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Trump Says NASA Is Back and Announces Premier U.S. Air and Space Show Site

November 6, 2026 · The White House · 0:02:11

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What happened

President Donald Trump, in remarks carried in the White House video, said that after many years of failed leadership from Washington the United States had lost even the ability to send its own astronauts into space. As he put it, he faced a decision to open the program up and make it great or let it die, and he said the days of failure, neglect, and decline are behind the country under his administration.

Trump declared, as he stated it, that American ambition, momentum, and leadership are back, that NASA is back, and that the United States is back. He pointed to a recent launch that, as he described it, drew everyone at an important dinner away to watch the ship go up.

As a symbol of that renewal, Trump announced that the site of the gathering — by the same runway that, as he described it, once stood cracked and silent — will soon become the premier venue for air and space demonstrations from around the world. He noted that for decades the major aerospace shows have been held overseas, in Paris, the United Kingdom, and Dubai, and that it has been more than 30 years, as he stated it, since a new airliner was unveiled at a show on American soil, arguing that foreign countries do not dominate aviation or aerospace the way the United States does.

Why it matters

The event is part of the administration’s foreign policy record — its diplomacy, alliances, and use of American leverage abroad — stated here in the participants’ own attributed terms.

Sources: The White House, “Thanks to President Trump, NASA is BACK, and Americans will pioneer the next generation of space. 🇺🇸”, 2026-11-06 (official upload, embedded above; published 2026-11-06). Transcript via Supadata (private research store, paraphrased and attributed, not republished). All figures and characterizations as stated by the speakers.