Tucker Carlson gives commentary on the reaction from the media and criticism from elites to President Trump's speech in Warsaw in defense of Western values.



"America isn't falling to foreign invaders, it is rotting from within because the people in charge don't think it's worth preserving," Carlson said. "You have to love a civilization in order to save it, and they don't. Well, in 141 of the truest words he is ever spoken, the President reminded the world why the West is worth defending."



"Western civilization is our birthright. It makes all good things possible. Undefended, it collapses," Carlson also said.





TUCKER CARLSON, FOX NEWS: There were massive protests in Hamburg, Germany today where thousands gathered to protest a G20 Summit meeting attended by the American president. Police said they used fire hoses to maintain order. Fifteen police officers were hurt in the ensuing chaos.



Earlier in the day, the President received a far warmer reception in Warsaw, Poland where he spoke to a crowd that would not have been out of place at a rally in Ohio or Oklahoma. Speeches like this are always an occasion for a president to say nice things about the country he is visiting, and President Trump did that. But then he went on to do something unusual. He offered a spirited defense of Western civilization from those who seek its destruction. And who exactly would destroy it?



Well, radical Islam, of course, ISIS, brain-dead Jihadists and crazy people with bombs. They are a danger to us, the President explained. But they're hardly the whole problem. Maybe the gravest threat we face comes from within. The President put it this way.



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DONALD TRUMP, PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES: We must work together to confront forces, whether they come from inside or out, from the South or the East, that threaten overtime to undermine these values into a race the bonds of culture, faith, and tradition. That makes us who we are.



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If left unchecked, these forces will undermine our courage, sap our spirit,

and weaken our will to defend ourselves and our societies.



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CARLSON: Undermine our courage. Sap our spirit. ISIS isn't doing that to us. Our elites are. When they tell us to hate ourselves and our culture and our history when they teach our children to despise the country that produced them. When they claimed that percentage point of annual economic growth is more important than the bonds that connect us to each other.



America isn't falling to foreign invaders, it is rotting from within because the people in charge don't think it's worth preserving. You have to love a civilization in order to save it, and they don't. Well, in 141 of the truest words he is ever spoken, the President reminded the world why the West is worth defending.



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TRUMP: We are the fastest and the greatest community. There is nothing like our community of nations. The world has never known anything like our community of nations. We write symphonies. We pursue innovation. We celebrate our ancient heroes, and price are timeless traditions, and customs. And always seek to explore and discover brand-new frontiers. We reward brilliance. We strive for excellence. And cherish inspiring works of art that honor guard. We treasure the rule of law and protect the right to free speech. And free expression.



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We empower women as pillars of our society and of our success. We put faith in family, not government and bureaucracy at the center of our lives, and we debate everything. We challenge everything. We seek to know everything so that we can better know ourselves.



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And above all, we value the dignity of every human life, protect the rights of every person, and share the hope of every song to live in freedom.



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CARLSON: We don't hear it that much, but all of that is true. We are different from other societies. We speak freely, we protect the individual. We do write symphonies. We have no reason to be ashamed. We've got a lot of reasons, countless reasons to be proud. And not just of our wealth, the civilization is not merely the sum of our country's GDP, it's a constellation.



Values, and norms, and traditions, heroes, and villains, and yes, even religious beliefs are the most successful and benevolent in human history. But it still vulnerable. All civilizations are vulnerable. Rome looked invincible at one point, too. It turned out not to be. So, it's worth remembering the basics. Western civilization is our birthright. It makes all good things possible. Undefended, it collapses.



And so, we've got to fight to preserve it. Not just with air strikes, but with a vigorous defense of our common values. Nothing matters more than that. President Trump has his flaws, but to his everlasting credit he is willing to say all of that out loud. And that's worth something. Maybe a lot.