That is what will define our destiny. President Trump understands that today's threats to border security and key terrain in our hemisphere are existential questions for our nation and for all of yours. When adversaries conduct incursions in this hemisphere, off the coast of a US State, Alaska, or off the coast of Greenland, or in the Gulf of America or the Caribbean, that is a direct threat to the United States homeland and to peace in this hemisphere. When adversaries control ports or infrastructure along strategic choke points for US and hemisphere trade, such as the Panama Canal or install military facilities just miles off our shore, that is a threat to the United States homeland and peace to this hemisphere. (22:56–23:12)
CLAIM
Asserts that adversary incursions near U.S. coasts are direct threats to U.S. homeland and regional peace.
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