4:55 p.m. EDT May 29, 2016 Donald Trump reiterated his pitch for improving the lot of veterans during a brief appearance Sunday before thousands of bikers at the Rolling Thunder rally in Washington, D.C.
The annual Memorial Day weekend rally draws tens of thousands of motorcyclists, many of them veterans, to pay homage to fallen heroes and raise awareness of veterans' issues. One issue has been interminable waits for medical service at VA hospitals.
The presumptive Republican presidential nominee said that, if elected, he would ensure that veterans could opt for private physicians, "and we'll pay for it."
"Thousands of people are dying, waiting in line to see a doctor," Trump told the crowd. "That is not going to happen anymore."
Trump hit on several other familiar themes, including construction of a wall along the Mexican border.
"We are going to have a real wall," Trump told the enthusiastic crowd. "And who is going to pay for it?!"
"Mexico!" the crowd roared in response.
Trump also promised better international trade deals, an end to Obamacare and victory over the Islamic State, also known as ISIL or ISIS. He provided few details.
"We have to rebuild our military. It’s been decimated," Trump said. "We are going to beat ISIS. We are going to knock the hell out of them."
Judge orders release of documents in Trump University suit
A federal judge ordered the release of Trump University internal documents in a class-action lawsuit against the now-inactive real estate school in response to a request by The Washington Post.
U.S. District Judge Gonzalo Curiel in San Diego's order requires that the documents be released by Thursday, the Postreported. The documents would include "playbooks," marketing material advising sales employees on how to promote the pricey real estate courses.
The order was made Friday, the same day Trump called Curiel a "hater of Donald Trump" and suggested the judge, who is Hispanic, is biased against him for his immigration platform.
“I think Judge Curiel should be ashamed of himself," Trump said. "I think it’s a disgrace that he’s doing this.”
"What happens is the judge, who happens to be — we believe — Mexican. Which is great. I think that's fine," he added. "You know what? I think the Mexicans are going to end up loving Donald Trump when I give all these jobs, OK?"
While Trump's lawyers deny any wrongdoing, the lawsuit claims that Trump University lured students into high-priced courses and pressured students to buy more — as much as $35,000 for the seminars —without delivering as promised, according to the Associated Press.