President Trump: Justin, thank you very much.
We have a great neighbor in Canada, and Justin is
doing a spectacular job in Canada.
Everybody loves him, and they love him
for all reasons.
So, congratulations on the job you're doing.
And I want to thank also Chancellor Merkel for what
she's done here.
It's been really incredible the way things
have been handled -- and nothing is easy -- but so
professionally and without much interruption, despite
quite a few people.
And they seem to follow your G20s around.
But you have been amazing and you have done a
fantastic job.
And thank you very much, Chancellor.
Incredible.
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I truly am glad and very proud to be here today to
announce the historic initiative that will help
transform millions of lives --
millions and millions.
A lot of great, great women out there with
tremendous entrepreneurial spirit and talent.
And it will provide new hope to these women from
countless communities all across the world.
Women in both developing and developed countries
represent tremendous promise for economic
growth and prosperity.
When more women participate in the
workforce -- which, by the way, will be a lot more
competition for people like me, prior to
becoming a politician.
That's a lot of competition,
talented competition.
But the world economy will grow and millions and
millions of people will be lifted out of poverty.
Millions and millions of people, jobs.
The critical investments we're announcing today
will help advance the economic empowerment of
women around the world.
As I said in Poland on Thursday -- and Poland was
so terrific to me, and such great people --
empowering women is a core value that
binds us together.
I'm very proud of my daughter, Ivanka -- always
have been, from day one -- I had to tell you that,
from day one.
She's always been great.
(Applause.)
A champion.
She's a champion.
If she weren't my daughter, it would be so
much easier for her.
(Laughter.)
Might be the only bad thing she has
going, if you want to know the truth.
But I'm very proud of Ivanka who has been a
forceful advocate for landmark
women entrepreneurs.
And she worked very hard for the women
entrepreneurs finance initiative.
So I want to thank you, Ivanka, for all of the
great work you do in so many ways, in addition to
great work you've done over the last few weeks
and months working so hard to help everybody.
You're helping the Chancellor, but you're
helping women all over the world.
And I want to thank you.
Thank you very much.
I also want to thank World Bank President, my
friend -- ah, Kim.
(Laughter.)
Great guy.
Really great guy.
I might have even appointed him,
but I didn't.
He'd be a great appointment.
And the founding donor countries for their
generous support.
We've had tremendous support from so
many countries.
Chancellor Merkel and Ivanka, this is a vision
that really has now become a reality, a very strong
and funded reality.
Thank you for all your efforts and your
dedication to this very critical issue.
And I love it because so many jobs, even beyond
women -- the women will be creating tremendous
initiatives and businesses, and that means
jobs for people.
We applaud everyone involved in this wonderful
and meaningful project.
And President Kim told me just recently that this is
one of the most significant fundraising
efforts for women entrepreneurs that has
ever happened in history.
And I think there's really nothing even close.
So that's a really great achievement.
And I'm pleased to announce today that our
administration will also make a
substantial contribution.
And around the world, women face numerous
barriers running their own businesses, including
access to capital and, maybe almost as
importantly, access to mentors.
The facility will help remove these barriers and
open up doors of opportunity so women may
live and work to their full potential.
And I know what that potential is --
it's unlimited.
By investing in women around the world, we've
investing in families, we're investing in
prosperity, and we're investing in peace.
With a $50 million commitment, the United
States will continue to lead the world stage in
developing policies to empower women financially
in our modern economy.
So I just want to congratulate everybody.
This has been a really difficult one.
But once it got going, it was about women, and it
just took off beyond what anybody thought.
Thank you.
Thank everybody here.
And, Chancellor, thank you very much.
Your leadership is absolutely incredible and
very inspiring.
Thank you very much, everybody.
(Applause.)