President Trump
Donald John Trump Trump responds to calls to tear down monuments with creation of Trump Statues’ National Garden ‘: Children are taught at school to’ hate their own country ‘Trump accuses those who knock down statues of wanting to’ overthrow the American Revolution ‘ He took aggressive hits on the “radical left” and in the media as he defended his administration’s response to the coronavirus pandemic during a broad speech on Independence Day on Saturday.
“We are now in the process of defeating the radical left, the Marxists, the anarchists, the agitators, the looters and the people who in many cases have no idea what they are doing,” Trump said at the White House, referring to a National protests against police brutality and racial inequality that have been ongoing since the May 25 death of George Floyd, an unarmed black man who died in Minneapolis police custody.
On the nation’s 244th birthday, Trump said the United States was thriving under his watch until “he was hit by the virus that came from China,” comments that come as the United States and several states have reported record numbers of coronavirus cases. in the last week.
The president echoed the talking points he has promoted in recent weeks, saying the increase in cases is the result of expanded evidence, a claim rejected by White House experts themselves. It also promoted a decrease in the death rate in the US, which is still higher than in other developed countries.
“And we have come a long way, our strategy is progressing well,” Trump said. “It goes out in one area, its ugly face rises in another area. But we have learned a lot. We have learned to put out the flame. “
Trump said the US media “slanders” him and his allies by calling them racists or their actions. He described news coverage of the overthrow and removal of Confederate monuments as disrespectful to the United States military.
“You not only slander me, you not only slander Americans, but you slander generations of heroes who gave their lives for the United States,” Trump said. “You slander people who are much braver and more principled than you … You are dishonoring the people who fight for freedom in the Civil War, the slanders.”
It was the president’s second annual “Salute to America” on July 4, although the pandemic required a much smaller event than last year at the National Mall to celebrate the US military.
In 2019, Trump largely avoided politics in a speech to thousands of supporters of the Lincoln Memorial.
This year, with polls showing Trump behind an alleged Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden
Joe Biden Can Republicans Handle the Aftermath of Donald Trump? Biden seeks to impersonate Trump in Georgia Trump’s Mount Rushmore stunt will backfire MORE On increasing margins, with less than four months to go before Election Day, he peppered his favorite targets with criticism before a series of military flybys and a fireworks display that will begin at 9 p.m.
“The more bitter you become, the more we will appear to love and patriotism, and the more we will rise above your hatred to build a better future for every child in our great country,” he said.
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