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00:00Thank you very much.
00:01Before we begin, I'm pleased to announce that I've just signed a proclamation officially
00:07designating tomorrow, May 8th, as a victory day for World War II, commemorating the 80th
00:14anniversary of America's victory in the Second World War.
00:19All over the globe, our World War II allies are celebrating this week.
00:25But the United States has never joined in with the proper celebration of our own.
00:31And the victory was mostly accomplished because of us.
00:35Whether you like it or not, we came into that war, and we won that war, and we had a lot
00:41of help from a lot of great people, a lot of great allies.
00:46But I think there would be nobody that would say that we were not the dominant force in
00:50that war, and we don't celebrate it.
00:53And I think that's a great disservice to the people that lost their lives and people
00:56that fought so hard in winning World War II, and also a separate victory day for World
01:04War I, and we're going to be doing that, too.
01:07It was American tanks and ships and trucks and airplanes and service members that vanquished
01:13the enemy 80 years ago this week without America.
01:16The liberation would never have happened.
01:20And so we have to pay tribute and homage to those people that gave us victory.
01:30And we did something else that people don't talk about.
01:34We rebuilt the world.
01:36All of these countries that were destroyed, we helped them rebuild.
01:40And that's something that, for the most part, others did not do.
01:45So with this proclamation, we are hereby honoring the incredible sacrifice and heroism of millions
01:51of Americans who served in World War II, along with the unprecedented mobilization, home front
01:59that helped deliver this great triumph.
02:03All Americans should take pride in what these incredible patriots have achieved.
02:07So I just want to say Happy Victory Day to all.
02:11So we are celebrating every year now.
02:14I can guarantee for four years, but I think after that, we're going to have two victory
02:18days, World War I and World War II.
02:22This is World War II Victory Day.
02:24In the future, we're going to have a major celebration of each day.
02:32We're not going to have days off because we don't have enough days in the year.
02:35We have too many celebrations already.
02:38But we're going to have Victory Day and first World War I, World War II.
02:44And without us, those wars would not have been won.
02:49I think we can say that would not have been won.
02:53And I think it's time that the United States starts taking credit for their achievements.
02:59And it's – I really believe it's a shame.
03:01You know, it's – I was watching for the last week, and I noticed France.
03:06I noticed other countries all getting ready for Victory Day.
03:11And I said, that's sort of strange, because David just added something.
03:15He said, we also rebuilt the world.
03:18And I didn't have that, and I should have that.
03:20That was a big factor.
03:22But I noticed all of the countries – Russia – having a big day tomorrow.
03:29And by the way, they lost millions of people.
03:32And they were absolutely a major factor.
03:36But there was no major factor like us.
03:38We won the war.
03:40And we won it with the help of others.
03:41But everybody was celebrating but the United States of America.
03:44And I said, you know, I think it's time that we start celebrating Victory.
03:50And that's what we're doing.