President Trump Vows to Make America the World’s Leader in Aerospace

As a symbol of that national renewal, today we gather by the, and this is a gathering of real friends, by the same runway that once stood cracked and silent to announce that this very site will soon be the premier venue for the air and space demonstrations from all over the world they'll come. For decades, the world's major aerospace shows have been held overseas, from Paris to the United Kingdom to Dubai. Those foreign air shows have drawn the biggest crowds and big contracts, big headlines, and it's been more than 30 years since a new airliner was unveiled at the show on American soil. We didn't have the big shows. They were in Paris mostly, I think, at the Paris Air Show. But those foreign countries do not dominate aviation, and they don't dominate aerospace. They don't even come close, actually. We do, and under the Trump administration, we believe that the future of those industries should be unveiled right here in the USA. We dominate, and we should have the biggest show we will have within two years. The biggest air show, that means commercial, that means space, that means in the world by far, it won't even be close. And when people ask me what exactly we're trying to do, I said exactly that, that we're going to do a bigger and better, grander version than the Paris air show. Much bigger, much grander, and we have the right location. This is such a great unlimited runway, unlimited space to do fantastic. buildings and all the things necessary to do it so we're going to have a show the likes of which has never been done before. Next year you'll see an even bigger building and over the next few years you'll see the biggest air show anywhere in the world that'll take place very quickly I'd say two years and that includes commercial aircraft of all types you'll have all of the big commercial flights and companies Boeing everybody's going to be here the former. Shuttle landing facility will be transformed into a 1,900 acre venue that will bring hundreds of thousands of visitors each year, generate billions of dollars in economic impact and host hundreds of billions of dollars in deals. We're going to sign deals for commercial and private and whoever, all right here in central Florida where. All of that business is very important to Byron. Byron's already getting very happy, saying, oh, what a great job. To be an American is to inherit the legacy of the greatest pioneers, explorers, inventors, and innovators who ever lived. And so to laugh in the face of doubters and critics who are always ready to say, why are you doing this? Why are you doing it? In 1901, the chief engineer of the U.S. Navy said that the idea of manned flight was nothing but a vain fantasy, as thin as air itself. Two years later, the Wright brothers achieved the age-old dream of all humanity, and that's to fly. They flew. Nobody could believe it. In 1957, inventor Lee DeForest said that man will never reach the moon, regardless of all future scientific... advances. Twelve years later, Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin strode across the lunar surface. Time and time again, our courage, ingenuity and sheer determination has achieved what everyone thought to be totally impossible until American and America and our great country and our unbelievable genius minds got it done. As I said in my inaugural address in America. The impossible is what we do best. That's exactly what we do best. Now our nation is ready to prove the doubt is wrong yet again and to make the next giant leap for all of mankind. Looking around these grounds today, we can still proudly say that after 250 years of American freedom, the best is yet to come Do you want to see more truthful reporting like this? Watch 16 hours of live news coverage and four primetime talk shows every day on One America News. Find us on YouTube TV, Spectrum, Dish, or the OAN Live app. When you want the news delivered straight with no noise or spin, choose One America News.