Donald Trump recommitted himself to veterans' issues this afternoon as he spoke before the Rolling Thunder biker rally in Washington at the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool.

'Our veterans have been treated so badly in this country,' Trump scoffed, vowing that under his presidency the country would do better.

'And in many cases illegal immigrants are taken care – are taken much better care of by this country ... than our veterans,' the GOP presumptive nominee said, slightly stammering, and linking his speech to his signature campaign issue of illegal immigration.

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Donald Trump spoke at the Rolling Thunder rally this afternoon recommitting himself to veterans issues while also promising to build up the military

Donald Trump stepped on stage and said that veterans are often treated worse than illegal immigrants in the United States - and promised to put a stop to that

Donald Trump liked the bikers right back, saying 'Do we love the bikers? Yes, we love the bikers,' as soon as he got onstage at Sunday's Rolling Thunder rally in Washington, D.C.

'And that's not going to happen. And that's not going to happen. I'm not going to allow that to happen any longer,' Trump said.

Trump's appearance was before a huge amount of bikers and supporters, in Washington, D.C. for the Memorial Day holiday, and many of them couldn't even get in.

Rolling Thunder, a biker group whose main mission is to make sure every soldier missing in action is accounted for along with prisoners of war, takes over Washington, D.C. every Memorial Day with a motorcycle ride that starts at the Pentagon and ends at the Lincoln Memorial.

'You're very good at real estate,' Trump told those who made it through security and down near the stage.

He boasted that there were '600.000 people here.'

'I thought this would be like Dr. Martin Luther King where people were lined up from here all the way to the Washington Monument,' he said. 'But unfortunately they aren't allowed to come in.'

He started his speech heaping praise on the bikers.

'Do we love the bikers? Yes, we love the bikers,' Trump cooed. 'There is love and it's an incredible feeling.'

He then knocked his most likely Democratic rival Hillary Clinton for her stance on guns, which was a total crowd-pleaser.

'As you know she wants to abolish the Second Amendment,' Trump stated.

He also talked about rebuilding the nation's military, as part of his Memorial Day chatter.

'No. 1 we have to rebuild our military, it's been decimated. Decimated,' Trump said, repeating for emphasis. 'When you think of the great General Patton and all of our great generals, they're spinning in their graves when they watch we can't beat ISIS.'

As part of Memorial Day weekend festivities, Rolling Thunder bikers took over the nation's capital. The group's purpose is to account for every soldier missing in action and those taken as prisoners of war

We're going to beat ISIS,' he added. 'We're going to knock the hell out of them.'

Moving on to vets, Trump said that on Tuesday he would announce the veterans charities that he raised $6 million for.

In the run-up to the Iowa Caucuses and amid his feud with Fox News Channel and anchor Megyn Kelly, Trump backed out of a scheduled Republican debate sponsored by the network and instead hosted a charity event in which the money was supposed to go to vets.

He's been making up lost ground after insulting Sen. John McCain, a highly-regarded veteran who was a prisoner of war in Vietnam.

At the rally, Trump also regaled in his win of the Republican nomination.

'By the way, who the hell thought this was going to happen,' Trump said. 'I have 73 people on my staff and I won way ahead of schedule.'

The Donald reminded his audience that he was 'supposed to be going to Cleveland' in July without having fully locked down the nomination.

'They even talked about having a second convention in August, stuff that nobody even heard about,' Trump revealed.

He then took the opportunity to again smack at his likely general election opponent.

'We wont and Hillary can't even beat Bernie,' Trump laughed. 'And beating Bernie would not be tough, in all fairness.'

'Although he is right about one thing – trade,' Trump continued.

'He can't do anything about it,' the GOP candidate said.



