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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsThe Velveteen Ocelot
(115,828 posts)at any kind of event was considered an honor. Now it's a blight and an insult. This president isn't a much-wanted guest; he's the skunk at the picnic.
Kirk Lover
(3,608 posts)3catwoman3
(24,031 posts)...goose poop.
leftieNanner
(15,143 posts)Meat bees.
He is the stain on the blanket....
poboy2
(2,078 posts)Volaris
(10,274 posts)The article states they were seated between the Clintons and Melania Trump (and who knows how she got an invite)...
LiberalLovinLug
(14,176 posts)A few fur coats? Gold jewellery? Promises that he'll stay away from her for a month?
Volaris
(10,274 posts)As a poster down - thread mentioned, she looked genuinely happy to be around people who respected her and treated her as a human being (Barack in the photo, but I'm sure Michelle as well)...gives me some hope for, I suppose...
C_U_L8R
(45,018 posts)What disgrace he'd bring.
democratisphere
(17,235 posts)Dave Starsky
(5,914 posts)Hekate
(90,773 posts)ToxMarz
(2,169 posts)poboy2
(2,078 posts)John Fante
(3,479 posts)look like a Bible study in Amish country.
True Blue American
(17,988 posts)For Melania,all alone, until I remembered who she lives with and puts up with him.
Her life must be miserable.
Volaris
(10,274 posts)She knows that her husband will die in prison, and whatever is left of the estate will go to her.
democratisphere
(17,235 posts)John Fante
(3,479 posts)for putting up with Donald's sexual assaults and infidelities? Didn't think so.
Birther Melania is getting off easy.
Shipwack
(2,170 posts)Sitting Presidents generally dont attend the funerals of First Ladies. Now, granted, the orange shit-gibbon probably hasnt thought it through this way, but thats the way it is.
That being said, Newt Gingrich and right wing media in general raked Obama over the coals for not going to Nancy Reagans funeral, but Im sure theyll take trump to task also...
Some details here, credit to The Rude Pundit:
Link to tweet
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Scarsdale
(9,426 posts)Mar-A-Lago "The Southern White House" I find THAT insulting, as though he is working while down there. What is next, will taxpayers be billed for the mortgage, utilities and groundskeeping?
The Velveteen Ocelot
(115,828 posts)They probably are, and have been since 1/20/17.
Mr.Bill
(24,317 posts)And Trump will never be a part of it.
salin
(48,955 posts)Bet his brain could toast bread right now due to the heat.
Crash2Parties
(6,017 posts)ProudLib72
(17,984 posts)Lonestarblue
(10,053 posts)It was a beautiful service. I did not agree with most of the politics of the family, but I did and do appreciate their obvious love and cohesion as a family. I once heard Barbara Bush speak when I lived in New York, and she was a fabulous speakerdown to eath and able to connect with people. Ive been listening to some of the post-service comments, and have been hearing a lot about this being an end of an eranot because of the people and traditions involved but because the presidency and politics itself have been turned into institutions occupied by crass, uncivil, greedy, corrupt individuals who do nothing good for anyone but themselves. In contrast, the words I heard about Barbara Bush and her family were gracious, inspiring, humorous, loving, honest, smart, caring, and religious. The only words that come to mind in describing the entire Trump family are greedy, corrupt, crass, uncaring, ignorant, dishonest, hateful, mean spirited, racist, and fakely religious. Our nation is suffering greatly for the loss of morality, honesty, and civility in the president and Congressinal leadership. I dont know that we can ever recover the ideals that made the country truly great.
GusBob
(7,286 posts)The days of dignity and respect, without rancor, are long gone.
True Blue American
(17,988 posts)Country in action today.
True Blue American
(17,988 posts)It was a lovely, well planned ceremony. The Priest made it clear she helped plan it.
No matter how we feel,it is History in the making. Our former Leaders all came together. We should,too.
JHB
(37,161 posts)...approval of the social circles of Manhattan's upper crusties, but he's never understood that it wasn't merely because he's the kid of a Queens slumlord, it's that he he can't even fake class and style. He always always ALWAYS acted like a crass pig.
left-of-center2012
(34,195 posts)Might be a logistic/security thing.
Caliman73
(11,744 posts)He was brought up with wealth, but never fit in with the other scions of wealth because his family were more hustlers than anything else. He has always tried to buy his way in to "society" but his sense of what that is appears warped, hence the chasing after celebrities, the gaudy gold and conspicuous displays of wealth and fame. As his businesses failed one after another, he had to keep up the appearance of success which drove him further and further into the realm of gangsters and oligarchs from Russia. Seems like most of those guys have a similar concept of wealth (with their cheetahs as pets, their dozens of high end cars, etc...) except that they are actually wealthy unlike Trump who while rich, isn't in their league.
In contrast, you have the Bush's who while the sons are both disappointments, GHW Bush and his father have enduring legacies and are established old money "Mayflower Compact" type people. Then you have the Obama's who earned their recently acquired wealth but who have shown nothing but grace, class, and composure throughout their public lives like they just came by it naturally.
It goes to show that while money can buy a lot of things, it cannot buy you a soul and it can't buy you class.