To honor the work we are doing. Our country and our company runs throughout our veins and when the crisis began, we all wanted to find a way to create the equipment that the country needed. Our team has stepped up and worked tirelessly for a common cause. Our workers both hourly and salaried have done their very best to put safety first. To stay safe, strong, and on the job. I do want to take a moment to ask our team members to remember all of our health care workers, first responders, a central workforce that have given their lives in order to serve and protect the public during this extraordinary challenge in our country. It has been a privilege leading this team and i am so proud to be part of the ford motor led effortlessly by bill ford. Without further ado, please help me give a standing ovation from introducing our executive chairman of lord Motor Company, bill ford. [cheering and applause] bill ford hello, everybody and thank you so much angela and thank you for your tireless leadership. You and your team represent the very best of ford. And welcome, mr. President to fords rossville plant. Welcome to all of our employees joining us today. Today is a big day for ford and an important time for our country. This plant, we assemble components and hybrid batteries for ford cars and trucks. For the past six weeks, our employees have been assembling machines to save lives. ,nd as everybody here knows ford has always been a family business. But it is not just my family. Generations of ford employees have punched in every day and plants at plants like this one building for america and we take that trust very seriously. We have a special responsibility to take care of each other and this country. Just like we have done for 117 years. Ii, many of our workers went to fight overseas and those that could not stayed to build war machines of all types needed to win the war. Plants just like this. In fact, president roosevelt visited our willow run plant a few miles down the road to honor the ford workers producing b 24 bombers during world war ii. Ford was called the arsenal of democracy. Of theirme grandchildren and greatgrandchildren are building equipment to save lives and to protect our medical professionals and first responders. I am deeply grateful to all of our employees at ross and bill for stepping up and leading the way. Factories tod our keep our workers and their againes safe, our teams thinking about what they could do to serve our country. And just as they always have, our employees sprang into action. We are the most American Automaker employing more hourly workers in the u. S. Than any other automaker. [cheers and applause] assemble more vehicles in america than anyone else and we invest more here. And that is why at a moments notice, we were able to shift gears and put our manufacturing expertise to work producing lifesaving medical gear and equipment. Our spirit of innovation, ford engineers worked with 3m to design powered respirators from sketch to production in less than 40 days. And working with Ge Health Care and the uaw, we plan to manufacture 50,000 ventilators right here in this facility. And just down the road, we have assembled over 17 million face shields for our medical heroes of ross the country. Manufacturing can do. And that is why a Strong Manufacturing base is critical for our country. And thank you, mr. President for your support of american manufacturing. This week, many of our Assembly Lines restarted today with ford workers building the cars and trucks and americans depend on like the f150 and others you see in this room. Actually, i think this one might be a might make a pretty good president ial limo. Anyway. Here is what i want all of our employees and your families to know. We put as much care and attention into developing our plan to return to work as anything i have been involved with in my 40 years at fort. We consulted the best medical plants, we rethought layouts and we employed technology that will help keep all of us safe. And many of the concepts we are deploying across all of our plants were pioneered right here. The many ways our 200,000 employees have stepped up to help each other and the world through this pandemic makes me very proud to call each one of you a part of our ford family. Americas engines may have gone quiet over the last few months of safety,new spirit responsibility, and innovation, ford is proud to start them up again. And now, it is my pleasure to introduce the president of the United States. We have spoken many times over the years and while we dont always agree on every issue, he has always considered our opinion. He supported tax cuts that have helped us move the economy forward and we deeply appreciate his work in leading a new trade treaty with mexico and canada. And there is no doubt that we share a passionate view that building in america is the right thing to do for our workers, the economy, and the future of this country. You forident, thank joining us here today to celebrate our workers in this important effort to help get america through this crisis. Please join me in welcoming the president of the United States. Thank you. \ [cheers and applause] pres. Trump thank you very much. I like that dais very much. I just heard youre going to be having 2000 more jobs right down the road for the bronco which is a big winner. That is great. Fantastic job. Thank you, bill. Write down the road. [applause] it is an honor to have bill with us. And i am thrilled to be back in michigan. We have done a lot of work in michigan. A lot of plants are opening, lots of plants stopped, we stopped them from closing and we kept workers here in michigan and the United States, different places, as you know, all over the United States. It is an honor to do. It is one of the reasons i am standing here. Years ago, i was honored long before i ever thought of the president ial situation, i was honored in michigan and i said, how come you are losing so much of your car businesses to mexico business to mexico and other places . I asked that question very innocently, probably 10 years ago. The man of the year, they named me man of the year in michigan and i said what is going on in michigan . We have stopped it and thanks to a lot of Good Companies like ford, lots of things are happening here. And that is why i am honored when bill mentioned the plant that you are going to be doing 2000 and it is a great success, the bronco, so that is good news. Thank you very much. [applause] i am honored to stand on the factory floor operated by the incredible workers of Ford Motor Company. You really are tremendously talented people. I know it, im not sure Everybody Knows it but a lot of people do and they will all know it after this speech. You are really talented, great people. Thank you very much for doing a great job. We know what it takes. Few people have that ability. In the war against that it the invisible enemy, the hardworking patriots here answer the call to serve. You proved the American Workers built ford and you are built ford tough. A great expression. They still use that expression, bill, right . A great expression. Can i use it for myself . Built trump tough. I dont know. They may say that is a takeoff and you cant do that. You made america proud and you made ford proud and america is proud of ford. Right here at the component plant, you are building a great medical arsenal to defeat the virus and cement americas place as a leading manufacturer and exporter of ventilators. Anywhere in the world, we are getting calls from other countries, many other countries, friend and foe, we get calls from foes and we want to help them out. We are making thousands and thousands of ventilators, and i think we started right over here. We got a call from bill and this is incredible what has happened and what you have done. With your help, not a single american who has needed a ventilator has been denied a ventilator. Not one. As you remember, we took over empty cupboards and we got in the business, 14 million tests, the second country with 3 million tests. Germany, south korea, 14 million tests and the tests are the best. I want to thank you very much for doing a great job. Driven by love and sweat and devotion, we are saving lives and forging ahead. As of this week, the beating heart of the American Auto industry is back open for business. That started right away, didnt did . Did and it didnt it . Starts right now. You have all of those supply chains that will come through because if they dont, just build the product right here, ok . That can happen. But we heard that, it is a big story, we are starting with the cars now and it is going to be a big success. In addition to many wonderful uaw workers, we are joined by secretary ben carson who has done a fantastic job. He is here. Thank you. Where is he . There he is. Thank you, ben. [applause] hi, ben. Thank you. And the man who has done a fantastic job for ford, we will ask bill about this later, i will find out. I want to make sure for myself but i know based on results, i know. Ceo jim hackett, thank you very much. The word is yes. The word is great job. Plant manager, angela weathers, angela, thank you very much. That is a big job. That is a big job. Do you enjoy it . Great job, fantastic. It is a big deal. Ge healthcare u. S. And canada president everett cunningham, thank you everett. [applause] thank you, everett. Before going further, let us send our love to all of the families that have been displaced by the flooding near midland. I spoke to your governor this morning and we sent tremendously talented people out here. We have fema and the army corps of engineers and they can do things people can do. And they can do things that frankly, no other people can do. The army corps of engineers, they are good at rebuilding dams that are busted or blown up or for whatever reason, bad things happen. Americans are praying for central michigan. We will take care of your problem. The governor and i had a great conversation this morning, and at the appropriate time i will go and see the area we will be fixing. We will help you out. We signed an Emergency Declaration very quickly and we will help you are very quickly come also. In recent months, the state of this state and this country have faced great challenges. In detroit, you were hit hard by the virus. As one people, we hold in our hearts the precious memory of every person we of lost and we of lost too many. Is tooto money one many. It came from china and should have been stopped in china. They should have stopped it. And as a grateful nation, we proclaim god bless our health care workers. They are like warriors. I want to thank all the nurses and doctors. Because of the virus, ford was forced to stop automobile production for the First Time Since world war ii. That is something. But you didnt despair. Your Company Leadership called at the white house and asked the most american of all questions, how can we help . Its true. I said, that is nice. That is very nice. Everyone of the workers in this project volunteered to take part in the greatest industrialization and mobilization project that our society has done, the American People have done in our lifetimes. The Company Founded by a man named henry ford, good bloodlines, good headlines. Good bloodlines. Do you believe in that stuff . He had good blood. They teamed up with the Company Founded by thomas edison, that is general electric, good stuff. Good stuff. And you put it all together and they are all looking down right now and they are very proud of what they see. You began the production of 50,000 lifesaving ventilators. A number that if you go back two months was people would say that would be impossible to believe. The media is back there, they would have said a couple months ago, the creation of that many ventilators would have been not a possible thing. Every single one of these ventilators is made in the usa with american heart, american hands and american pride. Just as your greatgrandparents produced more than one model t every minute, just as your grandmothers and grandfathers produced a b 24, you did the be the b 24 bomber, i saw pictures in the back. That was quite a weapon, quite an incredible weapon, the b 24 bomber. Just as the ford what just as a ford f1 50 drives off the line every 52 seconds, you mastered this complex new machine, the ventilators are very complicated, delicate, big, expensive machines. One month ago, ford had never built a single ventilator. Now, you are a world leader, that is not bad. You adopted the designs of a company that was building just 10 per week but a highquality ventilator and very soon, you will be producing one new ventilator every single minute. It is an absolute amazing achievement and you really are helping now beyond the country, you are helping other countries throughout the world. We have 188 countries that are fighting this terrible enemy. Ventilators are something, you can do cotton swabs, you can do all of the things, you can even do testing but ventilators are a whole different lot. It is very tough. Great job. Thanks to you, we will stockpile over 100,000 new ventilators in the next few months and have offered over 14,000 to friends and allies around the world that and they desperately need them. Just this week i spoke to five they called me and said is it possible to get ventilators . I am sending them over. I want to recognize a few of the exceptional americans who made this possible. Keith is an electrician here in the plant. Please tell us what you had done, how you like it, come on up. Lets see keith. Look at keith. [applause] thank you, keith. Well have to grab him and shake his hand. I guess we cant do that. Keith on behalf of ford and the uaw, welcome, mr. President. Im an electrician. When i first heard the news that my plant was going to be building ventilators, it only took me a minute to get a hold of my uaw and i decided that this was my opportunity to serve my country. So on the first day as a volunteer, we went full speed, seven days a week, 12 hours a shift. I would go home sore, bruised, had blisters, was bleeding, had trouble sleeping. Just the pains of that day. But i kept coming back because this is a great nation. I couldnt say that i could be more proud of my coworkers for their efforts and their sacrifices to build these fine ford ventilators, respirators, face masks and face shields. Thank you, this has been an absolute honor and a blessing and god bless you, sir. Pres. Trump thank you very much, keith. Thank you. [applause] great job. Great people. We are also joined by gary, a quality technician. Gary, come on up. Gary. [applause] thanks, gary. Gary good afternoon. Thank you, president trump, for the honor to tell my story. My name is gary and i am a fourthgeneration Ford Motor Company employee. My grandfathers worked for Ford Motor Company during world war ii and my father retired from rosenville after 41 years. I always knew growing up i wanted to work for ford. I am very proud of the ventilator project and the amazing job done by ford and the uaw team. I had anxiety when i received the call to volunteer. I didnt want to get sick and take it home to my family. However, upon arriving on the first day, i felt safe due to the new policies and procedures put forth by our uaw health and safety team. It is a great feeling to know everything we are doing here, and each assembly we make, is saving somebodys life. Thank you, mr. President , and god bless america. [applause] pres. Trump thank you very much. Thank you, gary. Thank you, gary, very much. With us as well is adrian, who has helped lead this effort as one of fords top engineers, highly respected. Come on up, adrian. [applause] adrian thank you, mr. President. Really thank you for the opportunity to represent my friends and colleagues who have been involved in project apollo. I am honored to be part of the team that over the last few weeks has been able to produce more than 17 million of these face shields, 13 million surgical masks, 32,000 pressurized air purifying respirators, and here at this facility, produce a ventilator every 60 seconds. These feats are a testament to the skills and capabilities of the men and women of Ford Motor Company and our uaw and other partners who have come together to do what we can do to support the battle against covid19. Ford Motor Company and its employees are always prepared to step up and do the right thing to support those in need. Most particularly in times of Significant National crisis. I believe these acts are part of the dna of our company and are inspired by both fords family and our continuing history of service. Personally, i am proud to be playing a part in supporting the brave men and women who are on the front line every day. Putting themselves at risk to help others. As i stand here today surrounded by these awesome americanmade cars and suvs and beautiful trucks, i am so pleased that our facilities and dealerships are safely in operation come a serving the needs of our current and maybe future ford and lincoln customers. Thank you, mr. President. [applause] pres. Trump i have bought plenty of them. Thank you. I have a lot of those lincolns. That is great. Thank you very much. The Global Pandemic has proven once and for all that to be a strong nation, america must the a manufacturing nation. We are bringing it back, 600,000 jobs, the previous said ofrations manufacturing we are not doing that, it is gone. 600,000 jobs until we had to turn it off, and now we will turn it back on like never before. I see numbers that you didnt even see the last time. We will rebuild it quickly. It will happen very quickly. We are already seeing indications of that. Larry kudlow gave some numbers that were inspiring this morning based on what we are hearing and seeing. True National Independence requires economic independence from day one i have been fighting to bring back our jobs from china and many other countries. Today, i am declaring a simple but Vital National goal, the United States will be the worlds premier pharmacy, drugstore, and medical manufacturer. We are bringing our medicines back. [applause] and many other things. W