We are a nation in decline.
We are a failing nation.
We are a nation that has the highest inflation in over 40 years,
where the stock market just finished the worst first half of a year
in more than 5 decades.
We are a nation that has the highest energy cost in its history,
And we are no longer energy independent
or energy dominant,
which we were just 2
short years ago.
We are a nation that is begging Venezuela and Saudi Arabia for oil.
We are a nation that surrendered in Afghanistan,
leaving behind dead soldiers and American citizens and $85 billion
worth of the finest military equipment in the world.
We are a nation that allowed Russia to devastate a country, Ukraine, killing
hundreds of thousands of people, and it will only get worse.
We're a nation that has weaponized
its law enforcement against the opposing political party like never before. We've never seen anything like this. We're a nation that no longer has a
free and fair press.
Fake news is about all you get.
We are a nation where free speech is no longer allowed,
where crime is rampant like never before,
where the economy has been collapsing, where more people died of COVID in 2021
than in 2020.
We are a nation that is allowing Iran to build a massive nuclear weapon, and China to use the trillions and trillions of dollars it's taken from the United States
to build a military to rival
our own.
We are a nation
that, over the past 2 years,
is no longer respected or listened to all around the world.
And we are a nation that is hostile
to liberty and freedom and faith.
We are a nation whose economy is floundering, whose stores are not stocked,
whose deliveries are not coming, and whose educational
system is ranked at the bottom of every list.
We are a nation that in many ways has become a joke.
But soon we will have greatness again.
It was hardworking
patriots like you who built this country, and it is hardworking patriots like you who are going to save our country.
There is no mountain we cannot climb.
There is no summit we cannot reach.
There is no challenge
we cannot meet.
There is no victory we cannot have.
We will not bend.
We will not break. We will not yield.
Ever, ever,
ever. We will never give in. We will never give up. And we will never, ever back down.
We will never let you down as long as we are confident and you know
the tyrants we're fighting do not stand even a little chance
because we are Americans and Americans kneel to God and God alone.
And it is time to start talking about greatness
for our country again.
You
