DONALD Trump has vowed to be a peacemaker and blasted Joe Biden as an evil threat to democracy in a fiery speech at a religious event.
The former president railed against Biden and laid out some priorities for day one should he be elected while speaking to the National Religious Broadcasters in Nashville on Thursday.
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Trump was set to speak at 8 pm but got caught in bad weather on the flight over, which delayed his speech to 9:40 pm.
At the beginning of his speech, Trump quipped about his legal troubles, saying, “I’m taking the bullets, taking the arrows, I’m taking them for you and I’m so honored to take them.
“I’m being indicted for you. I’m being indicted over and over and over.”
The crowd roared with laughter as he said, “I’ve been indicted more than Al Capone, the great gangster. Scarface.
“Think of it, I’ve been indicted more than some of the greatest criminals in the world for nothing.”
Trump faces 91 felony counts in four criminal indictments as he battles to be re-elected into the White House.
He most recently was ordered to pay $355 million in a civil fraud case in New York and the judge barred him from leading a business in the state for three years.
The ex-president was found liable for manipulating his net worth to influence investors and lenders and his penalty will likely grow to $453.5 million due to prejudgment interest imposed by the court.
Trump’s Legal Battles
The former president faces at least four criminal trials and 91 felony charges related to the following:
- Stormy Daniels Hush Money: Trump stands accused of falsifying business records allegedly connected to $130,000 in hush money payments to adult film star Stormy Daniels.
- Classified Documents: Trump has been accused of mishandling classified documents after he left office and storing them at his Mar-A-Lago estate. He could face 100 years in prison if convicted.
- 2020 Election Subversion: Trump has been charged with four counts of illegally subverting the election results and the peaceful transfer of power related to his actions leading up to the January 6 riot.
- Georgia Election Interference: Trump and 18 others have been accused of attempting to alter the outcome of the 2020 election in Georgia by pressuring local officials and election workers.
- Ballot Disqualification: The Supreme Court is set to rule on whether Colorado’s decision to disqualify Trump from the ballot over allegedly engaging in an “insurrection” can stand.
- New York Civil Suit: Trump stands accused of fraudulently increasing the value of his New York properties to inflate his net worth. He could be fined hundreds of millions of dollars.
Later on during his speech, Trump proclaimed that the US is in a “struggle for the survival of our nation.”
He went on to call for the “firing” of President Biden, adding that “Christians cannot afford to sit on the sidelines in this fight.”
Touching on the battle over pro-life, he vowed to appoint a special task force to rapidly review the cases of “political prisoners” and aggressively defend religious liberty in all its forms.
“And let’s call their imprisonment by Joe Biden exactly what it is: Evil and a threat to democracy.”
The former president also once again claimed that the wars in Ukraine and Palestine would not have happened under his watch and said he will stand with Israel should be be re-elected.
“As the Bible says, ‘Blessed are the peacemakers.’ I will be your Peacemaker. And I will prevent World War Three,” he vowed.
He then took aim at Bidenomics and promised to stop inflation, cut taxes and regulations, and “Drill, baby, drill.”
His bid to postpone the ruling in that case was rejected by a judge earlier on Thursday, according to the New York Post.
Beyond his legal woes, Trump has been riding high in recent weeks as the likelihood that he will secure the Republican Party’s nomination for president continues to rise with every primary election he has won.
Trump overshadowed every other Republican candidate in Iowa and New Hampshire’s primaries last month, leaving former UN Ambassador Nikki Haley as the only seemingly viable competitor.
He pointed out that Haley would be a worse pick for president in his address to the NRB too.
Trump also said he would protect AM radio, support homeschooling, and shutter the federal Department of Education.
“I will close the federal Department of Education and will move everything back to the states where it belongs and where they can individualize education and do it with love of our children,” he said.
“I will do my part to protect AM Radio in our cars. Millions of Americans value listening to Christian broadcasters while they are on the road, and we need to support those believers, not abandon them, which the Biden administration wants to do.
“There is enough filth on our airwaves.”
He added that he would limit “inappropriate” subjects at schools, cut federal funding for any school teaching them, and provide freedom of choice for parents.
“I will support a policy of universal school choice, allowing parents to choose the public, private, charter, or religious school that best suits their children,” he said.
Trump said he plans to support homeschooling parents — many of whom choose for religious reasons — through tax breaks.
He said he would make these changes because they were necessary for America’s bright future.
“This is what we must do to save our country,” he said.
He then called on the crowd to vote for him in Tennessee’s primary on Tuesday, March 5.
“So pray for our nation—and after you do, please go vote!” he said.
Trump is expected to appear at another event with Tennessee Congress members, including Senators Marsha Blackburn and Bill Hagerty, before Super Tuesday.
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