Donald Trump’s latest speech to the National Religious Broadcasters included some odd rhetoric. At one point, for example, the former president seemed to take credit for making Israel the capital of Israel. He also appeared to connect special counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation to reports of Hunter Biden’s laptop, which didn’t make sense.
But a Washington Post report highlighted what was arguably the most important part of the Republican’s remarks.
Republican presidential front-runner Donald Trump further ratcheted up his inflammatory language against Americans who oppose him politically by likening them to the foreign enemies that the United States fought in World War II. In a speech on Thursday to the National Religious Broadcasters in Nashville, the former president drew a direct connection between the battles during that organization’s founding in 1944 and his current campaign to win back the White House.
“Our country was at war with the enemy, and they wanted to extinguish our way of life forever,” Trump said, adding, “This time, the greatest threat is not from the outside of our country, I really believe this. It’s the people from within our country that are more dangerous.”
Part of the GOP candidate’s message of late has focused on criticizing the United States and its institutions. This week, for example, Trump accused the U.S. of being filled with “crooked” politicians and home to a corrupt judicial system. He went on conclude that the United States is a “nation in decline.”
The disparaging remarks came on the heels of related rhetoric from his post-presidency, including an October 2022 message in which Trump argued that the United States is “Rigged, Crooked, and Evil.”
But his remarks to the National Religious Broadcasters (NRB) served as a timely reminder: The Republican doesn’t just have a problem with the country, he also has a problem with many of its citizens.
Trump has met the enemy. Evidently, it’s us — or…
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