Trump lashes out at political opponents and judges in Memorial Day post
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In a Memorial Day post to his Truth Social platform Monday, President Donald Trump marked the solemn occasion honoring America’s war dead by blasting his political opponents and perceived enemies as “scum,” members of the federal judiciary as “USA hating” as well as “monsters,” and his predecessor, former President Joe Biden, as “incompetent.”
In a Memorial Day post to his Truth Social platform Monday, President Donald Trump marked the solemn occasion honoring America’s war dead by blasting his political opponents and perceived enemies as “scum,” members of the federal judiciary as “USA hating” as well as “monsters,” and his predecessor, former President Joe Biden, as “incompetent.” The all-caps message, posted just before 7:00 a.m. ET, sees the president wishing a “Happy Memorial Day to all, including the scum that spent the last four years trying to destroy our country through warped radical left minds,” which he writes were responsible for illegal immigration into the country under Biden. Trump went on to suggest that 21 million people entered the US illegally under the previous administration — a figure not borne out by US Customs and Border Protection data, as previously reported by CNN. He blamed “an incompetent president” for the influx of migrants and “judges who are on a mission to keep murderers, drug dealers, rapists, gang members, and released prisoners from all over the world, in our country so they can rob, murder, and rape again,” for stymying his deportation agenda, claiming criminal migrants are “protected by these USA hating judges who suffer from an ideology that is sick, and very dangerous for our country.” In the United States, Memorial Day honors those who died while serving in the armed forces — due to the holiday’s grave significance, it’s largely considered taboo to wish someone a “Happy Memorial Day.” Later Monday, the president is scheduled to observe the holiday in a more traditional setting, traveling to Arlington National Cemetery in northern Virginia. There, he’ll lay a wreath at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier before delivering remarks from the cemetery’s amphitheater.
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