# America Turned from Bold Visions to Small Thinking and Stagnation by Donald Trump > “In one of the great tragedies of modern times, our political class ... abandoned this vision, and they abandoned the commitment to progress. We lowered our ambitions and turned from big dreams and bold visions to small thinking and stagnation.” > **— President Donald Trump**, *remarks at Kennedy Space Center, excerpted in The Saturday Wrap-Up, November 7, 2026* ## Sources and Context - **Source dossier:** [[research/Colour Revolutions Versus American Citizen Builders|Colour Revolutions Versus American Citizen Builders]]. - **Direct publication or recording:** [recording, 10:34–11:02](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hQkxXlYlF9U&t=634s). - **Editorial form:** The readable quotation retains visible brackets and/or an ellipsis for source-supported clarification or omission. The candidate map below records the exact treatment. - **Context and treatment:** Trump identifies the political class, abandonment of the American space vision and progress, lowered ambition, and stagnation as the consequence; [recording, 10:34–11:02](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hQkxXlYlF9U&t=634s). The ellipsis removes his audience-directed aside while retaining one continuous embedded passage. ## Related Articles and Collections - **Collection:** [[collections/Simple Reminders|Simple Reminders]] - **Collection:** [[collections/War With Empire|War With Empire]] - **Collection:** [[collections/American Infrastructure|American Infrastructure]] - **Collection:** [[collections/American|American Culture Collection]] - **Collection:** [[collections/The Politics of AI Infrastructure|The Politics of AI Infrastructure]] - **Article:** [[articles/war with empire/The Real No Kings Moment and Who Wrote the Super-intelligence Ban|Who Wrote the Super-intelligence Ban]] - **Article:** [[articles/Vertically Integrating an AI Superpower from AI Factory to Citizen|Vertically Integrating an AI Superpower from AI Factory to Citizen]] ## Related Topics - [[wiki/Donald Trump|Donald Trump]] - [[wiki/American Spirit|American Spirit]] - [[wiki/Colour Revolutions Versus American Citizen Builders|Colour Revolutions Versus American Citizen Builders]] ## Share on Social Media ``` “In one of the great tragedies of modern times, our political class ... abandoned this vision, and they abandoned the commitment to progress. We lowered our ambitions and turned from big dreams and bold visions to small thinking and stagnation.” — President Donald Trump, remarks at Kennedy Space Center, excerpted in The Saturday Wrap-Up, November 7, 2026 https://bryantmcgill.com/simple-reminders-donald-trump-america-turned-from-bold-visions-to-small-thinking-and-stagnation ```