--- ---  # President Trump Speaks to American Veterans After Wild Phoenix Rally by [Sarah Begley](https://time.com/author/sarah-begley/) ## Sarah Begley Aug 23, 2017 2:36 PM UTC  Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump speaks at the American Legion Convention September 1, 2016 in Cincinnati, Ohio. T Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump speaks at the American Legion Convention September 1, 2016 in Cincinnati, Ohio. TAaron P. Bernstein—Getty Images by [Sarah Begley](https://time.com/author/sarah-begley/) ## Sarah Begley Aug 23, 2017 2:36 PM UTC [President Trump ](http://time.com/4911850/donald-trump-maga-rally-phoenix/)will give a speech at the [American Legion’s](http://time.com/4474396/watch-hillary-clinton-american-legion-speech/) national convention in Reno on Wednesday, carrying on a presidential tradition of addressing the nation’s largest wartime veterans’ organization. While the group is non-partisan, many on the scene in [Reno](https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2017/08/23/trump-american-legion-convention-reno/592787001/) told reporters they supported Trump and were enthusiastic about his work so far as President. Still, the American Legion’s leadership has released [statements](http://www.rgj.com/story/news/politics/2017/08/22/american-legion-reaffirms-opposition-hate-groups-ahead-trump-visit/590377001/) in advance of the event condemning the recent racial hatred on display in Charlottesville. [President Trump](http://time.com/4912055/donald-trump-phoenix-arizona-transcript/) was criticized for not speaking out against racially-motivated hatred more quickly after those events. The speech is scheduled to begin at 11 a.m PT / 2 p.m. ET. You can watch live above. Watch Live as President Trump Addresses the American Legion ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4912187/live-trump-speech-american-legion/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4912187/live-trump-speech-american-legion/"},"headline":"President Trump Speaks to American Veterans After Wild Phoenix Rally","datePublished":"2017-08-23T14:36:54.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-23T17:07:28.387Z","description":"The speech is scheduled to begin at 11 a.m. PT / 2 p.m. ET","url":"https://time.com/4912187/live-trump-speech-american-legion/","keywords":["Veterans","onetime"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blta9856eb7a3b02122/6988dac90a4a2227b59cf971/trump-legion.jpeg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Sarah Begley","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/sarah-begley/"}],"articleSection":"Politics","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blta9856eb7a3b02122/6988dac90a4a2227b59cf971/trump-legion.jpeg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Donald Trump Addresses The American Legion Convention","caption":"Donald Trump Addresses The American Legion Convention","creditText":"Aaron P. Bernstein—Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/politics/","name":"Politics"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/veterans/","name":"Veterans"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4912187/live-trump-speech-american-legion/","name":"President Trump Speaks to American Veterans After Wild Phoenix Rally"}}]}] ```