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Trump Delivers Remarks at Fort Bragg, June 10, 2025

June 10, 2025 · The White House · 0:57:25

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What happened

President Donald Trump delivered remarks at Fort Bragg, North Carolina, on June 10, 2025, carried in full on the White House channel, opening the Army 250 week with the post whose name his administration had restored. “It’s a beautiful sight to be with you in a place called Fort Bragg. Can you believe they changed the name in the last administration for a little bit? But we’ll forget all about that,” he said. “I want to just say God bless the U.S. Army and God bless the USA.”

The President credited his first-term rebuilding and the new budget: “We just approved our largest budget for military operations — over $1 trillion. We’ve never even come close,” as he stated the figure. “It’s called peace through strength,” he said of his posture. “For our adversaries, there’s no greater fear than the United States Army.” He closed the historical arc: “We only have a country because we first had an army. The army was first — in fact, the army was even before the country. After 250 years, we still proudly declare that we are free because you are strong,” as he addressed the troops.

Why it matters

The Fort Bragg address is the kickoff speech of the Army’s 250th birthday week: the restored post name celebrated in his first lines, the trillion-dollar budget figure stated to the soldiers themselves, and the peace-through-strength doctrine delivered as a troop address days before the Washington parade.

Scoreboard watch

This address is a scoreboard reference point: the President’s June 10, 2025 statement of a military budget over $1 trillion, as stated by the President, to be checked against the enacted defense funding record.

Sources: The White House, “President Trump Delivers Remarks at Fort Bragg” (official upload, embedded above). All figures and characterizations as stated by the President.