As US remembers its fallen soldiers, Donald Trump calls opponents ‘human scum’
- Fiery social media post by former US president Donald Trump takes aim at his perceived enemies
- Trump’s statements stood in contrast with Memorial Day comments by US President Joe Biden
Donald Trump launched another vicious attack on his political opponents, choosing the Memorial Day holiday – when the United States marks its fallen soldiers – to dismiss his adversaries as “human scum”.
As Americans honoured their troops who have died in conflict with visits to cemeteries and backyard cookouts with family and friends, the Republican former president posted on his Truth Social platform against his perceived enemies.
These included judges who oversaw or are overseeing cases against him – civil ones for sexual assault and business fraud, and the current, history-making criminal trial stemming from hush money payments to a porn star right before the 2016 election.
“Happy Memorial Day to All, including the Human Scum that is working so hard to destroy our Once Great Country,” said Trump, who is leading in many swing state polls as he prepares to take on US President Joe Biden in the November election.
He went on to attack his various legal adversaries, calling one of the judges “wacko”, He also took a swipe at E. Jean Carroll, a former magazine columnist whom he was found liable in a civil case for sexually abusing in 1996 and defaming. A judge has ordered him to pay her US$88 million.
