trip back and many of them for the last time although having met a lot of these individuals over the last several months they may be going for quite some time. they are an incredibly resilient a bunch of individuals with strong spirit and incredible stamina so don t count them out. many of them are in the front row and i think about ronald reagan on the 40th anniversary and saying these are the boys who scaled the cliffs, these are the boys who took back europe to paraphrase some of that extraordinary speech. this is a big moment for donald trump on the world stage to speak directly to these veterans about their service and to speak more broadly about the ideals of what it means to be an american citizen. what it means to serve. what is our place in the world on his broadscale? think about the challenges we face whether it be with iran or
bond between the united states and france at this point is unbreakable. there was a time france had withdrawn from the nato alliance but now is back in. emmanuel macron support donald trump and his efforts to get greater contributions from nato allies. if you listen to the secretary-general of nato, despite the fact there s a lot of criticism at home donald trump may be weakening nato by leaning on member nations, to pony up more money, this is great for us, we have $100 billion we didn t have before and contributions continue to increase. very happy with the way donald trump is handling nato. there is macron, good guess on my part. i missed on bridget. somebody just looked like her because there she is beside her husband. the way the president is
different. one of the big turning points happened on these shores a few hundred yards from where i am standing 75 years ago today. jillian: for those just joining us 25 in it after 5:00 on the east coast looking at the normandy american cemetery where french president emmanuel macron and donald trump, meeting with veterans, 12,000 people in attendance at the ceremony including 160 world war ii veterans, the two presidents is to give speeches. emmanuel macron will bestow the highest honor on 5 american veterans after they are done, the speeches, they will go ahead to a part that overlooks omaha beach where everything happened in 1944. rob: this is an important day. this has been a good trip for the president. he was quite popular in england and meeting with a friend in france.
us as this helicopter lands. who was in this chopper? do we know? reporter: probably the president of france flying in. i saw his wife, bridget, meeting with donald trump in the first lady when they arrived on the blackhawk marine one helicopter a little while ago. i would expect this would have to be emmanuel macron because i don t know any other helicopter that would be landing at this time. pointed words from martha maccallum in terms of the significance of this day which is one of the reasons why in the speech he will give in a little while donald trump is going to say among other things to all of our friends and partners, our cherished alliance was forged in the heat of battle, tested in the trials of war and proven in the blessings of peace. our bond is unbreakable. when you think of it from a military alliance standpoint the
president and miss macron, president and mrs. trump, lady s injectable, welcome to normandy american cemetery and memorial for the commemoration of the 75th anniversary of the d-day landings on june 6, 1944. we honor and commemorate the 9388 interred here, the 1557 names on the wall of the missing and all of our world war ii veterans. [speaking french]