Overview

• At a Norfolk ceremony marking the Navy’s 250th year, President Trump told roughly 10,000 sailors, “Let’s be honest, this is a rally,” according to coverage of the event.
• Trump blamed Democrats for the budget impasse and pledged that service members would receive full pay despite the lapse in funding.
• The Associated Press reported that Navy aircraft flew over the event and that one plane bore the inscription “President Donald J. Trump ‘45-47.’”
• After his speech, Trump visited the aircraft carrier USS George H. W. Bush and observed a demonstration featuring missile launches, Navy SEAL fast-roping and fighter jet takeoffs.
• The shutdown that began Oct. 1 remains in effect, with AP reporting thousands of federal employees furloughed and major projects paused in cities such as New York and Chicago.