Trump steered clear of the name-calling that has marked other public appearances, opting instead for a critique of Biden\u2019s presidency and a review of what Trump said were the policy achievements of his own time in office.<\/p>\n
\u201cTwo years ago we were a great nation and soon we will be a great nation again,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
Trump laid out familiar dark themes from his playbook, denouncing migrants \u2014 \u201cWe\u2019re being poisoned\u201d \u2014 and portraying American cities as crime-ridden \u201ccesspools of blood.\u201d<\/p>\n
He said he would push for the death penalty for drug dealers and rehire members of the military who had been dismissed for refusing to get the Covid-19 vaccine.<\/p>\n
Although he assailed the US election process, Trump did not use his speech to revive his false claims of massive voter fraud in 2020 and did not mention the violent attempt by his supporters on Jan 6, 2021, to prevent Congress from certifying Biden\u2019s victory.<\/p>\n
On a trip to Indonesia, Biden said \u201cnot really\u201d when asked if he had a reaction to Trump\u2019s announcement. On Twitter, he posted a video criticising Trump\u2019s record in office.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Trump steered clear of the name-calling that has marked other public appearances, opting instead for a critique of Biden\u2019s presidency and a review of what Trump said were the policy achievements of his own time in office. \u201cTwo years ago we were a great nation and soon we will be a great nation again,\u201d he […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":295546,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-295545","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-world"},"yoast_head":"\n