President Donald Trump used some of his Memorial Day remarks at Arlington National Cemetery on Monday to criticize former President Joe Biden’s record on immigration.

Trump spoke for about 17 minutes at the annual ceremony honoring US service members who died in combat. For most of his speech, he paid tribute to generations of Americans who gave their lives in war for the cause of liberty.

But at one point in his address, Trump veered from his prepared remarks to comment on what he called a “hard four years,” criticizing Biden’s handling of the border.

“Who would let that happen?” Trump asked moments after honoring some of the country’s first war heroes.

Trump went on to acknowledge that Arlington on Memorial Day was not the proper forum to hit Biden and continued his speech.

“This Memorial Day is especially significant as we commemorate 250 years since the first American patriots fell on the field of battle,” Trump said. “Two-and-a-half centuries ago, at Lexington Green, Concord Bridge, Bunker Hill, brave minutemen and humble farm boys became the first to give their lives for a nation that did not yet have a name.” He continued:

With their deaths, men like John Brown, 23, Samuel Hadley, 28, and Abner Hawes, 21, ignited the flame of liberty that now lights the inspires everybody, and the entire world. Those young men could never have known what their sacrifice would mean to us, but we certainly know what we owe to them.

Their valor gave us the freest, greatest, and most noble republic ever to exist on the face of the Earth, a republic that I am fixing after a long and hard four years.

While attacking Biden, Trump said, “That was a hard four years we went through. Who would let that happen? People pouring through our borders unchecked. People doing things that are indescribable and not for today to discuss.”

Trump went on to declare that with him at the helm, the country would do “better than ever before.”

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