Friday 27 May 2022 02:49 PM Biden heads to Annapolis and Trump to NRA in dueling speeches that could ... trends now
Joe Biden will give the commencement address at the U.S. Naval Academy on Friday while Donald Trump will speak to the National Rifle Association in dueling appearances that could preview the 2024 president campaign.
Trump will be in Houston, just a few hours from the site of the mass shooting at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas, where Biden and first lady Jill Biden will head to on Sunday to meet with family members of the 21 victims.
Biden will also give another commencement address - this one on Saturday at the University of Delaware, his alma mater.
Trump, meanwhile, will be in Wyoming on Saturday to headline a political rally for the primary rival to Republican Rep. Liz Cheney, whom he has vowed to defeat after she voted to impeach him for his role in the January 6th insurrection.
The starkly contrasting schedules of the two men speak volumes about their personal convictions and this weekend's events could serve as a preview of a 2024 rematch should Trump decide to make another run for the Oval Office.
Joe Biden will give the commencement address at the U.S. Naval Academy on Friday while Donald Trump will speak to the National Rifle Association in dueling appearances that could preview the 2024 president campaign
This weekend, Biden will showcase his strengths as sympathizer-in-chief, a role he demonstrated during the 2020 presidential campaign, both during the covid pandemic and during the racial protests that sprung up around the nation after the death of George Floyd, a black Minnesota man murdered by a white police officer.
Trump, in contrast, struck an aggressive posture during those protests when, as president, he ordered Lafayette Square cleared of black rights protesters so he could walk to St. John's church for a photo op.
the former president's speech on Friday afternoon, taking place less than 300 miles from the site of the Uvalde shooting, will be closely watched for the tone he sets. He is expected to defend gun rights, which was his stance in the last presidential campaign and one of importance to his MAGA supporters.
In a statement, Trump saidhe was speaking to the convention because the country needs 'real solutions and real leadership in this moment.'
Trump, who still falsely claims he won the 2020 election, has given no hint as to whether he will run again but repeatedly dangles the possiblity to his supporters. His political shadow looms over that race and the
