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Trump Delivers Speech to Veterans Group in Nevada

by VOA News

   U.S. President Donald Trump is expected to issue an appeal for a more
   unified nation during a speech Wednesday in the western city of Reno.

   In prepared remarks to be delivered to the national convention of the
   American Legion -- a wartime veterans group -- Trump says it is "time
   to heal the wounds that have divided us, and to seek a new unity based
   on the common values that unite us." The president is also expected to
   say, "We are one people, with one home, and one flag."

   The speech comes one day after Trump [1]used a speech in Phoenix,
   Arizona to lash out at the media again for its coverage of his response
   to the deadly violence at a recent protest organized by neo-Nazis and
   white supremacists in Charlottesville, Virginia. Trump was broadly
   criticized for blaming both sides for violence, in which 32-year-old
   Heather Heyer was killed when a man associated with the white
   nationalists plowed his car into a crowd of counter-protesters.

   WATCH: Excerpts from Trump's Arizona speech

   On Wednesday, the president recapped his Phoenix appearance in a
   Twitter post with yet another attack against the media.

   "Last night in Phoenix I read the things from my statements on
   Charlottesville that the Fake News Media didn't cover fairly. People
   got it!," he wrote.

   In another tweet Wednesday Trump also assailed Jeff Flake, saying the
   junior Republican senator from Arizona with whom Trump has had a
   long-running feud, is not a strong on crime and immigration control.
   Flake released a new book criticizing Trump, writing "Conservatism has
   been compromised" by a "stew of celebrity and authoritarianism." Trump
   appears to have responded by encouraging a primary election challenger
   to Flake, who is running for reelection next year.

   The tone of Trump's speeches have been known to vary greatly over brief
   periods, as it did when he delivered an address Monday on his
   long-awaited military strategy in Afghanistan. The speech struck a
   conciliatory tone, with Trump proclaiming the U.S. must "return to a
   country that is not at war with itself at home."

   A number of progressive protest groups have indicated they would gather
   to meet Trump when he arrives at the Reno-Sparks Convention Center.
   Organizers have emphasized the protests would be peaceful.

   After the Reno address, Trump is scheduled to sign legislation that
   would streamline the process veterans must undergo to appeal claims for
   disability benefits with the U.S. Veterans Administration. The White
   House says there are more than 470,000 veterans who are awaiting
   decisions on their appeals.

References

   1. https://www.voanews.com/a/trump-brings-build-wall-message-arizona/3996445.html