Press Gaggle: Donald Trump Speaks to Reporters During Presidential Library Tour - July 1, 2026

Let's go. Go ahead. Having a good time?

Are you?

I love it. I think it's great. I think it's great. Go ahead.

The president will be doing a recording, and when it opens on Sunday, you'll hear his voice here.

[Video Begins]

[Video recording] It is not the critic who counts, not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood, who strives valiantly, who errs, who comes short again and again, because there is no effort without error and shortcoming but who does actually strive to do the deeds, who knows great enthusiasms, the great devotions, who spends himself in a worthy cause, who at the best knows in the end, the triumph of high achievement.

[Video recording] And who at the worst, if he fails, at least failed while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who neither know victory nor defeat.

[Video Ends]

President Trump is the man in the arena, and it's a thrill to have him here to help dedicate this presidential library today.

Well thank you. It's really great being here. You've done a phenomenal job, and those words, I've heard them before many times, and, uh, nothing more beautiful, nothing more true. It's true, the men in the arena, or the woman in the arena, I guess we probably have to add on today, but it's an honor to be here.

It's an honor to be at this great museum, great library, great center and it's a very special place. I think it's going to do very well. It's a part of the country that I love, and I think they love me, because I have the all-time record in presidential voting. And that's a honor because they are the people that built America.

So thank you very much, and we appreciate it and we look forward to saying a few words later. We're going to be making a speech in a little while, and hopefully it will be representative of what they stand for out here, and what Teddy stood for, because he stood for a lot. Thank you very much. Great job.

Thank you, Mr. President.

Thank you very much. Thank you, everybody.