Former President Donald Trump snapped on Biden during his Prescott Valley, Arizona ‘Save America rally’, Friday night. Trump accused Biden of making America a bigger nation. The rally was in support of Republican candidates Kari Lake for governor and Blake Masters for the U.S. Senate.
“We will never give in, we will never yield, we will never, ever, ever back down,” Trump said at the Findlay Toyota Center. “As long as we are unified, the tyrants we are against do not stand a chance because we are Americans who kneel to God and no one else.”
He added: “We are just four months away from the most important election in America’s history. If we do not get this done then it is going to be tragic.”
The former president also criticized his successor, President Joe Biden, knocking his handling of the U.S. economy, the ongoing war between Russia and Ukraine, and his withdrawal of American troops from Afghanistan, which he called “the greatest humiliation our country has ever seen.”
“Take the five worst presidents put them together and it would not be worse than Biden’s damage,” Trump said, claiming, “The price of gas was $1.87 per gallon when I was in office but now it’s 5, 6, 7, and in some places $8 or $9 per gallon.”
Throughout his remarks, Trump repeatedly teased his entry into the 2024 presidential election — although he made no official announcement.
“We may have to do it again,” he said after discussing his successful 2016 and unsuccessful 2020 runs.
“People of Arizona are going to fire the radical left Democrats,” he added. “We are going to end crazy Nancy Pelosi’s political career.”
“We will make America wealthy again. We will make America strong again. We will make America proud again. We will make America safe again. And we will make America great again,” Trump said later.
The former president also used the nearby U.S.-Mexico border as a focus of his remarks and blamed Democrats for making the border “worse than a Third World country.”
“Murders have hit their highest, we think, ever in the history of the country,” he added, sharing stories of gang members and other migrants who have come into the U.S. and attacked American citizens.
“Rather than targeting Christians, conservatives, and Republicans, the Biden admin should go after street gangs,” the Republican said. “The radical left has turned our country into a sanctuary for migrants.”
Trump also targeted the Democratic agenda as a whole, questioning how they ever win elections with their “radical” views. So much has changed since his last rally in Prescott back in 2018. At that time, the focus was on the booming economy and the thriving job market.
“They do not believe in God, they do not believe in oil, they do not believe in the 2nd Amendment – and they want to win elections?” he pondered aloud.
“Instead of taking guns away from law-abiding Americans they should take them away from career criminals and felons,” he said.
Trump also expressed support for Immigration Customs Enforcement (ICE) and police officers.
“Without ICE, we would not have a country,” he said. “And leave our police alone. Let them do their job and give them back the respect they deserve. They know what to do and they can solve the problem.”
Erica Carlin is an independent journalist, opinion writer and contributor to several news and opinion sources. She is based in Georgia.
