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Trump's Remarks in Roundtable Discussion on Supporting Native Americans -- Phoenix, AZ
This one has it all -- "mitigation," "fantastic," and "leadership."
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Remarks by President Trump in Roundtable Discussion on Supporting Native Americans | Phoenix, AZ
HEALTHCARE
Issued on: May 5, 2020
Honeywell International Inc.
Phoenix, Arizona
2:27 P.M. MST
PRESIDENT TRUMP: Well, thank you very much. We very much appreciate this time, and I’m with some very good friends. We’ve been friends for a long time. And we’re working together very closely.
{snip}
PRESIDENT TRUMP: That’s a lot. Mitigation-wise, you’re doing what?
VICE PRESIDENT {of the Navajo Nation Myron} LIZER: We have shut down the — enacted a 57-hour curfew over the weekend. Our people love to travel out to the border towns off the reservation.
{snip:
PRESIDENT TRUMP: We appreciate it because you’ve done a fantastic job. You’ve been great friends.
{snip}
SECRETARY SCALIA: It’s a pleasure to be here. It’s wonderful being on the road again, as you know, Mr. President. And then great being in Arizona, which is such a spectacular state. And the Native American communities here are such a great part of the state and really our nation and our nation’s heritage. So, it’s so good to be here.
I know, Mr. President, you have an important announcement to make today about the additional things we’re doing to help these tribal governments. And we’re certainly doing all we can at the Labor Department to implement the legislation that you signed, that you got enacted so incredibly quickly. People forget: three weeks in March, three major pieces of legislation — with paid leave, with unemployment benefits, and with the Paycheck Protection Program — to put us in position to get going again. And now, Governor Ducey and I were just talking about it, we’re reopening. And it’s — it’s a wonderful thing to see.
I think we’re well positioned. And I think, Mr. President, with your leadership, we’re going to get back to where we were. Just a few weeks ago, things were going so well. And we’ll get there.
We had a nice conversation — the governor, the Vice President, the Second Lady, and I — a little while ago, talking about some of the things we’re doing at the Department. I mentioned these dislocated worker grants that are made available also to tribal governments. So I urge you to look into that and see if we can help you with those, too.
{snip}
PRESIDENT TRUMP: Oh, they are looking at it very closely. They are looking at it very closely. And I tell — I just said it today. I used the word for the first time, I think, in terms of what we’re doing. I’m viewing our great citizens of this country, to a certain extent and to a large extent, as warriors. They’re warriors. We can’t keep our country closed. We have to open our country.
Somebody said, “Oh, we could keep it for the next 18 months. We could keep it for the next two years.” Doug Ducey has done an incredible job as the governor of Arizona. The people aren’t going to accept it. They won’t accept it, and they shouldn’t accept it. We have a great country. We can’t keep it closed. I mean, I’ve had doctors say, “Well, why don’t we close it for a couple of years?” This is the United States of America.
I created, with a lot of other very talented people and the people of our country, the greatest economy in the history of the world, the greatest that we’ve ever had. The greatest employment numbers. The best numbers we’ve ever had. The best stock markets. I think we had 144 days of record stock markets.
And then, one day, they said we have to close our country. Well, now it’s time to open it up. And you know what? The people of our country are warriors, and I’m looking at it. I’m not saying anything is perfect. And, yes, will some people be affected? Yes. Will some people be affected badly? Yes. But we have to get our country open, and we have to get it open soon.
{snip}
END
2:04 P.M. MST
Remarks by President Trump in Roundtable Discussion on Supporting Native Americans | Phoenix, AZ
HEALTHCARE
Issued on: May 5, 2020
Honeywell International Inc.
Phoenix, Arizona
2:27 P.M. MST
PRESIDENT TRUMP: Well, thank you very much. We very much appreciate this time, and I’m with some very good friends. We’ve been friends for a long time. And we’re working together very closely.
{snip}
PRESIDENT TRUMP: That’s a lot. Mitigation-wise, you’re doing what?
VICE PRESIDENT {of the Navajo Nation Myron} LIZER: We have shut down the — enacted a 57-hour curfew over the weekend. Our people love to travel out to the border towns off the reservation.
{snip:
PRESIDENT TRUMP: We appreciate it because you’ve done a fantastic job. You’ve been great friends.
{snip}
SECRETARY SCALIA: It’s a pleasure to be here. It’s wonderful being on the road again, as you know, Mr. President. And then great being in Arizona, which is such a spectacular state. And the Native American communities here are such a great part of the state and really our nation and our nation’s heritage. So, it’s so good to be here.
I know, Mr. President, you have an important announcement to make today about the additional things we’re doing to help these tribal governments. And we’re certainly doing all we can at the Labor Department to implement the legislation that you signed, that you got enacted so incredibly quickly. People forget: three weeks in March, three major pieces of legislation — with paid leave, with unemployment benefits, and with the Paycheck Protection Program — to put us in position to get going again. And now, Governor Ducey and I were just talking about it, we’re reopening. And it’s — it’s a wonderful thing to see.
I think we’re well positioned. And I think, Mr. President, with your leadership, we’re going to get back to where we were. Just a few weeks ago, things were going so well. And we’ll get there.
We had a nice conversation — the governor, the Vice President, the Second Lady, and I — a little while ago, talking about some of the things we’re doing at the Department. I mentioned these dislocated worker grants that are made available also to tribal governments. So I urge you to look into that and see if we can help you with those, too.
{snip}
PRESIDENT TRUMP: Oh, they are looking at it very closely. They are looking at it very closely. And I tell — I just said it today. I used the word for the first time, I think, in terms of what we’re doing. I’m viewing our great citizens of this country, to a certain extent and to a large extent, as warriors. They’re warriors. We can’t keep our country closed. We have to open our country.
Somebody said, “Oh, we could keep it for the next 18 months. We could keep it for the next two years.” Doug Ducey has done an incredible job as the governor of Arizona. The people aren’t going to accept it. They won’t accept it, and they shouldn’t accept it. We have a great country. We can’t keep it closed. I mean, I’ve had doctors say, “Well, why don’t we close it for a couple of years?” This is the United States of America.
I created, with a lot of other very talented people and the people of our country, the greatest economy in the history of the world, the greatest that we’ve ever had. The greatest employment numbers. The best numbers we’ve ever had. The best stock markets. I think we had 144 days of record stock markets.
And then, one day, they said we have to close our country. Well, now it’s time to open it up. And you know what? The people of our country are warriors, and I’m looking at it. I’m not saying anything is perfect. And, yes, will some people be affected? Yes. Will some people be affected badly? Yes. But we have to get our country open, and we have to get it open soon.
{snip}
END
2:04 P.M. MST
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trump is the center of it.
1,000 test kit. 5 ventilators for over 20,000 people. What a wonderful job he is doing.
