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Remarks by President Trump on Supporting the Passage of the U.S-Mexico-Canada Agreement | Milwaukee, WI
The farmers knew that. They knew it very well, because essentially what they're doing is they're saying "You can't sell your product in Canada." Because the tariff was so high you couldn't say - you couldn't sell it in Canada.
Under our trade agreement, we will see significant increases in exports of Wisconsin agriculture, supporting jobs throughout the state. It's going to have a tremendous impact on your agriculture and on your manufacturing.
Once fully implemented, the USMCA will bring up to 600,000 jobs to our shores. And it's probably going to be well over 1.2 million jobs. (Applause.)
And here at Derco, you'll be able to expand your commerce with Canadian customers and suppliers, and they'll 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.
I want to personally thank Marillyn and Lockheed Martin for supporting this groundbreaking agreement. What you've done is really great. You've been - she has been - you've been calling everybody, I hope, right? I've heard you have. You know, the wake was left. You know, they were going, "Can you get her off our back?" (Laughter.) That's good. That's what I want. That's why I told Marillyn, "See if you can do it, if you want to do it."
We need help from the Democrats to get it done because it's political season. And I say it's a bipartisan - let it be a bipartisan bill. I don't want credit for it. Let it be a bipartisan bill - the USMCA.
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't believe it. The manufacturers can't believe it. Even, Marillyn, the unions can't believe it. It's good for everybody.
So on behalf of our nation's loyal hardworking citizens, I'm calling on Congress to pass USMCA and send it to my desk immediately for signature. We shouldn't 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's harder. It shouldn't be hard. I mean, the day before - you should sign this the day before the election.
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's just a waste of time. (Applause.) Amazing. (Inaudible) Thank you.
To ensure that all citizens can thrive, the modern economy as we know it - and it's really gotten modern. We also launched the Pledge to America's Workers. I'm thrilled that Lockheed Martin has committed to providing apprenticeships and workforce development opportunities for 8,000 of our great citizens. Thank you. (Applause.)
My administration lives by a very crucial motto - a motto that you would agree with 100 percent - "Buy American and Hire American." Those other days are gone. (Applause.)
So, as we restore our economy, we're really restoring our standing in the world. We're respected again. America is respected again like it hasn't been respected in many, many years. We were laughed at. We were scoffed at. We were liked. Why shouldn't we be liked? We were a patsy. But we're respected again, folks.
As you know better than anyone, economic security is national security. And here at Derco, one in every five employees is a veteran. That's a great number. (Applause.) Great number. And, by the way, Sean - stand up for a second, Sean. I want to just say: Reciprocal trade, right? He's - I put him in charge. I said, "Do 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-."
So something is going to happen. Maybe they'll go down to zero or maybe we'll take in a lot of money. But Sean is in charge. The Reciprocal Trade Act of - probably, we'll say 2019 or 2020 - call it whatever you want - 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: "reciprocal." It's my favorite word: "reciprocal."
Among those with us today is Theresa Sprader-Trinh - (applause) - 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.
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 - they like you, by the way, Theresa. (Laughter.) They really like you. You know - you like them, too, I'll bet. Right?
MS. SPRADER-TRINH: I do. (Laughter.)
THE PRESIDENT: Theresa has continued to keep our nation's aircraft flying. I want to just thank you. You're a very special person. I said, "I want a couple of special people." "Eh, we don't have too much time." "Just give me one." And they gave me you. That's pretty good. (Laughter and applause.) Say a few words. (Applause.)
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.)
As a veteran, I'm incredibly proud to work for Lockheed Martin because I continue to support our men and women in uniform every day. (Applause.)
Thank you, Mr. President, for your steadfast support of our military. (Applause.)
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.)
THE PRESIDENT: Great job. Thank you, Theresa. Thank you very much. Good family. Nice. Beautiful. Thank you.
To ensure our service members have the tools they need, we're rebuilding the U.S. Armed Forces with $700 billion last year and, this year, $716 billion. That's the highest ever. And I must say, the projected budget is probably in the neighborhood of - you'll be happy about this, Marillyn - $730 billion, maybe $733 billion.
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's no other more important job that a President has. You know, they say, United States Supreme Court judges - that's very important - but I think, even before that, it's our military. It's defense.
So, while I like to cut budgets - and all of the folks up here and Ron, we like to cut budgets - we also have to have a strong military. In other words, budgets don't mean too much when you get right down to it. So we don't have a big choice. (Applause.)
So our commitment to our defense industrial base is creating jobs for Wisconsin workers in Milwaukee, Oshkosh, and all across this wonderful state.
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 - submarines like nobody has ever seen before - and other things.
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.)
Every day, you're building our nation's 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's called 25 percent - right into the Treasury of the United States. And our steel companies are coming back and they're coming back strong.
No one can beat the American worker. And no one can match the might of loyal, dedicated, patriotic American citizens. You're incredible people.
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.
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've met today. And it's been my honor to be here.
God bless you. God bless everyone. Thank you. Thank you.
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Under our trade agreement, we will see significant increases in exports of Wisconsin agriculture, supporting jobs throughout the state. It's going to have a tremendous impact on your agriculture and on your manufacturing.
Once fully implemented, the USMCA will bring up to 600,000 jobs to our shores. And it's probably going to be well over 1.2 million jobs. (Applause.)
And here at Derco, you'll be able to expand your commerce with Canadian customers and suppliers, and they'll 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.
I want to personally thank Marillyn and Lockheed Martin for supporting this groundbreaking agreement. What you've done is really great. You've been - she has been - you've been calling everybody, I hope, right? I've heard you have. You know, the wake was left. You know, they were going, "Can you get her off our back?" (Laughter.) That's good. That's what I want. That's why I told Marillyn, "See if you can do it, if you want to do it."
We need help from the Democrats to get it done because it's political season. And I say it's a bipartisan - let it be a bipartisan bill. I don't want credit for it. Let it be a bipartisan bill - the USMCA.
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't believe it. The manufacturers can't believe it. Even, Marillyn, the unions can't believe it. It's good for everybody.
So on behalf of our nation's loyal hardworking citizens, I'm calling on Congress to pass USMCA and send it to my desk immediately for signature. We shouldn't 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's harder. It shouldn't be hard. I mean, the day before - you should sign this the day before the election.
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's just a waste of time. (Applause.) Amazing. (Inaudible) Thank you.
To ensure that all citizens can thrive, the modern economy as we know it - and it's really gotten modern. We also launched the Pledge to America's Workers. I'm thrilled that Lockheed Martin has committed to providing apprenticeships and workforce development opportunities for 8,000 of our great citizens. Thank you. (Applause.)
My administration lives by a very crucial motto - a motto that you would agree with 100 percent - "Buy American and Hire American." Those other days are gone. (Applause.)
So, as we restore our economy, we're really restoring our standing in the world. We're respected again. America is respected again like it hasn't been respected in many, many years. We were laughed at. We were scoffed at. We were liked. Why shouldn't we be liked? We were a patsy. But we're respected again, folks.
As you know better than anyone, economic security is national security. And here at Derco, one in every five employees is a veteran. That's a great number. (Applause.) Great number. And, by the way, Sean - stand up for a second, Sean. I want to just say: Reciprocal trade, right? He's - I put him in charge. I said, "Do 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-."
So something is going to happen. Maybe they'll go down to zero or maybe we'll take in a lot of money. But Sean is in charge. The Reciprocal Trade Act of - probably, we'll say 2019 or 2020 - call it whatever you want - 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: "reciprocal." It's my favorite word: "reciprocal."
Among those with us today is Theresa Sprader-Trinh - (applause) - 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.
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 - they like you, by the way, Theresa. (Laughter.) They really like you. You know - you like them, too, I'll bet. Right?
MS. SPRADER-TRINH: I do. (Laughter.)
THE PRESIDENT: Theresa has continued to keep our nation's aircraft flying. I want to just thank you. You're a very special person. I said, "I want a couple of special people." "Eh, we don't have too much time." "Just give me one." And they gave me you. That's pretty good. (Laughter and applause.) Say a few words. (Applause.)
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.)
As a veteran, I'm incredibly proud to work for Lockheed Martin because I continue to support our men and women in uniform every day. (Applause.)
Thank you, Mr. President, for your steadfast support of our military. (Applause.)
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.)
THE PRESIDENT: Great job. Thank you, Theresa. Thank you very much. Good family. Nice. Beautiful. Thank you.
To ensure our service members have the tools they need, we're rebuilding the U.S. Armed Forces with $700 billion last year and, this year, $716 billion. That's the highest ever. And I must say, the projected budget is probably in the neighborhood of - you'll be happy about this, Marillyn - $730 billion, maybe $733 billion.
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's no other more important job that a President has. You know, they say, United States Supreme Court judges - that's very important - but I think, even before that, it's our military. It's defense.
So, while I like to cut budgets - and all of the folks up here and Ron, we like to cut budgets - we also have to have a strong military. In other words, budgets don't mean too much when you get right down to it. So we don't have a big choice. (Applause.)
So our commitment to our defense industrial base is creating jobs for Wisconsin workers in Milwaukee, Oshkosh, and all across this wonderful state.
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 - submarines like nobody has ever seen before - and other things.
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.)
Every day, you're building our nation's 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's called 25 percent - right into the Treasury of the United States. And our steel companies are coming back and they're coming back strong.
No one can beat the American worker. And no one can match the might of loyal, dedicated, patriotic American citizens. You're incredible people.
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.
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've met today. And it's been my honor to be here.
God bless you. God bless everyone. Thank you. Thank you.
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