Orlando Sentinel

Trump honors fallen soldiers Threatens to pull Republican convention out of Charlotte

- By Darlene Superville

BALTIMORE — President Donald Trump honored America’s fallen service members Monday as he commemorat­ed Memorial Day in back-to-back appearance­s in the midst of the pandemic.

“Together, we will vanquish the virus, and America will rise from this crisis to new and even greater heights,” Trump said during a ceremony at Baltimore’s historic Fort McHenry. “No obstacle, no challenge and no threat is a match for the sheer determinat­ion of the American people.”

The coronaviru­s pandemic also factored into the president’s campaign agenda, as Trump also threatened Monday to pull the Republican National Convention out of North Carolina if the state’s Democratic governor doesn’t immediatel­y sign off on allowing a full-capacity gathering in August despite the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.

Trump’s tweets about the upcoming RNC in Charlotte come two days after North Carolina’s largest daily increase in virus cases yet.

On Friday, Gov. Roy Cooper moved the state into a second reopening phase by loosening restrictio­ns on hair salons, barbers and restaurant­s. But he said the state must move cautiously, and he kept indoor entertainm­ent venues, gyms and bars closed.

“Unfortunat­ely, Democrat Governor, @RoyCooperN­C is still in Shutdown mood & unable to guarantee that by August we will be allowed full attendance in the Arena,” Trump tweeted Monday.

He added that Republican­s “must be immediatel­y given an

 ?? ANNA MONEYMAKER/THE NEW YORK TIMES ?? President Donald Trump salutes during a Memorial Day event Monday at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier at Arlington National Cemetery.
ANNA MONEYMAKER/THE NEW YORK TIMES President Donald Trump salutes during a Memorial Day event Monday at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier at Arlington National Cemetery.

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