Donald Trump removes his mask in the first public speech since his discharge. (Reuters)
Trump, 74, and First Lady Melania, 50, tested positive for COVID-19 last week. The president was transferred to a military hospital for treatment. After spending four days there, he returned to the White House on Monday.
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US President Donald Trump delivered his first public speech on Saturday after being released from the hospital where he was treated for the COVID-19 infection, assuring his supporters that he was feeling fine. Hundreds of Republican supporters sporting light blue T-shirts and the well-known red MAGA (Make America Great Again) caps gathered in South Lawns of the White House as the president addressed them from his balcony in a campaign-style event.
“I’m doing great. This is the most important election in the history of our country. Come out and vote, and I love you,” Trump told supporters, looking healthy and energetic. Trump, 74, and first lady Melania, out of 50 tested positive for COVID-19 last week. The president was transferred to a military hospital for treatment. After spending four days there, he returned to the White House on Monday.
“We got a great survey in Florida. We got a great poll in North Carolina. We got a great poll in Nevada. Georgia looks fantastic. Texas looks fantastic. We got a great poll in Texas and great polls everywhere, ”he said in his first public speech since returning from the hospital. Trump mocked Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden and his running mate Kamala Harris as left-wing politicians.
“Our opponents will crush the return (of COVID-19) with unscientific blocks,” he said. “We have a level of support like no one has ever seen,” Trump boasted, as he launched into a riff on voter fraud.
“I think we are going to sink them so much that it will not matter,” he told his followers, who frequently broke into chants of “four more years”, “we love you! The White House described the speech as an official event in which the president delivered comments to peaceful protesters in support of law and order.
Since taking office, Trump has been steadfast in his commitment to restoring law and order to the country while working with state and local police to protect communities and the rights of all Americans, the White House said. In his speech, Trump highlighted his administration’s monumental accomplishments for communities of color, including record employment, historically low rates of poverty, criminal justice reform, billions of investments through opportunity zones and a unwavering support for the school of your choice.
Under Trump’s leadership, ‘the American dream’ is being restored to the citizens of our entire great nation and America’s forgotten men and women are no longer forgotten, he said. Thanking his supporters for the prayers and good wishes they offered him and the First Lady last week, Trump said that through the power of American science and medicine they will eradicate the ‘China virus’ once and for all. .
“Everyone here this afternoon is part of a growing national movement called BLEXIT. African Americans and Latin Americans are rejecting the radical socialist left and embracing our pro-employment, pro-worker, pro-police and pro-American agenda. He understands that to protect the lives of African Americans and all Americans, we must support our police, he said. Critic of Biden, the president said that if the left wins power, they will launch a national crusade against law enforcement that takes away their funds, their firearms and their fundamental authorities.
It is time for all Americans to stand up and reject the smear campaign against our police by leftist politicians and liberal experts, he said. Trump asserted that when there is evidence of wrongdoing by police, the criminal justice system must investigate and the perpetrators must be held accountable.
But we must never allow the mafia to rule, he said. No one is more hurt by the left wing war on the police than African Americans. Last year, in just four cities run by Democrats, more than 1,000 African Americans were murdered as a result of violent crimes. And the riots, looting and arson disproportionately harmed Black and Latino communities, he said. Referring to his recently launched ‘Platinum Plan’, Trump said it envisions 3 million new jobs for black Americans, greater access to capital by $ 500 billion and advanced home ownership and wealth creation in the next four. years.
We will build peaceful and safer neighborhoods with the highest standards of vigilance. We will create a health system that provides better care at a lower cost, addressing chronic health disparities. And we will provide school options to all parents in America, he said. We will support our police force, restore safety to our streets, return our economy to full prosperity, and next year will be one of the best years in our country’s history. said the president.
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