Trump defends skipping cemetery visit in France: Secret Service said I couldn't drive there

[demmiblue]

Source: The Hill

President Trump on Tuesday defended his decision to cancel his trip to a cemetery in France last weekend due to bad weather, tweeting that he was urged to back out of the visit by Secret Service.

The president said he suggested driving to make the visit in bad weather, but the "Secret Service said NO."

“By the way, when the helicopter couldn’t fly to the first cemetery in France because of almost zero visibility, I suggested driving,” Trump tweeted Tuesday morning.

“Secret Service said NO, too far from airport & big Paris shutdown,” he continued. “Speech next day at American Cemetary [sic] in pouring rain! Little reported-Fake News!”

Read more: https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/416376-trump-defends-not-going-to-military-cemetery-secret-service-said-i

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[dhol82]

1. Liar

If his lips are moving.........

[Sneederbunk]

27. Pants on fire.

[salin]

2. He sounds eleven.

[Maeve]

5. Younger than that

"Mommy said 'no'"

[NRaleighLiberal]

3. .

so pathetic

such a snowflake

[hlthe2b]

4. I think the SS should speak up, even though they would hate to do so.

[RKP5637]

6. Yeah, OK, whatever. n/t

[MaryMagdaline]

7. And he couldn't go to Arlington Cemetery because why?

[forgotmylogin]

17. Lack of hookers, KFC, or a crowd of 900 people who will chant for him.

Plus T-flump would have been SO BORED in a car for 90 minutes.

[MaryMagdaline]

42. Nailed it

[Midnight Writer]

41. Bone spurs.

[UpInArms]

8. Pouring rain?

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[UpInArms]

32. Sorry ... was just getting a picture of a president not afraid of getting wet

Will get a different pic ...

[Just a Weirdo]

33. Thanks, even Obama had no idea he was next to a fake interpreter

[UpInArms]

36. No worries

There were many pics of Obama in the rain ... my favorite comparison pics are these



vs

[Soxfan58]

9. How about Arlington

SS say you couldn't drive across the Potomac.

[mahatmakanejeeves]

16. You forgot about the construction project on Memorial Bridge.

Channel 5 to the rescue:

Arlington Memorial Bridge rehabilitation project begins with lanes closures, construction

By: fox5dc.com staff

POSTED: OCT 15 2018 06:08AM EDT
VIDEO POSTED: OCT 15 2018 05:59AM EDT
UPDATED: OCT 15 2018 09:59AM EDT

ARLINGTON, Va. - Several years of traffic headaches are expected for commuters who use the Arlington Memorial Bridge to travel between Virginia and the District of Columbia.

The six-lane Arlington Memorial Bridge spanning the Potomac River was reduced from six-lanes to three lanes beginning Monday.

The National Park Service says they plan to run two inbound lanes in the morning and one outbound lane during the weekday mornings. That traffic pattern will reverse on weekday afternoons and evenings.

The Park Service says two lanes will be inbound and one will be outbound on weekends and holidays.
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The Associated Press contributed to this report

So, it's just not possible, see?

[kairos12]

10. I think what really happened was Putin told him no.

[bullwinkle428]

11. Keep on digging, Tiny!

[Autumn]

12. 150 minutes to drive 60 miles? How did Kelly and everyone else get there?

[Rebl2]

13. So why

is it every other leader was able to drive there? Also how did the people that were sent instead of him get there?

[UpInArms]

14. And for more clarity... see this thread on the helicopter abilities

https://www.democraticunderground.com/100211415615

[marble falls]

15. More lies and denial.

[The Liberal Lion]

18. Throwing the Secret Service under the bus?

Not a very smart move.

[Firestorm49]

19. It rhymes with wussy.

[Ferrets are Cool]

20. Always someone else's fault. Where does that buck stop again???

The only "buck" he cares about is the one that goes into his pocket.

[Javaman]

21. blame everyone but himself. that's his mantra. nt

[Achilleaze]

22. This republican a-hole* never takes responsibility for anything

republicans are serving up spectacularly weak sauce at a time when America needs a leader.

* aka republican Draft-dodger-in-Chief

[leftyladyfrommo]

23. Is this his 3rd version of why he didn't go?

If one does not work you just throw another one out.

[PeeJ52]

24. Did the secret service

stop him from going to Arlington yesterday, also? FAKE EXCUSE!!!

[Rabrrrrrr]

25. Lying fuck.

Pretty uncommon for the secret service to decide where a president does and does not go. Their job isn't to keep the president from ever going into places that might need security - it's to give him/her security wherever he decides to go, whether it be to the KFC or a war zone or a cemetery.

Fucking liar.

[Siwsan]

26. We know it had to do with protecting his magnificent bouffant up-do from the elements

After all, he has his priorities.

[WePurrsevere]

28. He speaks therefore he LIES...

The helicopter the president uses is a beefed up version of the same one the Coast Guard uses to do rescue and emergency transport even during a friggin hurricane.

The car he rides in is one of the most secure in the world.

The other world leaders, including the 93 yr old Queen of England, managed to make it.

The next day event he wanted applause for going to was after the blow up making him look like the whine-ass schmuck that he is. He HATES to be mocked and ridiculed so he decides to make the effort to go to that (where he 'jokes', aka whines, that that they're dry while he's not) so he can say, See I'm not a bad guy, it's the "fake news" that's bad.

I'm pretty darn sure that he the real reason that he went had zero to do with honouring Veterans of the 100 year anniversary of Armistice and had everything to do with... Putin.

[RockRaven]

29. Throwing one's bodyguards/security corps under the bus never turned out badly for tyrants.

Nope. No examples of that all throughout history. Not a one...


The Dotard is lucky the Secret Service is as professional as they are.

[Just a Weirdo]

30. I'm sure Secret Service are thrilled to continue to protect the Morons.

I'm sure the next time Trump wants to go, - they say, "sure, just go - no-one gives a damn about your life, we'll just finish this marathon of Game of Thrones then Oz, then Homeland, then...."

[IronLionZion]

34. Funny how no one else had these problems

Some people find a way. Others find excuses.

[Maine-i-acs]

35. Good thing he had a few days to work on his excuse.

Sorry about throwing the Secret Service under the bus, it was their turn to take the blame!

[LudwigPastorius]

37. What a dumbass.

Good idea to piss off the men & women whose job it is to protect your life by blaming them for your lazy narcissism.

[smb]

38. He Sulking Because He Didn't Get His Big Fancy Parade nt

[truthisfreedom]

39. Analysis: Are his lips moving?

[Vinca]

40. Odd all the other world leaders could get there.

More likely he was pouting in his room with a box of KFC extra crispy.