With a hurricane threat, President Donald Trump stepped up his V-J Day speech on Wednesday, reconciling US power and managing to sink into the thread of Democratic rival Joe Biden.
In North Carolina, the port city of North
Carolina, which Trump called World War II a "heritage city," Trump
stood up to the battle of World War II. He pointed to the electric shock and
said that God saluted the incident.
He honored veterans of the war, including
97-year-old Hershel "Woody" Williams, the only surviving ship to
receive the Marine of Honor. Citizens of West Virginia fought the Battle of Eve
in the Pacific Ocean.
"They're 100 percent faster."
Trump spoke of Williams, who traveled with the president in Air Force One to
the main battlefield state.
"I know a 78-year-old man who is not
that fast," Trump said, referring to Biden.
White House Press Secretary Kelly McKinney
insisted earlier this week that Trump's visit to North Carolina had no
"political purpose." But when President Wilmington arrived, Trump had
no time to criticize Biden.
"This is the most important election
in the history of our country. “I really do believe it, because we're running
against people who have some big issues," he told supporters at the
airport. "They've had some other big problems. They're rock crazy."
Trump won 3.6 percentage points in North
Carolina in 2016, but the poll is the closest race to a state that garners 15
votes for its winner.
The president's visit to North Carolina
came as county boards began sending absentee ballots to voters Friday. Vice
President Mike Pence will follow the president by visiting the rally on
Thursday.
The State Election Board said on Wednesday
that during September 1, more than 59, 59,000,000 ballot applications were
received’ while in 2016 in the same period approximately. There were 36,500
applications.
Democrats have applied for more than half
of the absentee ballots, or about 31,313,000. Republicans have applied for more
than 93,000 of the approximately 183,000 ballot applications and registered
unaffiliated voters.
Ahead of the trip, Biden issued a statement
saying Trump had not provided North Carolina with the roadmap and resources
needed to protect businesses, schools and families from the coronavirus.
"Instead of honoring the sacrifices
of our frontline heroes, President Trump has repeatedly ignored public health
guidance for political purposes," Biden said.
Wilmington has been home to the Battleship North Carolina since 1962. The ship is now a floating museum. On September
2, 1945, Japan formally surrendered to the President of the United States.
Anchored in Missouri, Tokyo Bay
Congress passed a bill earlier this year
that included a clause requiring the Secretary of the Interior to designate a
city in the United States annually as a "World War II World Heritage
City." Was Wilmington is the first city to hold this position.
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