 00:19:43,000 --> 00:19:45,000 DON'T YOU BRING THEM UP. 527 00:19:45,000 --> 00:19:46,000 COME ON STAGE. 528 00:19:46,000 --> 00:19:48,000 THEY'RE SO BEAUTIFUL. 529 00:19:48,000 --> 00:19:51,000 NEVER SEEN SCISSORS THAT LOOK 530 00:19:51,000 --> 00:19:53,000 THIS BEAUTIFUL BEFORE. 531 00:19:53,000 --> 00:19:55,000 THAT'S GREAT. 532 00:19:55,000 --> 00:19:57,000 THAT BEAUTIFUL. 533 00:19:57,000 --> 00:20:01,000 AND THANK YOU TO THE EMPLOYEES. 534 00:20:01,000 --> 00:20:02,000 IT'S ALL ABOUT SERVICE, ALL 535 00:20:02,000 --> 00:20:04,000 ABOUT LOVING WHAT YOU DO, SO 536 00:20:04,000 --> 00:20:05,000 MANY OF THEM HAVE COME UP AND 537 00:20:05,000 --> 00:20:07,000 THANKED ME. 538 00:20:07,000 --> 00:20:10,000 THEY NOW HAVE LONG-TERM JOBS. 539 00:20:10,000 --> 00:20:13,000 MANY, MANY JOBS, AND LONG-TERM 540 00:20:13,000 --> 00:20:14,000 JOBS, AND WE'RE GOING TO -- 541 00:20:14,000 --> 00:20:16,000 WE'RE LOOKING TO MAKE THIS ONE 542 00:20:16,000 --> 00:20:18,000 OF THE GREAT HOTELS OF THE 543 00:20:18,000 --> 00:20:20,000 COUNTRY BUT IT'S GOING TO WE ONE 544 00:20:20,000 --> 00:20:22,000 THE GREAT HOTELS OF THE WORLD. 545 00:20:22,000 --> 00:20:24,000 WE HAVE THE FINEST LOCATION, AND 546 00:20:24,000 --> 00:20:26,000 WE HAVE THE FINEST BUILDING, 547 00:20:26,000 --> 00:20:29,000 BUILDING BUILT IN 1899. 548 00:20:29,000 --> 00:20:31,000 AND THAT WAS WHEN THIS WAS A 549 00:20:31,000 --> 00:20:33,000 VERY, VERY POWERFUL, RICH 550 00:20:33,000 --> 00:20:35,000 COUNTRY, WHEN MONEY WAS NO OBJECT. 551 00:20:35,000 --> 00:20:37,000 THEY BUILT THE POST OFFICE WITH 552 00:20:37,000 --> 00:20:39,000 BIG, BIG DOLLARS. 553 00:20:39,000 --> 00:20:41,000 AND THE WALLS ARE SOMETIMES -- 554 00:20:41,000 --> 00:20:42,000 YOU CAN TAKE A LOOK AND SEE 555 00:20:42,000 --> 00:20:47,000 THEM -- SOME OF THE EXTERIOR 556 00:20:47,000 --> 00:20:50,000 WALLS ARE FIVE FEET THICK. 557 00:20:50,000 --> 00:20:52,000 IT'S REALLY QUITE A PLACE AND 558 00:20:52,000 --> 00:20:53,000 WE'RE HONORED TO HAVE BEEN GIVEN 559 00:20:53,000 --> 00:20:56,000 THE OPPORTUNITY. 560 00:20:56,000 --> 00:20:57,000 SO, THIS IS FOR MANY, MANY YEARS 561 00:20:57,000 --> 00:21:00,000 OF SUCCESS, MANY, MANY YEARS OF 562 00:21:00,000 --> 00:21:02,000 GREAT JOBS, AND I JUST WANT TO 563 00:21:02,000 --> 00:21:05,000 THANK EVERYBODY FOR YOUR HARD 564 00:21:05,000 --> 00:21:06,000 WORK AND FOR BEING HERE TODAY. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 565 00:21:06,000 --> 00:21:11,000 [APPLAUSE] 566 00:21:26,000 --> 00:21:31,000 [INAUDIBLE CONVERSATIONS] 567 00:22:07,000 --> 00:22:08,000 >> ALL RIGHT. 568 00:22:08,000 --> 00:22:10,000 READY? 569 00:22:10,000 --> 00:22:12,000 MANY, MANY YEARS OF INCLUDING 570 00:22:12,000 --> 00:22:14,000 HAPPINESS AND EVERYTHING ELSE. 571 00:22:14,000 --> 00:22:16,000 ONE, TWO, THREE. 572 00:22:16,000 --> 00:22:21,000 [APPLAUSE] 573 00:22:31,000 --> 00:22:34,000 >> THAT'S FROM IDEA NOW WE TAKE 574 00:22:34,000 --> 00:22:36,000 YOU LIVE TO SPRINGFIELD, OHIO, 575 00:22:36,000 --> 00:22:39,000 DONALD TRUMP IS SET TO APPEAR AT 576 00:22:39,000 --> 00:22:40,000 A RALLY IN SPRINGFIELD. 577 00:22:40,000 --> 00:22:45,000 WE'RE LIFE -- LIVE AT THE 578 00:22:45,000 --> 00:22:47,000 CHAMPION CENTER. 579 00:22:47,000 --> 00:22:48,000 ONE OF THREE PLACES IN OHIO 580 00:22:48,000 --> 00:22:51,000 TRUMP STOPPED AT. 581 00:22:51,000 --> 00:22:55,000 ALSO TOLEDO AND GENEVA 582 00:22:55,000 --> 00:22:58,000 MONTGOMERY HERE ON C-SPAN2.