Ask What You Can Do
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Into something we never ever dreamed it would be when we first began planning for it.
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And so, as Jimmy said, with our family, with our grandchildren, it's just a good time for us.
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Thank you both very much.
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Thank you.
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Ahead of the presidential inauguration on January 20th, American History TV on C-SPAN 2 presents a four-week series, Historic Inaugural Speeches.
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Each weekend, listen to inaugural speeches from Franklin Roosevelt through Barack Obama on Saturday.
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Hear inaugural speeches by President John Kennedy in 1961.
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Ask not what your country can do for you.
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Ask what you can do for your country.
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President Lyndon Johnson in 1965.
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I will leave and I will do the best I can.
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And President Richard Nixon in 1969.
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Our wealth can be transferred from the destruction of war abroad to the urgent needs of our people at home.
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Watch historic inaugural speeches, Saturdays at 7 p.m. Eastern on American History TV on C-SPAN 2.
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And now, President-elect Donald Trump delivering remarks from his annual New Year's Eve gala at his Mar-a-Lago Club in Palm Beach, Florida.
We're Going to Do Fantastically Well
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Happy New Year, Mr. President.
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You look so beautiful today.
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And what a party that you have here going on.
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It is.
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And apart from obviously winning the election, what are some of the highlights from 2024?
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Well, we're just going to have a great nation again.
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We're going to bring it back to better than it ever was.
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I think we're going to see things in, and it's going to go fast.
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We're going to see some amazing things.
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We're going to bring it back at a level that a lot of people didn't think was really possible.
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We're doing a job.
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We're doing a real job.
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We have great people.
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Many are here tonight.
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But you're going to be very happy.
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Have you got any news resolutions for 2025?
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Well, I just want everybody to be happy, healthy, and well.
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Thank you.
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New York Coast reports that Midas represents Robbie Up thinks he would have been here.
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What do you say?
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Well, he was way behind.
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He would have really, I assume, not had a chance.
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He was way behind her.
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And we won in record numbers, as you know, won every swing state.
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We won the popular vote by millions and millions of people.
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So, hey, look, I wish him well.
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He had a chance to do it in the debate, and that didn't work out too well for him.
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That was, I guess, the reason that really led to his downfall.
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What are you looking forward to in 2025?
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Which is great, a great year.
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I think we're going to do fantastically well as a country.
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We're going to bring it back.
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It has to be brought back.
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People are not respecting our country very much, and they're going to respect us a lot.
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I think a lot of progress has been made over the last five weeks.
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It's been pretty amazing when you look at what's happened.
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There's a whole light over the whole world, not just our country.
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There are a lot of very happy people.
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Mr. President.
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Mr. President.
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Mr. Republicans who are still not supporting Speaker Johnson.
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Say what?
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What's your message to those Republicans who are still not supporting Speaker Johnson?
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Well, I think they'll support Speaker Johnson.
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I think we're going to have a great time in Washington, and I think we're going to get great support.
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He's the one that can win right now.
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People like him.
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Almost everybody likes him.
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Others are very good, too, but they have 30 or 40 people that don't like him, so that's pretty tough.
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Are you calling me?
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Are you allowing me to?
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Well, if necessary, but I think really we're going to have a great time.
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We're going to get a successful vote.
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He's a good man.
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He's a very, he's a wonderful person, and that's what you need.
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Are you going to change your mind on H-1B people, sir?
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I didn't change my mind.
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I've always felt we have to have the most competent people in our country.
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We need competent people.
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We need smart people coming into our country.
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We need a lot of people coming in.
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We're going to have jobs like we've never had before.
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But, sir, you said you changed your position.
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Do you plan to go to the Carter funeral next week?
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Say it.
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You plan to go to President Carter's house?
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I do.
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I'll be there.
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We were invited.
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Have you spoken with any Carter family members?
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I'd rather not say.
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Have you spoken to President?
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Well, I think we have great nominees.
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We're doing very well, as you know.
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I think most of them are being thought of very highly, just about all of them.
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So I think we're going to do very well.
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You said that he said he's eager to meet with you.
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Are you planning a meeting with him?
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Well, I don't know.
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This is a traditional meeting.
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Some people would say we already had that.
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You know, we met a week and a half ago.
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But if it's appropriate, I'd like to, you know, like to do that.
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Yeah.
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Any new thoughts on Ukraine and the situation there?
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Do you intend to?
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No, it's a shame.
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The whole thing started.
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It would have never started if I were president.
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You wouldn't have Ukraine.
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You wouldn't have Ukraine-Russia problems.
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You wouldn't have had the Israeli problem with what happened on October 7th was just a horrible thing.
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All of the things.
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You wouldn't have inflation.
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Inflation was a disaster.
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One of the reasons we had the country.
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We won the country by the kind of numbers we won by, which were record-setting numbers.
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All of these things.
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And then you take a look also, look at all of the other problems that they caused.
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The problems that they caused in this country.
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And specifically, Iran on the border.
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Millions and millions of people that flowed through our border from prisons, from mental institutions, people that should not be in our country.
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And you see the crime numbers.
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They're going through the roof.
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Look at New York City.
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Look at Chicago.
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Look at Los Angeles.
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They're going through the roof.
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We're going to get them out.
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We're going to get them out fast.
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Thank you.
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They'll use that if they don't have one.
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By the time you take office, there will be help today.
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We're going to see what happens.
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Have you spoken to us?
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and let the hostages come back soon.
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We all know what we want.
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Do you see what they have challenges like Johnson?
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