Former President Trump vowed Friday to revert Fort Liberty in North Carolina to Fort Bragg if elected this fall, more than a year after the military installation was redesignated to remove the Confederate general's name. Ta.
“The first question I asked was, should we change the name back from Fort Liberty to Fort Bragg?” Trump said, to thunderous applause from the crowd at City Hall in Fayetteville, near the base. happened. “So what we do is what we're elected to do. We're doing it.”
The army base is largest in JapanIt was originally named for General Braxton Bragg, a slave owner and Confederate general. During his administration, President Trump derided efforts to rename bases as part of an effort to eliminate the names of Confederate soldiers. Last year, it was officially renamed “Fort Liberty.”
At the end of the nearly hour-long event, President Trump emphasized, “As I said from the beginning, I am committed to changing the name back to Fort Bragg.''
The former president answered questions from a pre-selected audience of current and former military members, moderated by Florida Rep. Anna Paulina Luna (R). The night focused on military and foreign policy, with President Trump using the opportunity to reiterate his desire to build America's Iron Dome and say Israel should not target Iran's nuclear facilities. He criticized Mr. Biden for doing so.
“We have to be fully prepared. But when they asked that question, the answer was, 'We should have hit the nuke first and worried about the rest later.'” said.
President Trump's visit to southeastern North Carolina comes as the western part of the state is recovering from the damage caused by Hurricane Helen in recent days.
The Republican presidential nominee slammed the Biden administration, calling its response to the crisis a “rotten business,” and criticized rivals in the latest example of his efforts to use the crisis as a means of political attack. criticized Vice President Harris.
“Kamala should be here. She shouldn't be anywhere else,” President Trump said.
Harris will visit affected areas in Georgia this week and head to North Carolina on Saturday, the day after Trump's visit to City Hall, to inspect the damage and get an update on recovery efforts.
On the other hand, the Biden administration expanded Approximately 5,000 federal employees supported response efforts and directed the deployment of up to 1,000 troops to assist North Carolina with recovery.
The Tar Heel State is one of the key battlegrounds this cycle as Trump and Harris compete for the Oval Office, and Herren's factionalism threatens to disrupt the race in the Southeast.
Trump is up by just a few percentage points in North Carolina, according to the latest polling average released by Decision Desk HQ/The Hill.
