President Donald Trump took part in a wreath-laying ceremony to mark Veterans Day on Nov. 11. It’s the first time during his second term that the president has celebrated the occasion. -- 🧶More NTD Programs: https://www.ntd.com/programs?utm_source=YouTube&utm_medium=SocialM
President Trump took part in a wreath
laying ceremony to mark Veterans Day
earlier today. It's the first time
during his second term that the
president is celebrating the occasion.
Trump was accompanied by Vice President
JD Vance and Veterans Affairs Secretary
Doug Collins. The president laid a
wreath at the tomb of the unknown
soldier at Arlington National Cemetery.
The cemetery is just outside Washington
DC in Arlington, Virginia. Over 400,000
US service personnel and their family
members have been laid to rest there.
Here's President Trump.
>> On Veterans Day, we honor those who have
worn the uniform, who have borne the
battle, who have stood to watch and
whose ranks have formed the mighty wall
of flesh and blood, bravery and devotion
that has defended our freedom for 250
years. Today to every veteran, we love
our veterans. We say the words
too often left unsaid. Thank you for
your service. Thank you very much.
[Applause]
And we want to also say thank you for
carrying America's fate on your strong,
very broad, and proud shoulders. I
happen to believe that the most valuable
resource that we have isn't the
incredible wealth of natural resources
of this country. As amazing as it is,
the most important natural resource that
we have is that we have hundreds of
thousands of young people every single
month who sign up to put on the uniform
and risk their lives for their fellow
citizens. That is a resource we cannot
squander. That is a resource we must
protect.
Veterans Day honors all military
personnel who have served in the US
Armed Forces. President Trump announced
today that he will add Victory Day for
World War I onto the name of Veterans
Day. Veterans Day was originally seen as
a marker for the end of World War I and
created to honor World War I veterans,
but was later expanded to celebrate all
veterans. In May, Trump issued a pro
proclamation for Victory Day for World
War II commemorating the end of that
war.
>> America's warriors never quit, never
surrender. They fight, fight, fight, and
they win win. That's what we do. We win
battles. As you know, today is not only
Veterans Day, but it's my proclamation
that we are now going to be saying and
calling Victory Day for World War I
Victory Day. You know, I I was recently
at an event and I saw France was
celebrating Victory Day, but we didn't.
And I saw France was celebrating
another victory day for World War II.
And other countries were celebrating.
They were all celebrated. We're the one
that won the wars.
And I said, 'From now on, we're going to
say victory day for World War I and
World War
