Remarks by Trump at Naval Station Norfolk Send-Off for USNS Comfort; March 28, 2020

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Remarks by President Trump at Naval Station Norfolk Send-Off for USNS Comfort | Norfolk, VA

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Issued on: March 28, 2020

Norfolk, Virginia

1:52 P.M. EDT

THE PRESIDENT: Thank you very much, Mark. And you’re doing a fantastic job, and our country appreciates it very much.

And thank you, everybody, for being here. Today, I’m deeply honored to be at Naval Station Norfolk — the largest naval base anywhere in the world, and the home to the most powerful fleet that has ever sailed the seas. I just passed some of the most beautiful and, frankly, the most highly lethal ships that I have ever seen in my life, and there are a lot of them. And they’re in better shape now than they have been for many, many decades, with what we’re doing.

{snip}

And I am now considering — we’ll make a decision very quickly, very shortly — a quarantine, because it’s such a hot area, of New York, New Jersey, and Connecticut. We’ll be announcing that, one way or the other, fairly soon. This does not apply to people such as truckers from outside the New York area who are making deliveries or simply transiting through. It won’t affect trade in any way.

The Army Corps of Engineers and FEMA are racing to build temporary hospitals — which are now completed, by the way, in record time — four hospitals, four medical centers. And in speaking with the governor this morning, we’re giving them an additional four large tents, which they need very badly. And the emergency medical stations in New York are top of the line. You have them in not only New York, but in California and Illinois. We’ll be adding some to other states also.

{snip}

We’ve learned a lot. And I cannot be more thankful to the American people. And I can say this, and I can say this from the bottom of my heart: I am very proud to be your President.

Thank you very much, and God bless you all. Thank you. Thank you very much. (Applause.)

END

2:08 P.M. EDT

[Blue Owl]

1. Skidmarks by tRump

n/t

[thegoose]

2. Fuck you, Orange knobgobbler

Thank you very much. Incredible and fantastic.

[Historic NY]

3. Takes a lot of balls to go to the shipping out point unless you lead from behind....

he's too damned chicken to meet it at the docks of NY . Just like on 911 he was hiding out.

[SharonAnn]

4. That's a very short transcript of what seemed liked hours of bloviating.