Former President Trump wished a happy Memorial Day to Americans but warned that the United States is in great “peril” due to individuals he said are working from within the government to destroy the country.
Trump said via his social media platform, Truth Social, that the country “has never been in greater peril than it is right now” and called on supporters to help him “stop the communists, Marxists and fascist ‘pigs’ at every turn and make [America] great again!”
The former commander-in-chief added that he sends warm regards, “especially to those who gave the ultimate sacrifice for the country they love, and to those in line of a very different, but equally dangerous fire, stopping the threats of the terrorists, misfits and lunatic thugs who are working feverishly from within to overturn and destroy our once great country.”
Several weeks ago, Trump issued a similar message when he wished a “Happy Easter” to “weak and pathetic RINOs,” referring to Republicans in name only, and “radical left Democrats, socialists, marxists, & communists.”
“Happy Easter to all, including those that dream endlessly of destroying our country because they are incapable of dreaming about anything else,” Trump said on Truth Social.
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, the former president’s top rival for the Republican 2024 presidential nomination, offered his own comments on Memorial Day earlier on Monday. The governor indicated that he believes the U.S. military has veered too far to the left and indicated that he would make sweeping changes if he’s elected.
DeSantis also praised the United States as a “great country built on great values” but said that the U.S. Constitution doesn’t “run on autopilot if you don’t have people throughout history willing to put on the uniform, risk their lives and indeed give the last full measure of devotion.” He added, “And so today is a day to reflect on those that made the ultimate sacrifice, because if you don’t have people that are willing to do that, then you really can’t have a free society.”
