I want to tell you the story of a young woman who you have probably never heard of. Her name is Mary Anne. She was born on a remote island in Scotland, where life was harsh and unforgiving. On May 2, 1930, when she was 18 years old, she got on a boat headed for Ellis Island to start a new life. She arrived here 11 days later. She wasn't chasing fame, riches, or power. She came for the unique opportunity that America offered. Her sister was already here and had found a job as a maid. So, Mary Anne MacLeod joined her, listing her occupation as “domestic” on her Ellis Island immigration papers. She came to America knowing that she would clean the houses and toilets of the wealthy families in New York. She and her sister lived and worked hard through the worst days of the Depression. And she persevered. Six years later, she married a man named Fred. He was the son of German immigrants. Then In 1942, she became a citizen. Mary and Fred would end up having five children: two daughters and three sons. One of those sons, they named Donald. A woman who came here as a maid, the lowest of jobs, would raise a son who would change the very skyline that greeted his mother when she arrived at Ellis Island. After that, he would become the 45th and 47th President of the United States. There is no other country in the world where a woman can arrive with nothing, and in ONE generation, her son would lead the entire world. For America’s 250th anniversary, I wanted to present President Trump with this painting I did, and then I ran out of time and talent. So, I asked a good friend of mine, Mike Malm, to help me finish it. This is how I envisioned her coming into the United States. Mary Anne MacLeod Trump should be a household name. Her story is everything that is great about America.

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Take a minute to appreciate the great poem If by Kipling. Which line resonates most with you? If you can keep your head when all about you     Are losing theirs and blaming it on you; If you can trust yourself when all men doubt you,     But make allowance for their doubting too: If you can wait and not be tired by waiting,     Or being lied about, don't deal in lies, Or being hated don't give way to hating,     And yet don't look too good, nor talk too wise; If you can dream—and not make dreams your master;     If you can think—and not make thoughts your aim, If you can meet with Triumph and Disaster     And treat those two impostors just the same: If you can bear to hear the truth you've spoken     Twisted by knaves to make a trap for fools, Or watch the things you gave your life to, broken,     And stoop and build 'em up with worn-out tools; If you can make one heap of all your winnings     And risk it on one turn of pitch-and-toss, And lose, and start again at your beginnings     ⁠And never breathe a word about your loss: If you can force your heart and nerve and sinew     To serve your turn long after they are gone, And so hold on when there is nothing in you     ⁠Except the Will which says to them: 'Hold on!' If you can talk with crowds and keep your virtue,     Or walk with Kings—nor lose the common touch, If neither foes nor loving friends can hurt you,     If all men count with you, but none too much: If you can fill the unforgiving minute     With sixty seconds' worth of distance run, Yours is the Earth and everything that's in it,     ⁠And—which is more—you'll be a Man, my son![

lou gehrig benched himself. on may 2 1939, halfway through a season, the iron horse who had played 2,130 games in a row took himself out of the lineup for the simple reason that he was getting too slow at first base. that day was the last he ever played in the major leagues. gehrig signed with the yankees at 19. he was so broke growing up that he didn't have proper equipment. one $1,500 bonus check later, he was the cleanup hitter behind ruth in the murderers' row lineup. he hit 23 grand slams. nobody beat that record for 81 years until alex rodriguez did it in 2013. he was the first american league player to hit four home runs in a single game. june 3 1932 against philadelphia. only 18 players have ever done it. he played hurt and never told anyone. medical records on him later revealed 17 separate healed fractures in his hands. he never missed a single game for any of them. what nobody at yankee stadium knew on july 4 1939: gehrig had been examined at the mayo clinic 15 days earlier. the prognosis was als, and it was unforgiving. his speech that afternoon wasn't fully recorded. only fragments survived in newsreels. what got remembered was the line he closed with: 'today, i consider myself the luckiest man on the face of the earth.' his uniform number was retired that same afternoon. number 4. it was the first number ever retired in major league baseball history. they invented the practice for him. he passed 23 months later in his bronx home. june 2 1941. he was 37. the condition has carried his name for 85 years.