President Trump visited U.S. troops on the Al Udeid Air Base in Qatar Thursday and touted the accomplishments of the navy.
“No go to to the Gulf can be full with out stopping to salute the individuals who maintain America secure, sturdy and free and the patriots of the United States Army, Navy, House Pressure,” Mr. Trump mentioned.
The air base is the most important U.S. navy facility within the Center East. It was in-built 1996 by Qatar and has been in use since September 2001 when the U.S. ready to enter Afghanistan after the Sept. 11, 2001, terror assaults in New York, Pennsylvania and on the Pentagon.
Mr. Trump mentioned his job as president is to verify conflicts finish, not start, however he “won’t ever hesitate to wield American energy if it’s essential to defend the US of America or our companions.”
He mentioned Qatar is “considered one of our nice companions.”
Mr. Trump mentioned the “actual power of our navy doesn’t come from its fighter jets, it actually comes from our individuals.”
He talked about giving the navy “substantial” pay raises, however joked they don’t should take them “for the nice of the nation.”
The president mentioned he was eliminating “radical social experiments” from the earlier administration and “restoring the sturdy and fierce spirit of the American warrior, the American fighter.”
He additionally touted navy recruitment numbers, saying they’re “the perfect recruiting numbers that, maybe, they’ve ever had.”
He credited it to the “unimaginable spirit” the nation has had since he was elected.
