Presidential Message on Father’s Day

Presidential Message on Father’s Day

This Father’s Day, we honor the men who are the backbone of our families and the strength of our Republic—the driving force behind 250 glorious years of American prosperity and success. 

The American father has always stood as the most enduring pillar of our Nation.  He provides for his family through hard work, personal sacrifice, and an unrelenting refusal to quit.  He protects his loved ones and his home with an unshakable resolve, and he defends the American way of life by raising children who love our country, honor our history, and carry our proud traditions with them into the future.  He shapes the next generation, passing down the great American values of faith, personal responsibility, and sense of duty that have defined our way of life for two and a half centuries.  The strength and self-sacrifice of our fathers are the foundation upon which our great Nation was built, and it is their devotion that preserves the nuclear family as one of the most powerful and enduring forces for good in our country.

The fierce determination every dad carries to protect his family and pass down the blessings of America to his children are at the heart of what my Administration is working to achieve.  As President, I was proud to launch the historic Trump Accounts because responsible fatherhood means preparing children for success, and this initiative gives parents a new way to invest in their children’s future and the promise of the next generation.  Through the Working Families Tax Cuts Act, we are putting more money back into the pockets of hardworking dads, who power our Nation and whose dedication has been the lifeblood of American prosperity for generations.  We are also keeping our neighborhoods safe by securing our borders, removing deadly drugs and criminal illegal aliens from our streets, and standing firmly behind the police and prosecutors—and as a result, violent crime has dropped to the lowest levels our country has seen in over 80 years.  We are delivering these incredible victories for the same reason:  to give fathers across our country the freedom and opportunity to build the American Dream for the people they love most.

On this Father’s Day, America pays tribute to every father and father figure, whether by birth, adoption, foster care, or the sheer force of a good man’s example, and honors the extraordinary strength and dedication they bring to their families and our beloved country.  My Administration will always stand behind them, working tirelessly to ensure every father and his family experience the full promise and prosperity of this new Golden Age of America.