Donald J. Trump

It was well within our swim lane of capabilities.

But a surface warfare officer in a surface warfare strike group extends power projection

PRESENCE OF THE UNITED STATES MILITARY THROUGHOUT THE WORLD AND IN ANY THEATER WHERE IT MAY BE NEEDED.

NOW, WE DO HAVE CONCENTRATIONS SUCH AS THE STRAITS OF HORMOOS, THE PERSIAN GULF, TAIWAN STRAITS, AREAS LIKE THAT WHERE WE'RE ALWAYS IN THE

And we're projecting United States national interests in all these locales, not the least of which really now as we're kind of looking toward the Philippine Islands.

And it's a place that I know you're very familiar with, as am I, since we were there together.

But the simple point is watching and checking the Spratly Islands and any threats of aggression that might occur.

But in addition to that, a very important mission is our humanitarian assistance disaster relief roles where we can come in with medicine and veterinary and public works, power, all of that, never spend the night, never bring a weapon aboard wherever we're needed to go and to serve and help others.

Admiral, hang on for one second.

By the way, we're going to avoid post-city stories, sea stories today.

It's a family broadcast.

But, Cleo, Admiral, your theory of the case, sending our Pacific Fleet sailors, your theory of the case that the strategic heartland of the United States is actually the vast Pacific, and you talk about the Three Island Chain and Manifest Destiny, and we've been a Pacific power since the late 19th century, 290 capital ships.

Is that going to make it, ma'am?

Is that what's necessary to actually fulfill the strategy that you think is actually the naval strategy of the 21st century?

Hang on.

We've got Cleo Pascal and Admiral Sonny Masso in the Real America Voice studios in Washington, D.C.

We have Captain Fennell with us, and we're going to bring in many, many others.

We're getting ready for the naval gunfire exercise and others.

Total warfare.

surface, submarine, air, all of it.