That is the spirit in which I want to speak with you today with candor and with confidence in our capacity to deliver another 250 years of American economic leadership. The truth is that for too long America has been asleep. We mistook comfort for strength. We substituted efficiency for resilience and consumption as a measure of prosperity. We told ourselves that so long as goods were cheaper overseas, it did not matter whether factories went dark in Michigan, Ohio or Pennsylvania. (05:32)
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Asserts that America has prioritized comfort and efficiency over resilience and production.
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