Trump Claims He's A Victim Of ‘Very Bad People’ After Dustup At Arlington Cemetery

After his campaign’s staffers “abruptly pushed aside” an official at Arlington National Cemetery and ignored rules prohibiting political activity on its grounds, President Donald Trump is pushing back, saying he was the victim of a smear campaign from “bad people” out of Washington.

“Those incredible parents … asked me to go yesterday to Arlington, and I did,” Trump said at a rally Thursday in Michigan. (He was actually at the cemetery on Monday.)

“And while I was there, I was there for a long time.