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The
White House • June 27, 2018
The Day
Ahead
President
Donald J. Trump will address members of the Millennial and Gen
Z cohorts for a discussion about America's future at the White
House. Watch
live at 12:15 p.m. ET.
'A moment
of profound vindication'
Yesterday,
the Supreme Court upheld President Trump's travel
restrictions and enhanced vetting for a small number of
countries that failed to meet a Department of Homeland Security
standard for public safety. The 2017 Proclamation cites Chad,
Iran, Libya, North Korea, Syria, Venezuela, and Yemen as being
inadequate on one or more risk-management factors.
"It
is the duty of the government to ensure that those
seeking to enter our country will not harm the American
people," the Department of Homeland Security said in a
statement yesterday. "While we have the most generous
immigration system in the world, it has repeatedly been
exploited by terrorists and other malicious actors who seek to
do us harm."
President
Trump called the ruling a "tremendous victory for
the American people and for our Constitution" during a
meeting with Republican lawmakers yesterday. "This ruling
is also a moment of profound vindication following months of
hysterical commentary from the media and Democratic
politicians," the President added in a statement. "As
long as I am President, I will defend the sovereignty, safety,
and security of the American People."
President
Trump presents the Medal of Honor
"Today,
we tell the story of an incredible hero who defended
our nation in World War II, First Lieutenant Garlin Murl
Conner," President Trump said from the East Room of the
White House yesterday. "Although he died 20 years ago,
today he takes his rightful place in the eternal chronicle of
American valor."
Lt.
Conner came from a farm near Albany, Kentucky. He grew
up during the Great Depression and dropped out of school after
the 8th grade to help provide for his family. In January of
1945, during the final days of the Battle of the Bulge, Lt.
Conner snuck out of a field hospital in Northern France where
he was being treated for wounds. He volunteered to go to the
front lines—30 yards in front of the American line, in
fact—to help direct fire.
"In
front of the lone American soldier were six German
tanks and hundreds of German soldiers," President Trump
said. Lt. Conner "saved so many American lives" that
day.
Photo of
the Day
Official
White House Photo by Amy Rossetti
President
Donald J. Trump presents the Medal of Honor posthumously to
United States Army First Lieutenant Garlin Murl Conner |
June 26, 2018
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