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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsSeriously... Did Trump NOT go to Arlington Cemetery yesterday to lay a wreath
at the tomb of the Unknowns.. especially after the debacle in France and refusing to honor our American dead..
He did not have to take a helicopter.. and its just across the bridge.. did he really and truly skip honoring the fallen again yesterday??
Where are his loyalties??
Gothmog
(145,321 posts)Peacetrain
(22,877 posts)especially after the mess he made overseas.. that he would forego that.. Its not one error.. its unforced error after error..
Jeffersons Ghost
(15,235 posts)According to the Stars and Strips US Military News
Trump visit to US cemetery in France canceled due to rain
More than 60 heads of state and government are converging on France for the commemorations that will crescendo Sunday with ceremonies at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier in Paris on the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month, exactly a century after the armistice.
PARIS President Donald Trump canceled a planned visit to a cemetery for Americans killed in World War I, the White House said, citing bad weather that grounded his helicopter...
Paris was covered in clouds with drizzling rain through most of Saturday.
https://www.stripes.com/news/europe/trump-visit-to-us-cemetery-in-france-canceled-due-to-rain-1.556245
https://www.stripes.com/polopoly_fs/1.556246.1541900835!/image/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/landscape_900/image.jpg
As the previous link to the photograph indicates, Trump lied! Marine One was not grounded, due to bad weather. When I was in the Navy, during Vietnam, I saw marine helicopters fly in all kinds of weather! Beside "clouds and drizzling rain" never grounded US Marines helicopters, with an important mission!
As the nation observes Veterans Day, Trump not visiting Arlington National Cemetery
By Emily C. Singer | 2h ago
At 10:03 a.m. on Monday, the White House called a travel lid, meaning President Donald Trump is not expected to hold any public events for the remainder of the day. That also means that Trump wont visit Arlington National Cemetery on Monday, as the country observes Veterans Day an unofficial presidential tradition.
Officially, Veterans Day was Sunday. However, Trump was in Paris commemorating the 100th anniversary of the end of World War I.
Trump made a number of blunders in Paris, including canceling a visit to an American military cemetery near Paris because it was raining. The White House claimed Trump canceled the visit because the Marine One helicopter cannot fly in rain, but at another ceremony on Sunday, the president made a comment about how a World War II veteran was being kept dry under shelter as he stood in the rain giving a speech. https://mic.com/articles/192418/as-nation-observes-veterans-day-trump-not-visiting-arlington-national-cemetery#.dOad2VpYD
Although President Barack Obama visited Arlington National Cemetery for Veterans Day services on several occasions, once in a heavy rain-storm President Trump has chosen to avoid the remembrance of military deaths at the national cemetery.
On Memorial Day, President Trump took a beating on social media Monday after his self-serving tweet about how Americas fallen vets would be very happy about the way he was running the country.
Happy Memorial Day! Those who died for our great country would be very happy and proud at how well our country is doing today. Best economy in decades, lowest unemployment numbers for Blacks and Hispanics EVER (& women in 18years), rebuilding our Military and so much more. Nice! he tweeted at 8:58 a.m., hours before laying a wreath the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier.
OMG, tweeted retired Gen. Michael Hayden, the former CIA and National Security Agency chief., in response.
Others objected to the tone-deaf term Happy Memorial Day.
Mr. President: My father was MIA in Vietnam for 30 years. I will visit him at Arlington today. There is nothing happy about #MemorialDay, tweeted retired US Army Major General Paul Eaton. https://nypost.com/2018/05/28/trump-lauds-economy-military-in-memorial-day-tweets/
atreides1
(16,079 posts)It's in the RNC playbook!
Siwsan
(26,268 posts)And, yea, he does't give a damn about the military, beyond how he can exploit it.
cilla4progress
(24,736 posts)Mika (who "knows" trump) said it was out of his concern for his hair!
I think he is also being petulant.
How much will his supporters take? How can they defend this?
Peacetrain
(22,877 posts)and their hair will be on fire at Thanksgiving..
Raven
(13,893 posts)uponit7771
(90,347 posts)Peacetrain
(22,877 posts)Nay
(12,051 posts)Wounded Bear
(58,670 posts)Peacetrain
(22,877 posts)with him
Neema
(1,151 posts)not having complete mental short-circuits trying to justify this behavior?
Peacetrain
(22,877 posts)grin he gave Putin and did not even bother to walk with our allies.. it is crazy
Laf.La.Dem.
(2,943 posts)struggle4progress
(118,295 posts)Peacetrain
(22,877 posts)BumRushDaShow
(129,096 posts)and Mattis was there too.
https://www.wearecentralpa.com/news/annual-wreath-laying-ceremony-at-tomb-of-unkown-soldier/1591066511
I had earlier seen a tweet from the French Embassy that one of their staff participated as well -
Link to tweet
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French Embassy U.S.
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@franceintheus
Yesterday we participated in a ceremony at @ArlingtonNatl to honor the sacrifices of soldiers during #WWI by laying a wreath on the tomb of the #UnknownSoldier. #VeteransDay
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2:35 PM - Nov 12, 2018
Johnny2X2X
(19,066 posts)Trump wanted a Veteran's Day parade to honor himself, this is him pouting about not getting that parade.
Peacetrain
(22,877 posts)as sad as that is
Sneederbunk
(14,291 posts)Peacetrain
(22,877 posts)Bayard
(22,100 posts)I think the reason tRump did not walk down the Champs-Elysees with other leaders is that he simply can't walk that far. Perhaps if they had furnished a golf cart......
Peacetrain
(22,877 posts)Its not just one thing.. it was the whole nine yards .. and then he gets back to the states and does not go to Arlington.. no one from the administration did as far as I can tell..
Bayard
(22,100 posts)thucythucy
(8,069 posts)when President Obama saluted his helicopter honor guard with a coffee cup in his hand.
Imagine if he'd had a week like Trump's.
GOP silence on this just demonstrates how shallow are their "patriotism" and "respect" for the military.
Peacetrain
(22,877 posts)vlyons
(10,252 posts)Yes, he's that petty