President Trump and French President Emmanuel Macron attended a commemoration of D-Day on Thursday morning at the American cemetery above Omaha Beach. Trump watched as Macron awarded the Legion of Honor, France's highest civilian accolade, to five Americans who fought in Operation Overlord on June 6, 1944, the largest air and amphibious military operation in history. Macron spoke about what D-Day meant for France and the importance of the alliance it consolidated for the post-war world, and he thanked the American veterans in English.
Trump mostly stuck to his prepared remarks. He called the gathered World War II veterans "the very greatest Americans who will ever live" and "the glory of our republic, and we thank you from the bottom of our hearts." He singled out a few of the D-Day veterans and told their stories. "We come not only because of what they did here, we come because of who they were," he said. And Trump also gave a big nod to America's allies. "Our cherished alliance was forged in the heat of battle, tested in the trials of war, and proven in the blessings of peace," he said. "Our bond is unbreakable." Watch his remarks below. Peter Weber
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