Mr. Speaker, Mr. Vice President, Members of Congress, the First Lady of the United States, and Citizens of America:
議長、副大統領、国会議員の皆さん、ファーストレディー、そしてアメリカ国民の皆さんへ。
Tonight, as we mark the conclusion of our celebration of Black History Month, we are reminded of our Nation’s path toward civil rights and the work that still remains.
Jewish Community Centers and vandalism of Jewish cemeteries, as well as last week’s shooting in Kansas City, remind us that while we may be a Nation divided on policies, we are a country that stands united in condemning hate and evil in all its forms.
That torch is now in our hands. And we will use it to light up the world. I am here tonight to deliver a message of unity and strength, and it is a message deeply delivered from my heart.
I will not allow the mistakes of recent decades past to define the course of our future.
私は、過去数十年間の間違いが、今後の行く末を決めてしまうことは許しません。
For too long, we’ve watched our middle class shrink as we’ve exported our jobs and wealth to foreign countries.
あまりにも長い間、我々は雇用と富を国外に流出して中産階級が縮小していくのを見てきました。
We’ve financed and built one global project after another, but ignored the fates of our children in the inner cities of Chicago, Baltimore, Detroit — and so many other places throughout our land.
We’ve defended the borders of other nations, while leaving our own borders wide open, for anyone to cross — and for drugs to pour in at a now unprecedented rate.
And we’ve spent trillions of dollars overseas, while our infrastructure at home has so badly crumbled.
また、海外で数兆ドルも費やしましたが、国内のインフラは、とてもひどく崩壊しました。
Then, in 2016, the earth shifted beneath our feet. The rebellion started as a quiet protest, spoken by families of all colors and creeds — families who just wanted a fair shot for their children, and a fair hearing for their concerns.
Finally, the chorus became an earthquake — and the people turned out by the tens of millions, and they were all united by one very simple, but crucial demand, that America must put its own citizens first … because only then, can we truly MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN.
