Analysis: In Trump’s world, FBI agents are traitors and Robert E. Lee isn’t
President Trump hugs the American flag in Oxon Hill, Md., on March 2. By Philip Bump Philip Bump National correspondent focused largely on the numbers behind politics Email Bio Follow April 26 at 1:59 PM If former vice president Joe Biden’s goal with the video launching his presidential campaign was to knock President Trump off his message, it worked — to a degree.
On Friday morning, while on his way to Indianapolis for an event associated with the National Rifle Association, Trump addressed it again. He was asked whether he still thought there were “very fine people on both sides,” as he said at the time. This is a bit surprising because Lee’s most notable service was as a military enemy of the United States. When his home state of Virginia seceded from the United States, Lee went into service on behalf of the new Confederate States of America.
After making his comment about Lee, Trump flew to Indiana and began speaking to the NRA crowd. He again raised the subject of attempts to overthrow the government — but this time, the government was his own. “And you see it now better than ever, with all of the resignations of bad apples — they’re bad apples! They tried for a coup. Didn’t work out so well. And I didn’t need a gun for that one, did I?” he said. “All was taking place at the highest levels in Washington, D.C. You’ve been watching, you’ve been seeing, you’ve been looking at things that you wouldn’t have believed possible in our country. Corruption at the highest level. A disgrace. Spying. Surveillance. Trying for an overthrow.
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