Donald Trump frequently went off-script and turned a commemoration of the U.S. Navy’s 250th anniversary into a politicized “rally” - his own words - on Sunday.
The president was in Virginia speaking to cadets and officers at Naval Station Norfolk where he used the celebration as a means to hammer his foes in Washington over a government shutdown that is approaching its second week, leaving thousands of federal workers and service members without pay. Cadets and other service members at Norfolk are due to stop receiving checks on October 15 if the shutdown endures.
