President Donald Trump was criticized after he "honored" America's fallen soldiers on Memorial Day by posting an all-caps rant on Truth Social attacking Democrats, deriding "mentally insane" immigrants, and referring to his detractors as liberal "scum."
After wishing a "HAPPY MEMORIAL DAY TO ALL," Trump immediately criticized the "SCUM THAT SPENT THE LAST FOUR YEARS TRYING TO DESTROY OUR COUNTRY THROUGH WARPED RADICAL LEFT MINDS, WHO ALLOWED 21,000,000 MILLION PEOPLE TO ILLEGALLY ENTER OUR COUNTRY, MANY OF THEM BEING CRIMINALS AND THE MENTALLY INSANE."
Trump also attacked his predecessor, former President Joe Biden, saying these "insane" immigrants came "THROUGH AN OPEN BORDER THAT ONLY AN INCOMPETENT PRESIDENT WOULD APPROVE."
He claimed that the judiciary also bears responsibility for the situation, condemning the actions of:
"...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 — ALL PROTECTED BY THESE USA HATING JUDGES WHO SUFFER FROM AN IDEOLOGY THAT IS SICK, AND VERY DANGEROUS FOR OUR COUNTRY."
He added:
"HOPEFULLY THE UNITED STATES SUPREME COURT, AND OTHER GOOD AND COMPASSIONATE JUDGES THROUGHOUT THE LAND, WILL SAVE US FROM THE DECISIONS OF THE MONSTERS WHO WANT OUR COUNTRY TO GO TO HELL."
"BUT FEAR NOT, WE HAVE MADE GREAT PROGRESS OVER THE LAST 4 MONTHS, AND AMERICA WILL SOON BE SAFE AND GREAT AGAIN! AGAIN, HAPPY MEMORIAL DAY, AND GOD BLESS AMERICA!
You can see his post below.
@realDonaldTrump/Truth Social
Such behavior is perhaps unsurprising from Trump given the many times he's disrespected members of the military, particularly the "suckers and losers" who die in combat.
He was swiftly criticized for his remarks.
Of course this isn't the first time Trump has used a holiday meant to honor our fallen soldiers to attack the political opposition and his perceived enemies.
Trump was called out last year after he spent the day criticizing Judge Arthur Engoron, who presided over Trump’s New York hush money trial, and Judge Juan Merchan, who presided over his criminal election interference trial. Trump also attacked Lewis Kaplan, the judge who presided over a civil trial initiated by writer E. Jean Carroll, who accused Trump of rape and defamation.
At the time, Trump derided "the Human Scum that is working so hard to destroy our Once Great Country." In the same breath, he took aim at Engoron, whom he characterized as a "Trump Hating Federal Judge" who "fined me 500 Million Dollars (UNDER APPEAL) for DOING NOTHING WRONG."
He just keeps outdoing himself.