Trump Welcomes SecDef Esper: ‘Our First Priority Is Always the Safety and Sovereignty’ of America

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TRUMP: “Our first priority is always the safety and sovereignty of our nation and our citizens. Here at home we have deployed military forces to confront the grave national security crisis on our southern border. And I want to think all of the great military leaders for the help you’ve given us on our southern border. And as you know, Mexico has now deployed 21,000 troops. Which is something they've never done before. And they’ve been a tremendous help. Tremendous difference in the numbers. Very rapidly. And we want to thank the country of Mexico and the President. No nation can be safe or secure that fails to control its borders. In Syria and Iraq, thanks to the bravery of our warriors and their allies, the ISIS territorial caliphate has been 100 percent and just absolutely destroyed. And we did it in a very quick moment of time. As soon as I said, I want to do it and I want to do it fast, our military kicked in and it happened very, very quickly.”