Donald Trump Gives One Of His Most Powerful Speeches Ever! JUNE 13TH 2016
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Thank you for
joining me today.
This was going
to be a speech on Hillary Clinton and how bad a President, especially in these
times of Radical Islamic Terrorism, she would be.
Even her former
Secret Service Agent, who has seen her under pressure and in times of stress,
has stated that she lacks the temperament and integrity to be president.
There will be
plenty of opportunity to discuss these important issues at a later time, and I
will deliver that speech soon.
But today there
is only one thing to discuss: the growing threat of terrorism inside of our
borders.
The attack on
the Pulse Nightclub in Orlando, Florida, was the worst terrorist strike on our
soil since September 11th, and the worst
mass shooting in our country’s history.
So many people
dead, so many people gravely injured, so much carnage, such a disgrace.
The horror is
beyond description.
The families of
these wonderful people are totally devastated. Likewise, our whole nation, and
indeed the whole world, is devastated.
We express our
deepest sympathies to the victims, the wounded, and their families.
We mourn, as
one people, for our nation’s loss – and pledge our support to any and all who
need it.
I would like to
ask now that we all observe a moment of silence for the victims of the attack.
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Our nation
stands together in solidarity with the members of Orlando's LGBT Community.
This is a very
dark moment in America’s history.
A radical
Islamic terrorist targeted the nightclub not only because he wanted to kill
Americans, but in order to execute gay and lesbian citizens because of their
sexual orientation.
It is a strike
at the heart and soul of who we are as a nation.
It is an
assault on the ability of free people to live their lives, love who they want
and express their identity.
It is an attack
on the right of every single American to live in peace and safety in their own
country.
We need to
respond to this attack on America as one united people – with force, purpose
and determination.
But the current
politically correct response cripples our ability to talk and think and act
clearly.
If
we don't get tough, and we don't get smart – and fast – we're not going to have
a country anymore -- there will be nothing left.
The killer,
whose name I will not use, or ever say, was born to Afghan parents who
immigrated to the United States. His father published support for the Afghan
Taliban, a regime which murders those who don’t share its radical views. The
father even said he was running for President of that country.
The bottom line
is that the only reason the killer was in America in the first place was
because we allowed his family to come here.
That is a fact,
and it's a fact we need to talk about.
We have a
dysfunctional immigration system which does not permit us to know who we let
into our country, and it does not permit us to protect our citizens.
We have an
incompetent administration, and if I am not elected President, that will not
change over the next four years -- but it must change, and it must change now.
With fifty
people dead, and dozens more wounded, we cannot afford to talk around the issue
anymore -- we have to address it head on.
I called for a
ban after San Bernardino, and was met with great scorn and anger but now, many
are saying I was right to do so -- and although the pause is temporary, we must
find out what is going on. The ban will be lifted when we as a nation are
in a position to properly and perfectly screen those people coming into our
country.
The immigration
laws of the United States give the President the power to suspend entry into
the country of any class of persons that the President deems detrimental to the
interests or security of the United States, as he deems appropriate.
I will use this
power to protect the American people. When I am elected, I will suspend
immigration from areas of the world when there is a proven history of terrorism
against the United States, Europe or our allies, until we understand how to end
these threats.
After a full,
impartial and long overdue security assessment, we will develop a responsible
immigration policy that serves the interests and values of America.
We cannot
continue to allow thousands upon thousands of people to pour into our country,
many of whom have the same thought process as this savage killer.
Many of the
principles of Radical Islam are incompatible with Western values and
institutions.
Radical Islam
is anti-woman, anti-gay and anti-American.
I refuse to
allow America to become a place where gay people, Christian people, and Jewish
people, are the targets of persecution and intimidation by Radical Islamic
preachers of hate and violence.
It’s not just a
national security issue. It is a quality of life issue.
If we want to
protect the quality of life for all Americans – women and children, gay and
straight, Jews and Christians and all people – then we need to tell the truth
about Radical Islam.
We need to tell
the truth, also, about how Radical Islam is coming to our shores.
We are
importing Radical Islamic Terrorism into the West through a failed immigration
system -- and through an intelligence community held back by our president.
Even our own
FBI Director has admitted that we cannot effectively check the backgrounds of
the people we are letting into America.
All of the September
11th hijackers were issued visas.
Large numbers
of Somali refugees in Minnesota have tried to join ISIS.
The Boston
Bombers came here through political asylum.
The male
shooter in San Bernardino – again, whose name I won't mention -- was the child
of immigrants from Pakistan, and he brought his wife – the other terrorist -
from Saudi Arabia, through another one of our easily exploited visa programs.
Immigration
from Afghanistan into the United States has increased nearly five-fold in just
one year. According to Pew Research, 99% of people in Afghanistan support
oppressive Sharia Law.
We admit many
more from other countries in the region who share these same oppressive views.
If we want to
remain a free and open society, then we have to control our borders.
Yet, Hillary
Clinton – for months and despite so many attacks – repeatedly refused to even
say the words “radical Islam,” until I challenged her yesterday to say the
words or leave the race.
However,
Hillary Clinton – who has been forced to say the words today after policies she
supports have caused us so much damage – still has no clue what Radical Islam
is, and won’t speak honestly about what it is.
She is in total
denial, and her continuing reluctance to ever name the enemy broadcasts
weakness across the world.
In fact, just a
few weeks before the San Bernardino slaughter, Hillary Clinton explained her
refusal to say the words Radical Islam. Here is what she said: “Muslims are
peaceful and tolerant people, and have nothing whatsoever to do with
terrorism.”
Hillary Clinton
says the solution is to ban guns. They tried that in France, which has among
the toughest gun laws in the world, and 130 were brutally murdered by Islamic terrorists
in cold blood. Her plan is to disarm law-abiding Americans, abolishing the 2nd amendment, and leaving only the bad
guys and terrorists with guns. She wants to take away Americans’ guns, then
admit the very people who want to slaughter us.
I will be
meeting with the NRA, which has given me their earliest endorsement in a
Presidential race, to discuss how to ensure Americans have the means to protect
themselves in this age of terror.
The bottom line
is that Hillary supports the policies that bring the threat of Radical Islam
into America, and allow it to grow overseas.
In fact,
Hillary Clinton’s catastrophic immigration plan will bring vastly more Radical
Islamic immigration into this country, threatening not only our security but
our way of life.
When it comes
to Radical Islamic terrorism, ignorance is not bliss – it's deadly.
The Obama
Administration, with the support of Hillary Clinton and others, has also
damaged our security by restraining our intelligence-gathering and failing to
support law enforcement. They have put political correctness above common
sense, above your safety, and above all else.
I refuse to be
politically correct.
I will do the
right thing--I want to straighten things out and to Make America Great Again.
The days of
deadly ignorance will end, and they will end soon.
As President I
will give our intelligence community, law enforcement and military the tools
they need to prevent terrorist attacks.
We need an
intelligence-gathering system second to none. That includes better cooperation
between state, local and federal officials – and with our allies.
I will have an
Attorney General, a Director of National Intelligence, and a Secretary of
Defense who will know how to fight the war on Radical Islamic Terrorism – and
who will have the support they require to get the job done.
We also must
ensure the American people are provided the information they need to understand
the threat.
The Senate
Subcommittee on Immigration has already identified hundreds of immigrants
charged with terrorist activities inside the United States since September
11th.
Nearly a year
ago, the Senate Subcommittee asked President Obama's Departments of Justice,
State and Homeland Security to provide the immigration history of all
terrorists inside the United States.
These
Departments refused to comply.
President Obama
must release the full and complete immigration histories of all individuals
implicated in terrorist activity of any kind since 9/11.
The public has
a right to know how these people got here.
We have to
screen applicants to know whether they are affiliated with, or support, radical
groups and beliefs.
We have to
control the amount of future immigration into this country to prevent large
pockets of radicalization from forming inside America.
Even a single
individual can be devastating, just look at what happened in Orlando. Can you
imagine large groups?
Truly, our
President doesn't know what he is doing. He has failed us, and failed us badly,
and under his leadership, this situation will not get any better -- it will
only get worse.
Each year, the
United States permanently admits more than 100,000 immigrants from the Middle
East, and many more from Muslim countries outside the Middle East. Our
government has been admitting ever-growing numbers, year after year, without
any effective plan for our security.
In fact,
Clinton's State Department was in charge of the admissions process for people
applying to enter from overseas.
Having learned
nothing from these attacks, she now plans to massively increase admissions
without a screening plan, including a 500% increase in Syrian refugees.
This could be a
better, bigger version of the legendary Trojan Horse.
We can't let
this happen.
Altogether,
under the Clinton plan, you'd be admitting hundreds of thousands of refugees
from the Middle East with no system to vet them, or to prevent the
radicalization of their children.
The burden is
on Hillary Clinton to tell us why she believes immigration from these dangerous
countries should be increased without any effective system to screen who we are
bringing in.
The burden is
on Hillary Clinton to tell us why we should admit anyone into our country who
supports violence of any kind against gay and lesbian Americans.
The burden is
also on Hillary Clinton to tell us how she will pay for it. Her plan will cost
Americans hundreds of billions of dollars long-term.
Wouldn't this
money be better spent on rebuilding America for our current population,
including the many poor people already living here?
We have to stop
the tremendous flow of Syrian refugees into the United States – we don't know
who they are, they have no documentation, and we don't know what they're
planning.
What I want is
common sense. I want a mainstream immigration policy that promotes American
values.
That is the
choice I put before the American people: a mainstream immigration policy
designed to benefit America, or Hillary Clinton's radical immigration policy
designed to benefit politically-correct special interests.
We've got to
get smart, and tough, and vigilant, and we've got to do it now, because later is too late.
Ask yourself,
who is really the friend of women and the LGBT community, Donald Trump with his
actions, or Hillary Clinton with her words? Clinton wants to allow Radical
Islamic terrorists to pour into our country—they enslave women, and murder
gays.
I
don’t want them in our country.
The terrorist
attack on the Pulse Night Club demands a full and complete investigation into
every aspect of the assault.
In San
Bernardino, as an example, people knew what was going on, but they used the
excuse of racial profiling for not reporting it.
We need to know
what the killer discussed with his relatives, parents, friends and associates.
We need to know
if he was affiliated with any radical Mosques or radical activists and what, if
any, is their immigration status.
We need to know
if he travelled anywhere, and who he travelled with.
We need to make
sure every single last person involved in this plan – including anyone who knew
something but didn't tell us – is brought to justice.
If it can be
proven that somebody had information about any attack, and did not give this
information to authorities, they must serve prison time .
America must do
more – much more – to protect its citizens, especially people who are potential
victims of crimes based on their backgrounds or sexual orientations.
It also means
we must change our foreign policy.
The decision to
overthrow the regime in Libya, then pushing for the overthrow of the regime in
Syria, among other things, without plans for the day after, have created space
for ISIS to expand and grow.
These actions,
along with our disastrous Iran deal, have also reduced our ability to work in
partnership with our Muslim allies in the region.
That is why our
new goal must be to defeat Islamic terrorism, not nation-building.
For instance,
the last major NATO mission was Hillary Clinton's war in Libya. That mission
helped unleash ISIS on a new continent.
I've said NATO
needs to change its focus to stopping terrorism. Since I've raised that
criticism, NATO has since announced a new initiative focused on just that.
America must
unite the whole civilized world in the fight against Islamic terrorism, just
like we did against communism in the Cold War.
We've tried it
President Obama's way. He gave
the world his apology tour, we got ISIS, and many other problems, in return.
I'd like to
conclude my remarks today by again expressing our solidarity with the people of
Orlando who have come under attack.
When I am
President, I pledge to protect and defend all Americans who live inside of our
borders. Wherever they come from, wherever they were born, all Americans living
here and following our laws will be protected.
America will be
a tolerant and open society.
America will
also be a safe society.
We will protect
our borders at home.
We will defeat
ISIS overseas.
We will ensure
every parent can raise their children in peace and safety.
We will make
America rich again.
We will make
America safe again.
We will make
American Great Again.
Thank you.
The media talks
about “homegrown,” terrorism, but Islamic radicalism, and the networks that
nurture it, are imports from overseas.
Yes, there are
many radicalized people already inside our country as a result of the poor
policies of the past. But the whole point is that it will be much, much easier
to deal with our current problem if we don’t keep on bringing in people who add
to the problem.
For instance,
the controversial Mosque attended by the Boston Bombers had as its founder an
immigrant from overseas charged in an assassination plot.
This shooter in
Orlando was the child of an immigrant father who supported one of the most
repressive regimes on Earth. Why would we admit people who support violent
hatred?
Hillary Clinton
can never claim to be a friend of the gay community as long as she continues to
support immigration policies that bring Islamic extremists to our country who
suppress women, gays and anyone who doesn’t share their views.
She can’t have
it both ways. She can’t claim to be supportive of these communities while
trying to increase the number of people coming in who want to oppress them.
How does this
kind of immigration make our life better? How does this kind of immigration
make our country better?
Why does
Hillary Clinton want to bring people here—in vast numbers—who reject our
values?
Immigration is
a privilege, and we should not let anyone into this country who doesn’t support
our communities – all of our communities.
America has
already admitted four times more immigrants than any country on earth, and we
continue to admit millions more with no real checks or scrutiny.
Not
surprisingly, wages for our workers haven’t budged in many years.
So whether it’s
matter of national security, or financial security, we can’t afford to keep on
going like this. We owe $19 trillion in debt, and no longer have options.
All our
communities, from all backgrounds, are ready for some relief. This is not an
act of offense against anyone; it is an act of defense.
I want us all
to work together, including in partnership with our Muslim communities. But
Muslim communities must cooperate with law enforcement and turn in the people
who they know are bad – and they do know where they are.
I want to fix
our schools, roads, bridges and job market. I want every American to succeed.
Hillary Clinton wants to empty out the Treasury to bring people into the
country that include individuals who preach hate against our own citizens.
I want to
protect our citizens – all of our citizens.