Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson

This is P. Salazar.

Hi from Cub Scout Pack 110 at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, oh, in Alaska.

It's so good to have you with us.

You might be the furthest afar so far until our transatlantic people get on.

Those investments mean jobs for Alaskans and better support for the crews who save lives and protect our waters.

The senator is also working with the administration to advance a $7 billion investment in JBER.

That means thousands of jobs right here in South Central Alaska, while strengthening America's presence in the Arctic.

Thank you, Senator Sullivan-

So we are working with the President and his team on building up our military.

I'm glad that Shauna Hagnam ...

By the way, Shauna, thank you again for that introduction, talked about all the places we are doing this everywhere from Fairbanks and the President's Golden Dome and missile defense, to the $7 billion investment at JBER, to the giant Coast Guard buildup, to the four icebreakers we're finally gonna homeport in Alaska.

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And that's why they've also announced on this trip $208 million in new barracks at Fort Wainwright, $152 million for a training center at Joint Base Richardson there.

$54 million, excuse me, I'm dyslexic, let me say that again, $45 million for a runway extension there for our bombers and our jets, and a proposed multi-year $7 billion modernization effort at the JBER.

Now, all of these investments, the White House say, involve military readiness, infrastructure, and the American presence in the Arctic because for far too long, the left has done everything it can to undermine our presence there.

in the arctic and that is a huge problem now let's put all that together and then go back to something else that the administration is also talking about specifically the numbers behind their tax message According to the White House, approximately 14,000 Alaskan workers benefit from the federal tax deduction for qualifying tips.

Like, we can't fill our positions.

And if you look at the money coming in through JBER, there's $2 billion coming in for Fighter Town, followed by more after that, construction projects all over the state that are gonna be popping up if we ever get the liquid na- uh, natural gas pipeline.

All of these things require people, and we're losing those people.

We have to give them a community that they wanna stay in, that our kids wanna live in, that our parents wanna raise their children in, right? If we don't do that, this is a zero-sum game.

Mid-afternoon, a shakeup in the governor's race.

About an hour before taking the stage, Trump posted on Truth Social endorsing Republican candidate Bernadette Wilson and saying fellow Republican Dave Bronson had, quote, "begged for support." Bronson at the rally pushed back saying the president's recollection was, quote, "different from mine." Air Force One touched down at JBER just after 3:00 PM, and from there, a helicopter flight to Wasilla, then motorcade to the Menard Center.

Trump took the stage just after 4:30, speaking for nearly 90 minutes.

In fact, they were thinking about canceling.

High temperatures in Anchorage reaching up to 44 degrees today.

From Air Force One at JBER to a packed house in Wasilla, President Trump made his pitch to Alaska voters.

Supporters lined up before sunrise while protesters gathered near Wasilla Lake.

But the main reason the president visited our state, Senator Dan Sullivan.