A white supremacist who is accused of murdering two Portland train passengers as they tried to protect a Muslim teenage girl, yelled 'death to the enemies of America' as he made his first court appearance.

Jeremy Joseph Christian appeared to show no remorse, shouting, 'You call it terrorism, I call it patriotism', when he appeared at the Multnomah County courtroom, in Oregon, on Tuesday.

His only surviving stabbing victim appeared in court, revealing his giant scar from the attack, to watch Christian's arraignment.

Meanwhile, the 35-year-old suspect, who wore a blue jail jumpsuit, stood with an officer either side as he yelled out bizarre slogans such as 'death to the enemies of America, leave this country if you hate our freedom.'

'Free speech or die Portland, you got no safe space. This is America, get out if you don't like free speech,' he shouted as he was arraigned on multiple murder charges, CNN reports.

They include two counts of aggravated murder, attempted murder, two counts of second-degree intimidation and being a felon in possession of a restricted weapon.

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Jeremy Joseph Christian, who is accused of murdering two Portland train passengers as they tried to protect a Muslim girl from being stabbed, yelled 'death to the enemies of America' as he made his first court appearance (pictured)

Christian was arraigned in Multnomah County Circuit Court in Portland, Oregon on Tuesday

Christian appeared to show no remorse, shouting, 'You call it terrorism, I call it patriotism', when he appeared at the Multnomah County courtroom, in Oregon, on Tuesday

The 35-year-old (left and right) who wore a blue jail jumpsuit, also screamed, 'death to the enemies of America,' and 'get out if you don't like free speech' as he was arraigned

The aggravated murder charges alone carry a maximum penalty of death although the state has not carried out an execution in 20 years.

Christian is due back in court on June 7.

He is accused of killing Rick Best, a Portland employee and retired Army platoon sergeant who served for 23 years, and 23-year-old Taliesin Myrddin Namkai-Meche, after they stepped in to defend a 16-year-old and her Muslim friend a MAX train last Friday.

Micah David-Cole Fletcher, 21, who also intervened in Christian's racist tirade against the teens, was stabbed in the neck and required surgery to remove bone fragments from his throat, but he survived and is recovering in hospital.

Micah Fletcher, who survived the brutal stabbing attack, appeared in court revealing a giant scar, as he watched suspect Christian's arraignment

Fletcher, 21, a survivor of the Portland stabbing gave a thumbs up from his hospital bed as he continues to recover from a large neck wound he received

The attack on the train was reportedly sparked by Christian going on a racist tirade against two teenage girls - one of whom was wearing a hijab.

He allegedly shouted at them to 'go back to Saudi Arabia', to 'get out of his country', and to 'kill themselves'.

Destinee Mangum, one of the two girls, told KPTV she believes her and her friend would be dead if not for the Fletcher, Best, and Namkai-Meche.

'He told us to go back to Saudi Arabia and he told us we shouldn't be here, to get out of his country,' Mangum told KPTV. 'He was just telling us that we basically weren't anything and that we should just kill ourselves.'

She says a stranger intervened on their behalf, and they quickly backed away to the end of the train.

'Me and my friend were going to get off the MAX and then we turned around while they were fighting and he just started stabbing people,' she told KPTV. 'It was just blood everywhere and we just started running for our lives.'

A young woman comforts a crying man outside the courtroom after Jeremy Christian was arraigned in Portland

Judge Stephen Bushong listened during Christian first appearance at Multnomah County Circuit Court

Video has since emerged of Christian shouting 'F*** you, f***ing kill me,' at officers who surrounded him after the shooting.

The alleged killer appeared to hold a knife in one hand and poured liquid on himself from what looked like a beer can he was holding in his left hand in an attempt to wash the blood off his clothing.

'Shoot me! Go ahead and shoot me in the back, you piece of s***.'

Christian then turned so he was facing the officers again and took a drink from the can he had in his left hand.

'If you want to get my knife you have to kill me, f***ers,' he said, before again turning away from the officers.

Blackwood told the Williamette Week what he saw when he got off the train after hearing people crying out in pain and terror from ahead of him on the train.

'I heard a woman scream, 'He's stabbing people.' I jumped up and said 'Then f***ing stop him.''

He added that he saw two men on the ground: 'Holding their necks, bleeding out of their necks, like thick black blood… I could smell the blood, there was so much of it.'

Blackwood then explained to the newspaper how he and two other men from the train chased after Christian, until they caught up to him at a crossing on 47th Street.

Taliesin Myrddin Namkai-Meche, 23, was stabbed to death on a Portland MAX train on Friday afternoon

Rick Best, 53, (left) and Taliesin Myrddin Namkai-Meche (right) 23, were both murdered on the train after stepping in as the girls were abused

'He stopped there, turned around and pulled his knife out,' the 27-year-old cook recalled.

'He said, 'You want some?' I said, 'No man.' Luckily he believed me.

'When we crossed over 47th, a police officer was driving by. We said, 'Yo this guy is the guy!' He immediately jumped out with his AR-15.'

The dramatic footage emerged after a woman on the train revealed the final words of one of Christian's alleged victims - 23-year-old Taliesin Myrddin Namkai-Meche.

Rachel Macy was on the MAX train when the alleged attack took place, and she explained why she could not leave Namkai-Meche's side as he lay on the ground with his throat cut.

'I just didn't want him to be alone,' Macy told KOIN. 'I took my shirt off and put it on him. We held it together, I just prayed, all I could do was pray.'

She said she told him 'You're a beautiful man. I'm so sorry the world is so cruel.'

She said that Namkai-Meche said to her, 'Tell them, I want everybody to know, I want everybody on the train to know, I love them.'

Destinee, 17, (pictured above, left and right) said that without the men, she and her friend would 'probably be dead'

Those were his last words, which she shared with his family during a vigil on Saturday.

She was carrying a heart-shaped rock painted purple that she had during the attack and gave it to the victim's family.

'I wanted to wake up and be mad and blame something or someone,' Macy told the outlet. 'And I can't. It's not what [Namkai-Meche] would have wanted.'

At the vigil, Namkai-Meche's mother, Asha Deliverance, said: 'Love is what it's about. We taught him to love everyone and that's what we should be doing and that's what we all should be doing and that's why we are all here, so give it up for love.'

Asha Deliverance, the mother of 23-year-old Taliesin Myrddin Namkai-Meche is surrounded by hundreds during a vigil at the Hollywood Transit Center

Flowers are left near the MAX train at the Hollywood Transit Center for the victims

Hundreds gather at the Hollywood Transit Center Vigil for two murdered on the MAX train in Portland on Saturday

The night before he allegedly launched his deadly attack, Christian was filmed going on another racist rant while on public transport.

A woman recorded him yelling out racist rants while on a bus, saying: 'F*** all you Christians and Muslims and f****** Jews , f****** die. Burn you at the stake… f****** die.'

That same night he was also maced by a black woman after hurling a bottle of Gatorade at her.

He had also been seen at a 'free speech' on April 29 and tried to carry in a baseball bat, but it was confiscated by police.

In videos posted to The Portland Mercury, Christian was seen wearing an American flag and chains around his neck, and carrying the baseball bat before it was taken away.

He walked among fellow protesters holding American flags and signs that said 'Trump Makes America Great Again.'

The accused is also a white supremacist who was pictured giving Nazi salutes at a free speech rally in April with an American Revolutionary War flag tied like a cape around his shoulders

Christian has been in jail previously, for a string of charges including robbery, kidnapping and unlawful use of a weapon, though he brags about being an ex-con on his Facebook page. He even posted his prior mugshots (above)

Jeremy Joseph Christian is pictured holding a knife and what appears to be a beer can as he shouts at police officers to shoot him on Friday

Christian was filmed shouting at police to kill by a bystander who chased after him from the train

Christian's Facebook site paints disturbing a picture of the suspect, and he describes himself by saying: 'I'm an Ex-Con. I Like Comix, Cannabis and Metal-In Any Combination. If you are an Employer, F*** Off.'

The suspect had been jailed previously for a string of charges including robbery, kidnapping and unlawful use of a weapon.

White supremacist Jeremy Joseph Christian is accused of stabbing to death Rick Best, 53, and Taliesin Myrrdin Namkai-Meche, 23

He has posted on his profile a number of times to say he supports the Nazis, and once even said he wants a job in Norway 'cutting off the heads of people that Circumcize (sic) Babies.'

He also referred to President Trump the 'antichrist,' but in a way that turned it into a compliment.

'If Donald Trump is the Next Hitler then I am joining his SS to put and end to Monotheist Question. All Zionist Jews, All Christians who do not follow Christ's teaching of Love, Charity, and Forgiveness And All Jihadi Muslims are going to Madagascar or the Ovens/FEMA Camps!!! Does this make me a fascist!!!'

On Monday, the POTUS Twitter account sent out a statement about the killings, which read: 'The violent attacks in Portland on Friday are unacceptable. The victims were standing up to hate and intolerance. Our prayers are w/ them.'

Trump has been strongly criticized for not condemning the killings sooner, and there is still no comment about them on his personal Twitter feed.

Several fundraisers have been set up for the victims, one on GoFundMe has almost reached half a million dollars.