The President: It is my great honor tonight to
present to the American people our new Treasury
Secretary of the United States, Steven Mnuchin.
Steven, I want to congratulate you.
A lot of people wanted that position, Steven.
A lot of people.
A lot of very successful people.
But I've known you for a very long time and I've
known how smart you are and how great you will be
for our country.
So congratulations to you, to Louise, and to your
whole family.
Americans should know that Steven, our nation's
financial system, is truly in great hands with him.
We're going to have no problem, believe me.
Once again, with this appointment I am following
through on my promise to appoint only the very best
and the very brightest.
Steven is a financial legend with an incredible
track record of success.
I've watched this over the years.
He's been my friend for many, many years.
Everything he touched as turned to gold.
He's done an amazing job and that's what we want
for our country.
He's distinguished himself through decades of
achievement in finance and in banking and has a
degree of skill, talent, and insight that few will
ever be able to match.
He has spent his entire career making money in the
private sector and that's okay.
Especially when you're Secretary of the Treasury.
That's what we want.
Now, he will go to work
on behalf of the American taxpayer.
To all citizens I say Steven will be your
champion and a great champion.
He will fight for Middle class tax reductions,
financial reforms that open up lending and create
millions of new jobs, and fiercely defend the
American tax dollar and our financial security.
And he will also defend out manufacturing jobs
from those who cheat and steal and rob us blind.
It won't be that anymore.
We won't have that anymore.
Countries and others won't be able to take
advantage of us.
It's a whole new era.
Steven knows the system and he will help ensure
that Wall Street plays by the rules.
He will use his insights to get the best possible
result most importantly for the American worker.
They're been treated very unfairly for a long time.
Not anymore.
He will out his skills to work for America's working
families and he will help make America the greatest
jobs magnet on the face of the Earth.
It will truly be for our country, for the first
time in a long time, a rising tide that lifts all
boats and that lifts all ships.
Steven, I want to again congratulate you and
Louise on this unbelievably high honor.
This is one of the great honors.
I know you will carry your office with dedication,
integrity, and passion -- tremendous passion.
You have much very important work ahead for
the American citizens and you will have
absolutely no problem.
He'll work 24 hours a day.
I know him, he'll work 28 hours a day if they give
him the extra four hours.
He will be very, very special.
So, I'd like to just say so importantly, God bless
you, God bless America, and congratulations.
Thank you.
(applause)
The Vice President: Oh behalf of President Trump
it's my great privilege to administer you the
oath of office.
Please put your left hand on the Bible and your
right hand raised.
Repeat after me.
I, Steven Mnuchin, do solemnly swear.
Steven Mnuchin: I, Steven Mnuchin, do
solemnly swear.
The Vice President: That I will support and defend
the Constitution of the United States.
Steven Mnuchin: That I will support and defend
the Constitution of the United States.
The Vice President: Against all enemies.
Steven Mnuchin: Against all enemies.
The Vice President: Foreign and domestic.
Steven Mnuchin: Foreign and domestic.
The Vice President: That I will bear true faith and
allegiance to the same.
Steven Mnuchin: That I shall bear true faith and
allegiance to the same.
The Vice President: That I take this
obligation freely.
Steven Mnuchin: That I take this
obligation freely.
The Vice President: Without any
mental reservation.
Steven Mnuchin: Without any mental reservation.
The Vice President: Or purpose of evasion.
Steve Mnuchin: Or purpose of evasion.
The Vice President: And that I will well and
faithfully discharge the duties.
Steve Mnuchin: And that I will well and faithfully
discharge the duties.
The Vice President: Of the office upon which I am
about to enter.
Steve Mnuchin: Of the office upon which I am
about to enter.
The Vice President: So help me God.
Steven Mnuchin: So help me God.
The Vice President: Congratulations.
(applause)
The President: Great, Steven.
Say a few words.
Steven Mnuchin: Mr. President, I want to
thank you for this extraordinary opportunity
to serve you and the country as the
Secretary of Treasury.
It has been a great experience to travel
around the country with you for the last year
seeing so many parts of this country and meeting
hundreds of business leaders.
I share your economic vision and goals and am
committed to working with you to enact policies to
grow the economy and make better economic
opportunities for all Americans.
I would also like to thank the Vice President Pence
for the honor of swearing me in and for all your
support in this job.
There have been so many people that have helped me
in this process, and I want to thank them all as
they helped prepare me for the role of Secretary and
I want to thank them.
It's a great honor to follow in the footsteps of
Alexander Hamilton and so many great
treasury secretaries.
I look forward to working with the entire great
staff of the Treasury Department.
I am committed to using the full powers of this
office to create more jobs, to combat terrorist
activities and financing, and to make
America great again.
Thank you.
(applause)