WEBVTT 00:00.209 --> 00:04.030 It is now my honor . To introduce 00:04.579 --> 00:07.099 Secretary of War , Pete Hegseth . 00:35.060 --> 00:38.810 How we doing ? I know we're in 00:38.810 --> 00:41.143 Florida feels a lot more like Minnesota . 00:41.700 --> 00:44.470 Stay warm . I got a few things to say , 00:44.590 --> 00:46.534 but I'll make it as quick as I can 00:46.534 --> 00:48.534 because it is chilly , Mr . Bezos . 00:48.534 --> 00:50.701 Thank you . Thank you for your words . 00:50.869 --> 00:52.980 Thank you for your leadership . Thank 00:52.980 --> 00:55.147 you for this company , for what you're 00:55.147 --> 00:57.313 doing on behalf of the country . See , 00:57.313 --> 00:57.250 when the rest of the world , I was 00:57.250 --> 00:59.306 proud to put my Blue Origin hat on . 01:01.590 --> 01:03.950 With an American flag on it because I 01:03.950 --> 01:06.006 want the rest of the world to know . 01:06.519 --> 01:08.408 That the US Department of War has 01:08.408 --> 01:10.519 teamed up with the greatest companies 01:10.519 --> 01:14.269 in America . So on 01:14.269 --> 01:17.059 behalf of that Department of War , I'm 01:17.059 --> 01:19.115 here to look all of you in the eye , 01:19.269 --> 01:21.989 the amazing Americans that make places 01:21.989 --> 01:24.550 like this possible and thank you for 01:24.550 --> 01:28.230 what you do every single day . See , 01:28.269 --> 01:30.269 our job at the War Department is to 01:30.269 --> 01:32.491 have the backs of warfighters . Our job 01:32.491 --> 01:34.547 is to make sure they have everything 01:34.547 --> 01:36.769 they need at the tip of the spear , but 01:36.769 --> 01:38.880 they can't do that without you . What 01:38.880 --> 01:40.991 we're building , what you're building 01:40.991 --> 01:42.825 here at Merritt Island is a core 01:42.825 --> 01:45.839 function of the arsenal of freedom . 01:46.239 --> 01:48.406 You see , the arsenal isn't just about 01:48.406 --> 01:50.628 door kickers or guys dropping precision 01:50.628 --> 01:52.795 bombs although we like those guys very 01:52.795 --> 01:56.680 much . It's not just about intel 01:56.680 --> 01:58.402 analysts and mechanics wearing 01:58.402 --> 02:00.513 camouflage . They're all important to 02:00.513 --> 02:03.319 our nation , to be sure . But look at 02:03.319 --> 02:05.486 the thousands of square feet that make 02:05.486 --> 02:08.119 up this production site where you 02:08.119 --> 02:10.230 produce the next generation of launch 02:10.230 --> 02:13.399 vehicles and spacecraft . Like the new 02:13.399 --> 02:15.455 Shepherd launch vehicle and the Blue 02:15.455 --> 02:18.460 Moon lander . I just had the privilege 02:18.460 --> 02:20.899 of also meeting with Administrator 02:20.899 --> 02:24.740 Isaacman over at NASA . And your work 02:24.740 --> 02:27.660 here along with his will help President 02:27.660 --> 02:30.020 Trump accomplish the national security 02:30.020 --> 02:33.550 policy objectives at record pace , 02:34.250 --> 02:36.083 including critical projects like 02:36.300 --> 02:38.356 Artemis , and you're exactly right , 02:38.356 --> 02:40.578 we're going to make space great again . 02:43.649 --> 02:47.610 That sign is our motto . Because all of 02:47.610 --> 02:49.479 you have dedicated your lives to 02:49.479 --> 02:53.410 precision , skill , and hard work in 02:53.410 --> 02:56.419 hard hats . Different kind of hats than 02:56.419 --> 02:58.500 the helmets soldiers wear , but the 02:58.500 --> 03:01.419 same kind of mission , all to deliver 03:01.699 --> 03:04.020 capabilities to the warfighter in the 03:04.020 --> 03:07.479 space domain made right here in America . 03:08.449 --> 03:11.130 You see , for far too long , under the 03:11.130 --> 03:12.963 previous administration , we had 03:12.963 --> 03:15.410 leaders who thought we could outsource 03:15.410 --> 03:17.589 our capabilities to other countries . 03:18.509 --> 03:21.070 Or that we could live in a global 03:21.070 --> 03:23.289 environment where your skills don't 03:23.470 --> 03:26.679 matter anymore . Or we could work at 03:26.679 --> 03:29.240 the glacial pace of just a few prime 03:29.240 --> 03:31.407 contractors and that was tolerated . A 03:31.407 --> 03:34.039 world with vendor locked over budget , 03:34.199 --> 03:37.039 behind schedule contracts . None of 03:37.039 --> 03:39.372 those things happened here , by the way . 03:39.580 --> 03:41.747 You guys are under budget and ahead of 03:41.747 --> 03:45.179 schedule . That's what 03:45.190 --> 03:48.229 today's warfighter needs , and under 03:48.229 --> 03:50.285 President Trump and his leadership , 03:50.470 --> 03:52.710 those days , those days of yesteryear 03:52.710 --> 03:55.110 are over because we have to live in a 03:55.110 --> 03:57.110 realistic world , a realistic world 03:57.110 --> 04:00.699 where urgency matters . We live in a 04:00.699 --> 04:03.399 realistic world where American strength 04:03.820 --> 04:05.649 has to partner with American 04:05.649 --> 04:07.779 manufacturing , and if you don't have 04:07.779 --> 04:09.960 both , you don't have a free country . 04:10.779 --> 04:12.612 And you have to have world-class 04:12.612 --> 04:14.779 manufacturing . Let me tell you this . 04:14.779 --> 04:17.057 Take your cameras through this factory . 04:17.057 --> 04:19.223 And what I said to Mr . Bezos was this 04:19.223 --> 04:21.446 might be some of the most sophisticated 04:21.446 --> 04:23.579 manufacturing the world has ever seen 04:24.059 --> 04:26.980 that can only be done at scale in the 04:26.980 --> 04:28.924 United States of America . We will 04:28.924 --> 04:32.119 unleash our companies , unleash 04:32.119 --> 04:34.190 industry , unleash the competitive 04:34.190 --> 04:36.619 spirit that allows America to come out 04:36.619 --> 04:39.739 on top . When we compete , we win . 04:40.570 --> 04:43.290 When we innovate , we win . When we 04:43.290 --> 04:46.369 confront the status quo , we win , and 04:46.369 --> 04:48.536 I don't know if you know this , but we 04:48.536 --> 04:50.702 have a commander in chief who's pretty 04:50.702 --> 04:50.489 interested in winning . 04:56.589 --> 04:59.459 No more business as usual , which I 04:59.459 --> 05:02.619 know Mr . Bezos is music to your ears . 05:02.709 --> 05:05.320 You've never done business as usual , 05:05.779 --> 05:08.500 and at the War Department , business as 05:08.500 --> 05:12.179 usual is over . Our job is to unleash 05:12.179 --> 05:13.957 space pioneers just like we are 05:13.957 --> 05:16.380 unleashing our warfighters , and 05:16.380 --> 05:18.436 President Trump , in service of that 05:18.436 --> 05:21.179 has some core principles . First , we 05:21.179 --> 05:24.700 are putting America and Americans first . 05:28.000 --> 05:30.510 Our citizens and our workers first , 05:30.720 --> 05:32.760 setting the conditions for you to 05:32.760 --> 05:35.320 succeed in securing our people in our 05:35.320 --> 05:37.320 homeland , in our hemisphere . It's 05:37.320 --> 05:39.487 long overdue . Second is peace through 05:39.487 --> 05:41.598 strength . At the War Department , we 05:41.598 --> 05:43.709 are the strength Department . Our job 05:43.709 --> 05:45.764 is to be the hammer when necessary , 05:46.940 --> 05:48.996 but hopefully never have to use it . 05:48.996 --> 05:51.218 It's called deterrence . But if we must 05:51.218 --> 05:53.496 use it to fight , we will fight to win . 05:54.250 --> 05:55.972 Overwhelmingly . And the third 05:55.972 --> 05:58.850 principle is common sense , which , as 05:58.850 --> 06:00.839 you all know , is not so common in 06:00.839 --> 06:03.890 Washington . But in the Trump 06:03.890 --> 06:06.001 administration , when you look at the 06:06.001 --> 06:08.112 problem we have as a nation , we have 06:08.112 --> 06:10.223 to , we have to build at scale and at 06:10.223 --> 06:12.279 speed and that's vital . It's common 06:12.549 --> 06:14.829 sense , so we have to go faster and 06:14.829 --> 06:17.470 empowering our fastest runners . You 06:17.470 --> 06:19.637 will see those common sense principles 06:19.637 --> 06:22.320 applied at the War Department . In 3 06:22.320 --> 06:24.487 simple ways . One , we're reviving the 06:24.487 --> 06:26.598 warrior ethos . We're eliminating the 06:26.598 --> 06:28.720 distractions and the debris . No more 06:28.720 --> 06:31.980 DEI . No more dudes in dresses . 06:35.989 --> 06:38.000 No more climate change worship or 06:38.000 --> 06:40.333 social justice or political correctness . 06:40.333 --> 06:42.440 We're done with all of that . We're 06:42.440 --> 06:44.496 just unleashing the warfighter to be 06:44.496 --> 06:46.329 lethal , trained , disciplined , 06:46.399 --> 06:47.843 accountable , and ready . 06:51.440 --> 06:53.496 And when you allow them to do that , 06:53.496 --> 06:55.607 they're really good at their job , as 06:55.607 --> 06:57.829 an indicted criminal in Venezuela found 06:57.829 --> 06:59.162 out about a month ago . 07:01.799 --> 07:03.839 We are allowing commanders to be 07:03.839 --> 07:05.799 commanders again , leaders to be 07:05.799 --> 07:08.359 leaders , and what they say back to us 07:08.359 --> 07:10.415 is the most affirming words we could 07:10.415 --> 07:12.637 ever hear . Those commanders are saying 07:12.637 --> 07:14.915 we've never felt this supported before , 07:14.915 --> 07:17.239 ever in our time in command under 07:17.239 --> 07:19.128 President Trump and under the War 07:19.128 --> 07:21.519 Department . You're allowing us to use 07:21.519 --> 07:23.630 the authorities to go out and do what 07:23.630 --> 07:25.963 we need to do , clearing out the debris . 07:25.963 --> 07:28.186 That's music to my ears . That's my job 07:28.186 --> 07:30.408 to serve those who serve , allowing our 07:30.408 --> 07:32.519 warfighters to be even more capable . 07:32.519 --> 07:34.797 Second , we're rebuilding our military . 07:34.797 --> 07:36.741 That's why we're on the Arsenal of 07:36.741 --> 07:38.963 Freedom tour . That's why we're here in 07:38.963 --> 07:40.797 Florida . We're going across the 07:40.797 --> 07:43.019 country for a couple of months talking 07:43.019 --> 07:45.079 to industry large like this one and 07:45.079 --> 07:47.730 small . We need all of them . And we 07:47.730 --> 07:50.209 need you to move fast , at scale , at 07:50.209 --> 07:53.130 cost to outcompete our adversaries , to 07:53.130 --> 07:55.970 rebuild our arsenal of freedom . 07:56.250 --> 07:58.250 President Trump did it in his first 07:58.250 --> 08:00.619 term , and we're doing it again . As 08:00.619 --> 08:02.452 you may have heard , the one big 08:02.452 --> 08:04.230 beautiful bill provided the War 08:04.230 --> 08:06.397 Department an historic down payment of 08:06.397 --> 08:08.779 $150 billion to supercharge President 08:08.779 --> 08:11.220 Trump's defense capabilities . He has 08:11.220 --> 08:13.700 announced the goal to spend 08:13.700 --> 08:17.260 $1.5 trillion for our national defense 08:17.540 --> 08:21.459 in 2027 . That is a massive message to 08:21.459 --> 08:23.700 the rest of the world that American 08:23.700 --> 08:27.100 strength is not going anywhere anytime 08:27.100 --> 08:30.100 soon . We will dominate in every domain . 08:31.040 --> 08:32.873 That one big beautiful bill also 08:32.873 --> 08:34.873 provided $25 billion for the golden 08:34.873 --> 08:38.070 dome for America . Revolutionizing our 08:38.070 --> 08:40.409 homeland defense through cutting edge 08:40.869 --> 08:43.270 space-based capabilities , which we're 08:43.270 --> 08:45.381 going to need . We're talking about a 08:45.381 --> 08:47.950 vigilant constellation of next 08:47.950 --> 08:50.117 generation sensors and satellites that 08:50.117 --> 08:52.339 will see every threat from every corner 08:52.339 --> 08:54.520 of the globe paired with a network of 08:54.520 --> 08:56.409 space-based interceptors ready to 08:56.409 --> 08:58.840 neutralize any ballistic missile , any 08:58.840 --> 09:02.159 hypersonic weapon , any drone , long 09:02.159 --> 09:04.326 before it threatens our homeland , the 09:04.326 --> 09:06.450 kind of protection . President Trump 09:06.450 --> 09:08.506 has promised the American people and 09:08.506 --> 09:11.210 the War Department will deliver . That 09:11.210 --> 09:14.510 is how we establish total orbital 09:14.510 --> 09:17.450 supremacy . That is how we guarantee 09:17.450 --> 09:19.672 the safety and security of the American 09:19.672 --> 09:21.809 people . Space Forces General Gutlein 09:21.809 --> 09:24.031 has done a fantastic job so far leading 09:24.031 --> 09:25.920 the charge . He knows the path of 09:25.920 --> 09:28.142 what's expected for Golden Dome . I get 09:28.142 --> 09:30.309 briefed monthly on its progress . This 09:30.309 --> 09:32.365 is not something you see , President 09:32.365 --> 09:34.365 Reagan helped defeat the Soviets by 09:34.409 --> 09:37.690 casting a vision of SDI of a dome . 09:38.270 --> 09:40.381 President Trump , given the companies 09:40.381 --> 09:42.603 we have in this country like this one , 09:42.603 --> 09:45.150 can now make that vision a reality for 09:45.150 --> 09:47.500 the American people , a huge conundrum 09:47.500 --> 09:49.722 for our adversaries who are counting on 09:49.722 --> 09:52.190 a whole different dynamic . We will 09:52.190 --> 09:54.134 continue to work with our partners 09:54.150 --> 09:56.929 because we have to dominate the space 09:57.150 --> 09:59.869 domain . That means we'll ensure that 09:59.869 --> 10:01.925 we keep building rockets and engines 10:01.925 --> 10:04.250 and landers that you make here at scale 10:04.390 --> 10:07.780 and at speed . Third , we're 10:07.780 --> 10:09.891 re-establishing deterrence , so we're 10:09.891 --> 10:12.113 reviving the warrior ethos , rebuilding 10:12.113 --> 10:13.836 the military , and you have to 10:13.836 --> 10:16.002 re-establish deterrence if you've lost 10:16.002 --> 10:18.369 it . Whether it was the disastrous 10:18.369 --> 10:21.369 withdrawal in Afghanistan , a sin and a 10:21.369 --> 10:24.650 shame on our country . Or what happened 10:24.650 --> 10:27.890 on October 7th with Hamas in Israel or 10:27.890 --> 10:29.890 the war in Ukraine that never would 10:29.890 --> 10:31.946 have happened if President Trump was 10:31.946 --> 10:34.001 president . Radicals who shot at our 10:34.001 --> 10:36.169 ships and we didn't respond or the 10:36.169 --> 10:40.049 invasion of our . Of tens of 10:40.049 --> 10:42.271 millions of illegals , the world saw an 10:42.271 --> 10:45.070 open invitation to challenge America 10:45.250 --> 10:48.590 under the previous administration . It 10:48.590 --> 10:50.940 didn't feel like America was prepared . 10:51.070 --> 10:54.020 Biden was asleep . And Lloyd Austin was 10:54.020 --> 10:57.969 AWOL . So the first thing 10:57.969 --> 10:59.802 we did at the War Department was 10:59.802 --> 11:02.049 re-establish deterrence . It started on 11:02.049 --> 11:04.739 day one . We locked down the southern 11:04.739 --> 11:07.650 border . We've gone 8 months with zero 11:07.650 --> 11:09.669 crossings at the southern border . 11:14.049 --> 11:15.660 Turns out we didn't need new 11:15.660 --> 11:17.605 authorities . We just needed a new 11:17.605 --> 11:19.869 president . Credit to Customs and 11:19.869 --> 11:22.091 Border Protection , our law enforcement 11:22.091 --> 11:24.036 partners , Immigration and Customs 11:24.036 --> 11:26.202 Enforcement , and others who do a very 11:26.202 --> 11:28.091 difficult job every day . The War 11:28.091 --> 11:30.147 Department was proud to stand beside 11:30.147 --> 11:32.099 them since day one . We also 11:32.099 --> 11:34.210 re-established deterrence through our 11:34.210 --> 11:36.266 efforts with the Houthis , Operation 11:36.266 --> 11:38.659 Rough Rider . Now , from the beginning , 11:38.739 --> 11:42.169 some people thought the Houthis . Why 11:42.169 --> 11:44.280 do we have to deal with the Houthis ? 11:44.559 --> 11:46.226 Well , it's because the Biden 11:46.226 --> 11:48.226 administration allowed Islamists to 11:48.226 --> 11:50.281 shoot at our commercial and military 11:50.281 --> 11:53.679 ships . And we didn't respond . All the 11:53.679 --> 11:55.735 way back to the presidency of Thomas 11:55.735 --> 11:57.901 Jefferson , we've understood that free 11:57.901 --> 12:00.299 navigation of the seas is a core tenet 12:00.520 --> 12:02.631 of the United States of America . You 12:02.631 --> 12:05.549 don't shoot at American ships . Yet Joe 12:05.549 --> 12:08.190 Biden allowed those attacks to go on as 12:08.190 --> 12:10.510 if it was a new normal , a new status 12:10.510 --> 12:13.710 quo . Well , we responded , and after 12:13.710 --> 12:16.710 50 days of relentless bombing , the 12:16.710 --> 12:19.859 Houthis cried , uncle . They said , OK , 12:19.979 --> 12:22.299 we won't shoot at your ships anymore . 12:22.380 --> 12:24.869 They were dying literally and 12:24.869 --> 12:27.760 figuratively to make a deal . And 12:27.760 --> 12:29.871 American ships now in that region and 12:29.871 --> 12:32.559 all around the world sail freely . 12:33.950 --> 12:36.061 Look at Iran and what President Trump 12:36.061 --> 12:38.283 said about their nuclear capabilities . 12:38.283 --> 12:40.394 Iran will never have a nuclear bomb . 12:40.394 --> 12:42.609 They didn't want to pay attention . Or 12:42.609 --> 12:46.380 believe him . So 7 beautiful B-2s flew 12:46.380 --> 12:49.859 37 hours and dropped 14 precision 12:49.859 --> 12:52.789 munitions . On top of their nuclear 12:52.789 --> 12:56.320 facilities undetected , flawless , in 12:56.320 --> 12:58.320 the middle of the night , something 12:58.320 --> 13:00.320 only America , the United States of 13:00.320 --> 13:02.542 America can do peace through strength , 13:02.729 --> 13:05.729 deterrence in action . We see the same 13:05.729 --> 13:07.896 thing with narco-terrorists in our own 13:07.896 --> 13:10.130 hemisphere . How long have leaders been 13:10.130 --> 13:12.619 talking about a war on drugs or taking 13:12.619 --> 13:14.929 drugs off our streets ? Well , for a 13:14.929 --> 13:17.040 long time , it was simply a catch and 13:17.040 --> 13:19.040 release program , a law enforcement 13:19.040 --> 13:21.799 function that didn't work . But these 13:21.799 --> 13:24.400 narco terrorists , designated terrorist 13:24.400 --> 13:26.011 organizations , targeted our 13:26.011 --> 13:28.122 communities , our kids and our people 13:28.122 --> 13:30.122 and our country . They knew exactly 13:30.122 --> 13:33.179 what they were doing . So instead of 13:33.179 --> 13:36.330 catch and release , we let them know if 13:36.330 --> 13:38.650 you're going to sail in your drugs 13:38.650 --> 13:40.849 toward our country in international 13:40.849 --> 13:43.770 waters , we will target your drug boats 13:44.130 --> 13:48.020 and we will sink them . Well , there , 13:48.359 --> 13:50.526 I don't know if you've noticed , there 13:50.526 --> 13:52.748 haven't been many boats sunk recently . 13:53.690 --> 13:56.023 Because we can't find any boats to sink . 13:58.450 --> 14:00.783 And I'll pause for a minor announcement . 14:02.309 --> 14:06.299 As work continues as it should . As it 14:06.299 --> 14:09.270 should Don't stop for a speech . 14:13.460 --> 14:15.404 You see , no one wants to get in a 14:15.404 --> 14:17.419 narco boat anymore . And that's the 14:17.419 --> 14:20.609 whole point And then on January 3rd , 14:20.669 --> 14:22.780 the whole world saw what our military 14:22.780 --> 14:25.609 is capable of at every echelon . When 14:25.609 --> 14:27.776 we brought the indicted nominal leader 14:27.776 --> 14:29.942 of Venezuela , Nicolas Maduro , from a 14:30.419 --> 14:33.030 fortified house in the most fortified 14:33.030 --> 14:35.770 location inside their biggest fort in 14:35.770 --> 14:37.992 their capital city in the middle of the 14:37.992 --> 14:40.049 night without them knowing we were 14:40.049 --> 14:42.349 there until 3 minutes before . 14:48.640 --> 14:51.330 The most sophisticated single raid in 14:51.330 --> 14:54.250 the history of the planet . No other 14:54.250 --> 14:56.417 president before President Trump would 14:56.417 --> 14:58.528 have had the guts to make that call , 14:59.049 --> 15:01.330 and no other military in the world has 15:01.330 --> 15:03.497 the ability to do it . I remember when 15:03.497 --> 15:05.770 Nicolas Maduro mocked us and said , I'm 15:05.770 --> 15:08.369 right here . Come get me . 15:10.409 --> 15:11.631 Well , he found out . 15:14.650 --> 15:17.070 All of this brings me back to why I'm 15:17.070 --> 15:20.109 here looking you in the eye on this 15:20.109 --> 15:24.109 cold Florida afternoon . You 15:24.109 --> 15:26.510 are the men and women who pour your 15:26.510 --> 15:29.469 lives and careers into building these 15:29.469 --> 15:32.049 incredible launch systems that we need 15:32.429 --> 15:35.109 that give us that advantage , whether 15:35.109 --> 15:36.831 it's in Iran , whether it's in 15:36.831 --> 15:39.053 Venezuela , whether it's halfway around 15:39.053 --> 15:41.309 the world . That's the advantage our 15:41.309 --> 15:44.429 warfighters need . And at the War 15:44.429 --> 15:46.485 Department , our job is to make sure 15:46.485 --> 15:49.469 you can do your job as efficiently and 15:49.469 --> 15:52.690 decisively as possible . Now you can 15:52.690 --> 15:55.099 imagine That's a difficult thing for us . 15:55.219 --> 15:57.580 We're a giant headquarters , the 15:57.580 --> 15:59.802 largest headquarters in the world , and 15:59.802 --> 16:02.880 headquarters exist to move paper . The 16:02.880 --> 16:04.824 place where meetings exist to talk 16:04.824 --> 16:07.409 about other meetings . That's what the 16:07.409 --> 16:09.576 Pentagon can look like from the inside 16:09.576 --> 16:11.690 and the outside . Well , President 16:11.690 --> 16:13.969 Trump has directed us to overturn the 16:13.969 --> 16:16.025 way we are doing business , and that 16:16.025 --> 16:18.025 means not waiting years or spending 16:18.025 --> 16:20.080 tens of billions of dollars for some 16:20.080 --> 16:22.429 perfect solution 15 years in the future 16:22.609 --> 16:24.720 with a product that never reaches the 16:24.720 --> 16:26.900 hands of a warfighter . We tell our 16:26.900 --> 16:29.559 people , as I know you tell your people , 16:30.179 --> 16:32.619 do everything you can with the precious 16:32.619 --> 16:34.900 moments that we have . Rip out the 16:34.900 --> 16:37.440 bureaucracy , streamline the process , 16:38.020 --> 16:40.131 then get the hand , the products into 16:40.131 --> 16:42.242 the hands of our warfighters . We are 16:42.242 --> 16:44.739 changing the game and urgency is our 16:44.739 --> 16:47.299 currency , incentivizing speed , 16:47.409 --> 16:49.280 incentivizing efficiency , 16:49.580 --> 16:52.849 incentivizing competition . And we're 16:52.849 --> 16:54.738 not just talking about it , we're 16:54.738 --> 16:57.070 funding it in real time . The one big 16:57.070 --> 16:59.630 beautiful bill invested $16 billion 16:59.630 --> 17:01.686 directly into our defense industrial 17:01.686 --> 17:04.390 base , expediting innovation to the 17:04.390 --> 17:07.109 warfighter , sending a clear demand 17:07.109 --> 17:10.790 signal to our best American innovators 17:10.790 --> 17:13.040 like this one right in front of us . 17:14.069 --> 17:16.125 And like he would expect from all of 17:16.125 --> 17:18.469 you , we expect back to defense and the 17:18.469 --> 17:20.949 industries in defense , no more excuse , 17:21.109 --> 17:23.760 excuses , no more barriers to entry , 17:24.180 --> 17:26.750 no more monopolies , guaranteeing that 17:26.750 --> 17:29.750 companies like Blue Origin . In 17:29.750 --> 17:32.699 factories just like this one can 17:32.699 --> 17:36.349 compete . And yes , that means speaking 17:36.770 --> 17:39.810 some tough truths as the president did 17:39.810 --> 17:41.866 when he signed an executive order on 17:41.866 --> 17:45.130 January 7th ordering big defense 17:45.130 --> 17:48.250 contractors to be held to the highest 17:48.250 --> 17:51.010 of standards . No more egregious 17:51.010 --> 17:53.890 executive bonuses , no more stock 17:53.890 --> 17:57.650 buybacks , no more ridiculous CEO 17:57.650 --> 17:59.706 salaries when you can't even deliver 17:59.706 --> 18:01.761 weapons on time for the warfighter . 18:03.290 --> 18:05.930 The companies we invest in need to 18:05.930 --> 18:09.130 prioritize the war fighter . We need to 18:09.130 --> 18:11.510 put the war fighters first , just as 18:11.510 --> 18:14.099 you put your products every day first . 18:15.930 --> 18:17.986 And that's why it's an honor to look 18:17.986 --> 18:19.930 out at this great audience here of 18:19.930 --> 18:22.097 Americans who appreciate the spirit of 18:22.097 --> 18:24.041 that executive order . You see , I 18:24.041 --> 18:26.208 don't mind people making lots and lots 18:26.208 --> 18:28.930 of money . Please make lots and lots of 18:28.930 --> 18:31.229 money . But if you're going to do so , 18:31.750 --> 18:33.972 deliver for the American people and the 18:33.972 --> 18:36.194 taxpayers the capabilities you said you 18:36.194 --> 18:37.194 would deliver . 18:41.680 --> 18:44.479 That is something you do here and so I 18:44.479 --> 18:46.368 hope you make lots of money . I'm 18:46.368 --> 18:48.312 telling the guy who makes a lot of 18:48.312 --> 18:50.312 money to make a lot more money . We 18:50.312 --> 18:52.423 love that . I'm a capitalist . We all 18:52.423 --> 18:54.609 are , but we need to raise . The 18:54.609 --> 18:56.849 urgency of the moment requires it . You 18:56.849 --> 18:58.960 sit in the Oval Office with President 18:58.960 --> 19:01.182 Trump , and I know you have , sir , you 19:01.182 --> 19:03.530 feel it . He gets what we're up against . 19:03.609 --> 19:05.689 He gets how important it is . He 19:05.689 --> 19:07.578 understands the capability of the 19:07.578 --> 19:09.770 American worker , that if we unleash 19:09.770 --> 19:11.729 the American worker and American 19:11.729 --> 19:14.810 industry , we will outcompete . We will 19:14.810 --> 19:17.849 out-innovate , but buildings like the 19:17.849 --> 19:19.729 Pentagon have held that back for 19:19.729 --> 19:22.589 decades . And with this arsenal of 19:22.589 --> 19:25.510 Freedom tour , we say no more . 19:26.500 --> 19:28.500 We will unleash American space 19:28.500 --> 19:31.260 dominance . You see , it was President 19:31.260 --> 19:34.550 Trump also in 2019 who established the 19:34.550 --> 19:37.660 Space Force as the sixth military 19:37.660 --> 19:39.716 branch , and he established it for a 19:39.716 --> 19:42.280 reason . We can't just 19:42.280 --> 19:45.280 command the skies and the seas or our 19:45.280 --> 19:47.849 hemisphere . We have to dominate the 19:47.849 --> 19:50.489 ultimate high ground . We've always 19:50.489 --> 19:52.822 known this . Any infantryman knows this . 19:52.822 --> 19:54.933 Anybody knows this . Whoever controls 19:54.933 --> 19:56.989 the high ground controls the fight . 19:56.989 --> 19:59.410 Space is the ultimate high ground , so 19:59.410 --> 20:01.466 we will chart the path . We will set 20:01.466 --> 20:03.890 the tone . We always have and we will 20:03.890 --> 20:06.290 again . So in conjunction with our 20:06.290 --> 20:08.457 efforts from the Space Force , we will 20:08.457 --> 20:11.079 continue to ensure peace through 20:11.079 --> 20:14.339 strength with our . Who are 20:14.339 --> 20:17.010 critical . Companies like Blue Origin , 20:17.130 --> 20:19.329 companies like SpaceX and others who 20:19.329 --> 20:21.780 are critical to ensuring that we 20:21.780 --> 20:24.939 dominate space . We welcome those 20:24.939 --> 20:27.106 partners and we will stand shoulder to 20:27.106 --> 20:29.300 shoulder with you in these critical 20:29.300 --> 20:32.910 efforts . You see , we don't care . You 20:32.910 --> 20:35.939 care , but we don't care what company 20:35.939 --> 20:38.272 name is printed on the side of a rocket . 20:39.089 --> 20:41.839 You should care . I know you hope it 20:41.839 --> 20:44.979 says Blue Origin . We don't care what 20:44.979 --> 20:47.035 company name appears on , you know , 20:47.035 --> 20:49.540 ladders on planes or what company name 20:49.540 --> 20:52.219 is painted on a satellite . We just 20:52.219 --> 20:55.310 want the best . And we don't care how 20:55.310 --> 20:58.719 many lobbyists or accountants , if you 20:58.719 --> 21:01.000 create the best , the fastest . 21:03.109 --> 21:05.387 On behalf of taxpayers and warfighters , 21:05.869 --> 21:08.750 you're going to win . And that's what 21:08.750 --> 21:11.000 President Trump's War Department 21:11.000 --> 21:13.199 expects , and I'm hopeful , and based 21:13.199 --> 21:15.520 on what I saw today , Blue Origin's 21:15.520 --> 21:17.298 going to do plenty of winning . 21:22.010 --> 21:24.010 And that's a great thing . That's a 21:24.010 --> 21:26.232 great thing for your company . That's a 21:26.232 --> 21:27.954 great thing for you , but most 21:27.954 --> 21:30.121 importantly , that's a great thing for 21:30.121 --> 21:32.121 our country . That's what we need . 21:32.121 --> 21:34.399 That's what my kids and grandkids need . 21:34.399 --> 21:36.232 They need men and women like you 21:36.232 --> 21:38.343 dedicated to your craft . That's what 21:38.343 --> 21:40.454 the trigger pullers need , the pilots 21:40.454 --> 21:42.560 need . The surface warfare officers 21:42.560 --> 21:44.800 need , the medics need all those guys 21:44.800 --> 21:47.890 and gals wearing camouflage need you . 21:48.319 --> 21:51.260 They need Blue Origin . They need space 21:51.439 --> 21:54.099 dominance . That's our job at the War 21:54.099 --> 21:56.321 Department , is to allow you to run and 21:56.321 --> 21:58.810 run as fast as you can . And your 21:58.810 --> 22:01.119 leadership here knows and the rest of 22:01.119 --> 22:03.008 the leadership across our defense 22:03.008 --> 22:05.063 industrial base need to know this is 22:05.063 --> 22:07.230 not about Wall Street . It's not about 22:07.230 --> 22:09.369 dividends , it's not about stock 22:09.369 --> 22:12.770 buybacks . This is about warriors and 22:12.770 --> 22:15.329 how quickly can we deliver them to them 22:15.329 --> 22:17.810 as quickly as possible , the most 22:17.810 --> 22:21.229 lethal capabilities . President Trump 22:21.329 --> 22:23.920 is deadly serious . He feels the 22:23.920 --> 22:27.219 urgency and so do I . We must rebuild 22:27.439 --> 22:30.449 our arsenal of freedom . Maintain 22:30.709 --> 22:32.931 supremacy over the space domain , we'll 22:32.931 --> 22:35.369 go fast and we'll move fast every 22:35.369 --> 22:37.536 single day and as I look out at all of 22:37.536 --> 22:38.810 you , Cold 22:41.750 --> 22:43.972 But heads nodding , I see heads nodding 22:43.972 --> 22:47.469 everywhere . We have the best workforce 22:47.469 --> 22:49.691 in the world , the best engineers , the 22:49.691 --> 22:51.580 best entrepreneurs , and the best 22:51.580 --> 22:55.069 innovators . This crowd right here on 22:55.069 --> 22:57.819 Merritt Island . And I want to express 22:57.819 --> 23:01.560 my appreciation for all of you . You 23:01.560 --> 23:04.160 have taken and ran with that demand 23:04.160 --> 23:07.109 signal . You know what time it is . 23:07.280 --> 23:09.939 Your leadership knows what time it is , 23:10.359 --> 23:12.599 and that's all we can ask for . And 23:12.599 --> 23:14.766 that we deliver that , we deliver that 23:14.766 --> 23:16.988 same message across , across the entire 23:16.988 --> 23:20.459 country . Go fast , take risks , 23:20.880 --> 23:23.102 and continue to build the best to build 23:23.102 --> 23:25.269 in America . The urgency of the moment 23:25.560 --> 23:27.520 requires this . So thank you for 23:27.520 --> 23:29.489 inviting us here . Thank you for 23:29.599 --> 23:31.800 grabbing onto the challenge that 23:31.800 --> 23:33.911 President Trump has given us . We are 23:33.911 --> 23:36.022 grateful for everything that you do . 23:37.089 --> 23:39.422 It's been an honor to meet a lot of you , 23:39.422 --> 23:41.645 by the way , who have kids or grandkids 23:41.645 --> 23:43.756 that serve . I got a chance to meet a 23:43.756 --> 23:45.922 bunch of you who are vets yourselves , 23:45.922 --> 23:48.410 who continue to serve . You wore the 23:48.410 --> 23:50.243 uniform , you're serving again , 23:50.739 --> 23:53.020 shoulder to shoulder with the best . 23:53.849 --> 23:55.682 And I'll just end by saying what 23:55.682 --> 23:58.939 President Trump said over the radio to 23:58.939 --> 24:00.995 the incredible Americans who went to 24:01.020 --> 24:03.900 downtown Caracas . He simply said good 24:03.900 --> 24:07.260 luck and Godspeed . Now I know that you 24:07.260 --> 24:09.859 guys don't need luck . You're good at 24:09.859 --> 24:13.380 what you do , but Godspeed , because we 24:13.380 --> 24:15.959 need the skills , we need the 24:15.959 --> 24:18.739 craftsmanship , we need the leadership 24:18.739 --> 24:20.572 that you're showing right here . 24:21.680 --> 24:24.650 Ultimately , you hand those tools to us , 24:24.949 --> 24:27.510 and it's our job to defend you and to 24:27.510 --> 24:30.630 defend this country , because under 24:30.630 --> 24:34.270 President Trump , The golden age of 24:34.270 --> 24:37.290 American dominance is only just 24:37.660 --> 24:39.882 beginning . God bless you and God bless 24:39.882 --> 24:42.300 our great republic . Thank you . Thank 24:42.300 --> 24:42.310 you .