President Trump’s remarks at Arlington National Cemetery contrasted with his more militant public comments throughout the long holiday weekend.
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WASHINGTON – President Donald Trump gave a historic anniversary speech after placing a wreath on the graves of unknown soldiers.
The second term’s Republican president’s remarks contrasted with his other more militant public comments throughout the long holiday weekend, including all the cap messages sent hours before his political opponents and federal judges.
Involving the 250th anniversary of the beginning of the American Revolution, Trump shared the names and ages of several settlers killed in the Battle of Lexington and Concord in 1775.
“The brave Minutemen and the farm boy have become the first to give their lives for a country that has yet to have a name,” Trump said. “Their death… ignites the flames of liberty now illuminated and inspires everyone in the whole world.”
Trump also highlighted the Golden Star family from the country’s recent war, in conjunction with the anniversary speech given during his first administration.
He mentioned Senior Chief Shannon Kent, a naval crypto engineer and mother of two who was killed in Syria during the suicide bombing technique in January 2019.
“Shannon was in the fifth battle scene when she was killed when she was embedded in a team hunting ISIS terrorists through the streets of Syria,” Trump said. Kent’s husband Joe is a former Army Green Beret and CIA paramilitary officer and is currently appointed to lead the National Center for Counterterrorism.
Vice President J.D. Vice President Pete Hegses and Air Force Secretary General Dan Kane joined Arlington’s Trump, chairman of the co-director. Born in 1868 as a day to remember the death of the US civil war, Memorial Day was standardized as a federal holiday honouring all fallen members of the US military, beginning in 1971.
Vance and Hegseth reiterated the administration’s purpose in avoiding foreign conflicts in their remarks.
“The best way to respect what we fell is to ask the next generation to make the ultimate sacrifice when they absolutely have to do,” Vance said.
Referring to the Arlington War deaths, Heggs said, “The obligation we owe to these men is peace, and it can only be achieved through strength.”
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Except for a brief interlude in which Trump described “not checking our borders” and “a long, hard four years” that mostly avoided partisan jabs in his address.
However, in a May 24 opening speech at the US military academy in West Point, Trump used his holidays to chase political enemies around the country.
“A happy anniversary for all, including Scum, who tried to destroy our country through the radical left heart that distorted the past four years,” Trump wrote on May 26th of the True Society.
And while addressing the country’s latest army officer, the president, who has been married three times, detailed the risks of a “trophy wife,” and celebrated the end of “critical racial theory or transgender in this country, or for all those forced by brave men and women to others about it.”
At the grave, the president also publicly stated his excitement over the number of iconic events that will occur in the coming years.
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When Trump spoke about the “huge and ultimate sacrifice” of American soldiers over the past 250 years, he nurtured the fact that he had planned to celebrate the 250th anniversary of its founding on June 14th at the parade.
“We’re going to have a big, big celebration,” Trump said. “I’m happy I missed that second term… because I won’t be your president because of that.”
Trump, who lost the 2020 election, would have missed the event if he was elected for a second consecutive term. During his current term, Trump is also expected to host the 2026 FIFA World Cup. This will be the 2028 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, in collaboration with Canada and Mexico.
Trump said God had intended the three regiment of events.
“Look at what I have now,” he said. “I have it all. It’s amazing how things work. God did it.”
After the ceremony, Trump immediately set out to play golf.
