Trump slams Democrats, says where they see 'darkness' he sees 'American greatness'

In his first remarks following the 2020 Democratic National Convention (DNC), the president Friday at the 2020 Council for National Policy meeting touted his administration’s success and criticized the messaging from Democrats this week.

“Four straight days attacking America, as a racist, horrible country that must be redeemed,” Trump said of the DNC convention, saying it was the “darkest, gloomiest” convention. “Joe Biden grimly declared a season of American darkness, but look at what we’ve accomplished, until the plague came in, and look, we’re doing it again.”

Trump said his administration has helped to create “the most successful period of time in the history of the country.”

“Look at what we’ve accomplished,” he said. “They want to punish America and its citizens, instead of holding them high.”