Sign up for the daily Inside Washington email for exclusive US coverage and analysis sent to your inbox Get our free Inside Washington email Get our free Inside Washington email Email * SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our Privacy notice
Donald Trump frequently went off-script and turned a commemoration of the U.S. Navy’s 250th anniversary into a politicized “rally” - his own words - on Sunday.
The president was in Virginia speaking to cadets and officers at Naval Station Norfolk where he used the celebration as a means to hammer his foes in Washington over a government shutdown that is approaching its second week, leaving thousands of federal workers and service members without pay. Cadets and other service members at Norfolk are due to stop receiving checks on October 15 if the shutdown endures.
In an address that lasted close to an hour, Trump endorsed pay raises for the military while attack
Continue Reading on The Independent
This preview shows approximately 15% of the article. Read the full story on the publisher's website to support quality journalism.