President And Melania Trump Visit Pearl Harbor, Media Stunned To Silence By What Happens Next

Trump is off to Asia on a big trip and the media is in full panic mode. They are raising the stakes daily saying this is make or break for our policy in Asia and if Trump screws it up we may end up in nuclear war.

Typical media hysteria. For Trump has already won the “big” negotiations in the region and this trip is really more to tie up loose ends and take a shared victory lap.

Trump won’t gloat and he doesn’t have to because he already accomplished more than Obama, Bush, or Clinton did in the region. Combined.

All our leaders have said they would get tough on China re: fair trade and that they would solve North Korea, etc.

That is what the left forgets – if you go back to Obama’s and Clinton’s and even Bush’s campaign platform you will see some similarities with Trump because everyone knows that is what America wants.

But until Trump it was just talk from our leaders. In less than a year Trump has China actually hitting North Korea where it hurts.

He has them on the defensive on trade – he may allow some bad trade deals with China for North Korea help if he wants to or he can squeeze them later.

The Chinese don’t know what he will do and that gives Trump an edge. Also they have already moved on North Korea so Trump is in the driver’s seat.

For an ace in the hole Trump has done what every past leader said they would regarding domestic companies offshoring jobs but was too timid.

He is dangling the carrot to keep them and he has been willing to use the stick to get them to stay.

The results speak for themselves on that front.

So he can let China have their lousy trade deals, solve North Korea, and use domestic pressure to keep jobs here.

In other words Trump, contrary to what the media will tell you, has already won, which means that America has already won, and going to Asia is a victory lap.

His first stop was in Hawaii and he was received warmly and met with the U.S. Pacific Command and the governors of Alaska, Hawaii and Pacific U.S. territories.

He also took a quick visit to Pearl Harbor. According to Fox News he said before the visit:

“We are going to visit very shortly, Pearl Harbor, which I’ve read about, spoken about, heard about, studied, but I haven’t seen. And that is going to be very exciting for me.”

But when he got there he did something that stunned the press into silence. They were expecting Trump to do what all past presidents have done – make it a big spectacle and bore everyone with a tedious speech written by some intern.

Not Trump. Instead he did something unexpected and most respectful – he honored the memorial by staying silent.

President Donald Trump paid a solemn visit Friday to Pearl Harbor and its memorial to the USS Arizona, a hallowed place he said he had read about, discussed and studied but had never visited until just before opening his first official visit to Asia.

Trump saluted after entering the memorial following a short boat ride with first lady Melania Trump. They approached a wreath of white flowers – a gift from the couple – and watched as two sailors who stood beside it at attention placed the wreath near a wall of names of the fallen.

Pearl Harbor was the scene of a surprise attack by Japan that plunged the U.S. into World War II, killing hundreds of service members.

After the wreath was placed, the Trumps tossed white flower petals into the waters above the battleship’s sunken hull.

Trump did not speak publicly at the memorial. He said during an earlier meeting Friday with military officials that he eagerly anticipated the visit.

“We are going to visit very shortly, Pearl Harbor, which I’ve read about, spoken about, heard about, studied, but I haven’t seen. And that is going to be very exciting for me,” Trump said at the start of a briefing with leaders of the U.S. Pacific Command, which oversees U.S. military operations in the region.

Trump stopped in Hawaii on the eve of his first visit to Asia. He arrived at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam Friday after a daylong flight from Washington. He departs Saturday for Japan, the first stop on the five-nation, 11-day journey that will also take him to South Korea, China, Vietnam and the Philippines.

The president quickly donned a lei after he left Air Force One with his wife, who also wore a wreath of flowers. He signed autographs and gave high-fives to kids who were among a group of civilians and service members that gathered for the arrival.
Trump wasn’t the only attraction to arrive on base. A few in the crowd shouted their admiration for White House chief of staff John Kelly.

“We love you Gen. Kelly,” one person shouted at the retired four-star Marine general who stood several feet behind the president.

Trump was briefed by leaders of the U.S. Pacific Command. The growing threat from North Korea – a crisis that will shadow the entire trip – was expected to be among the topics discussed. Trump was also meeting with the governors of Alaska, Hawaii and Pacific U.S. territories, all potential targets of any successful attempt by North Korea to strike the U.S. with a nuclear-tipped missile.
The USS Arizona Memorial at Pearl Harbor marks the final resting place of more than 1,000 sailors and Marines who were killed on the battleship during the surprise Japanese attack on Dec. 7, 1941. Accessible only by boat, the memorial straddles the ship’s sunken hull.

A total of more than 2,300 sailors, soldiers and Marines died as a result of the attack, as well as 68 civilians, according to the National Park Service.

Not one word. Just respect. And a salute.