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He concluded: “As you enter the officer corps of the greatest military in the history of the world, our national strength is back. Our morale is back. We are a confident country again. We have confidences back, and above all, America is back, bigger and better and stronger than ever before. We have a strong, great, respected country again.”
“I’ve learned a lot about life, but the one thing I've really learned is that perseverance, never quitting, never giving up, is a big deal.”
“Second, at this pivotal time of transformation for our armed forces, you have to think big. It's much better thinking big, small solutions yield small results. Only big ideas will yield to tremendous change and greatness. Americans do not want to live in a world ruled by someone else's big ideas.”
“It would be tough if I didn't do things, if I didn't do things, I don't know what I'd be doing, it probably wouldn't be good, but you got to love it, and if you love it, it's never considered work.”
There were attendees watching from a nearby grassy area, while others received first aid, presumably from the heat water was passed out to graduates as well.
The graduates later gifted POTUS with a “token of appreciation.”
Naomi Lim
Washington Examiner
Wed. May 20, 12:44 PM
https://x.com/WHPressPool/status/2057143316848803958
White House Press Pool Reports @WHPressPool - Out-of-Town Pool Report #12 - Rolling
POTUS left the stage at 12:53 p.m. and walked into a nearby building off the field, where he was before his remarks.
Pool was ushered into the vans at 12:55 p.m.
Pool didn’t see POTUS get into the Beast in an adjacent tent, but the motorcade started rolling back to GON at 12:57 p.m.
Naomi Lim
Washington Examiner
Wed. May 20, 12:57 PM
https://x.com/WHPressPool/status/2057147087792316420
White House Press Pool Reports @WHPressPool - Out-of-Town Pool Report #13 - Arrival ✈️
The motorcade arrived at GON at 1:09 p.m.after passing a smattering of people waving the vehicles on like they did earlier in the day.
POTUS boarded AFI at 1:09 p.m. after stepping out of the Beast.
We’ll be wheels up shortly.
Naomi Lim
Washington Examiner
Wed. May 20, 1:11 PM
https://x.com/WHPressPool/status/2057156433141956960
White House Press Pool Reports @WHPressPool - Out-of-Town Pool Report #14 ✈️
We were wheels up at GON at 1:20 p.m. and wheels down at JBA at 2:20 p.m.
POTUS deplaned at 2:39 p.m. He is speaking.
During the flight, AF1 gave the Coast Guard graduating class a flyover at 1:28 p.m.
Fox News was also playing in the staff cabin.
Naomi Lim
Washington Examiner
Wed. May 20, 2:40 PM
https://x.com/WHPressPool/status/2057170724352106865
White House Press Pool Reports @WHPressPool - Out-of-Town Pool Report #15
The motorcade started rolling at 2:51 p.m.
Here is an Otter of the gaggle while I work on transcribing it:
https://otter.ai/u/uTD9WDLUtkAMaKmxQa1HMQ_4BjA
Regarding the first gaggle, he said Iran was in the “final stages,” not Iran was in “the final stages” of negotiations. Your pooler regrets the error.
Naomi Lim
Washington Examiner
Wed. May 20, 2:57 PM
https://x.com/WHPressPool/status/2057174518385246457
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