Trump is called a “deranged lunatic” by critics following his holiday tirade
Donald Trump had a different tack on Memorial Day, using a portion of the solemn holiday to air his personal grievances. Traditionally, Memorial Day is a time for Americans to remember the sacrifices made by slain service personnel.
President Donald Trump is receiving criticism for his choice of Memorial Day celebration, which involved a furious, all-caps outburst on social media. He attacked the Biden administration in his post, calling them “scum,” explicitly attacked former President Joe Biden, and attacked judges who had ruled against his plans.
Trump’s Memorial Day speech to the country mirrored the tone of his Easter greeting, starting out with a scathing critique of the injustices he says he is working to right rather than with a call for unity or introspection.
Trump shared this on Truth Social on Monday: “Happy Memorial Day to everyone, including the scum who have spent the last four years trying to destroy our country through an open border that only an incompetent president would approve, judges who are on a mission to keep murderers, drug dealers, rapists, gang members, and released prisoners from all over the world on our country so they can rob, murder, and rape again, and warped radical left minds who allowed 21 million people to enter illegally, many of them criminals and mentally ill.”
Along with Vice President JD Vance and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, President Donald Trump attended a wreath-laying ceremony at Arlington National Cemetery on Memorial Day morning. During one of the nation’s most serious national observances, the three spoke to the audience for a brief period each.
In Washington, D.C., where locations like the Vietnam Veterans Memorial attract innumerable veterans and bereaved families, Memorial Day is particularly significant. Trump adopted a more composed demeanor at Arlington, paying tribute to fallen service members with moving tales and sincere prayers.
He talked extensively about Fredericksburg, Virginia Corporal Ryan McGee, who served three deployments in Afghanistan before being murdered in Iraq at the age of 21.
Trump acknowledged the presence of his mother, Sherry, at McGee’s grave, which is located in Section 60 of Arlington. “America is grieving with you, and more importantly, we are proud of your amazing son,” Trump said to her. “Their valour gave us the freest, greatest, and most noble Republic ever to exist on the face of the earth; a Republic that I am fixing after a long and hard four years,” Trump said in reference to the country’s military past.
The president then shifted to well-known campaign topics, voicing his anger at immigration and the border situation, saying, “Who would let that happen? Unchecked individuals are flooding our borders; they are engaging in actions that are beyond description and inappropriate for discussion today.
Trump also intensified a post calling President Biden a “decrepit corpse,” rekindled his dispute with Harvard University, and made a daring address at Arlington National Cemetery, declaring that he now had “everything” in his second term.
On social media, people expressed their strong opinions regarding the president’s timing and word choice, as usual. Trump’s Truth Social post in particular triggered a surge of fury and touched a nerve. A sample of the criticism it sparked is as follows:
As the nation paused to honor those who served, Trump’s combination of political boasting, personal insults, and tribute had everyone talking, for better or worse. Some believe he missed the occasion entirely, while others claim he was simply being himself. What do you think? Was Trump being Trump, or did he go too far?