Cyprus News Agency

Here are some highlights from President Trump's speech:

“The name of the Department of Defense is now the Department of War. People liked that idea a lot. I especially thought we'd get a lot of angry statements from the left about it, but in fact they really couldn't say anything anymore.
The name change is not just a rebranding — it's about reasserting our identity, our pride, and our purpose.

We don't want war, but sometimes you have to do it. You know I've ended so many wars. I've been in office for about nine months and we've ended seven wars.

Yesterday there may have been a deal that the Middle East has needed for 3,000 years. Of course Hamas has to accept this proposal. If they don't, it will be very tough for them. But the facts are clear. All Arab and Islamic countries agreed, accepted. Israel accepted.

I thought Putin would be the easiest. If there had been no election fraud and I had been president, the Russia-Ukraine war certainly would not have happened. And anyway it didn't happen while I was president. I know Putin very well and I thought I could solve it very easily. But the hardest turned out to be the Ukraine war.

I think our withdrawal from Afghanistan was one of the worst days in American history. We are back now. There won't be such nonsense anymore. That's all I can tell you. Together we're reawakening our fighting spirit.

Recently we felt a bit of a threat from Russia. I sent a nuclear submarine. The most deadly weapon ever produced. You know there's no way to ever detect where they are. We are 25 years ahead of Russia and China in submarines.

If needed, we have more nuclear weapons than anyone. We have better, newer nuclear weapons. But we don't even want to think about such a thing. Still, when someone mentioned it we immediately sent the nuclear submarine. It's still out there somewhere at sea, but I don't think we'll have to use it.

Everyone is on board with this deal. We need one signature. If that signature doesn't come they will live hell. But I think we can build great things. Being able to have ended eight wars would be a great honor.”