Monday, July 21, 2025

Trump Has a Welcome Message for New Citizens, It's Different

Over the past two decades, it's become a tradition for each president to craft their own speech to welcome new citizens.

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... These video messages, played at naturalization ceremonies nationwide, are brief but experts in presidential rhetoric say they are important " not only are they meaningful to newly naturalized citizens, but they provide insight on how each president values immigration and their broader vision for the country.

President Trump, whose second term has been marked by his hard-line approach to immigration, released a new naturalization ceremony video last month.

"Today you receive one of the most priceless gifts ever granted by human hands. You become a citizen of the United States of America," Trump said.

Trump went on to welcome new citizens into the "national family," adding that they now have a responsibility to "fiercely guard" and preserve American culture, including the freedom of speech, religion and the right to bear arms.

"That fits into his larger narrative, but that's not usually what you see at an American naturalization ceremony. ...


#1 | Posted by LampLighter at 2025-07-21 01:08 PM

@#1 ... adding that they now have a responsibility to "fiercely guard" and preserve American culture ...

Does Pres Trump know that American Culture is an amalgam of the cultures of past immigrants?

#2 | Posted by LampLighter at 2025-07-21 01:09 PM

#2
Not a clue.

#3 | Posted by Doc_Sarvis at 2025-07-21 01:43 PM

...freedom of speech, religion and the right to bear arms.

What happened to "life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness"?

#4 | Posted by REDIAL at 2025-07-21 01:49 PM

Does Pres Trump know that American Culture is an amalgam of the cultures of past immigrants?

Pretty sure staunch conservatives believe American culture to be based on puritanical, European values.

#5 | Posted by ClownShack at 2025-07-21 01:51 PM

What happened to "life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness"?
#4 | POSTED BY REDIAL

It's been discovered other nations do a better job of providing all three.

#6 | Posted by ClownShack at 2025-07-21 01:53 PM

Any thing he says on the subject is likely to not be believed by the new immigrants as they watch him revoke citizenship from others.

#7 | Posted by TFDNihilist at 2025-07-21 02:02 PM

President Pedo is a ------- imbecile

#8 | Posted by LegallyYourDead at 2025-07-21 02:57 PM

@#5 ... Pretty sure staunch conservatives believe American culture to be based on puritanical, European values. ...

Yeah, maybe.

But it seems that what MAGA believes is not necessarily the truth.

(understatement...)

#9 | Posted by LampLighter at 2025-07-21 07:14 PM

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