--- title: Donald Trump: Read Speech at MacDill Air Force Base description: President Donald Trump claimed the press does not report terrorist attacks during a speech at the MacDill Air Force Base in Tampa, Fla. canonical: https://time.com/4661658/donald-trump-terror-attacks-speech-macdill-air-force-base/ author: Aric Jenkins article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2017-02-06T20:52:48.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-10-07T07:15:56.678Z article:section: Politics og:title: Read President Trump's Speech Claiming Press Doesn't Report Terror Attacks og:description: "They have their reasons and you understand that" og:url: https://time.com/4661658/donald-trump-terror-attacks-speech-macdill-air-force-base/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt799e244da795b901/6988b901a988ca21456bae35/trump-press.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 2560 og:image:height: 1440 og:image:alt: U.S. President Trump is welcomed during speech at MacDill Air Force Base in Tampa og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Read President Trump's Speech Claiming Press Doesn't Report Terror Attacks twitter:description: "They have their reasons and you understand that" twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt799e244da795b901/6988b901a988ca21456bae35/trump-press.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Read President Trump's Speech Claiming the Press Doesn't Report Terror Attacks > Sponsored content. 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President Donald Trump claimed the media "doesn't want to report" on terrorist attacks while delivering remarks at MacDill Air Force Base on Monday._ by [Aric Jenkins](https://time.com/author/aric-jenkins/) ## Aric Jenkins Feb 6, 2017 8:52 PM UTC President Donald Trump claimed the media "doesn't want to report" on terrorist attacks while delivering remarks at MacDill Air Force Base on Monday. by [Aric Jenkins](https://time.com/author/aric-jenkins/) ## Aric Jenkins Feb 6, 2017 8:52 PM UTC President Donald Trump claimed the [“very, very dishonest press”](http://time.com/4660961/donald-trump-travel-ban-polls-fake-news/) does not report terrorist attacks during a speech to coalition representatives and senior U.S. military commanders at Tampa’s MacDill Air Force Base on Monday. “They have their reasons and you understand that,” the President said in reference to several attacks across the U.S. and Europe — all of which were widely covered by U.S. and international media. The President touched upon a number of topics during his speech, including a vow to make a “historic financial investment” in the U.S. Armed Forces, as well as a [request for fellow NATO members](http://time.com/4660803/nato-trump-meeting/) to make “full and proper financial contributions to the NATO Alliance.” Read a full transcript of his speech below. --- > “” --- ## Transcript [00:00] Radical Islamic terrorists are determined to strike our [00:03] homeland. As they did on 9 / 11, as they did [00:07] from Boston to Orlando, to San Bernardino and [00:13] all across Europe. You've seen what happened in Paris [00:17] and Nice. All over Europe, it's happening. [00:22] It's gotten to a point that it's not even being reported. [00:26] And in many cases the very, very dishonest press [00:29] doesn't want to report it. They have their reasons and [00:33] you understand that. We will defeat radical Islamic [00:36] terrorism and we will not allow it to take root in [00:40] our country. We're not going to allow it. You've been [00:42] seeing what's been going on over the last Few days. [00:46] We need strong programs, so that [00:50] people that love us and want to love our country and [00:55] will end up loving our country, are allowed in. 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