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Trump equates his domestic political opposition to WWII enemies abroad

‘It’s the people from within our country that are more dangerous,’ he told religious broadcasters on Thursday, ratcheting up his inflammatory language against Americans who oppose him

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February 22, 2024 at 11:41 p.m. EST
Former president Donald Trump speaks at the National Religious Broadcasters convention at the Gaylord Opryland Resort and Convention Center Thursday, Feb. 22, 2024, in Nashville. (George Walker IV/AP)
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Republican presidential front-runner Donald Trump further ratcheted up his inflammatory language against Americans who oppose him politically by likening them to the foreign enemies that the United States fought in World War II.

In a speech on Thursday to the National Religious Broadcasters in Nashville, the former president drew a direct connection between the battles during that organization’s founding in 1944 and his current campaign to win back the White House.