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My fellow Americans, four years ago we launched a major national effort to rebuild our country, renew its spirit, and restore this government's loyalty to its citizens. In short, we embarked on a mission to make America great again for all Americans as I conclude my term as the 45th

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of the United States. I stand before you truly proud of what we have accomplished together. We did what we came to do. here and much more this week we inaugurate a new administration and we pray for your success in keeping America safe and prosperous we extend our best wishes to you and we also want you to have luck.

A very important word. I'd like to start by thanking just a few of the incredible people who made our extraordinary trip possible. First let me express my overwhelming gratitude for the love and support of our spectacular first lady Melania let me also share my deepest gratitude to my daughter Ivanka my son-in-law Jared and Baron Don Eric Tiffany and Lara you fill my world with light and joy I want too thank Vice President Mike Pence, his wonderful wife Karen and the entire Pence family. Thank you also to my chief of staff, Mark Meadows, the dedicated members of the White House and Cabinet staff, and all the incredible people in our administration who poured their hearts and souls into the fight.

For America, I also want to take a moment to thank a truly exceptional group of people, the United States Secret Service. My family and I will always be indebted to you. My deep gratitude also to everyone in the White House military office, the Marine One and Air Force One teams, every member of the military and state and local law enforcement across our country, most of all I want to thank to the American people to serve as your

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has been an honor beyond description, thank you for this extraordinary privilege and that is what it is. It is a great privilege and a great honor, we must never forget that while Americans will always have our disagreements, We are a nation of incredible, decent, faithful, peace-loving citizens, who all want our country to prosper and flourish and be very, very successful and good.

We are a truly magnificent nation All Americans were horrified by the assault on our capital Political violence is an attack on everything we hold dear as Americans can never be tolerated Now more than ever we must unite around our shared values ​​and overcome partisan rancor and we forged our common destiny four years ago I arrived in Washington as the only true outsider to ever win the presidency. I had not spent my career as a politician but as a builder looking at open horizons and imagining infinite possibilities. I ran for president because I knew there were towering new heights for America waiting to be scaled.

I knew that our nation's potential was limitless as long as we put America first, so I left my old life behind and entered a very difficult terrain that nevertheless had all kinds of potential. If it had been done right, America had given me so much and I wanted to give something back together with millions of hardworking patriots on this land, we built the greatest political movement in the history of our country, we also built the greatest economy in the history of the world. it was about America first because we all wanted to make America great again.

We restore the principle that a nation exists to serve as citizens. Our agenda was not about right or left. It was not about Republicans or Democrats but about the good of a nation. and that means that the entire nation, with the support and prayers of the American people, we accomplished more than anyone thought possible, no one thought we could come close, we passed the largest package of tax cuts and reforms in American history, we cut more job-killing regulations than any administration had done before we fixed our broken trade deals we withdrew from the horrible trans-pacific partnership and the impossible Paris climate agreement we renegotiated the unilateral agreement with South Korea and replaced NAFTA with the groundbreaking USMCA that is Mexico and Canada an agreement that has worked.

It also went very, very well and, what is very important, we imposed historic and monumental tariffs on China, we made a great new agreement with China, but before the ink was dry, we and The whole world is suffering from the China virus. Our business relationship was rapidly changing billions and billions. of dollars were coming to the US, but the virus forced us to go in a different direction, the whole world suffered, but America economically surpassed other countries because of our incredible economy and the economy we built without the foundation and bases that would not have worked.

This way we wouldn't have some of the best numbers we've ever had. We also unlocked our energy resources and became the world's number one producer of oil and natural gas. Driven by these policies, we built the greatest economy in history. of the world, we reactivated job creation in the United States and achieved record unemployment for African Americans, Hispanic Americans, Asian women, almost everyone, incomes skyrocketed, wages increased, the American dream was restored and millions were lifted out of poverty in Just a few years ago, it was a miraculous stock market. set record after record with 148 stock market highs during this short period of time and boosted the retirements and pensions of hard-working citizens across our nation. 401ks are at a level they have never reached before, we have never seen numbers like us.

We have seen it and that is before the pandemic and after the pandemic we rebuilt the American manufacturing base, we opened thousands of new factories and we brought back the beautiful phrase made in the USA to improve the lives of working families, we doubled the tax credit for children and signed the largest In every expansion of funding for child care and development, we joined the private sector to secure commitments to train more than 16 million American workers for the jobs of tomorrow, when our nation was hit by the terrible pandemic, we produced not one but two vaccines with a record. breaking speed and more will come quickly they said it couldn't be done but we did it they called it a medical miracle and that's what they call it now a medical miracle another administration would have taken three four five maybe even up to ten years to develop a vaccine what We did in nine months We mourn every life lost and we commit in their memory to end this horrible pandemic once and for all When the virus took its brutal toll on the global economy We launched the fastest economic recovery initiative our country has ever seen We surpassed nearly four trillion dollars in economic aid we saved or supported more than 50 million jobs and cut the unemployment rate in half these are numbers our country has never seen before we create choice and transparency in health care we resist Big Pharma of many ways, but especially in our effort to get favored nations clauses added that will give us the lowest prescription drug prices anywhere in the world, we endorse choice, accountability, the right to try, and historic drug reform. criminal justice.

We confirmed three new justices to the supreme court of the united states we appointed nearly 300 federal judges to interpret our constitution as it was written for years the american people begged washington to finally secure the nation's borders. I am pleased to say that we responded to that request and achieved the most secure border in the history of the United States. We have given our brave border agents and heroic ice officers the tools they need to do their jobs better than ever and to enforce our laws and keep America safe. We are proud to leave the next administration with the strongest and most robust border security measures in history. implement this includes historic agreements with mexico guatemala honduras and el salvador along with more than 450 miles of a powerful new wall we restore American strength at home and American leadership abroad the world respects us again please do not lose that respect we reclaim our sovereignty By defending the United States at the United Nations and withdrawing from unilateral global agreements that never served our interests and NATO countries are now paying hundreds of billions of dollars more than when I arrived just a few years ago, it was very unfair that we were paying the cost for the world now the world is helping us and perhaps most important of all with almost three trillion dollars we completely rebuilt the American military, all made in the USA, we launched the first new branch of the armed forces of the united states in 75 years.

Space Force and last spring I was at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida and watched as American astronauts returned to space on American rockets for the first time in many years, we revitalized our alliances and brought together the nations of the world to confront China like never before. Before destroying the Isis caliphate and ending the miserable life of its founder and leader Al Baghdadi, we confronted the oppressive Iranian regime and killed the world's leading Iranian butcher terrorist, Kasem Solomani, recognized Jerusalem as the capital of Israel and recognized Israeli sovereignty over the Golan Heights as a result of our bold diplomacy and principled realism we achieved a series of historic peace agreements in the Middle East no one believed this could happen the Abraham Accords opened the door to a future of peace and Harmony, not violence and bloodshed, is the dawn of a new Middle East and we are bringing our soldiers home.

I am especially proud to be the first president in decades not to start new wars. Above all, we have reaffirmed the sacred idea that in America the government answers to the people, our guiding light. North Star our unwavering conviction has been that we are here to serve the noble ordinary citizens of America. Our loyalty is not to special interest corporations or global entities, but to our children, our citizens, and to our nation itself as president. My main priority. My constant concern. has always been in the best interest of American workers and American families. I didn't look for the easiest way, far from it, in fact it was the most difficult.

I didn't look for the path that would receive the least amount of criticism. I accepted the difficult battles, the toughest fights. difficult decisions because that is what you chose me to do your needs were my first and last unwavering focus this I hope will be our greatest legacy together we put the American people back in charge of our country we restored self-government we restored the idea that in America no one is forgotten because everyone matter and everyone has a voice we fight for the principle that every citizen has the right to equal dignity, equal treatment and equal rights because we are all equal for God's sake everyone has the right to be treated with respect to have their voice heard and to your government listen you are loyal to your country and my administration was always loyal to you we worked to build a country where every citizen could find a great job and support their wonderful families we fought for communities where every American could be safe and schools where all children could learn we promoted a culture where our laws would be respected our heroes would honor our preserved history and law-abiding citizens are never taken for granted Americans should feel tremendously satisfied with everything we have accomplished together it's amazing now that I'm out from the white house i have been reflecting on the dangers that threaten the priceless heritage we all share as the most powerful nation in the world.

The United States faces constant threats and challenges from abroad, but the greatest danger we face is a loss of self-confidence. loss of confidence in our national greatness a nation is only as strong as its spirit we are as dynamic as our pride we are as vibrant as the faith that beats in the hearts of our people no nation can long prosper if it loses faith in its own values, our history and our heroes, are the very sources of our unity and our vitality. What has always allowed America to prevail triumphantly over the great challenges of the past has been an unwavering and unabashed conviction in the nobility of our country and its unique purpose.

In history we must never lose this conviction, we must never abandon our belief in America, the key to national greatness lies in sustaining and instilling our shared national identity, that means focusing on what we have in common, the heritage that we allWe share at the core of this our heritage is also a firm belief in freedom of speech, freedom of speech and open debate, only if we forget who we are and how we got here. Could we ever allow political censorship and blacklisting in the United States? It is not even imaginable to shut down free and open debate.

It violates our core values ​​and most enduring traditions. In the United States, we do not insist on absolute conformity or apply rigid orthodoxies and punitive codes of speech. We simply do not do it. The United States is not a timid nation. of meek souls that need to be protected and protected from those with whom we disagree, that is not who we are, we will never be for almost 250 years in the face of every challenge, we Americans have always mustered our incomparable courage, confidence and fierce independence , these are the miraculous traits that once led millions of ordinary citizens to We set out across a savage continent and forge a new life in the Great West.

It was the same deep love of freedom that God gave us that propelled our soldiers into battle and our astronauts into space as I think back on the past four years. An image. rises in my mind above all others, every time I traveled along the motorcade route there were thousands and thousands of people coming out with their families so they could stand as we passed and proudly wave our great American flag, It never failed to move me deeply. I knew that not only did they come to show me their support, but they came to show me their support and love for our country.

This is a republic of proud citizens who are united by our common conviction that America is the greatest nation of all. of history we are and must always be a land of hope, light and glory for the whole world. This is the precious heritage that we must safeguard at all times for the past four years. We have worked to do just that, from a large hall of Muslim leaders in Riyadh to a large square of Poles in Warsaw, from the floor of the Korean assembly to the podium of the United Nations general assembly and from the forbidden city in Beijing to the shadow. from Mount Rushmore I fought for you I fought for your family I fought for our country above all I fought for America and all it stands for and that is safe, strong, proud and free now as I prepare to hand over power to a new administration at noon The Wednesday I want you to know that the movement we started is just beginning, there has never been anything like it.

The belief that a nation must serve its citizens will not diminish, but will grow stronger every day as long as the American people endure. Your hearts have a deep and devoted love for the country, so there is nothing this nation cannot achieve Our communities will flourish Our people will be prosperous Our traditions will be cherished Our faith will be strong and our future will be brighter than ever before I am gone from this majestic place with a loyal and joyful heart and an optimistic spirit and a supreme confidence that for our country and for our children the best is yet to come thank you and goodbye god bless you god bless the united states of america