Trump Calls Family of Medal of Honor Recipient
Speaker, don't forget.
Hello?
Hi, is this Mr. Olace?
Speaking.
Hi, this is Chamberlain from President Trump's
office. How are you?
I'm fine. How are you?
Good. I have the president calling for you.
Oh, wonderful. Thank you.
You're welcome. Of course.
Robert and Linda?
Hi, Mr. President.
Hi, Mr. President.
Uh-huh.
How are you?
Well, how are you both, okay?
We're nervous.
Uh, we're, we're very nervous.
I know. You should be, because, uh, because your son is
gonna get the highest honor that you can have.
Uh, there's no higher honor than the
Congressional Medal of Honor.
Oh.
Well-
So, uh, he's going to get it, and, uh, Michael is gonna be, uh, he's looking
down at you right now-
Aw
... and he's saying, "Well, my mom and dad are handling this pretty well."
Oh, I hope so.
Thank you.
Thank you so much-
Thank you so much
... President, Mr. President.
That's great.
I, I, I, I, y- you have no idea h- the, the happiness I,
we have. Like-
Thank you for facilitating this. This is so wonderful of you.
We are so thrilled, 'cause we've been working on it for so
long,
and spoke to so many people-
Yeah
... but,
uh, you made it happen.
Uh, yeah, we made it... Well, you, so you let people know about your boy,
right? It's what you did, right?
Absolutely.
Yes, we did.
Good.
Yes, we did.
That's good. Otherwise, how are we gonna know, right? You know,
people don't know.
Right.
Right.
So I think that's, I think that's fantastic.
And, and-
Well, you did a good job, and he did a, an even better job, right?
And, uh, you're gonna come to the White House soon.
They'll work it out, and we're gonna have a ceremony for a few
of them, and
all brave people.
Mm-hmm.
But I read what your son did, and it's, uh... I wouldn't do it, Linda.
Aw.
I wouldn't do
it, okay?
I'm not brave enough either.
Neither, ne- neither am I. Even though I'm a Vietnam
vet, I still wouldn't have done it.
Yeah, I know.
Yeah.
He, a beautiful looking guy, too. I have a picture.
Aw, thank you.
I just, I just read his story.
Thank you.
I will see you in the White House soon.
Oh.
Yes! We're going to the White House.
We love you. We're praying for you every day.
Yes.
Tell your daughter.
Let's do this. MAGA.
That's beautiful.
Yes.
That's-
Bring them all down. Hey, Robert and Linda, bring them all down.
Okay.
Absolutely.
I certainly will.
Uh, we will.
I certainly will.
Yes.
Go, go, go celebrate.
Aw, thank you, sir.
Okay, thank you.
Thank you, sir.
And your boy is proud of you.
Aw.
Have a good time. I'll see you at the White House.
Oh, wonderful.
Okay.
Can't wait.
Thank you for the call.
Thank you for the call.
Bye-bye, everybody.
Bye-bye, now.
Bye.
Bye-bye.
Yes!
End of transcript · 500 words