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Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin

(108,026 posts)
Mon Nov 12, 2018, 08:02 PM Nov 2018

Trump, Pence miss Veterans Day observance at Arlington Cemetery

President Trump is spending Monday at the White House and had no plans to visit Arlington National Cemetery in northern Virginia as America observes the Veterans Day holiday.

The White House announced a so-called travel lid at 10 a.m. ET, meaning that the president is not expected to hold any public events or leave the executive mansion.

Trump returned to Washington on Sunday evening after a weekend in France, where he attended events commemorating the 100th anniversary of the armistice that ended World War I. The president paid tribute earlier in the day to U.S. and allied soldiers killed in the so-called "war to end all wars."

"We are gathered together at this hallowed resting place to pay tribute to the brave Americans who gave their last breath in that mighty struggle," Trump said at the Suresnes American Cemetery and Memorial in the suburbs of Paris, where more than 1,500 Americans who died in the war are buried.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/trump-pence-miss-veterans-day-observance-at-arlington-cemetery/ar-BBPDaLU?li=BBnbfcL

Hey now. There are buckets of KFC that aren't going to eat themselves.

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Trump, Pence miss Veterans Day observance at Arlington Cemetery (Original Post) Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Nov 2018 OP
Couldn't even visit the troops... C_U_L8R Nov 2018 #1
When was the last time a President has refused to go to Arlington for Veterans Day? FarPoint Nov 2018 #2
This is absolutely incredible SpankMe Nov 2018 #3
Unacceptable. smirkymonkey Nov 2018 #4
Well something is going on coconut22 Nov 2018 #5

C_U_L8R

(45,003 posts)
1. Couldn't even visit the troops...
Mon Nov 12, 2018, 08:06 PM
Nov 2018

Especially the ones they sent on their idiotic mission to protect the border from tired, starving, homeless refugees. The commander in chief is a phony and a coward.

FarPoint

(12,409 posts)
2. When was the last time a President has refused to go to Arlington for Veterans Day?
Mon Nov 12, 2018, 08:08 PM
Nov 2018

Crap...Pence didn't even show up.....

SpankMe

(2,957 posts)
3. This is absolutely incredible
Mon Nov 12, 2018, 08:09 PM
Nov 2018

A POTUS not participating in any Veteran's Day events is almost unthinkable.

Did Obama miss any Veterans or Memorial Day observances? I hope not.

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