{"id":83390,"date":"2019-07-15T08:35:50","date_gmt":"2019-07-15T15:35:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/69.46.6.243\/?p=83390"},"modified":"2019-07-15T08:35:50","modified_gmt":"2019-07-15T15:35:50","slug":"president-trump-on-supporting-the-passage-of-the-u-s-mexico-canada-agreement","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/?p=83390","title":{"rendered":"President Trump on Supporting the Passage of the U.S-Mexico-Canada Agreement"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Milwaukee, WI&#8230;.Derco Aerospace&#8230;Thank you very much. Thank you very much. We\u2019ve had an exciting time. It\u2019s been incredible. And, as you know, we just hit the highest we\u2019ve ever hit on the Dow. The stock market is the best it\u2019s ever been. Jobs are the best they\u2019ve ever been. A couple of other little factors, not so bad. We\u2019re doing great and we have a great military, and I thank you for that.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/MuJFwyRMkCY\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>And I want to thank Marillyn. She\u2019s been a friend of mine for a long time, and she\u2019s done an incredible job. And she just did me a beautiful favor, keeping it \u2014 a beautiful Sikorsky plant \u2014 open in the great state of Pennsylvania. Some people would say \u201cCommonwealth.\u201d I\u2019ll call it both. But all I know is they\u2019re really happy in Pennsylvania right now. And we love Pennsylvania, and they\u2019ve \u2014 I really appreciate what Marillyn did.<\/p>\n<p>I\u2019m thrilled to be back in your great state \u2014 a state that I won. And we won it not so late in the evening \u2014 a little bit early in the evening, actually, which is even better. (Applause.)<\/p>\n<p>And we had a lot of support from your company. Derco has been incredible. We have a lot of support here. And one of the reasons I\u2019m here is Marillyn, and one of the reasons I\u2019m here are you. Because we really have had tremendous \u2014 there\u2019s a great spirit, a great spirit in this company.<\/p>\n<p>We\u2019re here today to celebrate the triumphant return of American manufacturing. You know what they said: It was going to be gone. But it\u2019s not gone; it\u2019s really thriving and it\u2019s starting to build up at a level that nobody thought was possible. Everything we\u2019re doing to keep the assembly lines rolling full speed ahead \u2014 that\u2019s being done and we\u2019re doing it right.<\/p>\n<p>We\u2019re proudly defending our most important national resource: the American worker. That\u2019s what it is. It\u2019s pretty amazing how the American worker has just really \u2014 there\u2019s nobody like our American worker.<\/p>\n<p>We\u2019re glad to be joined today by Secretary Wilbur Ross. Where is Wilbur? Wilbur. Wilbur? How are you? (Applause.) Thank you. Thank you, Wilbur. Great job.<\/p>\n<p>A friend of mine and somebody who is very, very tough and very, very smart \u2014 Senator Ron Johnson. Ron, thank you. (Applause.)<\/p>\n<p>And two real fighters. They fight for us and they fight for you and they fight like nobody: Representatives Glenn Grothman and Sean Duffy. Sean. Thank you, Sean. Thank you, fellas. (Applause.) Thank you.<\/p>\n<p>I especially want to thank your General Manager here at Derco, Peter Winkler. Peter? Peter? (Applause.) Good job. They were showing me some of the work they do. It\u2019s beautiful, it\u2019s complex, and it is real stuff. That\u2019s the real deal. Right, Peter?<\/p>\n<p>For 40 years, the patriots of Derco Aerospace have built and repaired parts for airplanes, jets, and helicopters \u2014 and you have done it with unmatched precision and unmatched skill \u2014 really an incredible company. Recently, our entire nation was inspired by the mastery of your craftsmanship during our wonderful Independence Day celebration on the National Mall. (Applause.) It\u2019s called a sa- \u2014 (applause) \u2014 right? \u2014 Salute to America. That was something.<\/p>\n<p>They weren\u2019t sure \u2014 the fake news \u2014 they weren\u2019t sure if people were going to show up. (Laughter.) Did they ever show up, right? Did they ever show up. We had a tremendous \u2014 it was packed. And it was raining. It \u2014 a few people said, did I have a tent, because I looked very dry. I said, \u201cI wasn\u2019t dry and I had no tent.\u201d It was a rainy day, but, in a way, it was a beautiful day. And when those planes and helicopters flew overhead, it was something like we haven\u2019t really seen too much lately. There\u2019s tremendous spirit and love in our country.<\/p>\n<p>That day, the United States Marines soared overhead in a magnificent aircraft like the ones you support from here in Milwaukee: the MV-22 Osprey. Our country also witnessed the awesome might of the U.S. Navy, flying another plane that you will soon support: the unstoppable stealth F-35 Lightning II. (Applause.)<\/p>\n<p>I get to meet a lot of pilots. I once said to one of the pilots \u2014 he looked like central casting. He looked like Tom Cruise, but maybe better. (Laughter.) A little taller and a little stronger. (Laughter.) And I said, \u201cSo, tell me. How good is the F-35 compared to other planes \u2014 enemy craft?\u201d He said, \u201cWell, they have a problem: They can\u2019t see it.\u201d I said, \u201cThat sounds good to me,\u201d not knowing too much about it. \u201cThat sounds good.\u201d But he said, \u201cThere\u2019s nothing like it.\u201d And I remember it. That was a long time ago now, toward the beginning.<\/p>\n<p>In addition, workers at this facility help maintain our massive C-130 Hercules transport planes, and our fearsome UH-60 Black Hawk helicopters, and our F-16 Fighting Falcons. Great. (Applause.) You\u2019re pretty busy. What do you do in your spare time, by the way? That\u2019s a lot of work.<\/p>\n<p>With the help of 280 proud Americans at Derco Aerospace \u2014 and you know what I mean \u2014 the USA truly has the best aircraft flown, the best pilots. And we have the greatest pilots in the world. They fly the \u2014 the \u2014 they are pilots like no other. Made the \u2014 made and maintained the best workers in \u2014 best workers anywhere in the world.<\/p>\n<p>And I\u2019m excited to hear that, thanks to your new responsibilities for the F-35, your company will be expanding its workforce by 15 percent. Is that right, Marillyn? Wow. (Applause.) That\u2019s good. (Inaudible.) That\u2019s great.<\/p>\n<p>Since the election, we have created more than 6 million new jobs. Nobody would have believed that during the campaign. If I would have said \u201c6 million jobs,\u201d they would have said, \u201cOh, that\u2019s \u2014 no, he\u2019s exaggerating.\u201d I did say like 4 million, but we got 6 million. (Laughter.) So I was under-exaggerating.<\/p>\n<p>Including more than half a million manufacturing jobs. We added 224,000 jobs last month alone, which is a tremendous number \u2014 far greater than projection.<\/p>\n<p>Last year, U.S. manufacturers reported the highest optimism ever recorded. So folks like Marillyn would say we\u2019re the most optimistic we\u2019ve ever been. Would you say that\u2019s true? You better say yes, Marillyn. (Laughter.) She knows. I know Marillyn very well, and I know she feels that way.<\/p>\n<p>We\u2019re now the economic envy of the entire world. When I meet prime ministers and presidents and kings and queens, they all start off by congratulating me on the great economy.<\/p>\n<p>Wages are rising fast, and rising fastest for our blue-collar workers. That\u2019s exciting. You hear so much about the upper end. Well, they don\u2019t realize that blue-collar \u2014 proportionately, blue-collar workers, the manufacturing companies \u2014 these are the companies that are doing so well.<\/p>\n<p>Unemployment has reached the lowest rate in over half a century, and we expect to soon be beating that. (Applause.) African American, Asian American, and Hispanic American unemployment have reached their lowest levels ever in the history of our country. (Applause.) And, right here, in Wisconsin, the unemployment rate is just 2.8 percent \u2014 among the very lowest in the country. It\u2019s a great state. It\u2019s a fantastic state. (Applause.) So \u2014 doing some phenomenal work.<\/p>\n<p>We\u2019ve powered our economic turnaround by following two fundamental rules: If it hurts American workers, we don\u2019t do it. It\u2019s very simple. And if it helps American workers, we definitely do it and we do it quickly. It\u2019s very simple. (Applause.)<\/p>\n<p>Our agenda is pro-worker, pro-family, pro-growth \u2014 100 percent pro-American. It\u2019s America First. It\u2019s \u201cMake America Great Again.\u201d And you know what? Now, it\u2019s \u201cKeep America Great\u201d because we\u2019re doing awfully well. (Applause.) We\u2019re doing awfully well.<\/p>\n<p>To stop the offshoring \u2014 you know what offshoring is of American jobs \u2014 I signed the largest package of tax cuts and reforms in the history of our country. Since then, $876 billion \u2014 that\u2019s a lot even for you, Marillyn, right? That\u2019s a big number. (Laughter.) Has poured back into the United States from abroad. We want companies to invest, hire, build, and grow right here in America and right here in Wisconsin. (Applause.)<\/p>\n<p>We cut a record number of job-killing regulations, which will give the average household an extra $3,000 each year. So, each year, the average household \u2014 and you all see it; you all feel it \u2014 will get an average of $3,000. That\u2019s a lot. That\u2019s the biggest tax cut we\u2019ve ever had in this country.<\/p>\n<p>And, by the way, I see the Democrat platform. They want to raise your taxes. I don\u2019t think that \u2014 I don\u2019t know, maybe \u2014 you know, I haven\u2019t been a politician too long. (Laughter.) Somehow that doesn\u2019t play well, right? They want to raise your taxes. Okay, we\u2019ll figure that one out. (Laughter.)<\/p>\n<p>We launched an American energy revolution. The United States is now the number-one producer of oil and natural gas anywhere in the world, and it\u2019s not even close. (Applause.)<\/p>\n<p>And with a couple of environmental approvals for certain pipelines, we can get that and really do something with that number. It\u2019ll go up very substantially, very quickly, especially in the state of Texas.<\/p>\n<p>We\u2019re reversing decades of economic surrender and restoring America\u2019s industrial might. We surrendered, economically. What we did was so crazy. We helped other countries, but we never thought about our own country. We lost the magic. We\u2019ve gotten it back. And we\u2019ve gotten it back, I think you\u2019ll soon see, greater than ever before. (Applause.)<\/p>\n<p>And your executives know this: Companies are pouring back into our nation. Automobile companies from Japan and other nations are pouring back in. Many, many of the great auto companies are coming back into Michigan. They\u2019re coming back into Pennsylvania, Ohio, Florida, North Carolina.<\/p>\n<p>You have not so many jobs left; we have to get some more workers over here, I think, Marillyn. We have to do something. But we have automobile companies and other companies pouring back in. And you had the greatest year you\u2019ve ever had in the history of this state. This is a great state, but you had your best economic year that you\u2019ve ever had, so that\u2019s great.<\/p>\n<p>Our nation was made of vibrant and strong \u2014 and it\u2019s got to be the most powerful, the best \u2014 it really was made with American manufacturing. And you know that a previous administration said, \u201cManufacturing is gone. You\u2019re going to have to take a magic wand to bring it back.\u201d Well, that was wrong.<\/p>\n<p>The previous administration, they allowed foreign nations to plunder our wealth and to pillage our factories. They sold out our workers and they hollowed out our industrial heartland. But those days are over.<\/p>\n<p>And I have to tell you: It\u2019s not just the previous administration. It\u2019s been many administrations, in all fairness to President Obama. It\u2019s been many, many administrations. They allowed it to happen. They allowed our factories to close, our workers, really, to go \u2014 to not have jobs. We created jobs for other places, for other nations. And we sacrificed so many \u2014 60,000 plants. Millions and millions of jobs were lost during, I call them, \u201cthe stupid years.\u201d But now we\u2019re back into the really smart years.<\/p>\n<p>We had \u201cthe smart years\u201d; now we\u2019re \u201cthe really smart years.\u201d (Laughter.) They were \u201cthe stupid years.\u201d What they were doing was incredible. NAFTA \u2014 one of the world\u2019s worst trade deals ever. I know a couple of others \u2014 we\u2019ve been involved in them, too. World Trade Organization \u2014 that\u2019s a beauty. You don\u2019t know as much about that. But NAFTA was a disaster for this country, and we\u2019re going to be replacing that very soon, hopefully with the USMCA. And that\u2019s going to be something really, really special. It\u2019s going to keep jobs.<\/p>\n<p>One of the things I said, to start off: I don\u2019t want people leaving this country, meaning companies. I don\u2019t want to incentivize companies to leave, fire their people, build product, sell the product over in our country \u2014 no tax whatsoever \u2014 so we end up with no jobs, no factories, no taxes, no nothing. It\u2019s not going to happen anymore and it can\u2019t happen under our new agreement. (Applause.)<\/p>\n<p>And I\u2019ve been talking about this subject for 20 years. Prob- \u2014 I think it\u2019s possibly one of the reasons I ran. I used to look at Michigan, where they\u2019d lose their car companies one after another. You lost so many companies in Wisconsin. Everybody lost, Ron. Everybody lost companies. They were losing companies left and right. And we\u2019re not going to have that anymore.<\/p>\n<p>We have an incentive now to stay in this country. We have an incentive to build and manufacture in this country. And that\u2019s the way we want it. That\u2019s the way it\u2019s going to be. It\u2019s going to be America first. (Applause.)<\/p>\n<p>After years of rebuilding foreign nations, we are finally rebuilding our nation. It\u2019s as simple as that. We\u2019ve built other nations. We\u2019ve focused on other people\u2019s borders. We\u2019d fight for other borders, but we don\u2019t fight for our own border. We have open borders and they had our military men protecting their borders. Figure that one out.<\/p>\n<p>But it\u2019s all changing and it\u2019s changing very rapidly, and we\u2019re doing really well right now. Mexico has 21,000 troops on the border, guarding our border. Our laws are so bad, our military can\u2019t do a damn thing. We have the greatest military in the world. But between catch-and-release \u2014 we catch them and we release them. Think of it. We catch them, take a little number \u2014 \u201cCome back in three, four years.\u201d (Laughter.) These are the Democrats. And they should change them, Sean. They should change them so easily. But they don\u2019t want to do it. It\u2019s politics. They want open borders. I really think they want open borders. Even though four or five years ago, they all wanted strong borders and they wanted walls and everything else. That was when they were sane, but they\u2019re no longer sane.<\/p>\n<p>For years, politicians let China take the crown jewels out of our country. My administration has taken the toughest-ever stance to stop these incredible abuses.<\/p>\n<p>As a candidate for President, I also promised to replace the disaster known as NAFTA. Since NAFTA\u2019s adoption, the United States was losing jobs and losing plants like nobody has ever lost before. Almost one in five auto jobs were lost during NAFTA, and I think that\u2019s a wrong number; I think it\u2019s worse than that. But now, we\u2019re demanding that you get \u2014 as people working here, and as companies, and as great, great strength \u2014 I want you to have strength, but I want you to have a level playing field. Because when you have a level playing field, nobody can beat you. You didn\u2019t have a level playing field. You had a playing field that was like this, and you had to go uphill.<\/p>\n<p>That\u2019s why we\u2019re replacing NAFTA with the brand new U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement. The USMCA will be the most modern, cutting-edge trade agreement in history, with the strongest protections for the American worker ever put in any trade agreement. And that was the single-most important thing to me.<\/p>\n<p>The USMCA will close the biggest loopholes that caused the mass exodus of manufa- \u2014 you had an exodus of manufacturing under NAFTA.<\/p>\n<p>By ratifying the USMCA, Mexico has now committed to be the toughest and have the toughest labor provisions, the highest environmental standards, and the most comprehensive enforcement provisions ever implemented in a trade agreement \u2014 ever.<\/p>\n<p>For years, labor unions and lawmakers urged past administrations to secure these types of trade provisions. They did absolutely nothing. No administration did anything except lose jobs. We were laughed at by the rest of the world. We were patsies.<\/p>\n<p>And I didn\u2019t blame China. I didn\u2019t blame all of these countries \u2014 Mexico. Mexico, they took 30 percent of our automobile business. I don\u2019t know if you know that or not. They have plants the likes of which you\u2019ve never seen before. They took 30 percent \u2014 probably more than that \u2014 of our automobile \u2014 I don\u2019t blame them. I don\u2019t blame anybody. I blame our past leaders. I blame the people and administrations that allowed this to happen.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s not China\u2019s fault that we were stupid. It\u2019s not China\u2019s fault that we allowed it to happen. We lose $500 billion a year. It\u2019s now turning. We\u2019re taking in billions and billions of dollars in tariffs. I\u2019m giving billions of dollars back to the farmers because they pinpointed the farmers. They said, \u201cWe\u2019re not going to buy here. We\u2019re not going to buy there because then Trump will stop doing to us what he\u2019s doing.\u201d Except the farmers said, \u201cWe don\u2019t care because he\u2019s right.\u201d Because for 15 years, the farmer \u2014 if you look, 15 years, it\u2019s been like this. It\u2019s a one-way street and it was a street downward.<\/p>\n<p>But it\u2019s been incredible. And I\u2019ll never forget, I had a meeting, Marillyn, with farmers a year ago. And I told them what is going to happen. And I said, \u201cYou\u2019re going to be the single-biggest beneficiaries, ultimately. And I said, \u201cWe\u2019re going to get you subsidies, we\u2019re going to get\u2026\u201d And farmers looked at me like \u2014 all at one time. I had probably 30 in a big, beautiful room \u2014 the Cabinet Room at the White House. Beautiful. For the Cabinet \u2014 but I wanted the farmers in the Cabinet Room because I like the farmers.<\/p>\n<p>And they said, \u201cSir, we don\u2019t want subsidies.\u201d I said, \u201cWhat do you mean?\u201d \u201cWe don\u2019t want subsidies. We want a level playing field.\u201d I said, \u201cHow can you tell me \u2014 nobody has ever said that. Everybody is coming in here looking for whatever they can get. They\u2019re\u2026\u201d \u201cWe don\u2019t want subsidy.\u201d It was \u2014 to this day, it\u2019s never happened before. They didn\u2019t want that. They just wanted a level playing field. They said, \u201cGive us a level playing field and nobody can beat us at what we do.\u201d I thought it was one of the most beautiful thing.<\/p>\n<p>But, in the meantime, they were targeted by China. I went to Sonny Perdue, and I said, \u201cSonny, how much has China spent, let\u2019s say, in the \u2014 in just about the biggest year?\u201d He said, \u201cSixteen billion dollars, sir.\u201d I said, \u201cHere\u2019s what I\u2019m doing. I\u2019m giving our farmers $16 billion out of the tariffs, which frankly, are much more than that.\u201d I shouldn\u2019t say that, because they\u2019ll ask for more. (Laughter.) But they are. The tariffs are far more than that.<\/p>\n<p>And a lot of companies are leaving China now because they want to go to a non-tariffed country, and some of those companies are coming here. It\u2019s been incredible.<\/p>\n<p>We\u2019re taking in billions and billions of dollars, and I\u2019m giving our farmers a chunk because they were targeted. These are great American patriots. And I\u2019ll tell you, I didn\u2019t see anybody \u2014 you know, they go and they do these focus groups on television. Even on the real fakers on television, where you think it would be \u2014 the farmers were all, \u201cNo. It\u2019s not like things are perfect, but we are with our President.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>But now things are pretty good because we are doing $16 billion and that was the most that China ever purchased. And some of the farmers are really doing well. I think they\u2019re really starting \u2014 we\u2019re over the hump. We\u2019re doing really well.<\/p>\n<p>And, in the meantime, our government has billions of dollars of money pouring in, and that money is paid for by China through reducing \u2014 if you take a look, what they\u2019re doing is they\u2019re playing around with their monetary policy to a level like nobody has ever seen before. We\u2019re not paying. And they\u2019re also pumping out cash into their system. And China is paying; our people are not paying.<\/p>\n<p>Now, other countries, it\u2019s a little bit different. China is China. But they\u2019re doing things in order to make sure that they keep those jobs in China. But they\u2019re losing a lot of companies, and some of those companies are coming here because we get it done. We know how to get it done. I know how to win.<\/p>\n<p>We win \u2014 Marillyn knows how to win. This company knows how to win. The job you\u2019ve done is incredible at this company. And that\u2019s why I\u2019m glad I\u2019m here.<\/p>\n<p>The USMCA is vital to the future of the American automobile industry. Under NAFTA, foreign companies could manufacture thousands of their parts overseas, ship them to Mexico and Canada for assembly, and send their foreign-made cars right into the United States, tax free. You knew about that, Mr. Manager, right? Tax free. That doesn\u2019t work too well, right? Wouldn\u2019t you say they should have ended that about 20 years ago?<\/p>\n<p>With the USMCA, we have declared: No more of that nonsense. We\u2019re not letting it happen. Seventy-five percent of every automobile under the deal must be made in North America. And we are requiring a large portion to be made by high-wage labor \u2014 which means American labor \u2014 because you were competing against people that, frankly, were slightly \u2014 they were getting slightly less money than you do. Am I trying to be nice when I say that? Does anybody object to hearing that? They were getting slightly less \u2014 like about 20 percent \u2014 20 percent of what you get.<\/p>\n<p>The USMCA is \u2014 but it was unfair to our country. It was unfair to our people. It was unfair to our workers.<\/p>\n<p>The USMCA is estimated to create 76,000 brand new American auto jobs, and very quickly. That means more cars, more trucks, and auto parts will be stamped with those beautiful words, \u201cMade in the USA.\u201d Remember we used to see that all the time? \u201cMade in the USA.\u201d (Applause.) Maybe we could start stamping here. We\u2019ll start right here. \u201cMade in the USA.\u201d People love it. People love it. I remember I used to see it all over \u2014 \u201cMade in the USA\u201d or \u201cMade in America.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>But maybe we should, you know \u2014 it would take you about, with your geniuses here, they could have that stamped on parts in about two seconds, right? He\u2019s looking \u2014 he said, \u201cI wonder if that\u2019s going to cost us any money to do that?\u201d (Laughter.) Not much. Not much. It\u2019s all part of the whole deal. But \u201cMade in the USA.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The USMCA is also a \u2014 a tremendous victory for, in particular, farmers because we have had such support. To help dairy farmers right here in Wisconsin, the USMCA stops unfair trade barriers from Canada. People love Canada. I love Canada, but there were few countries that took advantage of us more than Canada. They were charging us tariffs of 297 percent. They want to keep it under 300 because it sounded better \u2014 297 percent. Nobody knew that.<\/p>\n<p>The farmers knew that. They knew it very well, because essentially what they\u2019re doing is they\u2019re saying \u201cYou can\u2019t sell your product in Canada.\u201d Because the tariff was so high you couldn\u2019t say \u2014 you couldn\u2019t sell it in Canada.<\/p>\n<p>Under our trade agreement, we will see significant increases in exports of Wisconsin agriculture, supporting jobs throughout the state. It\u2019s going to have a tremendous impact on your agriculture and on your manufacturing.<\/p>\n<p>Once fully implemented, the USMCA will bring up to 600,000 jobs to our shores. And it\u2019s probably going to be well over 1.2 million jobs. (Applause.)<\/p>\n<p>And here at Derco, you\u2019ll be able to expand your commerce with Canadian customers and suppliers, and they\u2019ll be buying your product. Now they have an incentive to buy your product. Before this deal, they had no incentive whatsoever to buy product in the United States.<\/p>\n<p>I want to personally thank Marillyn and Lockheed Martin for supporting this groundbreaking agreement. What you\u2019ve done is really great. You\u2019ve been \u2014 she has been \u2014 you\u2019ve been calling everybody, I hope, right? I\u2019ve heard you have. You know, the wake was left. You know, they were going, \u201cCan you get her off our back?\u201d (Laughter.) That\u2019s good. That\u2019s what I want. That\u2019s why I told Marillyn, \u201cSee if you can do it, if you want to do it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>We need help from the Democrats to get it done because it\u2019s political season. And I say it\u2019s a bipartisan \u2014 let it be a bipartisan bill. I don\u2019t want credit for it. Let it be a bipartisan bill \u2014 the USMCA.<\/p>\n<p>For years, members of Congress have demanded a replacement for NAFTA. Now they finally have the best replacement that they could ever even imagine. The farmers can\u2019t believe it. The manufacturers can\u2019t believe it. Even, Marillyn, the unions can\u2019t believe it. It\u2019s good for everybody.<\/p>\n<p>So on behalf of our nation\u2019s loyal hardworking citizens, I\u2019m calling on Congress to pass USMCA and send it to my desk immediately for signature. We shouldn\u2019t be playing around. And every day that goes by, it gets more and more political because we get closer and closer to the election, and maybe it\u2019s harder. It shouldn\u2019t be hard. I mean, the day before \u2014 you should sign this the day before the election.<\/p>\n<p>But view it as bipartisan bill. And it shows that Congress is doing something other than wasting time on the witch hunt and the nonsense that they work so hard at. They work so hard. If they worked 1\/100th as hard on immigration, it would be solved in about 15 minutes. It\u2019s just a waste of time. (Applause.) Amazing. (Inaudible) Thank you.<\/p>\n<p>To ensure that all citizens can thrive, the modern economy as we know it \u2014 and it\u2019s really gotten modern. We also launched the Pledge to America\u2019s Workers. I\u2019m thrilled that Lockheed Martin has committed to providing apprenticeships and workforce development opportunities for 8,000 of our great citizens. Thank you. (Applause.)<\/p>\n<p>My administration lives by a very crucial motto \u2014 a motto that you would agree with 100 percent \u2014 \u201cBuy American and Hire American.\u201d Those other days are gone. (Applause.)<\/p>\n<p>So, as we restore our economy, we\u2019re really restoring our standing in the world. We\u2019re respected again. America is respected again like it hasn\u2019t been respected in many, many years. We were laughed at. We were scoffed at. We were liked. Why shouldn\u2019t we be liked? We were a patsy. But we\u2019re respected again, folks.<\/p>\n<p>As you know better than anyone, economic security is national security. And here at Derco, one in every five employees is a veteran. That\u2019s a great number. (Applause.) Great number. And, by the way, Sean \u2014 stand up for a second, Sean. I want to just say: Reciprocal trade, right? He\u2019s \u2014 I put him in charge. I said, \u201cDo me a favor, when a country charges us 100 percent, we charge them 100 percent. When a country charges us 25, we charge them 25. When one charges us, in some cases, 340 percent, we charge them 3-.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>So something is going to happen. Maybe they\u2019ll go down to zero or maybe we\u2019ll take in a lot of money. But Sean is in charge. The Reciprocal Trade Act of \u2014 probably, we\u2019ll say 2019 or 2020 \u2014 call it whatever you want \u2014 it has to get done. When that gets done, nobody is going to be taking advantage of this country any longer. So I appreciate you doing that. Reciprocal Trade Act. (Applause.) My favorite word: \u201creciprocal.\u201d It\u2019s my favorite word: \u201creciprocal.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Among those with us today is Theresa Sprader-Trinh \u2014 (applause) \u2014 who began her career in the U.S. Air Force and the Wisconsin Air National Guard. Where is she? Where is she? (Applause.) Come on up here. Come up. Come on.<\/p>\n<p>In the military, she supported legendary aircraft such as the U-2 and the SR-71 Blackbird. For the past 21 years, from right here in Derco \u2014 they like you, by the way, Theresa. (Laughter.) They really like you. You know \u2014 you like them, too, I\u2019ll bet. Right?<\/p>\n<p>MS. SPRADER-TRINH: I do. (Laughter.)<\/p>\n<p>THE PRESIDENT: Theresa has continued to keep our nation\u2019s aircraft flying. I want to just thank you. You\u2019re a very special person. I said, \u201cI want a couple of special people.\u201d \u201cEh, we don\u2019t have too much time.\u201d \u201cJust give me one.\u201d And they gave me you. That\u2019s pretty good. (Laughter and applause.) Say a few words. (Applause.)<\/p>\n<p>MS. SPRADER-TRINH: Thank you, Mr. President, for this opportunity. When I joined the Air Force after high school, I never imagined where this journey would take me. It has been amazing. One of the many things that I enjoy about being part of Derco and Lockheed Martin is that I get to work alongside the most talented people in the aviation industry, such as yourself. (Applause.)<\/p>\n<p>As a veteran, I\u2019m incredibly proud to work for Lockheed Martin because I continue to support our men and women in uniform every day. (Applause.)<\/p>\n<p>Thank you, Mr. President, for your steadfast support of our military. (Applause.)<\/p>\n<p>I would also like to thank Ms. Hewson and my Lockheed Martin and Derco family. Most importantly, I would like to thank my husband for taking this journey with me, and for his service to our country as a military retiree. (Applause.)<\/p>\n<p>THE PRESIDENT: Great job. Thank you, Theresa. Thank you very much. Good family. Nice. Beautiful. Thank you.<\/p>\n<p>To ensure our service members have the tools they need, we\u2019re rebuilding the U.S. Armed Forces with $700 billion last year and, this year, $716 billion. That\u2019s the highest ever. And I must say, the projected budget is probably in the neighborhood of \u2014 you\u2019ll be happy about this, Marillyn \u2014 $730 billion, maybe $733 billion.<\/p>\n<p>But, you know, our armed forces were depleted. They were just depleted. They were tired. They were exhausted. The planes were old. The equipment was old. Even the uniforms were old. And there\u2019s no other more important job that a President has. You know, they say, United States Supreme Court judges \u2014 that\u2019s very important \u2014 but I think, even before that, it\u2019s our military. It\u2019s defense.<\/p>\n<p>So, while I like to cut budgets \u2014 and all of the folks up here and Ron, we like to cut budgets \u2014 we also have to have a strong military. In other words, budgets don\u2019t mean too much when you get right down to it. So we don\u2019t have a big choice. (Applause.)<\/p>\n<p>So our commitment to our defense industrial base is creating jobs for Wisconsin workers in Milwaukee, Oshkosh, and all across this wonderful state.<\/p>\n<p>From Wisconsin to Arizona, Pennsylvania to California, workers such as you are forging new tanks, and ships, and submarines, and beautiful American aircraft to make our military the most powerful anywhere on the face of the Earth. Our military now is new. We have new planes. We have new ships. We have many ships being built, many submarines being built \u2014 submarines like nobody has ever seen before \u2014 and other things.<\/p>\n<p>Men and women like you make this country run. You make this country proud. You make this country great. You keep our lanes of commerce flowing, our communities thriving, and our great American flag flying high. The magnificent red, white, and blue flies high. (Applause.)<\/p>\n<p>Every day, you\u2019re building our nation\u2019s unlimited future, and you are doing it with American hands, American hearts, and with American steel. Our steel companies are coming back so strongly. The dumping is slowing down. And when they do dump, they pay a very, very heavy price. It\u2019s called 25 percent \u2014 right into the Treasury of the United States. And our steel companies are coming back and they\u2019re coming back strong.<\/p>\n<p>No one can beat the American worker. And no one can match the might of loyal, dedicated, patriotic American citizens. You\u2019re incredible people.<\/p>\n<p>Today and every day, we will fight for workers, we will fight for your families, we will fight for Wisconsin, and we will fight with all our soul for the glorious nation that we all love. Together, we are making America stronger and greater than ever before.<\/p>\n<p>And to Marillyn, to everyone at Derco, I want to thank you. Sir, I want to thank you very much. What a job you do, what a great company this is, and what incredible people I\u2019ve met today. And it\u2019s been my honor to be here.<\/p>\n<p>God bless you. God bless everyone. Thank you. Thank you.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Milwaukee, WI&#8230;.Derco Aerospace&#8230;Thank you very much. Thank you very much. We\u2019ve had an exciting time. It\u2019s been incredible. And, as you know, we just hit the highest we\u2019ve ever hit on the Dow. The stock market is the best it\u2019s ever been. Jobs are the best they\u2019ve ever been. 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