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With America's growing energy needs because of the incredible transformation here,

does it really make sense to build the gigawatts here needed to replace Canada?

On automobiles, Canada is far and away America's biggest customer,

and an integrated North American market for production is the best and most durable way

to confront intense, truly intense global competition.

On critical minerals, with our endowments from potash, nickel, copper, uranium, lithium, cobalt, beyond,

Canada can be the most reliable supplier that America needs to put affordable food on the table,

strengthen national defense, and meet the exploding demand to power AI.

So Alex is right. We shouldn't underestimate the future.

As the United States approaches its 250th birthday,

happy birthday, as the most in advance, as the most,

but it approaches this moment as the most dynamic, resilient, and inventive country the world has ever seen.

As a country whose founding values of liberty, democracy, justice, and openness

should continue to serve as guides to its future and the future of the world.

That future should include a new partnership with Canada,

a true partnership that reimagines cooperation in specific sectors that are deeply challenged by global competition,

a partnership with a different Canada, a stronger Canada, a more confident Canada,

a country that is applying the lessons from past crises, a country unleashing its enormous potential,

a country aggressively translating our belief in openness into dozens of new partnerships,

a country that's predictable, reliable, and principled in a world that's anything but.