U.S. President Donald Trump delivers remarks from behind a bulletproof glass during a Navy 250 Celebration in Norfolk, Virginia, U.S. October 5, 2025. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst
Jon Favreau, the former speechwriting director for President Barack Obama, issued a stark warning on Monday about what President Donald Trump revealed during his speech at the Navy's 250th anniversary on Sunday.
During the speech, Trump made several other curious statements about his physical health and a debunked claim that he warned the world about Osama Bin Laden in a 2000 book. Favreau described Trump's speech as "crazy pants."
But it was the line where Trump called Democrats "gnats" that caught Favreau's ear.
Favreau discussed the speech during a new episode of "Pod Save America" on Monday.
"In order to, uh, swat away the gnats, what they want is a reaction from Democrats," Favreau said. "They want more violence in the streets."
"They were hoping to have more violent protests by now so that they could send in troops to actually put down violent protests," Favreau said. "Instead, in many cities, they've just been sending in troops to go pick up trash and stand around and take pictures with tourists."
"Pod Save America" co-host Jon Lovett, a former Obama speechwriter, described Trump's speech as "divisive."
"He knows he's stirring people up," Lovett said.
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