Trump Tries To Mend Ways With Military Leaders In Labor Day News Conference, Bashes Biden

U.S. President Donald Trump made it a point to use the Labor Day press conference as a perfect platform to mend ways with military leaders, after being critically bashed for making inappropriate and unexpected comments about U.S. soldiers who lost their lives in war.

Trump, who spoke from the North Portico of the White House, also made it a point to criticize Biden over the coronavirus vaccine remarks and the Democrats’ questioning of the timing of the approval of the COVID-19 vaccine in the U.S.

Trump bluntly refuted claims that he decried members of the military, an accusation first revealed by The Atlantic last week. He was quoted referring to America’s war dead as “suckers” and “losers.” Trump’s comments were independently verified by several media outlets, including Associated Press and Fox News.

Brushing away the allegations, Trump said that "only an animal would say a thing like that."

Trump did, however, acknowledged the fact he is “less popular” among military leaders because the Pentagon wants to "do nothing but fight wars."

During the briefing, Trump went on to say that Democrats "immediately apologize for the reckless anti-vaccine rhetoric that they are talking right now." Trump’s bashing of the Democrats came after Biden's running mate, Sen. Kamala Harris said during a recent media interview that she would not trust Trump is he single-handedly and solely touts a coronavirus vaccine, unless there is some scientific evidence. She would rather prefer to listen to the professional disease and public health experts.

Harris’ targeted Trump and also hinted at the remarks Trump has made before and how he has even touted the use of disinfectants to “kill” coronavirus.

"I will say that I would not trust Donald Trump and it would have to be a credible source of information that talks about the efficacy and the reliability of whatever he's talking about," she said during the interview. "I will not take his word for it."

Trump did acknowledge the fact that he hopes a vaccine to be available as soon as possible and also suggested that the coronavirus vaccine in the U.S. could be available by October 2020.