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[{'start': '0.266', 'end': '8.274', 'text': "♪  ♪  ♪  ♪  ♪  ♪  ♪  ♪  ♪  ♪  ♪  ♪  ♪  ♪  ♪  ♪  ♪  ♪  >> SOMETHING YOU CAN SEE THAN   THAT.   ♪  PRESIDENT   ♪  >> TO   ♪  ♪  ♪  ♪  ♪  >> AND HE WAS 7. AND ALL THE   TIME. I KNOW YOU WANT   ♪  ♪  ♪  >> AND   ♪  ♪  ♪  ♪  ♪  ♪  ♪  ♪  ♪  ♪  ♪  ♪  ♪  ♪  ♪  >> AND MAN. THE AMAZING THING   IS THAT YOU STAY.   >> I   ♪  ♪  ♪  ♪  ♪  ♪  ♪  ♪  ♪  ♪  ♪  ♪  ♪  ♪  ♪  ♪  ♪  ♪  ♪  ♪  ♪  ♪  ♪  ♪  ♪  ♪  ♪  ♪  ♪  ♪  ♪  ♪  ♪  ♪  ♪  ♪  ♪  ♪  ♪  ♪  ♪  ♪  ♪  ♪  ♪  ♪  ♪  ♪  ♪  ♪  ♪  ♪  ♪  ♪  ♪  ♪  ♪  ♪  ♪  ♪  ♪  ♪  ♪  ♪  ♪  ♪  ♪  ♪  ♪  ♪  ♪  ♪  ♪  ♪  ♪  ♪  ♪  >> FOR TOO LONG.   ♪  ♪  ♪  ♪  ♪  ♪  ♪  ♪  ♪  ♪  ♪  ♪  ♪  ♪  ♪  ♪  ♪  ♪  ♪  ♪  ♪  ♪  ♪  ♪  ♪  ♪  ♪  ♪  ♪  ♪  ♪  ♪  ♪  ♪  ♪  ♪  ♪  ♪  ♪  ♪  ♪  ♪  ♪  ♪  ♪  ♪  ♪  ♪  ♪  ♪  ♪  ♪  ♪  ♪  ♪  ♪  ♪  ♪  ♪  ♪  ♪  ♪  ♪  ♪  ♪  ♪  ♪  ♪  ♪  ♪  ♪  ♪  ♪  ♪  ♪  ♪  ♪  ♪  ♪  ♪  ♪  ♪  ♪  ♪  ♪  ♪  ♪  ♪  ♪  ♪  ♪  ♪  ♪  ♪  ♪  ♪  ♪  ♪  ♪  ♪  ♪  ♪  ♪  ♪  ♪  ♪  ♪  ♪  ♪  ♪  ♪  ♪  ♪  ♪  ♪  ♪  ♪  ♪  ♪  ♪  ♪  ♪  ♪  ♪  ♪  ♪  ♪  ♪  ♪  ♪  ♪  ♪  ♪  ♪  ♪  ♪  ♪  >> THAT'S A TITLE RESERVED FOR   A SELECT FEW. IT'S NOT GIVEN.   ♪  FOR SEVERE THE STANDARD IS   NEXT.   >> WITH THOSE WHO INSPIRE US,   CALLED MAKE THINK DIFFERENT.   WHAT STEPS CHAMPION. TAKE US   FOR.   ♪  ♪  ♪  ♪  ♪  ♪  ♪  ♪  ♪  ♪  ♪ ♪  ♪ ♪  ♪  ♪  ♪  ♪  ♪  ♪  ♪  ♪  ♪  ♪  ♪  ♪  ♪  ♪  ♪  ♪  ♪  ♪  ♪  ♪  >> WE   >> WILL COME BACK TO THE   STATES TO 29TH PRESIDENT OF   THE UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA. DR.   STUART ARE THOUGH.  >> WELCOME BACK. WELL,   GRADUATES YOUR TIME AT THE   UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA,   CERTAINLY PART OF SOMETHING   MUCH LARGER. THEN ANY ONE   MOMENT YOU'RE PART OF A LEGACY   THAT STRETCHES BACK   GENERATIONS. AND FORWARD INTO   THE FUTURE THAT ONLY YOU ARE   GOING TO BE ABLE TO DEFINE.   AND TONIGHT, LET'S JUST SAY   IT'S NOT OVER YET. LET'S MAKE   SOME MORE MEMORIES. SOME VERY   SPECIAL GUESTS. WE'RE ABOUT TO   TAKE THE STAGE AND INDIVIDUAL   WHO IS LEFT A LASTING MARK ON   THIS UNIVERSITY AND HIS   PRESENCE TONIGHT TRULY MAKES   THIS CELEBRATION   UNPRECEDENTED. BUT BEFORE THEY   JOIN US, I DO WANT TO TAKE A   FINAL MOMENT TO SAY SOMETHING   FROM THE HEART AND THAT IS   THANK YOU. THANK YOU. CHOOSING   ALABAMA. THANK YOU FOR YOUR   WORK, YOUR ENERGY. THE LIGHT   NIGHTS. GRADUATES WERE THERE   ANY LATE NIGHTS? AND THE   LEADERSHIP THAT YOU HAVE SHOWN   ON THIS CAMPUS AND BEYOND YOU   HAVE MADE AN IMPACT. YOU BUILT   A COMMUNITY. YOU HAVE RAISED   THE STANDARD IS A NIGHT WE   CELEBRATE WITH YOU CLASS OF   2025. IT'S NOW MY PLEASURE TO   INTRODUCE SOMEONE WHO NEEDS NO   INTRODUCTION. 2 ALABAMA FANS,   COACH EXCITEMENT DID JUST A   BIT THEN JUST CHAMPIONSHIPS.   HE BUILT CULTURE OF EXCELLENCE   THAT SET A STANDARD IN COLLEGE   FOOTBALL AND TAUGHT US ALL THE   POWER OF TEAMWORK.   SELF-DISCIPLINE AND UNWAVERING   FOCUS ON THE PROCESS OF   GETTING BETTER EVERY DAY HE   CHALLENGED OUR STUDENT   ATHLETES TO BE CHAMPIONS, NOT   JUST ON THE FIELD, BUT IN THE   CAN'T CLASSROOM. AND IN LIFE.   PLEASE SHOW YOUR APPRECIATION   FOR THE LEGENDARY FORMER COACH   OF THE CRIMSON TIDE AND ONE OF   THE GREATEST COACHES IN   HISTORY. NICK SABAN.   ♪  ♪  ♪  ♪  ♪  >> THANK YOU, DOCTOR BELL AND   FIRST OFF, I'D LIKE TO TAKE   THE OPPORTUNITY TO. THANK YOU   FOR YOUR EXTRAORDINARY   LEADERSHIP HERE AT THE   UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA OVER THE   LAST 10 YEARS YOU MADE THE   UNIVERSITY BETTER. YOU MADE ME   BETTER. YOU HELPED US HAVE A   SUCCESSFUL PROGRAM BECAUSE WE   ALWAYS HAD THE SUPPORT THAT WE   NEEDED. LEADERSHIP IS ALL   ABOUT SERVING OTHER PEOPLE AND   DOCTOR BILL CREATED A GREAT   EXAMPLE. HE WAS SOMEBODY THAT   WE ALL COULD EMULATE. HE   HELPED OTHERS FOR THEIR   BENEFIT, WHICH IS WHAT SERVICE   IS ALL ABOUT. AND, YOU KNOW,   HIS INTEGRITY, HUMILITY AND   UNWAVERING FOCUS TO THE   STUDENTS HERE. HERE'S   SOMETHING THAT IS   UNPRECEDENTED. SO I WOULD LIKE   TO GET A ROUND OF APPLAUSE FOR   DOCTOR BILL FOR 10 YEARS.   >> YOU KNOW, IT'S CERTAINLY AN   HONOR FOR ME TO BE HERE AND   PARTICIPATE IN THIS HISTORIC   EVENT TO BE ABLE TO INTRODUCE   PRESIDENT TRUMP TO ADDRESS THE   GRADUATES. YOU KNOW, HERE   TODAY. SO IT'S A SPECIAL   MOMENT FOR ME, BUT I GOT TO BE   HONEST WITH YOU. YOU KNOW, I   FEEL LIKE I'M THE WARM-UP. AND   FOR THE ROLLING STONE. AND THE   FIRST SONG THEY'RE GOING TO   PLAY IS START ME UP. BUT   REALLY, TO ALL THE STUDENTS   HERE, I WANT TO CONGRATULATE   YOU ON THE HARD WORK AND   COMMITMENT THAT YOU MADE TO BE   ABLE TO GRADUATE. CREATE A   FUTURE FOR YOURSELF. BUT I   WANT YOU TO REMEMBER SOMETHING   YOU KNOW, YOU'VE CREATED AN   OPPORTUNITY TO CREATE A   LEGACY. NOW. AND IF YOU   REMEMBER BACK IN 2009, WHEN WE   WON OUR FIRST NATIONAL   CHAMPIONSHIP HERE WE HAVE A   CELEBRATION IN THE STADIUM AND   I SAID THIS IS NOT THE END.   THIS IS THE BEGINNING. AND THE   REASON I MADE THAT STATEMENT   IS I WANT OUR PLAYERS AND THE   PEOPLE IN THE PROGRAM AND OUR   SUPPORTERS AT THE UNIVERSITY   TO REALIZE THAT WE WANTED TO   CREATE A LEGACY OF SUCCESS.   WELL, THAT'S WHAT YOU HAVE THE   OPPORTUNITY TO DO NOW. YOU   KNOW, YOU'RE GOING TO FACE NEW   CHALLENGES. US GOING TO BE A   NEW BEGINNING FOR YOU. NEW   CHALLENGES, NEW HORIZONS, NEW   OPPORTUNITIES, NEW OBSTACLES   TO OVERCOME. I'M SURE THE   UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA HAS   PROVIDED A LOT OF RESOURCES   FOR YOU TO BE READY TO DO   THAT. AND OUR FACULTY HAS   HELPED TO PREPARE FOR WHAT YOU   NEED TO DO TO HAVE A   SUCCESSFUL LEGACY, YOU KNOW,   IN THE FUTURE. I ALWAYS TELL   PEOPLE THAT YOU NEED TO BE   VERY WISE ABOUT THE GOALS THAT   YOU SET. BUT MORE IMPORTANTLY,   YOU'VE GOT TO DEFINE WHAT DO I   NEED TO DO TO ACCOMPLISH THOSE   GOALS? THAT'S CALLED THE   PROCESS. THE VERY THINGS THAT   YOU NEED TO DO ON A DAY-TO-DAY   BASIS TO BE ABLE TO ACCOMPLISH   THE GOALS THAT YOU THAT YOU   NEED FIND OUT FOR YOURSELF.   AND THEN YOU HAVE TO HAVE THE   DISCIPLINE TO EXECUTED EVERY   DAY. AND I'M TALKING ABOUT   SELF DISCIPLINE BECAUSE WE   MAKE HUNDREDS OF DECISIONS   EVERY DAY THAT COME DOWN TO 2   QUESTIONS. HERE'S SOMETHING I   KNOW I'M SUPPOSED TO DO THAT   ARE REALLY DON'T WANT TO DO.   CAN YOU MAKE YOURSELF DO IT?   ON THIS? AND THEY'RE SOMETHING   YOU KNOW, YOU'RE NOT SUPPOSED   TO DO, BUT YOU WANT TO DO IT   CAN TO KEEP US ALL FROM IF YOU   CAN MAKE THOSE CHOICES AND   DECISIONS THE RIGHT WAY,   YOU'LL BE ABLE TO ALWAYS MAKE   PROGRESS TOWARD THE GOALS AND   ASPIRATIONS AND THINGS THAT   YOU WANT TO ACHIEVE. SO MAKING   THE RIGHT CHOICE IS A VERY,   VERY IMPORTANT. WHEN YOU   EMBARK ON THIS JOURNEY,   THERE'S 3 THINGS THAT I THINK   ALWAYS HELP ME. FIRST OF ALL,   HAVE COMPASSION FOR OTHER   PEOPLE. TREAT PEOPLE LIKE YOU   WOULD LIKE TO BE TREATED.   TREAT PEOPLE NICELY ON YOUR   WAY UP. YOU MIGHT MEET HIM ON   THE WAY DOWN. IT'S NICE TO BE   IMPORTANT, BUT ITS ALSO MORE   IMPORTANT TO BE NICE. SO THAT   WAS THE FIRST THING,   COMPASSION FOR THE PEOPLE. THE   SECOND THING IS BE RESPONSIBLE   FOR YOUR OWN SELF   DETERMINATION. YOU'VE GOT TO   EARN IT. DON'T LOOK TO   SOMEBODY ELSE. DON'T BLAME   SOMEBODY ELSE. YOU'D BE   RESPONSIBLE FOR YOUR OWN SELF   DETERMINATION AND HAVE   ACCOUNTABILITY FOR WHAT YOUR   JOB IS AND WHAT YOU NEED TO   DO. AND THE LAST THING IS ALL   IT'S NOT ABOUT BEATING. THE   OTHER GUY IS NOT ABOUT BEING   BETTER THAN SOMEBODY ELSE.   IT'S ABOUT YOU BEING THE BEST   THAT YOU CAN BE. YOU KNOW, WE   WON. 26 GAMES ARE NOT PLAYED.   POP WARNER FOOTBALL IN A ROW.   THEN WE WON 30 SOME IN HIGH   SCHOOL IN A ROW AND IT WAS   NEVER GOOD ENOUGH. AND I COULD   NEVER UNDERSTAND THAT. MY DAD   SAID IS NOT ABOUT OTHER GUY.   IT'S ABOUT YOU BEING THE BEST   THAT YOU CAN BE IT. WHATEVER   YOU CHOOSE TO DO LEAVE YOU   WITH THIS. THE FIRST SPEECH   THAT I GAVE IN 17 STRAIGHT   YEARS HERE WAS. I USED GET THE   PLAYERS TO UNDERSTAND HOW   IMPORTANT WAS FOR THEM TO BE   THEIR BEST. AS I PARAPHRASE   MARTIN LUTHER KING'S OLD   STREET SWEEPER, AND HE STARTED   OUT SAYING THERE'S ONLY ONE   GUY IN THE GREEN STAMPS TO   WE'RE MONTGOMERY, ALABAMA,   THAT ALL CHARM OR SHOES CAUSE   THE PRIDE. THAT GUY HAS   SHINING SHOES AND THE SMILE HE   GETS ON HIS FACE. WHEN YOU   TOLD HIM HE DID A GOOD JOB,   THEN HE GOES ON TO SAY, IF   YOU'RE GOING TO BE A STREET   SWEEPER, BE THE BEST STREET   SWEEPER IN THE WORLD. SWEEP   THE STREETS LIKE MICHELANGELO   PAINTED THE SISTINE CHAPEL   LIKE SHAKESPEARE WROTE   LITERATURE, PUT A SIGN UP THAT   SAYS THE BEST STREET SWEEPER   IN THE WORLD LIVES RIGHT HERE.   AND IF YOU DO THAT, YOU   ACCOMPLISHED THE BEST. THE   RISEN LIFE KNOWING YOU DID   YOUR BEST TO BE THE BEST TO BE   NO MATTER WHAT YOU CHOOSE TO   DO. FROM TERRY AND MYSELF.   MISTER IN MYSELF. WE WANT TO   CONGRATULATE THE 2025   GRADUATING CLASS OF THE   UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AND WISH   YOU THE VERY BEST IN THE   FUTURE.   >> THERE'S PRESIDENT TRUMP. I   HAVE TO TELL YOU A STORY. YOU   KNOW. YOU ALL KNOW THAT WE WON   A NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP. GET   TO GO THE WHITE HOUSE AND ITS   GREAT EXPERIENCE FOR PLAYERS   IN EACH AND EVERY YEAR.   >> WE WANT IN 2017, PRESIDENT   TRUMP WAS THERE 2018, VERY   GRACIOUS HOST AND HE'S THE   FIRST PRESIDENT THAT INVITED   US TO COME IN THE OVAL OFFICE.   SO I TAKE THE 3 CAPTAINS IN   THE OVAL OFFICE. PRESIDENTS   REALLY NICE TO EVERYBODY AND   HE'S GOT THIS VERY GOOD   LOOKING AUSPICES BOX ON HIS   DESK THAT HAS A RED BUTTON ON   TOP.   >> AND ONE OF THE PLAYERS SAID   IS THAT WHAT YOU WANT AND   MISSILES WITH? AND HE SAID   WILL PUSH IT AND FIND OUT.   PLAYERS SAID, NO, I DON'T WANT   TO DO THAT. IT'S ALL GOING GO   AHEAD. GO AHEAD PUSH IT. SEE.   SEE WHAT HAPPENS. FIND OUT. SO   RASHAAN EVANS FINALLY GOT THE   GUTS UP. WIN OVER. PUSH THE   RED BUTTON. SOME LADY CAME IN   WITH A COKE ON A TRAY. I   REALLY WANT TO EXPRESS MY   APPRECIATION TO PRESIDENT   TRUMP FOR CHOOSING THE   UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA FOR HIS   CAN COMMENCEMENT ADDRESS.   >> AND MAKING TIME TO SPEAK TO   OUR GRADUATES. NOW. THAT MY   DISTINCT HONOR TO INTRODUCE   OUR NEXT SPEAKER. PLEASE JOIN   ME IN WELCOMING THE THE 45TH   AND 47TH PRESIDENT OF THE   UNITED STATES. DONALD J TRUMP.  >> THANK YOU. WHAT A NICE   LOOKING GROUP. THIS IS. AND   ESPECIALLY A VERY BIG HELLO TO   THE UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA.   CONGRATULATIONS TO THE   >> CLASS OF 2025.   >> ROLL TIDE.   >> THERE ARE THINGS THAT   HAPPEN IN LIFE. THAT ARE VERY   IMPORTANT. AND YOU ALWAYS   REMEMBER WHERE YOU WERE WHEN   THEY HAPPEN AS A STUDENT THAT   ALABAMA ALWAYS REMEMBER. WHERE   YOU WERE WHEN YEAR.   >> HEAD COACH NICK SABAN   RETIRED. REMEMBER THAT? AS   HE'S DONE SUCH A FANTASTIC JOB   THE LAST TIME. I WAS HERE,   THAT'S TRUE WITH THE NIC. WHAT   A GREAT COACH. WHAT I LET'S   BRING HIM BACK. KNOW YOU HAVE   A GOOD COACH RIGHT NOW. THE   >> A GOOD COACH RIGHT NOW.   >> IT WAS GREAT. BUT THE LAST   TIME MOSES, THE CRIMSON TIDE   BEAT GEORGIA BULLDOGS. 41. I   GOT TO WATCH GAME. TODAY IS MY   PLEASURE TO RETURN TO THIS   CAMPUS AS THE FIRST PRESIDENT   EVER TO DELIVER THE KEYNOTE   COMMENCEMENT ADDRESS TO THIS   TRULY GREAT AMERICAN   UNIVERSITIES. A GREAT SCHOOL.   >> AND THERE'S NOWHERE I'D   RATHER BE THAN RIGHT HERE IN   TUSCALOOSA, ALABAMA. TITLE   TOWN USA. THAT'S WHAT IT'S   BECOME. AND I LOVE THIS PLACE.   MAYBE IT'S BECAUSE I WANT   ALABAMA BY 45 POINTS. COULD   THAT BE? AND THE WAY THEY SAY   LIKE THE POLLS HAVE CLOSED IN   ALABAMA, TRUMP IS ONE, ALABAMA   IMMEDIATELY. IT. IT'S VERY   QUICK. IT WAS VERY, VERY QUICK   AND NASTY. THIS WHAT WE LIKE.   THEY PUT ALL 7 OF YOUR   COMMENCEMENT CEREMONIES AT AN   OF YOU KNOW THIS, BUT THEY PUT   THEM ALL TOGETHER FIRST TIME   EVER. SO I BETTER DO WELL. I'M   BIG TROUBLE, BUT I WANT TO   THANK PRESIDENT BELL FOR HIS   10 YEARS OF DISTINGUISHED   SERVICE, HIGHLY RESPECTED   GENTLEMAN. BUT 10 YEARS OF   SERVICE TO THIS GREAT   UNIVERSITY OVERSEEING THE   EDUCATION OF 100,000 PROUD   ALABAMA GRADUATE SAID   SOMETHING TO HAVE A NEW   RECORD. I ALSO WANT TO THANK   ALABAMA GOVERNOR KAY IVEY HERE   WITH US AND SHE'S A FANTASTIC   OR OTHER ISSUE. AND HERE'S   SOME. HE'S HERE. I JUST TAKE A   PICTURE. I SAID YOU'RE DOING A   GREAT JOB ALONG WITH A VERY   WONDERFUL MAN, A FRIEND OF   MINE, SENATOR TOMMY TUBERVILLE   IS TIMING. WHEN HE WANTED TO   RUN FOR THE SENATE. YOU KNOW,   I SAID, WELL.   >> YOU BE.   >> ALABAMA. 6 TIMES IN A ROW.   HOW CAN YOU RUN FOR THE   SENATE? HE SAID, WELL, I JUST   LOOK AT HIM AND SAY, WELL, I   WAS RESPONSIBLE FOR THEM   GETTING NICK SABAN THAT'S A   GOOD REASON. AND HE WON VERY   EASILY. HE WON. BUT I'LL NEVER   FORGET THAT. THANKS. ALSO TO A   WONDERFUL PERSON,   REPRESENTATIVE LISA MCCLAIN,   GREAT PERSON, GREAT, HIGHLY   RESPECTED GARY PALMER.   >> ROBERT ADERHOLT DALE   STRONG. RONNY JACKSON, RALPH   NORMAN, ALONG WITH LIEUTENANT   GOVERNOR, WILL AINSWORTH   ALABAMA ATTORNEY GENERAL STEVE   MARSHALL, ALABAMA, SECRETARY   OF STATE WEST ALLEN. GREAT   PEOPLE, ALABAMA SENATE.   >> PRESIDENT PRO TEM GARLAND,   GOOD CHAIR.   >> CHANCELLOR SAID TRENT AND   MEMBERS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF   ALABAMA BOARD OF TRUSTEES. BUT   MOST IMPORTANTLY, AND THEY   WOULD AGREE WITH THIS. LET'S   GIVE A BIG ROUND OF APPLAUSE   TO YOUR INCREDIBLE PARENTS,   GRANDPARENTS AND FAMILY   MEMBERS.   >> THIS WONDERFUL DAY   POSSIBLE.   >> GREAT WITHOUT THEM AT THIS.   IT HAPPENED WITH THAT THEM.   YOU PROBABLY AREN'T HERE AND   YOU WOULDN'T HAVE THAT BIG,   BEAUTIFUL SMILE AND YOUR   FACES. THIS YEAR. THE   GRADUATING ALABAMA CLASS OF   2025 HAS OVER 6,600 GRADUATES.   HERE ARE THE LARGEST CLASS IN   SCHOOL HISTORY. AMONG YOUR   RANKS ARE AMONG THE 800ST   GENERATION COLLEGE STUDENTS   AND NEARLY 3,000 STUDENTS FROM   RIGHT HERE IN THE GREAT STATE   OF ALABAMA. AND THIS LAST ALSO   INCLUDES MANY RHODES SCHOLARS,   GOLDWATER SCHOLARS, 230 MERIT   SCHOLARS AND OVER 1500   STUDENTS GRADUATING WITH RED   CAPS. YOU KNOW WHAT THAT   SIGNIFIES 4 POINT. OH, GPA.   THAT'S ALLOWED US TO. IT'S   PRETTY GOOD. I KNOW WOULD PICK   LOOK FOR IT. KEPT PACE AT WHAT   GET TO WORK FOR THE BEAUTIFUL   TRUMP ADMINISTRATION. THIS   LOVELY ADMINISTRATION. IN   ADDITION, THE CLASS OF 2025 IS   NEARLY 130 ACTIVE DUTY SERVICE   MEMBERS, VETERANS AND MEMBERS   OF THE UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA.   >> EVERYWHERE YOU LOOK, YOU   CAN SEE THE FIERCE SPIRIT OF   THIS SCHOOL.   >> BUT NOWHERE MORE CLEARLY   THAN IN YOUR WORLD. CLASS   ATHLETICS IS NOTHING LIKE IT   PROBABLY DOES. NO SCHOOL LIKE   IT.   >> THAT'S WHY I WOULD LIKE TO   RECOGNIZE THE 11 GRADUATING   SENIORS ON THE UNIVERSITY OF   ALABAMA FOOTBALL TEAM. WHERE   MAY THEY BE? WHERE ARE THEY?   YOU JUST HAVE TO LOOK IN THERE   ABOUT A FOOT TALLER THAN   EVERYBODY ELSE. WELL, GREAT.   THANK YOU VERY MUCH.   CONGRATULATIONS. GREAT SEASON.   THANK YOU. A GREAT SEASON.   THERE'S SOMETHING TRULY   SPECIAL ABOUT THE PLAYERS,   COACHES AND THE FANS WHO   PACKED THE STANDS. IT BRYANT,   DENNY STADIUM AND PROUDLY   SEEING DIXIELAND DELIGHT LIKE   THAT. ALABAMA'S CHANGE COLLEGE   FOOTBALL FOR EVER AND   INSCRIBED INTO THE HISTORY   BOOKS. THE NAMES OF BEAR   BRYANT, JOE NEMETH FOR HEISMAN   TROPHY WINNERS AND OF COURSE,   THE GREAT NICK SABAN. THIS   PLACE IS TRULY WHERE LEGENDS   ARE MADE. IT REALLY IS A   SPECIAL PLACE. WHEN YOU'RE   PRESIDENT GOLD. WE TALKED   ABOUT IT. IT TOOK ME ABOUT 2   SECONDS. SAYS THEY'LL GO. I   WASN'T LOOKING TO DO IT AND WE   ARE BUSY. YOU KNOW, WE'RE   WINNING A LOT OF BATTLES RIGHT   NOW. WE LOVE WINNING. DO WE   LOVE WINNING WINNING? FOR THE   UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA? GOOD   ISN'T GOOD ENOUGH. TOUGH. IS   IT TOUGH ENOUGH AND GREAT?   ISN'T IT ENOUGH TO CRIMSON   TIDE DOES NOT. REST IS NOT   QUIT AND DOES NOT STOP WINNING   UNTIL.   >> ITS ALL TIME. YOU KNOW,   IT'S ALL TIME YOU ALWAYS   WINNING AND YOU'RE GOING TO   KEEP WINNING. THAT'S WHY THE   UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA FOOTBALL   TEAM HAS WON MORE GAMES IN THE   LAST DECADE ANY COLLEGE   FOOTBALL TEAM IN AMERICA.   THAT'S NOT BAD. AND THAT'S WHY   LAST SCHOOL YEAR BEAT AUBURN   FOR THE 5TH YEAR IN A ROW.   THIS.   >> THE UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA   HAS A BRAND AT THAT BRAND IS   WINNING. THAT BRAND IS WHAT   GREAT SCHOOL LAST YEAR. THE   CRIMSON CHAOS. WATCH THE TIED   HOOPS. MAKE IT TO THE FINAL 4   FOR THE FIRST TIME EVER AT   THIS YEAR. YOU'VE BUILT ON   YOUR INCREDIBLE RECORD AND   RETURNED TO THE ELITE   >> SO NOT ONLY IS ALABAMA   GREAT FOOTBALL SCHOOL. THAT'S   NOW ONE OF THE NATION'S BEST   BASKETBALL SCHOOLS. AND   CONGRATULATIONS.   >> I LOVE SPORTS AND I THINK I   SHOULD COME HERE. I THINK I   SHOULD BE A CONGRATULATIONS AS   WELL TO THE WOMEN'S TRACK AND   FIELD TEAM FOR WINNING 2 SEC   TITLES THIS YEAR. THAT'S   SOMETHING.   >> AS LONG. AND AS LONG AS I'M   PRESIDENT, WE WILL ALWAYS   PROTECT WOMEN'S SPORTS. MEN   WILL NOT PLAY.  >> THEY SAY THAT'S 80 20. AS   YOU KNOW, IT'S A 97 3 ISSUE. I   THINK.   >> NOW MANUEL NOT BE PLAYING   IN WOMEN'S SPORTS ALREADY. I   SAID THAT AND I CLASSIFIED IT   WITH A VERY POWERFUL EXECUTIVE   ORDER. AS YOU KNOW, IT'S DONE   THE CLASS OF 2025. WAS THE   FIRST TO ENTER THE HOLES OF   THIS UNIVERSITY AND THE   AFTERMATH OF COVID-19   FOLLOWING A DIFFICULT SENIOR   YEAR OF HIGH SCHOOL. MANY OF   YOU CAME HERE TO TEST FROM   AROUND THE COUNTRY AND FOR THE   VERY FIRST TIME YOU EXPERIENCE   SOMETHING CALLED FREEDOM YET.   FREEDOM. SO LET'S GIVE A BIG   ROUND OF APPLAUSE TO THE   LEADERS OF THIS STATE WHO   CHOSE LIBERTY OVER LOCKDOWN,   SAY DID IT? AS YOU KNOW, THERE   ARE A FEW CAMPUSES AND THE   WORLD MORE BEAUTIFUL THAN THIS   ONE. AND THERE ARE A FEW   MEMORIES SWEETER THAN THE ONES   YOU HAVE FORMED REALLY AT   CAPSTONE AND THAT THEY   CAPSTONE. YOU'LL MISS THE   BEAUTIFUL SOUNDS OF DID EACH.   I THE EXCITEMENT OF LINING THE   WALK OF CHAMPIONS THE SATURDAY   TAILGATES AT THE QUAD. AS YOU   GRADUATE, IT'S NATURAL TO   REFLECT AND 4 YEARS OF HAPPY   MEMORIES. AND YOU REALLY HAD   HAPPY MEMORIES HERE. YOU'VE   GOT A LOT OF WINNING. WINNING   IS A GOOD THING TO DO. BUT   TODAY I'M ALSO ASKING YOU TO   LOOK FORWARD TO REALLY   SOMETHING VERY, VERY BRIGHT   AND MORE PROMISING AND IT'S   GOING TO BE AN EVEN MORE   PROMISING TOMORROW. I PROMISE   YOU THAT YOU'RE THE FIRST   GRADUATING CLASS OF THE GOLDEN   AGE OF AMERICA WHERE THE   GOLDEN AGE YOU THIS IS THE   GOLDEN AGE DONE THINGS THAT   NOBODY POSSIBLE. 100 DAYS   YESTERDAY, 100 DAYS AND WE'VE   DONE THINGS THAT NOBODY   THOUGHT EVEN POSSIBLE.   >> LIKE MANY GENERATIONS   BEFORE YOU ARE GRADUATING AT   AN EXCITING TIME FOR OUR   NATION, A PERIOD OF BOTH   EXTRAORDINARY CHANGE, AN   INCREDIBLE POTENTIAL AND WHAT   WILL BE. UNBELIEVABLE GROWTH.   YOU'RE GOING TO SEE THAT VERY   SOON. YOU'RE GOING TO SEE IT   STARTING VERY, VERY SOON.   WHOLE WORLD IS TALKING ABOUT   IT. OUR COUNTRY IS ALWAYS BEEN   DEFINED BY ITS ABILITY TO   REFORM AND REINVENT ITSELF TO   MEET THE CHALLENGES OF THE   NEXT ERA. THE LAST 4 YEARS   WERE NOT GOOD FOR OUR COUNTRY,   BUT DON'T LET THAT SCARE YOU.   IT WAS AN ABERRATION.   >> WE'RE RUN BY PEOPLE WHO?   TRULY AT THAT TIME FOR YEARS   WE WERE RUN BY PEOPLE THAT   DIDN'T HAVE A CLUE. IT DIDN'T   HAVE I'M TRYING AND I'M TRYING   TO BE NICE WHEN I SAY IT THAT   WAY.   >> THEY ALLOWED OUR BEAUTIFUL   USA TO BE LEFT AT SCORNED AND   TAKEN ADVANTAGE OF BY   EVERYBODY. WE WERE RIPPED OFF   ON TRADE BY NATIONS ALL OVER   THE WORLD, BOTH FRIEND AND FOE   AND OFTENTIMES A FRIEND WAS   FAR WORSE ON TRADE THAN THE   FO. BUT THOSE DAYS ARE OVER   HERE AT THE START OF SOMETHING   VERY, VERY BIG. YOU'RE GOING   TO SEE THAT VERY SOON. NOW,   EXACTLY. 250 YEARS AFTER THE   FIRST PATRIOTS STOOD IN   FLORIDA, LEXINGTON AND   CONCORD. WE'RE IN THE MIDST OF   ANOTHER KIND OF REVOLUTION, A   REVOLUTION OF WINNING AND A   REVOLUTION OF COMMON SENSE,   COMMON SENSE. EVERYWHERE YOU   LOOK BROKEN SYSTEMS, CORRUPT   INSTITUTIONS AND TIRED DOG ARE   BEING SWEPT AWAY BY THE TIDE   OF HISTORY. ANCIENT WISDOM IS   BEING REDISCOVERED IN THE BEST   AND STRONGEST TRAITS OF   AMERICA COMING BACK. FOR ALL   TO SEE BIGGER, BETTER AND   GREATER THAN EVER COMING BACK.   AND THEY'RE COMING BACK FAST.   THE SPIRIT OF OUR AGE IS ONE   OF BOLDEST, BIGGER AMBITION   AND ADVENTURE. AND IT'S   EXCITING TO BE YOU AND YOUNG.   PAY A LOT OF MONEY TO HAVE   YOUR AGE. HAVE A GREAT FUTURE.   PEOPLE HAVE REJECTED THE   VOICES OF A FAILED   ESTABLISHMENT. YOU SAW THAT IN   THE ELECTION. WE'VE TURNED THE   PAGE ON ENDLESS WARS,   CRIPPLING DEBT, OPEN BORDERS,   RUINOUS INFLATION AND A LACK   OF RESPECT FOR OUR COUNTRY AND   FOR ITS LEADERS. BUT WE'RE   TURNING THAT ALL AROUND WITH   TURNING IT AROUND VERY FAST.   WE WILL VERY QUICKLY MAKE   AMERICA GREAT AGAIN.  THIS WEEK   WE'RE CELEBRATING THE MOST   SUCCESSFUL FIRST 100 DAYS OF   ANY PRESIDENTIAL   ADMINISTRATION IN THE HISTORY   OF OUR COUNTRY. AND WE'VE BEEN   GIVEN A LOT OF CREDIT FOR   THAT. BUT 100 DAYS DOES NOT A   FULL TERM. MAKE, BUT WE'RE   GOING TO DO EVEN BETTER AS WE   MOVE ALONG IN A MATTER OF   WEEKS. WE'VE ACHIEVED THE   LOWEST NUMBER OF ILLEGAL   BORDER CROSSINGS EVER   RECORDED. AND YOU'VE SEEN IT.   HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF   PEOPLE POURING INTO OUR   COUNTRY FROM PRISONS FROM   MENTAL INSTITUTIONS, FROM   GANGS AND ALL OVER THE WORLD.   NOT JUST IN SOUTH AMERICA. YOU   SEE HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF   PEOPLE POUR COURSE IN ONE DAY.   YOU KNOW, WE HAD JUST RECENTLY   3, 3. AND WE SLASH THE NUMBER   OF ILLEGAL ALIENS RELEASED   INTO THE UNITED STATES BY.   >> 99.9, 9, 9%. AND YOU KNOW.   >> IF THAT NUMBER IS WRONG,   THE FAKE NEWS, WHICH IS ALL   OVER THE PLACE TODAY. IS GOING   TO CORRECTED ME BEFORE I GET   TO THE NEXT NOW, 99.9, 9, 9%.   HOW ABOUT THAT? NOBODY THAT   WAS POSSIBLE. THEY SAID YOU   NEEDED LEGISLATION KNOW YOU   JUST NEEDED A NEW PRESIDENT.   THAT'S WHAT YOU DO. BUT   DESPITE THE TREMENDOUS   SUCCESSES, YOU'VE BEEN READING   THE COURTS TO TRY TO STOP ME   FROM DOING THE JOB THAT I WAS   ELECTED TO DO. IT. WE ONE BY   MILLIONS OF VOTES. WE WANT ALL   7 SWING STATES, 7 AT A 7. WE   WON 312 ELECTORAL COLLEGE   2.70, WOULD BE GREAT. WE WENT   312 2,750 COUNTIES VERSUS 525   COUNTIES THROUGHOUT THE   NATION. THAT'S WHY WHEN YOU   LOOK AT A MAP, IT'S ALL RED.   SO READ EVERY INCH OF IT IS   READY. LITTLE COUPLE TO THAT.   BUT THEY HAVE TO LET US DO THE   JOB THAT THE VOTERS WANT US TO   DO. JUDGES ARE INTERFERING   SUPPOSEDLY DUE PROCESS. BUT   HOW CAN YOU GIVE DUE PROCESS   TO PEOPLE WHO CAME INTO OUR   COUNTRY ILLEGALLY? THEY WANT   TO GIVE HIM DUE PROCESS. I   DON'T WE'VE CREATED 350,000   NEW JOBS AND BROUGHT CORE   INFLATION DOWN TO ITS LOWEST   LEVEL IN MANY, MANY YEARS.   ENERGY IS THEM. LOOK AT YOUR   COST OF ENERGY WAY DOWN,   GROCERIES AT THEM. EVEN EGGS   ARE DOWN. CAME IN. REMEMBER, I   WAS YOUR WEEK AND THEY STARTED   SCREAMING ME. THE FAKE NEWS   EGG PRICES HAVE DOUBLED. THEY   JUST GOT HERE. BEEN HERE FOR 4   DAYS.   >> I SAID TELL ME ABOUT PRICES   ACE DOUBLE. THEY DID A DOUBLE.   AND TO ME, I JUST GOT THERE.   WE DID A GREAT JOB. WE BREAK   DOWN THE COST OF ACHES. IN   FACT, THEY SAID YOU WANT TO   VICTORY SAID THEY WANTED TO   GIVE. WE HAVE A BIG EASTER EGG   HUNT AT THE WHITE HOUSE. YOU   SO JUST TAKE PLACE.   >> AND THEY THOUGHT WE SHOULD   ORDER THOUSANDS OF PLASTIC   EGGS, PLASTIC. THEY SAID NO,   WE'LL DO IT. AND WE STRAIGHTEN   OUT SITUATION VERY QUICKLY ARE   GREAT. SECRETARY OF   AGRICULTURE DID A FANTASTIC   JOB AND WE HAD SO MANY AGE. WE   DIDN'T KNOW WHAT THE H*** TO   DO WITH THEM. AND PRICES OF   GUNNED DOWN 87% SINCE I TOOK   OFFICE SAYS SELF CARE.   >> WHAT THE PRICE OF FOOD HAS   GONE DOWN AND MORTGAGE RATES   ARE DOWN AGAIN. SLEEP PRICES   JUST HIT.   >> ONE DOLLAR.   >> AND $0.88 A GALLON IN 3   STATES. CAN YOU BELIEVE IT WAS   AT 3.15? IT WAS AT 4. WE'RE   WITH DRILLING. YOU KNOW,   DRILL, BABY, DRILL, RIGHT WITH   DRILL, BABY, DRILL. WE DO   THAT. WE GOT IT DOWN. WE GOING   GOOD. AND, YOU KNOW, ENERGY   DROPS THAT MUCH, YOU DON'T   HAVE MUCH INFLATION. SO TO   HAVE INFLATION, IT WAS JUST   ANNOUNCED THAT IN THE 1ST   QUARTER INVESTMENTS IN THE   UNITED STATES ARE UP. 22% THAT   WE'RE LEADING THE WHOLE WORLD   AND INVESTMENT. EVERYBODY'S   POURING INTO OUR COUNTRY WITH   BIG DOLLARS.   >> THAT IS ALL ABOUT NOVEMBER   5TH, THE NOVEMBER 5TH ELECTION   IN TARIFFS AND INCENTIVES THAT   WE'VE GIVEN THAT ARE GOING TO   MAKE THIS COUNTRY SO MUCH   RICHER. WE HAVE 36 TRILLION   DOLLARS IN DEBT. THAT'S GOING   TO START TO COME OFF. IT'S   GOING COME OFF RAPIDLY BUT   WILL BE OVER 8 TRILLION   DOLLARS IN INVESTMENT WITH   APPLE AND OTHERS INVESTING   500 BILLION DOLLARS EACH.   NEVER HAD PERIOD OF TIME IN   TOO MUCH BECAUSE WE HAVE 3   MONTHS A LITTLE BIT MORE. BUT   GIVE ME A BREAK FOR THE FIRST   MONTH, YOU HAD TO ACCLIMATED   HAD TO SEE WITH THE ENEMY LIES   BECAUSE THEY'RE ALREADY   LOOKING TO IMPEACH TRUMP. YOU   KNOW THESE CRAZY PEOPLE. LET'S   IMPEACH HIM FOR WHAT WE DON'T   KNOW. EXACTLY. BUT WILL IT?   THESE PEOPLE ARE CRAZY. SO WE   HAD YOU KNOW, GET A PAIRINGS   FOR THE FIRST COUPLE OF WEEKS.   SO IN 2 MONTHS WE OVER 8   TRILLION DOLLARS. THINK OF IT   COMMITTED. NOBODY'S EVER SEEN   ANYTHING LIKE IT. THERE'S   NEVER BEEN ANYTHING LIKE IT IN   ANY COUNTRY AT ANY TIME. AND   IT'S ALL BECAUSE THEY WANT TO   AVOID THE TARIFFS. WE WANT TO   GET HERE FAST. I SAID, YOU   KNOW, NUMBER OF TIMES TARIFF,   SHE WAS BEAUTIFUL WORD IN THE   WORLD. AND I GOT ABSOLUTELY   DECIMATED BY THE FACT SAID,   WHAT ABOUT LOVE? WHAT ABOUT   YOUR WIFE? WHAT ABOUT YOUR   PARENTS? WHAT ABOUT RELIGION   AND GOD? SO I SAID ALL RIGHT,   JUST THE 5TH BASES WHERE AND   SINCE DONE THAT, I'VE BEEN IN   GOOD SHAPE. NOBODY'S BOTHERED   ME. THEY'VE BEEN VERY NICE. SO   IT'S THE 5TH MOST BEAUTIFUL   WORD OF EVER. BUT ITS MAKE IT   AS VERY RICH AND YOU'LL BE   SEEING THE RESULTS PRETTY SOON   SOONER THAN MOST PEOPLE THINK,   BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT OTHER   COUNTRIES HAVE BEEN DOING.   JUST JUST SO YOU UNDERSTAND   THAT WOULD TERRIFY THE H***   OUT OF US. WE COULDN'T SELL   CARSON, YOU'RE WE COULDN'T   SELL CARS IN CHINA. WE   COULDN'T CARS IN JAPAN OR   ANYWHERE ELSE. WE COULD DO   ANYTHING AND ALL WE'RE DOING   IS WE'RE DOING IT TO THEM. BUT   WE'RE DOING IT MUCH BETTER.   AND THE U.S. MILITARY IS   SUDDENLY SAYING IT'S BEST   RECRUITING NUMBERS EVER. WE'VE   NEVER HAD NUMBERS LIKE THAT.   >> WE NOW HAVE WAITING LISTS   BECAUSE THERE IS SUCH   INCREDIBLE SPIRIT IN OUR   COUNTRY. THERE'S A GREAT   SPIRIT AND JUST THINK 6 MONTHS   AGO AND YOU REMEMBER IT WAS   EMBARRASSING BEFORE THE   ELECTION. 6 MONTHS AGO WE WERE   HEARING AND READING THAT   NUMBERS OF THOSE JOINING OUR   MILITARY WERE AT THE WORST   LEVELS EVER. WE'VE NEVER HAD   ANYTHING LIKE IT, RIGHT? YOU   REMEMBER THAT? AND NOW THEY'RE   THE BEST LEVELS EVER. WE HAVE   WAITING LISTS TO GET INTO THE   MILITARY.   >> WE COULDN'T FILL THE   POSITIONS AND THAT INCLUDED IN   OUR POLICE FORCES, OUR FIRE   DEPARTMENTS. WE LOVE OUR FIRE   DEPARTMENTS. ALSO, WE CAN   NEVER FORGET OUR FIRE   DEPARTMENTS.   >> BUT OUR POLICE FORCES WERE.   BEGGING FOR HELP. AND NOW   THEY'RE BRIMMING OVER WITH   PEOPLE IN APPLICANTS AND   THEY'RE GETTING GREAT WINS.   IT'S AMAZING WHAT'S TAKEN   PLACE. AND THAT'S REALLY THE   SPIRIT. EACH OF THE GRADUATES   IN THIS ARENA WILL SOON HAVE   THE CHANCE TO HELP LEAD THIS   PROJECT OF NATIONAL RENEWAL.   AND THAT'S WHAT IT IS. IT'S A   NATIONAL RENEWAL. WE SUFFERED   SO BADLY FOR 4 YEARS. WE HAD   ONE OF THE GREATEST ECONOMIES.   WE ACTUALLY HAD THE GREATEST   ECONOMY IN THE HISTORY OF OUR   COUNTRY DURING THE. FIRST TERM   OF TRUMP. AND THEN WE YEAH, WE   GOT HIT HARD WITH INFLATION.   DURING THE BIDEN ECONOMY. IT   WAS HORRIBLE. WE HAD SO THE   WORST PROBABLY EVER. THEY SAY   48 YEARS WILL ACCEPT THAT. BUT   I WOULD SAY EVER YOU'LL   EMBRACE THIS MOMENT AND YOU'LL   STEP FORWARD WITH STRENGTH AND   GRIT, FAITH AND PATRIOTISM TO   PUT AMERICA ON A NEW   TRAJECTORY CHILDREN AND THEN   YOU WILL TAKE YOUR PLACE AMONG   THE GREATEST GENERATIONS IN   THE HISTORY OF OUR COUNTRY. I   THINK YOU HAVE A CHANCE TO BE   THE GREATEST GENERATION IN THE   HISTORY OF OUR COUNTRY BECAUSE   WE'RE TURNING IT AROUND AND   YOU HAPPEN TO AVAILABLE.   >> IT'S A GOOD TIME TO BE   AVAILABLE. THERE IS SOMETIMES   WHEN IT'S NOT SO GOOD TO BE   AVAILABLE. BUT THIS IS A GREAT   TIME. I'M ABSOLUTELY CONFIDENT   THAT THE ALABAMA CLASS OF 2025   IS UP TO THE TASK YOU UP TO   THE TASK.   >> LEARNED A LOT ABOUT WINNING   HERE IN ALABAMA AND NOW WE   NEED YOU TO HELP WIN RICK. A   >> FOR THE BUSINESS PAGES HERE   TODAY. I CHALLENGE YOU NOT   MERELY TO USE YOUR TALENTS FOR   FINANCIAL SPECULATION. BUT TO   APPLY YOUR GREAT SKILLS THAT   YOU'VE LEARNED AND HAD. 2.14,   TO STEAL AND POURING THE   CONCRETE OF NEW AMERICAN   FACTORIES. PLANT SHIPYARDS   THAT EVEN CITIES WHICH ARE   GOING UP ALL OVER A COUNTRY.   DON'T JUST BUILD A STRONG   PORTFOLIO. BUILD A VERY, VERY   STRONG AMERICA. AND YOU'RE   GOING TO DO THAT. THE ENGINE   BRILLIANT, YOU ARE   TECHNICIANS, SCIENTISTS.   >> AND MATH PAGES. WE NEED   YOUR ALABAMA SPIRIT   COMPETITION TO KEEP OUR   COUNTRY AT THE FOREFRONT OF   EVERY SINGLE DOMAIN.   >> AMERICA SHOULD HAVE THE   WORLD'S TALLEST BUILDINGS   DESIGNED THE FASTEST AIRPLANES   BUILT THE GREATEST CARS DO   EVERYTHING. THE ABSOLUTE BEST   BETTER THAN ANY OTHER NATION   IN THE WORLD. AND YOU CAN DO   IT AND WE WILL SOON LAND   AMERICAN ASTRONAUTS ON MARS.   THAT WILL HAPPEN. THAT WILL   HAPPEN. EVERY FIELD. YOU HAVE   STUDIED. THERE ARE PROBLEMS TO   BE SOLVED AND BREAKTHROUGHS TO   BE MADE. IT TO THE JOURNALISM   AGES OF WHICH. I'VE HAD A LOT   OF PROBLEMS WITH IT. US BEHIND   THIS. I'M NOT SURE I LIKE AND   NO, I DO. I DO.   >> BUT YOU REALLY LEADING A   VERY THING BECAUSE WE NEED A   GREAT AND FREE PRESS. WE NEED   A BRILLIANT PRESS. THEY LIKE   WATCH KEEPER THAT VERY   IMPORTANT AND YOU CAN GO OUT   AND   >> TAKE IT DOWN. A NEW TRACK.   SAVE THE COUNTRY. SO   IMPORTANT.   >> YOUR TASK IS SO IMPORA THAT   AMERICANS CAN TRUST. AND   REMEMBER, THE PEOPLE OF THIS   COUNTRY, THEY KNOW THE WHEN   THEY HEAR. THAT'S WHY.    >> THE    >> RATINGS, THE APPROVAL   NUMBERS OF THE MEDIA SO LOW.   WE NEED THOSE RATINGS TO BE   100%. WE HAVE TO BE ABLE TO   TRUST MEDIA. THEY SAY YOU HAVE   TO HAVE THAT.   >> YOU NEED STRONG, STRONG   BORDERS AND YOU NEED REALLY   FREE, FAIR, CLEAN ELECTIONS.   YOU NEED THOSE THINGS. BUT THE   MEDIA IS A BIG PART OF IT.   >> IN THE WORLD OF HEALTH AND   MEDICINE, THERE IS AN EXCITING   NEW MOVEMENT TO GET POISONS   OUT OF OUR FOOD SUPPLY. KEEP   TOXINS OUT OF OUR GOVERNMENT.   MAKE AMERICA HEALTHY AGAIN.   AND I THINK BOB IS GOING TO DO   A GREAT JOB DONE HERE. I THINK   >> I THINK HE'S THE GUY. WE   NEED IT. AND GOVERNMENT IS THE   TASK OF YOUR GENERATION TO   REPLACE BUREAUCRACY. GRAFTON   WASTE WITH A   >> NEW SYSTEM THAT DEFENDS   AMERICAN FREEDOM. THESE ARE   BIG TASKS BEFORE YOU BUT THE   REWARD FOR YOUR HARD WORK WILL   BE THE UNITED STATES OF   AMERICA IS STRONGER, PROUD OR   BETTER.   >> AND MORE UNIFIED THAN EVER,   EVER EVER BEFORE. IT'S GOING   TO BE.   >> AS YOU A BUCK IN THIS GREAT   ADVENTURE. LET ME SHARE SOME   OF THE BIGGEST LESSONS I'VE   LEARNED FROM A LIFETIME SPENT   BUILDING DREAMS AND BEATING   THE ODDS BEAT A LOT IT.   >> LOT OF LOT OF PEOPLE NO.   BUT IT WORKED OUT, OK,   PRESIDENT ADDED THAT HAPPEN.   >> YOU'RE GOING TO BE IN THE   SAME POSITION. BUT SOME OF   THAT THAT WE DO LIKE TO HEAR   SOME OF THE EDGES A SHOW JUST   SKIP OVER THAT THAT'S GOING TO   BE MORE INTERESTING THAN ALL   THE OTHER STUFF, WHICH IS   SLIGHTLY POLITICAL RENT. I GOT   TO GIVE IT TO THOUGH, JUST AS   I SAY IT. AND AS I'VE LEARNED   THAT THE HARD WAY AND EASY WAY   FIRST, IF YOU'RE HERE TODAY   AND THINK THAT YOU'RE TOO   YOUNG TO DO SOMETHING GREAT.   LET ME TELL YOU THAT YOU ARE   WRONG. YOU'RE NOT TOO YOUNG.   YOU CAN HAVE GREAT SUCCESS AT   A VERY YOUNG AGE YEAR-OLD VERY   YOUNG IN AMERICA WITH DRIVING   AMBITION. YOUNG PEOPLE CAN DO   ANYTHING. I WAS 28 WHEN I TOOK   MY FIRST BIG GAMBLE TO DEVELOP   HOTEL IN MIDTOWN AND THAT THE   GRAND HYATT. AND IT WORKED OUT    INCREDIBLY WELL. BUT I WAS   VERY YOUNG AT THE TIME. I WAS   LIKE A VERY YOUNG PERSON AND   SORT OF AN OLD PERSON   BUSINESS.   >> STEVE JOBS WAS 21 WHEN HE   FOUNDED APPLE. WALT DISNEY WAS   21 WHEN HE FOUND A DISNEY   JAMES MADISON, JAMES MONROE,   ALEXANDER HAMILTON AND THOMAS   JEFFERSON. THEY WERE NO OLDER   THAN 25 WHEN THEY BEGAN. THE   JOURNEY IS THAT JUST NAMES   INTO THE HISTORY BOOKS FOR ALL   TIME. SO TO EVERYONE HERE   TODAY, DON'T WASTE YOUR GO OUT   AND FIGHT RIGHT FROM THE   BEGINNING FROM THE DAY YOU   LEAVE THIS INCREDIBLE   UNIVERSITY. GO OUT AND FIGHT,   FIGHT. TOUGH FIGHT. FAIR, BUT   GO OUT AND FIGHT. YOU'RE GOING   TO BE VERY SUCCESSFUL BECAUSE   NOW IS THE TIME TO WORK HARDER   THAN YOU HAVE EVER WORKED   BEFORE. PUSH YOURSELF OR THAT   YOU HAVE EVER PUSHED YOURSELF   BEFORE FIND YOUR LIMITS AND   THEN SMASHED THROUGH   EVERYTHING GOING SMASHED   THROUGH YOUVE WATCHED THAT   FOOTBALL TEAM SMASHED THROUGH.   YOU'RE GOING TO DO THE SAME   >> YOU'RE AT THE AGE WHEN YOU   HAVE THE TIME AND VITALITY TO   DO REALLY INCREDIBLE THINGS.   IF YOU GIVE. JUST GIVE IT YOUR   ALL.   >> YOU LOOK BACK IN A DECADE   FROM NOW WILL BE ASTOUNDED BY   WHAT YOU'VE ACHIEVED. YOU   REMEMBER THIS REMEMBER WHEN   THE GUY NAMED TRUMP WAS GIVING   THE COMMENCEMENT ADDRESS AT HE   SAID I COULD DO IT AND GUESS   WHAT I DID. I THINK YOU'VE GOT   TO REMEMBER THAT VERY FINELY.   I HOPE SO.   >> SECOND OF ALL AND VERY   IMPORTANTLY, YOU HAVE TO LOVE   WHAT YOU DO. IT.   >> OKAY. YOU HAVE TO. I RARELY   SEE SOMEBODY THAT'S   SUCCESSFUL. THAT DOESN'T LOVE   WHAT HE OR SHE DOES. IT'S WAY   YOU REALLY LIKE WORK ISN'T   WORK. IT'S FUN I FIND IT FOR   MY WORK ALL THE TIME AND I   FIND IT FUN OF I DIDN'T FIND   IT FUN. I WOULDN'T BE   SUCCESSFUL. WHETHER IT WAS   REAL ESTATE OF HER. OR IN   SHOWBIZ. I HAD A LOT OF   DIFFERENT CAREERS, BUT I LOVED   REAL ESTATE. SO MUCH FUN. I   WAS VERY SUCCESSFUL REAL   ESTATE BECAUSE I LOVED IT. I   LEARNED A LOT FROM MY FATHER   BECAUSE I WATCHED HIM WORK.   YOU WORK 7. HE WAS A   WORKAHOLIC. HE WORKED. HE   LOVED TO WORK. A GOOD MAN WHO   WAS A TOUGH GUY TO FIZZLE.   ACTUALLY. NOW THAT I THINK   BACK, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU   COULD EVEN GET AWAY WITH THAT   DOWN AS HE WAS STABBED. BUT HE   WAS A GOOD MAN ANY WORK. 7   DAYS A   >> WORK SATURDAYS, SUNDAYS. IT   DIDN'T MATTER. AND I REALLY   LEARNED BY WATCHING AND HE   LOVED HIS LIFE. HE LOVED WHAT   HE WAS DOING AT A GREAT   LONG-TERM MARRIAGE. A LONG,   LONG, MANY, MANY, MANY YEARS.   HE BIT ME ON THAT ONE. I HAVE   MY SUCCESS WITH CAPITALISTIC   WITH HIS LONGEST LIST. IT'S   CLOSE TO 70 YEARS. THAT WAS A   LONG TIME SAID THAT THE ABB ON   THAT ONE. BUT YOU KNOW WHAT I   LEARNED FROM HIM THAT HE JUST   HE LOVED LIFE AND ALL IT DID   WAS WORK. I SEE PEOPLE THAT   DON'T WORK HARD AND THEY'RE   MISERABLE. SO GO OUT AND FIND.   BUT HE LOVED WHAT HE WAS   DOING. AND YOU HAVE TO FIND   SOMETHING THAT YOU LOVE AND   YOU HAVE TO FOLLOW. YOUR OWN   INSTINCTS SAID, LISTEN, GIVE   PARENTS A VERY WISE, BUT YOU   HAVE TO FOLLOW YOUR INSTINCTS   AND YOUR HEART, YOUR SOUL. AND   YOU WANT TO BE THE VERY, VERY   BEST YOU CAN BE TREATED EVERY   DAY LIKE A HOME GAME AGAINST   AUBURN FIGHT LIKE H*** AND   ENJOY DOING IT. YOU COACH CAN   TELL YOU ALL ABOUT THAT. 3RD   THING IS TO THINK BIG, YOU    KNOW, YOU'RE GOING DO   SOMETHING YOU MIGHT AS WELL   THINK BIG BECAUSE IT'S JUST AS   TOUGH. HE COULD THINK SMALL   AND A LOT OF PEOPLE, THEY   START SMALL THAT VERY SMART. I   KNOW OTHERS THAT WEREN'T   NEARLY AS BUT THEY HAD A   BETTER PICTURE OF THE BIG   PICTURE BECAUSE IT'S JUST AS   HARD TO SOLVE A SMALL PROBLEM   IS A BIG PROBLEM. AND IT'S   JUST AS MUCH ENERGY EVERYTHING   ELSE EXCEPT THE RESULT IS   GOING TO BE A SMALLER ONE. SO   LOVE WHAT YOU DO. BUT THINK   BIG IF IT'S POSSIBLE NOW IT'S   NOT POSSIBLE. THAT'S OKAY TO   DO SOMETHING. YOU HAVE TO DO   SOMETHING YOU LOVE YOU WILL   HAVE ALL THE SAME HEADACHES   AND CHALLENGES ALL THE SAME   DELAYS AND SETBACKS. YOU MIGHT   AS WELL DO SOMETHING THAT'S   JUST AMAZING. AMERICA DOESN'T   AIM SMALL. ALABAMA DOESN'T AIM   SMALL AND NIGHT. THE SO THINK   BIG WHEN POSSIBLE. THINK BIG   4TH IS WORK HARD.   >> OR HARD. NEVER, EVER STOP.   >> AND EXAMPLE IS A GREAT AT   LE. ACTUALLY, GARY PLAYER   GOLFER, GREAT, GREAT GOLFER.   HE WASN'T AS BIG AS OTHER MEN.   IT WAS ACTUALLY ON THE SMALL   SIDE. DON'T TELL HIM THAT.   FRIEND OF MINE DON'T TELL HIM   THAT BECAUSE HE DOESN'T   UNDERSTAND THAT. BUT HE WORKED   VERY, VERY HARD. HE MADE UP   FOR IT. HE NEVER STOPPED TO   168 GOLF TOURNAMENTS TAKING   THAT 100 AS A GARY. YOU   WINNING LIKE EVERY WEEKEND.   YOU HAVE A CHOKER. ANYTHING I   DON'T KNOW WHAT JOKE MEANS.   THEY MADE A STATEMENT YEARS   AGO THAT I READ AND I THOUGHT   IT WAS SORT OF AN INCREDIBLE   STATE. BUT HE SAID IT'S FUNNY   TEJADA, RIGHT WORK. THE   LUCKIER I GET I THINK IS THAT   THE HARDER I WORK THE LUCKIER   I GET. SO YOU REALLY HAVE TO   WORK HARD AND YOU'RE GOING TO   BE SUCCESSFUL BECAUSE YOU HAVE   THE TALENT TO GET INTO THIS   SCHOOL IS NOT EASY TO GET   THROUGH. IT EVEN MORE   DIFFICULT. YOU HAVE A LOT OF   TALENT. 5TH IS DON'T LOSE YOUR   MOMENTUM. YOU JUST WANT TO   KEEP IT GOING AND YOU HAVE TO   KNOW IF YOU ARE LOSING IT. YOU   HAVE TO KNOW WHEN YOU LOSE   AGAIN. SO MAYBE YOU STOP. AND   MAYBE IT'S TIME TO STOP.   LISTEN TO THE FEEDBACK. THINK   THROUGH YOUR PLAN VERY   CAREFULLY AND MOVING FAST. THE   WORD MOMENTUM IS VERY   IMPORTANT. AND I JUST TELL YOU   A LITTLE STORY GREAT REAL   ESTATE DEVELOPER NAMED WILLIAM   LEVITT. HE BUILT LEVITTOWN,   SOMETHING YOU MIGHT LIVE   LEVITTOWN. NEW IS THE BIGGEST   DEVELOPER, THE WHOLE COUNTRY    AND THE THANKING 40'S. AND SO   AND HE BUILT THESE JOBS. HE   STARTED WITH ONE HOUSE, THEN   TO HOUSES AND 20 HOUSES. THEN   THOUSANDS AND THOUSANDS OF   HOUSES. AND A COMPANY GULF AND   WESTERN CAME ALONG AND THEY.   SAID WE'RE GONNA MAKE YOU AN   OFFER TO BUY YOUR COMPANY AND   THEY A LOT OF MONEY. A LOT OF   MONEY, MORE MONEY THAN HE EVER   THOUGHT HE COULD MAKE. AND HE   RETIRED. LOST HIS MOMENTUM. HE   RETIRED AND HE LED A BEAUTIFUL   LIFE. HE HAD A TELL YOU IT WAS   HIS SECOND WIFE. IT WAS A   TROPHY WIFE. WHAT CAN I SAY? I   DON'T LIKE TELLING YOU   EVERYTHING, BUT WE'RE ALL   FRIENDS, RIGHT? CAN WE TALK?   FRIENDS, WE HAD A TROPHY WIFE.    AND HE LIVED A DIFFERENT LIFE.   HE MOVED TO THE SOUTH OF   FRANCE, BUT LIVE IT WAS A LIFE   OF TREMENDOUS LUCK. SHE HAD SO   MANY MILLIONS OF DOLLARS. HE   WAS GIVEN A FORTUNE FOR THE   COMPANY IN 10 YEARS WENT BY   AND THEN 15 YEARS WENT BY AND   HE GOT A CALL FROM THIS BIG   CONGLOMERATE DOZEN WESTERN.   AND THEY SAID WE'RE NOT DOING   WELL WITH THE PURCHASE BECAUSE   HE HAS TO PICK UP EVERY EVERY   PIECE OF SAWDUST, EVERY PIECE   OF WOOD, EVERY CHIP,   EVERYTHING, NHL, IT DID MAKE A   COUPLE OF BUCKS EVERYTHING WAS   PERFECT. THEY CAN'T DO THAT.   YOU KNOW, THESE BIG COMPANIES   THAT ARE DO THAT, YOU SEE IT A   LOT. WHEN AN ENTREPRENEUR   SELLS A BIG COMPANY AND THEN   ENDS UP BUYING THE COMPANY   BACK FOR PEANUTS LATER ON   HAPPENS A LOT. BUT HE WAS THE   BEST AT WHAT HE DID. IT. BUT   15 YEARS WENT BY AND HE SO   EXCITED THEY SOLD HIM BACK.   HIS COMPANY. AND HE STARTED   AND HE WAS GOING TEAR APART   THE WORLD BECAUSE HE GOT BORED   WITH THE LIFE OF LUXURY. HE   STARTED BUILDING. BUILDING AND   BUILDING. AND THE MARKETS   TURNED ON ANYONE BAD. HE LOST   EVERYTHING AND IT WENT   BANKRUPT. ABSOLUTELY BANKRUPT.   AND IT WAS A SAD STORY TO   READ. IT WAS SUCH AN AMAZING   BECAUSE HE WAS SO RICH, BUT HE   PAID THEM ANY BOARD FOR THE   RIGHT PRICE LOW. BUT HE WENT   WILD, BUT HE LOST HIS   MOMENTUM. HE WASN'T GOOD AT IT   ANYMORE. AND HE WAS AT A PARTY   ON 5TH AVENUE NEVER FORGET.   AND IT WAS A PARTY OF A VERY,   VERY POWERFUL MAN WAS HAVING   THE PARTY AND A MAGNIFICENT   APARTMENT OVERLOOKING THE   PARK. AND I WALKED IN AND   THERE WERE 50 OR SO PEOPLE   RECOGNIZE MOST OF ALL THE   BIGGEST BUSINESS PEOPLE IN THE   WORLD ACTUALLY. VERY   GLAMOROUS. I WAS DOING WELL. I   WAS YOUNG AND I WAS DOING   WELL. AND I WAS INVITED TO   PARTIES LIKE THAT AND THEN   LOOKED IN THE CORNER. THERE   WAS. THIS TO A 11 SITTING ALL   BY HIMSELF ON A CHAIR LOOKING   VERY GLUM. NOBODY WAS TALKING   TO HIM BECAUSE YOU'LL FIND   THAT WHEN YOU'RE NOT   SUCCESSFUL, YOU LOSE A LOT OF   FRIENDS. IT'S NOT A GOOD   SITUATION, BUT IT WAS NOBODY   TALKING. NO, BUT I WANTED TO   TALK TO HIM BECAUSE I WAS IN   THE REAL ESTATE BUSINESS AND   HE WAS IN MOST OF THESE PEOPLE   IN DIFFERENT BUSINESSES.   >> AND I WENT OVER AND TALKED   TO HIM AND I SAID, HOW ARE YOU   MISSED 11 OF U.S.? DONALD? HE   KNEW I WAS NOT WELL, NOT WELL.   I SAID SO. CAN YOU COMBAT? HE   SAID NO SON. I LOST MY   MOMENTUM. I SHOULDN'T HAVE   DONE IT. I LOST MY MOMENTUM. I   NEVER FORGOT THAT EXPECIALLY   LOSSES MOMENTUM. IF YOU WOULD   HAVE KEPT GOING INSTEAD OF   SELLING AND RELAXING GOING   INTO A DIFFERENT LIFE, HE   PROBABLY WOULD HAVE BEEN 3   TIMES BIGGER THAN IT WAS, BUT   HE LOST HIS MOMENTUM AND YOU   HAVE TO KNOW WHEN IT'S YOUR   TIME. I MEAN, THERE'LL BE A   TIME WHEN YOU DO IS YOU SEE IT   WITH FIGHTERS. YOU SEE IT WITH   A LOT OF PEOPLE. THEY HAVE A   GREAT RECORD AND THEY RETIRE.   THEN 4 YEARS LATER, GOING   BACK. I CAN BEAT THAT GUY AND   THEY GET KNOCKED THE H***. AND   IT'S NOT GOOD. IT'S NOT GOOD.   SO HE LOST HIS MOMENTUM. YOU    HAVE TO KNOW WHEN YOUR   MOMENTUM TIME IS UP. I CALL A   TIME. BUT FOLLOW YOUR MOMENT   AND IT'S VERY IMPORTANT WORD   YOU DON'T HEAR FROM TOO MANY,   BUT I'VE SEEN IT. I'VE SEEN IT   A LOT. NUMBER 6, YOU WANT TO   CHANGE THE WORLD, YOU HAVE TO   HAVE THE COURAGE TO BE AN   OUTSIDER. IN OTHER WORDS, YOU   HAVE TO TAKE. CERTAIN RISKS   AND DO THINGS A LITTLE BIT   DIFFERENTLY. OTHERWISE, IF   THAT WERE THE CASE, EVERYBODY   WOULD BE SUCCESSFUL. DOESN'T   WORK THAT WAY. PROGRESS. NEVER   COMMENTS FROM THOSE SATISFIED   WITH THE USE OF A BROKEN   SYSTEM. IT COMES FROM THOSE   WHO WANT TO FIX THE BROKEN   SYSTEM AND MAKE THE BIGGER   MONEY YOU MAKE, THE MORE   SUCCESS BY ACTING THAT WAY.   THE OTHER WAY, MAYBE MORE   SECURE. BUT IF YOU WANT TO GO   TO THE TOP, YOU JUST NEVER   GOING TO DO IT UNLESS YOU   BREAK THE SYSTEM. CHANGE IS   NEVER EASY. AND THE CLOSER YOU   GET TO SUCCESS THE MOST   FEROCIOUSLY THOSE WITH A   VESTED INTEREST IN THE PAST.   WE'LL RESIST YEAR. THEY WANT   TO RESIST. SO I JUST SAY.   TRUST THAT BECAUSE I KNOW   YOU'RE REALLY DO. YOU HAVE TO   BREAK THE SYSTEM A LITTLE BIT   AND THE FOLLOW YOUR OWN   INSTINCTS. BUT IF YOUR VISION   IS RIGHT, NOTHING WILL HOLD   YOU DOWN. NOTHING YOU HAVE TO   HAVE THE RIGHT VISION. IF YOU   LOOK AT SOME OF THESE INTERNET   PEOPLE SO MANY OF THEM, ELON   IS SO TERRIFIC. BUT I KNOW NOW   ALL OF THEM, YOU KNOW, THEY   ALL HATED ME AND MY FIRST   TIME. AND NOW THEY'RE KISSING   MY A**. YOU   >> IT'S AMAZING. IT'S NICER   THIS WAY.   >> NOW IN THE FIRST, YOU KNOW,   THEY DIDN'T KNOW WHAT HAPPENED   BECAUSE I WANT ELECTION THAT,   YOU KNOW, THERE WAS NEVER A   BUSINESSMAN THAT ONE   PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION. AT   100%. 8% WERE GENERALS AND 92%   WERE POLITICIAN, NOT EVEN   ADMIRALS, NOT JUST GENERALS IN   8 GENERALS. GENERAL WASHINGTON   GENERAL GRANT GENERALS,   GENERAL EISENHOWER. BUT 8%   WITH GENERALS AND 92% WERE   POLITICIANS. AND WHEN IRAN   EVERYONE SAID, WELL, CAN'T WIN   A BUSINESSMAN, A SECOND TO   WORK AND YOU KNOW, BUT YOU   HAVE A NATURAL INSTINCT FOR   THING, I GUESS AT A NATURAL.   IT'S IT'S A SOMEBODY WAS A   BETTER BUSINESSMAN OR A   POLITICIAN. AND THEY SAID,   WELL, A LOT OF GUYS THAT MADE   A LOT OF MONEY. BUT THERE'S   ONLY ONE GUY THAT BECAME   PRESIDENT. THAT WAS A   BUSINESS. BUT IT'S I GUESS   YOU'RE BETTER POLITICIAN. BUT   I DON'T THINK OF MYSELF AS A   POLITICIAN. I THINK OF MYSELF   AS A BUSINESS MAN. AND I'M   PROUD OF THAT. AND I'VE   APPLIED BUSINESS INSTINCT AND   THAT'S WHY I THINK YOU'RE   SEEING A STORY SO WELL.   >> SO NUMBER 7 IS TO TRUST   YOUR IN THINGS. COMMON SENSE.   YOU CAN GO VERY FAR LIFE WITH   COMMON SENSE. AND I APPLIED   THAT THE POLITICS BECAUSE SOME   OF THESE THINGS LIKE THEY HAD   OPEN BORDERS.   >> LET EVERYBODY IN THE WHOLE   WORLD FLOW INTO OUR COUNTRY.   THAT'S NOT COMMON SENSE. SAID   TRANS GENDER FOR EVERYBODY. WE   ENDED THAT IF YOU NOTICED, OK,   BUT THEY ARE TRANSGENDER FOR   EVERYBODY. THEY SAID. I SAID   THIS IS NOT WORKING. THIS IS   NOT GOING TO WORK. AS I SAID   BEFORE, YOU KNOW, SO SIMPLE.   >> MAN. PLAYING IN WOMEN'S   SPORTS. YOU HAVE SEE SOME OF   THE RECORDS TO GET SEE SOME OF   THESE BOXING MATCHES. YOU   KNOW, WE HAVE TO PROTECT THESE   WOMEN ARE GREAT ATHLETES, BUT   WE HAVE TO PROTECT. IF YOU   LOOKED AT THE OLYMPICS WHERE   THEY HAD TRANSITION TO PEOPLE   GOING INTO THE BOXING WITH THE   WOMEN HAD BOXING. AND THEY HAD   A GREAT CHAMPION, A FEMALE   BOXER. IF TO ONE PUNCH, YOU   LOOK BACK TO THE CORONER SAID   I CAN'T GET HIT LIKE THAT.   I'VE NEVER BEEN HIT LIKE THAT   BEFORE. YOU LOOK AT ALL THE   VOLLEYBALL PLAYERS HAVE BEEN   HURT SO BADLY WITH BALLS AND   LEVELS THAT THEY'VE NEVER SEEN   BEFORE. BUT THE GREATEST IS   LIKE WEIGHTLIFTING. SHE THE   WEIGHTLIFTING WHERE THEY HAVE   A RECORD THAT WAS BROKEN IN 18   YEARS AND THEY HAVE SHOULD I   AM MY WIFE VERY UPSET WHEN I   DO THIS.   >> SHE SAID THAT CERTAIN   DARLING, IT'S NOT   PRESIDENTIAL. PEOPLE LIKE IT.   SHOULD I DO IT OR NOT? I'M A   WANT TO GET ON. BUT THAT'S   OKAY. WHAT THE H*** I'VE BEEN   LOTS OF TROUBLE BEFORE. DO YOU   LOOK AT THE WEIGHT LIFTING OR   18 YEARS? IT STANDS. AND THEY    HAVE THIS YOUNG WOMAN AND HER    PARENTS ARE RIGHT WHERE YOU   ARE IN FRONT ROW AND THEY'RE   SO PROUD OF HER. AND IT'S LIKE   209 POUNDS AND SHE'S GOT A   LIFT THAT.   >> THE RECORD STOOD FOR 18.   THINK OF IT. 18 YEARS.   >> AND THEY PUT AN 8TH OF AN   OUNCE HERE AND AN 8TH OF AN   OUNCE HIDDEN TANEY LITTLE BIT.   >> AND SHE'S GOING DO IT. MOM.   I LOVE THE HIGH TO DO IT TO   YOU. MOM. YOU AS U.S. AND SHE   GETS I'M GOING TO DO CATCH UP.   AND THEN A GUY COMES ALONG.   GREAT GAL OR WHATEVER.   TRANSITIONS PERSON COMES   ALONG. AND HE WAS A FAILED   WEIGHTLIFTERS, A MAN. BUT HE   COMES ALONG. 206 THAT PUT   THING ON PENNY GOES. AND   BREAKS A RECORD LIKE BY 119   POUNDS. THAT'S NOT RIGHT. THE   OTHER ONE IS A SWIMMING.   YOU'VE HEARD ME TALK ABOUT A   GREAT SWIMMERS AND, YOU KNOW,   THEY ROSE TO THE TOP.   >> WOMEN SWIMMERS AND THEY   GREW UP TOGETHER AND THEIR   OLYMPIC CLASS SWIMMERS AND   THEIR QUALIFYING FOR SOME   THINK TOURNAMENT. AND NOW THE   RACE IS GETTING READY TO THE   BIG RACE AND THEY ONE YOUNG   LADY, SHE WAS GOING TO SET THE   RECORD. SHE FOR ALL OUR LIFE   TO SET THE RECORD JUST TO WIN   IT BY 1, 9, TO THE SECOND.   THINK OF THAT ONE NIGHT. THAT   LIKE THOSE ODDS. ONE 9TH OF A   SECOND BUT SHE LOOKS AT THE   LEFT AND SHE SEES ALL THE   FRIENDS THAT SHE GREW UP WITH   THEM IN CALIFORNIA FROM ALL   OVER THE COUNTRY. THEY'RE ALL   THE BEST SWIMMERS. THEN SHE   LOOKS TO THE RIGHT SHE SEES   THE SAME THING. BUT PERSON   NEXT YEAR WHO'S A GIANT? AND   SHE LOOKS, I HAVE DON'T   RECOGNIZE THAT THAT WAS A   PERSON THAT TRANSITION. AND HE   HAD A WINGSPAN OF WILT THE   STILT CHAMBERLAIN OF ANYBODY   KNOWS. AS YOU KNOW WHAT   HAPPENED SHE WAS VERY, VERY   BADLY INJURED IN THAT MATE.   BECAUSE HE WENT BUYERS SO FAST   THAT SHE WAS WIND TO BURN. JAY   HAD TAKE OR ACTUALLY GOT   SERIOUS WIND HE FLEW BACK AND   FORTH AND BACK AND FORTH AND   SHE DIDN'T KNOW WHAT THE BUT   SHE GOT LAST OUT OF A KNOWING   THAT I'M ONLY KIDDING. SHE   WASN'T WINBURN. SHE WAS JUST   SPEAKING LOT. FOR THE RACE.   DID YOU SEE THE RACE WHERE   THEY HAD THE BEST FEMALE   RUNNERS AND THEY HAD A GUY WAS   A DECENT RUN OR LONG-DISTANCE   RACE. AND HE WON BY 5 HOURS   AND 19 SECONDS. YOU KNOW,   NORMALLY WHEN BY LIKE 12   SECONDS, 2 SECONDS, A QUARTER   OF A SAY HE WON BY 5 HOURS AND   19 SECONDS.   >> IT'S CRAZY. AND YOU KNOW,   HONESTLY, IT'S DEMEANING FOR   WOMEN FREEDOM AND IT IS A    GREAT ATHLETES. IT'S VERY   DEMEANING AND WE'RE GOING TO   PROTECT WOMEN WERE GOING TO   PROTECT WOMEN, WORKING TO   PROTECT EVERYBODY.    >> SO NOW THAT I'M IN TROUBLE   WITH MY WIFE, I'M GOING TO   BLAME THE UNIVERSITY OF   ALABAMA ASKING ME TO GO   THROUGH WITH THAT STUFF. BUT   IT'S PRETTY DESCRIPTIVE ISN'T   REALLY IT HELPS WHEN YOU KNOW   THAT BORDERS ARE NOT RACIST   SPEECH IS NOT VIOLENCE.   AMERICA IS GOOD TERRORISTS   BAD.   >> MEN CAN NEVER BECOME WOMEN.   POLICE ARE NOT CRIMINALS AND   CRIMINALS ARE NOT VICTIMS.   EVERYBODY SHOULD BELIEVE.   >> EVERYBODY SHOULD BELIEVE IN   THE AMERICAN DREAM. IT'S REAL.   IT'S THERE. AND IT'S RIGHT   BEFORE YOU WERE COMING BACK TO   THE AMERICAN. THINK OF   YOURSELF AS A WINNER. THE   POWER OF POSITIVE THINKING DR   NORMAN VINCENT PEALE FOR MANY   YEARS AGO WROTE A BOOK THE   POWER OF POSITIVE THINKING.   >> AND THERE'S A LOT TO IT.   THE POWER OF POSITIVE THINKING   DON'T CONSIDER YOURSELF A   VICTIM CAN CITY ITSELF. A   WINNER IN RECENT YEARS, TOO   MANY OF OUR YOUNG PEOPLE   REALLY BEEN TAUGHT THINK OF   THEMSELVES AS VICTIMS BLAME   PEOPLE AND BE ANGRY. DON'T BE   ANGRY. BUT IN AMERICA, WE   REJECT THAT IDEA THAT ANYONE   IS BOARD A VICTIM. OUR HEROES   ARE THE ONES WHO TAKE CHARGE   OF THEIR OWN DESTINY, MAKE   THEIR OWN LUCK. AND DETERMINE   THEIR OWN FATE. DESPITE THE   DESPITE ALL ODDS, JUST WHAT   HAPPENS, THEY TAKE. REALLY   THEY GIVEN LITTLE CHANCE IN   MANY CASES, VERY LITTLE CHANCE   OF SUCCESS AND TO BECOME THE   MOST SUCCESSFUL PEOPLE IN THE    WORLD. WHETHER YOU WERE BORN   RICH OR POOR, BLACK OR WHITE   MALE OR FEMALE IN AMERICA,   ANYONE CAN BE A WINNER AND A   WHOLE COUNTRY WILL BE CHEERING   YOU ON. AND I'LL BE AT THE   FRONT OF THE LINE. SHARON, YOU   WANT, ESPECIALLY BECAUSE YOU   COME FROM THIS INCREDIBLE   UNIVERSITY.   >> AND NEXT IS TO BE AN   ORIGINAL, THE ALL-TIME GREATS   WERE PEOPLE WHO HAD THE   CONFIDENCE TO BE A LITTLE   DIFFERENT. TEDDY ROOSEVELT,   DOUGLAS, GOD THAT GEORGE PAT.    >> AMELIA EARHART, ANNIE   OAKLEY, MUHAMMAD ALI AND SO   MANY OTHERS, SO MANY OTHERS   FAR TOO MANY TO NAME LIVE   THEIR LIVES WITH PRIDE,   PERSONALITY AND FLAIR. GOD   ONLY CREATED ONE OF YOU.   REMEMBER THAT GOD CREATED ONE   OF YOU. YOU'RE ALL DIFFERENT.   SUMMER CLOSE, NOBODY IS THE   SAME YEAR. ONE OF A KIND.   >> SO DON'T TRY TO BE SOMEONE   ELSE. JUST BE YOURSELF. AND   FINALLY, AND MOST IMPORTANTLY,   NEVER, EVER GIVE UP. NEVER   GIVE UP.   >> AND I'VE LEARNED ANYTHING   IN LIFE AND IT'S A TO ONE OF    THE MOST IMPORTANT YOU CAN DO.   AND IF YOU JUST WENT A LITTLE   BIT LONGER, IF YOU JUST HELD   OUT LITTLE BIT LONGER, YOU   WOULD HAVE BEEN SUCCESSFUL.   >> THE STORIES THAT ARE   LEGEND. BUT I'VE LEARNED THAT   PERSEVERANCE IS EVERYTHING. SO    WHATEVER HAPPENS, MATTER WHERE   YOU ARE IN LIFE, STAY   OPTIMISTIC AND JUST KEEP   PUSHING FORWARD. JUST DON'T   STOP. NEVER, EVER GIVE UP.   VICTORY IS RIGHT AROUND THE   CORNER. I'VE WATCHED COACH   SABAN WIN GAMES THAT REALLY   WERE VIRTUALLY OVER. YOU SEE   THAT YOU'VE BEEN IN THE   STANDS. YOU WANT A COUPLE   GAMES. I SAID COACH, YOU GOT   LUCKY AS H***. HE SAID IT GETS   ELECTED BUT TALENTED GUY.   >> YEAH. THOSE LITTLE   TOUCHDOWNS THAT COME OUT AND I   THINK HE'S A HE'S AMAZING. BUT   HE'S A GUY THAT DOESN'T QUIT.   DOESN'T KNOW WHAT THE WORD   QUIT EVEN MEANS. HE COULDN'T   DEFINE IT. HE TOOK VICTORY OUT   OF THE JAWS OF DEFEAT AND YOU   CAN DO THAT, TOO. AND EVERY   STAGE IN MY CAREER.   >> MY ENEMIES OF WHICH THERE   WERE MANY AND PROBABLY ARE   RIGHT NOW. CAN THINK OF A   COUPLE OF PEOPLE THAT DON'T   LIKE ME TOO MUCH RIGHT NOW.   BUT THEY SAID THE THAT HAVE TO   DO EVERYTHING THEY CAN TO KEEP   ME FROM WINNING TO KEEP ME   FROM MAKING IT AND I'M   REPRESENTING YOU. SO I HAVE TO   MAKE IT. I HAVE I HAVE BIG   SHOULDERS. BUT THESE A BIG   SHOULDERS. I HAVE TO WIND FOR   YOU. I'M NOT WINNING FOR   MYSELF. I'M WINNING FOR YOU.   DO YOU REMEMBER WHEN THEY SAID   THAT DONALD TRUMP WILL NEVER   BECOME PRESIDENT OF THE EVENTS   AS YOU REMEMBER, HUSSEIN OBAMA   SET THAT. BARACK HUSSEIN   OBAMA, DONALD TRUMP WILL NEVER   BE PRESIDENT. 50 OTHER   POLITICIANS SAID THAT. WHERE   ARE THEY NOW? LET ME SAY THAT   THEY ARE. WHERE ARE THEY NOW?   BUT HERE I AM STANDING BEFORE   YOU AS THE 45TH. AND 47TH   PRESIDENT. BUT AGAINST ALL   ODDS, I DID GREAT IN 2016,   2016. HOW GREAT AND THEN I DID   MUCH BETTER IN 2020. SORRY THE   ELECTION WAS RIGGED. I   PROBABLY BUT IT WAS A RIGGED   ELECTION. AND THEN IN 2024, I   MADE TOO BIG TO RIG. I SAID WE   GOT TO DO GET.   >> WE MADE IT TO VICTORY. THEY   MADE. THAT WAS A GREAT   EXPRESSION. I SAID YOU GOT TO   GO AND VOTE EVEN THOUGH I WAS   LEADING BIG IN THE SAID IT   DOESN'T MATTER. YOU GOT TO   MAKE IT TOO BIG TO REAGAN.   THEY DID. THEY WENT OUT AND   THEY VOTED AND VOTED AND VOTED   THE WAY ONE THING.   >> AND IT WAS SO GOOD AND IT'S   SUCH A GREAT MANDATE FOR OUR   COUNTRY. THAT'S THE IMPORTANT   THING. SO NEVER LET ANYONE   TELL YOU THAT SOMETHING IS   IMPOSSIBLE EVER, EVER, EVER.   >> IN AMERICA THE IMPOSSIBLE   IS WHAT WE ALL DO. BEST.   THERE'S NOTHING YOU CAN NOT DO   IF YOU ARE WILLING TO FIGHT   FOR IT. YOU GOT TO FIGHT FEI   I'VE HEARD THAT EXPRESSION.   THAT'S NOT HERE. THAT'S NOT   HEARING THAT ACTUALLY MOST OF   WHAT I'VE SAID TONIGHT IS NOT   HAVE THE TELEPROMPTER. THAT'S   ALRIGHT IS A NICE OF A   PRESIDENT. THAT'S DESIGNEE.   THE TELEPROMPTER.   >> AND ORDER. AND SO TO HAVE A   BIT OF FUN. BECAUSE I FEEL   THAT THIS IS HOME. YOU KNOW,   IT'S BEEN SUCH A GREAT STATE   FOR ME. I FEEL HOME WHEN THEY   SAID.   >> ALABAMA STATE THAT HAS A   GOOD RING TO ME. BUT SOMETHING   NICE ABOUT SOMEBODY THAT   DOESN'T NEED A TELEPROMPTER AS   HEAD B***.   >> FOR THE PAST 4 YEARS, YOU   LIVED IN A STATE KNOWN FOR ITS   FIGHTERS AS CHAMPIONS OF WAR.   ISN'T YOU'VE LIVED IN THE?   GREAT STATE OF ALABAMA, ONE OF   THE GREATEST OF THEM ALL FROM   HUNTSVILLE TO BIRMINGHAM FROM.   >> MONTGOMERY TO MOBILE. AND   FROM RIGHT HERE IN TUSCALOOSA.   >> BELIEVE SHORES OF THE GULF   OF AMERICA.   >> EVERYBODY LOVES IT. I   WOULDN'T SAY MEXICO THRILLED   TO GET HAVE A AND NOT   THRILLED. YOU CONTINUE THE   LEGACY OF ALABAMA LEGENDS WHO   BLAZED THE TRAIL IS ONE THE   GAME'S TILL THE FIELDS. FORD'S   THE   >> BUILT THE SHIPS AND GAVE US   THE VICTORIES THAT BUILT   AMERICA AND CHANGED THE WORLD.   THE ENTIRE WORLD WAS CHANGED   BY A VICTORY. IS THIS IS THE   STATE THAT GAVE US THE MIC OF   THE IRON CITY, THE POWER OF   THE SATURN 5 ROCKET.   >> AND THE ROARING ENGINES OF   TALLADEGA TALLADEGA.   >> TALENT THAT. THIS IS THE   STATE THAT GAVE US NOTHING BUT   VICTORY. THE STATE OF SOME OF   THE GREATEST HEROES AND   >> HISTORY LIKE WILLIE MAYS,   JESSE OWENS, JOE   >> YEAR COACH NICK SABAN. SOME   OF YOU WILL LEAVE HERE TODAY   AND TRAVEL THE WORLD. BUT YOU   WILL ALWAYS KNOW THAT THIS   STATE AS THIS IS REALLY SWEET   HOME, ALABAMA RIGHT SO IT'S   GOING TO BE A I SORT OF FEEL   THAT WAY MYSELF BECAUSE FROM A   POLITICAL STANDPOINT, IT'S   JUST BEEN WE CONNECTED FROM   DAY ONE FROM THE FIRST DAY. I   SET MY FOOT IN THIS BEAUTIFUL   SOIL. I CONNECTED WITH   ALABAMA. AND HERE IN ALABAMA,   WE BELIEVE THAT THE MEN AND   WOMEN WHO BUILT THIS COUNTRY   HEROES AND THAT AMERICA'S   DESTINY IS TO BE THE SINGLE   GREATEST NATION ON THE FACE OF   THE EARTH. AND BRINGING IT   BACK AT THE SPEED THAT NOBODY   THOUGHT POSSIBLE. WE BELIEVE   IN FREEDOM AND FAMILY, GOD AND   COUNTRY. WE CHERISH OUR   CONSTITUTION.   >> WE READ HERE ARE 5 GOALS.   ED. WE SALUTE OUR GREAT   AMERICAN FLAG. POLICE. WE   RESPECT OUR VETERANS AND WE   ALWAYS STAND FOR OUR ONE AND   ONLY NATIONAL ANTHEM. WE LOVE   OUR MAN.    >> WE BELIEVE IN STRONG   PARENTS, STRONG VALUES, STRONG   COMMUNITIES AND VERY STRONG   BORDERS.   >> AND WE BELIEVE THAT THE   UNITED STATES MILITARY IS   GREATEST FORCE FOR PEACE AND   JUSTICE. THE WORLD   >> HAS EVER KNOWN. WE HAVE A   GREAT MILITARY. WE JUST HAD   PEOPLE THAT DIDN'T KNOW HOW TO   LEAD IT. BELIEVE THE SOUTH IS   BEAUTIFUL. ALABAMA IS GREAT   AND AMERICA IS OUR HOME. WE   BELIEVE IN THE SEC AND THE   USA.   >> ADD TO IT. THE ALABAMA   CLASS OF 2025 STANDING HERE   BEFORE YOU IN THIS MAGNIFICENT   ARENA. IT IS CLEAR TO SEE THE   NEXT CHAPTER OF THE AMERICAN   STORY WILL NOT BE WRITTEN BY    THE HARVARD CRIMSON. IT WILL   BE WRITTEN BY YOU. THE CRIMSON   TIDE.  >> I THOUGHT THAT WAS RATHER   CLEVER. IF YOU LOOK AT WHAT'S   GOING ON, YOU KNOW, THEY GET   THEIR 5 BILLION DOLLARS A   YEAR. THAT IS NOT GOING TO BE   SO FORTHCOMING. NOW, CAN YOU   WAS THAT IT EVERYONE HOW WHAT   THEY GET THAT YOU DID BECAUSE   THIS IS ALABAMA AND ALABAMA,   YOU FIGHT FIGHT, FIGHT AND YOU   WIN, WIN, WIN. THAT'S WHAT YOU   KNOW HOW TO DO.   >> CONGRATULATIONS TO YOU ALL.   CONGRATULATIONS SAID GREAT   PLACE OF CHAMPIONS. GOD BLESS   U N.   >> GOD BLESS AMERICA. THANK   YOU ALL VERY MUCH.  ♪  ♪  ♪  ♪  ♪  ♪  ♪  ♪  ♪  ♪  ♪  ♪  ♪  ♪  ♪  ♪  ♪  ♪  ♪  ♪  ♪  ♪  ♪  ♪"}]