Trump Celebrates Navy’s 250th Anniversary

“The US Navy always stands for America, and as your commander in chief I will always stand for you, I promise you that,” the president vowed.

“And I want you to know that despite the Democrat-induced shutdown, we will get our service members every last penny, don’t worry about that. It’s all coming, and even more because I’m supporting the across the board pay raises for every sailor and service member in the United States armed forces.”

“We’re going to be building lots of ships and doing lots of things that you haven’t seen happen for 35 years,” he said.

“We’ll soon revitalize our shipyards with hundreds of millions of dollars in new investments and new people coming from all around the world and they’re going to build ships in America. We want them built in America.”

“We own the skies, we stalk the depths, and we rule the seas. We don’t know anything about defeat. In every era and every part of this globe, our sailors have fought with courage in their hearts, patriotism in their souls and salt water in their veins.

“And standing before all of you today, I know that whenever our nation is threatened and whenever they need help, whenever duty calls, American sailors will hoist our flag high and they will rally….with your help we will fight, fight, fight and we will win, win win, because of you our navy and our country will always be proud and righteous and mighty and free.”

Hegseth echoed Trump, promising additional sailors, submarines, ships, and munitions.

“President Trump has made our mission clear, America first and peace through common sense at every turn,” he said, adding that the Navy and the Marine Corps embody the “resilience in our country.”

“Nobody in the world does it better than the United States Navy. Your diversity is not your strength, your strength is your unity of purpose, your shared mission, your love of country.”