My fellow Americans, I'm speaking to you tonight from the Oval Office.

Before I begin, let me speak to important news from earlier today.

After eight months of nonstop negotiation, by my administration, a ceasefire and a hostage deal

has been reached by Israel and Hamas, the elements of which I laid out in great detail in May

of this year. This plan was developed and negotiated by my team, and will be largely implemented by the incoming administration.

That's why I told my team to keep the incoming administration fully informed,

because that's how it should be, working together as Americans.

This will be my final address to you from the American people from the Oval Office,

from this desk as president, and I've been thinking a lot about who we are and maybe more importantly who we should be.

Long ago in New York Harbor, an iron worker installed beam after beam day after day.

He was joined by steelworkers, stone masons, engineers, installed beam after beam day after day.

He was joined by steelworkers, stone masons, engineers.

They built not just a single structure, but a beacon of freedom.

The very idea of America was so big we felt the entire world needed to see.

The Statute of Liberty, a gift from France after our Civil War.

Like the very idea of America, it was built not by one person, but by many people, from every background and from around the world.

Like America, the Statue of Liberty is not standing still.

Her foot literally steps forward atop a broken chain of human bondage.

She's on the march, and she literally moves.

She has built the sway back and forth to withstand the fury of stormy weather. To stand the test of time because storms are always coming.

She sways a few inches, but she never falls into the current below.

An engineering marvel.

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