Live: President Trump Attends the "Shield of the Americas" Event at UN Headquarters in New York

President Trump attended the Americas Shield event at the UN headquarters in New York and delivered a speech, discussing topics such as combating drug trafficking, the decline in fentanyl smuggling, regional natural resource conservation, and the situations in Venezuela and Cuba. Representatives from various countries also spoke, expressing their willingness to cooperate.

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Right now there are about big things. All day long we can walk together. I can say that Steve and Jarrad met with the mediators on the Iran deal. The mediators were here. Not the highest level but they did something. We had a lot of good thoughts and a lot of things are working out very well. But I'm thrilled to be here at the second meeting of the Shield of America. The Shield of the Americas is a big deal. Maybe you don't know it, but it's a big deal. Very important. This is the biggest and the biggest and the biggest relationship, and it is the security bureau in the world, since the regional area. I said this is great. I want to thank the chairman of the president, Marco Rubio, where is Marco? He is far away, he has always been far away, but we have a lot of people. I want to thank Kristi Noem for doing a great job, and others. We have, we have a lot of people, because you are more important, your families, you all have done a great job, there has been a big move in your family, there has been a big move. That's a good thing but for too long, leaders before us allowed many parts of the Western Hemisphere to become badly destabilized by cartel violence, uncontrolled migration and foreign interference and you know that better than a lot of you got elected for that third reason you want to stop at the shield of the Americas is a recognition that our region is stronger, safer and more prosperous if we work together and confront the threats.

Everyone is buying big, they are the biggest thing, I can say, this is the Chinese, I would say this effort. I want to give you more, Americans, get ready, we are here to help you. This is the party of the party, we will ... We will ... That's a good thing for you warriors, the current ruling CCP takes someone to harm just the most important number than that, you guys are so amazing, safer in this aspect, along the curtain Yourhey, you are all stronger than you. I want to thank all of these practices today I want to thank you for the steps that you've already taken to help deny these organizations of safe havens. You let us know, we will take them out, let us know, we will take them out, or you take them out yourself, I like those more, but if you can, we will do it, we will do it, but our joint efforts have already eliminated hundreds of thousands of lives from lethal fentanyl-overdoses and seized over $4 billion in cartels.

You probably noticed that the drugs, the fentanyl being delivered by sea, by ocean ICMINE AND C It's down 97 percent coming into the United States. Nobody's never saying they'd like it. So that means it's three percent left, and we're trying to find out who are those three percent, because I think they happen to be the bravest people in the world. Okay. They may be mad, but they're brave. But we're down 97 percent. You know, for years administration has just played games and they bring them to a court in Miami or something and the judge would release them immediately and they'd go back to selling drugs. Fentanyl and everything else that they sell but now we don't waste our time doing it today i'm asking the shield of the america members to help ensure the best natural wealth of this cemetery you have tremendous natural maybe in the world you probably have the greatest natural wealth and that you don't let it be taken over by hostile outside powers can't let that happen you won't have a country in the world once that happens.

You really cannot come back soon, but we must continue to maintain control over our own energy pipelines, rare earth elements and agricultural trade corridors and something that you know how to do and you know how to do it very well the resources of the Americas must always belong to the people of the Americas the United States is eager to work with you to achieve this goal and to strengthen all of our nations and we're working with many of you. So almost all of you have not achieved it, since it is your professional work, the work you respect very much, what you have achieved, many people feel is not quite done, so I want to thank you again, it is a very powerful element, to let you come from the same, Americans are behind you, many people know this kind of person because you came, I designed some of you, the core you achieved, is a kind of core. Now our ninety-nine, everyone is being a pair, we already have a pair of currency in although, we just had a currency, we go to compare a pair of currency, let's talk about two people, we already have a lot of currency, so we want more more more, I just want more more more to come, I will help everyone have coins, I will do it, we have very energetic we have many people, Cot Mark car and Mexico, I am very happy to see you, no one thought this would happen. Thank you. Thank you. I did not say whether there will be feelings, because I will be human, it is difficult, so I will not say, I will do a lot, I will watch you, I will see you, will watch you, right.

Thank you, Mr. President. Let me congratulate you because I think you have just broke a world record. I don't think there is a U.S. President who has met more times with the President of the Western Hemisphere. For the last six months, San Juan Pablo is a very close friend, long-standing friend of the U.S. This is something that we also – we have been looking forward always to have the opportunity to meet with you, with your administration. I'm very sorry, because we were hoping to be in the Dominican Republic last December, but that was not possible. But we are meeting, and I think this is a great signal for all the countries in the Western Hemisphere. The Shield of America is a great initiative, and I think it's an opportunity that myself and my country, we don't want to pass. We want to advance as much as possible. You have a great team, you have a great Secretary of and there are many things we can succeed in. We certainly have our own ideas, and they have many ideas, and we want to work together. We believe that Venezuela is a matter that requires all countries to work together. We bless what you are doing, because all of us, we have experienced so much over the years, so we are very grateful for this matter on March 3rd. But we must continue to work hard and make sure that there is democracy again in Venezuela, the same happened in Nicaragua, and hopefully we can see a free Cuba in our generation, so we are here to work together with the U.S. administration, and please count on us, and thank you, thank you very much for putting the Western Hemisphere on your agenda. Well, thank you very much, that is a lot of situations, amazing, because we have the biggest oil companies in the world now going in and they're starting to build, it takes a.

When will I have the time, but we are responsible, carrying responsibility in those cars inside there, is there anyone in the cars inside there, or in the cars inside there, or in the cars inside there, but rather in the cars inside there so we have the biggest company in this world, an American company, and other people's cars inside there, and their cars inside there are fantastic, and their cars inside there, they haven't seen any of it, this kind of cars inside there, their cars inside there, but their cars inside there, of the cars inside there, but their cars inside there are also huge, that's fantastic, and it's Hanlan. I know what can you say about Cuba? They had another blackout last night. They don't have enough lights. I don't know what's going on with Cuba, but they're not looking so good. You know, Marco's parents were born in Cuba. It's like a great story. And he wants to figure it all out, Marco, right? You want to figure out what's exactly there. I think he has figured it out. So someday in the near future, drop him off in the middle of Cuba, on the way back on the way back from Iran when I got one of those big, beautiful aircraft carriers fly him in, drop him off, and he'll figure out the rest. He always has. But it is a great story. His parents will go in there and now look at the position. The Secretary of State doing a fantastic job. Do you have anything to say about that?

Well, I've already spoken to the group, and they've heard me from a few, but I did want to, I know we have to go, Mr. Prick, if we have this meeting coming up. But since this group last night, we've added two new members. When it comes to Trump today, he doesn't want to destroy the country, it is because he has always been very balanced. He is like this because he doesn't allow ball, this is Trump. I said he likes that teacher very much, they are related to him, and in the end, he is Trump's country. I heard that he will differ from Trump and will not recognize China. We also need to try to see if Trump will not recognize it. We hope you can talk about trying to see if Trump will speak out, but don't come to Trump, we really want to achieve it. I come from Peru. Fer Ken Kaniga, but right now we have a different type of problems this crime that we are facing. Doesn't respect frontiers so that's why we uh very happy to join these.

I think that this kind of initiatives like the Shield of the Americas is a way to preserve our democracies in the region by working on economic security by working on security, physical security we can preserve the democracies in our region and we have a momentum in this time of humanity in this region of the world to work together to preserve democracies and to grow more so thank you very much we let us know we're going to be there and we have people that love this part of the world and you know this part of the world is being talked about by every other part of the world what you're doing is amazing it's going to go down in history I believe so if we can help you let us know thank you very much