Live updates: Trump pays tribute to fallen soldiers in service at Arlington National Cemetery

Associated Press

27-05-2025

President Donald Trump paid tribute to fallen service members during a Memorial Day ceremony at Arlington National Cemetery on Monday, in an address that honored the 'great, great warriors' yet also briefly veered into politics as he boasted of a nation he is 'fixing after a long and hard four years.'
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Trump honors fallen soldiers on Memorial Day, while attacking Biden and judges
Content: Trump paid tribute to fallen service members during a Memorial Day ceremony at Arlington National Cemetery on Monday, in an address that honored the 'great, great warriors' yet also briefly veered into politics as he boasted of a nation he is 'fixing after a long and hard four years.'
Though the holiday is one that U.S. presidents typically treat with pure solemnity, Trump began it with an all-caps Memorial Day social media post that attacked his predecessor and called federal judges who have blocked his deportation initiatives 'monsters who want our country to go to hell.'
Yet at Arlington National Cemetery, where more than 400,000 have been laid to rest, Trump commemorated the sacrifice of U.S. service members and singled out several Gold Star families to tell the stories of their fallen relatives.
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