Trump Avoids Visiting Troops In Harm's Way, Talks To Them From His Country Club Instead
For the second straight year as president, President Donald Trump chose not to visit American service members deployed around the world on Thanksgiving and instead spoke to them via teleconference from his private, for-profit country club in Palm Beach, Florida.
“Not surprised. He’s been avoiding them since the mid-’60s,” said Will Fischer, an Iraq War veteran with the liberal group VoteVets, referring to Trump’s avoidance of service during the Vietnam War.
Trump sat in a chandeliered room with gold ceilings and read from a script before conversing with several of them on issues ranging from the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals to whether the United States was getting “ripped off” on trade agreements.
“We don’t see any issues in terms of trade right now,” a Coast Guard commander stationed in Bahrain said, sounding somewhat puzzled.
As he did on Tuesday while leaving the White House for his Thanksgiving vacation, Trump hinted that he might visit troops in a forward combat zone. “We’re going to do some interesting things. We’ll be doing some very interesting things,” he told reporters invited by the White House to watch Trump’s teleconference from his members-only Mar-a-Lago club.
He added that he knew when he would be going but would not say. “I can’t tell you. You’re the last people I can tell,” he told reporters.
Whether Trump ever visits any troops overseas, though, is far from guaranteed. Trump has made numerous promises that he has failed to honor.
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Well, he wasn't lying when he said "I can't tell you"
He'll never go.
