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President Trump ended his three-month hiatus from the campaign trail by plunging straight into the culture wars.

Why it matters: Trump is trying to tie former Vice President Joe Biden to demonstrators taking down statues across the country.

Between the lines: On stage, Trump called COVID-19 the "Kung-flu."

The big picture: Masks to prevent the spread of COVID-19 were scarce and couldnt be seen on the supporters behind him.

At one point in the speech Trump said he'd asked officials to "slow the testing down," complaining that high testing rates were to blame for America's high number of confirmed cases.

Reporters traveling with the president said that BOK Center, with a capacity of 19,000, was far from sold out. And the campaign cancelled a planned outdoor rally.

The big picture: Trump's revamped stump speech, given one day after Juneteenth, was directed at his base. He is showing no signs and no inclination of trying to unify the country.

Trump had an extended defense of his stage performance at West Point, insisting that he was wearing slippery leather soles, not the sticky rubber ones that were sported by his military escort.

The bottom line: Trump seemed to spend as much time focusing on Democratic mayors and governors as he did on Biden.

Editor's note: This article has been updated with the Biden campaign's comments.

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