Transcript of Trump's remarks on July 4.

[mahatmakanejeeves]

Remarks by President Trump at a Salute to America

[dalton99a]

1. .

The Continental Army suffered the bitter winter of Valley Forge, found glory across the waters of the Delaware, and seized victory from Cornwallis of Yorktown.

Our Army manned the (inaudible) — it manned the ramparts. It took over the airports. It did everything it had to do. And at Fort McHenry, under the rockets’ red glare, it had nothing but victory. And when dawn came, their Star Spangled Banner waved defiant. (Applause.)

[Roland99]

3. "Our army manned the air (ports - muffled), rammed the ramparts...

[grumpyduck]

2. The transcript is all well and good, but

I'd be interested in reading the prepared text of the speech and seeing what was actually written.

[Grammy23]

4. Good point.

He claimed he knew the speech very well. So when the TelePrompTer went “kaput”, he should have been able to carry on. Let’s see the original script, not just what came out of his pie hole.

[grumpyduck]

7. He claims he knows

everything very well, so that's not saying anything.

[Talitha]

5. TBH, I didn't think he could manage to read that much text.

Sure wish he'd read the Mueller report!!

[struggle4progress]

6. No one can ever again claim our revolutionary armies ignored the airports!