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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsTrump joins world leaders ??? LOL
Trump joins world leaders to mark 100 years since end of WWIPresident Donald Trump ... joined dozens of other world leaders Sunday ...
Trump was among more than 66 leaders gathered on a rainy day at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier at the base of the Arc de Triomphe ...
The president and first lady Melania Trump traveled separately from most of the other presidents and dignitaries attending the event, who had gathered earlier at the Elysee Palace and traveled to the ceremony by bus.
And Trump was not present as the other leaders arrived, walking side-by-side in a somber, rain-soaked line holding black umbrellas as bells finished tolling.
White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders cited security protocols for the presidential motorcades solo trip down the grand Champs-Élysées to the arc ...
https://www.apnews.com/2c17c41d2b7c43e488e48388e70769ef
All the other 66 leaders rode the bus, and then along comes Trump in his limo.
Isn't that special?
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Trump joins world leaders ??? LOL (Original Post)
left-of-center2012
Nov 2018
OP
If he isn't going to stand out and have everyone acknowledge and treat him as special,
smirkymonkey
Nov 2018
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RKP5637
(67,112 posts)1. Probably they were just as glad not to have the stench of tRump with them! n/t
unc70
(6,121 posts)2. Maybe he has trouble walking that far
Remember when at the G7 he used a golf cart while the other leaders walked together.
ProudLib72
(17,984 posts)3. Poor wittle Rump being ostracized by his "peers"
ginnyinWI
(17,276 posts)4. Just ignore the demented one and watch the commemoration.
It's worth it. My grandfather was a doughboy in France in WWI.
https://www.c-span.org/video/?454026-1/world-war-armistice-centennial-commemoration
left-of-center2012
(34,195 posts)8. My uncle was in WW I
He had lifelong health issues from mustard gas.
smirkymonkey
(63,221 posts)5. If he isn't going to stand out and have everyone acknowledge and treat him as special,
then he isn't going to play. He can't just be "one of the gang". He always has to be the center of attention or he's bored.
ginnyinWI
(17,276 posts)7. I think there is more to it than the rain stopping him from going
to the cemetery.
I think he was "highly insulted" by Macron's speech and decided to snub!
rzemanfl
(29,573 posts)6. He heard there would be topless women. n/t
The Velveteen Ocelot
(115,899 posts)9. They were late for the significant 11:00 moment.
The other leaders walked in a line in the rain, carrying umbrellas. Tiny rode in a limo, and he was late.