Trump also attacked various legal opponents, calling one of the judges a “wacko” (File)
Donald Trump launched another blistering attack on his political opponents on Monday, choosing Memorial Day to brand them “human scum.”
As Americans remember soldiers who died in conflicts by visiting cemeteries and having backyard barbecues with family and friends, the former Republican president took to his platform, Truth Social, to denounce those he sees as enemies.
That includes judges who have overseen or are currently overseeing litigation against Trump, including civil lawsuits for sexual assault and business fraud, as well as the ongoing landmark criminal trial stemming from his alleged payments to porn stars shortly before the 2016 election.
“Happy Memorial Day to everyone, including the human scum who are working hard to destroy our once great country,” said Trump, who is leading in polls in many battleground states as he prepares to face President Joe Biden in November’s presidential election.
He also attacked various opponents in court, calling one judge a “lunatic,” and slammed former magazine columnist E. Jean Carroll, who filed a civil lawsuit against him for sexual abuse and defamation in 1996. A judge ordered Carroll to pay $88 million.
In another post, Trump shared a picture of himself saluting at a grave draped with the American flag, with the caption, “We can never replace them. We can never repay them. But we can always remember them.”
Trump’s dismissal of people as “human scum” is consistent with other comments he has made in which he has derided some people as less than human.
Trump has called American leftists “vermin” and said immigrants crossing the border from Mexico are “polluting the blood of our nation,” both comments that have been criticized as evocative of Nazi Germany.
Trump’s fiery posts on Monday contrasted with emotional comments Biden made during his annual holiday pilgrimage to Arlington National Cemetery, a vast U.S. military cemetery lined with row after row of white headstones across the Potomac River from Washington.
Biden said in his speech that the cemetery is home to the remains of soldiers who died in every one of America’s wars, from the Civil War in the 1860s to the world wars in Europe and modern-day Iraq and Afghanistan.
“Today we bear witness to the price they paid,” Biden said.
“Every white stone in these rolling hills, every white stone in military cemeteries and churchyards across America, bears the mark of a father, a mother, a son, a daughter, a brother, a sister, a spouse, a neighbor — an American.”
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