2016 Postmortem

UCmeNdc

(9,600 posts) Sat Sep 3, 2016, 01:52 PM Sep 2016

Trump let the Mexicans tell him he couldn’t raise Old Glory. No American Flag!

The Mexican flag was prominently there, but the stars and stripes was MIA.

http://americablog.com/2016/08/trump-couldnt-bothered-speak-front-american-flag.html

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Trump let the Mexicans tell him he couldn’t raise Old Glory. No American Flag! (Original Post) UCmeNdc Sep 2016 OP

I noticed that left-of-center2012 Sep 2016 #1

Trump couldn’t even negotiate a flag at a press conference. How is he going to renegotiate NAFTA? left-of-center2012 Sep 2016 #2

They put Trump's flag on a taco truck. There was nothing he could do about it. FSogol Sep 2016 #3

Probably protocol.... Wounded Bear Sep 2016 #4

That's because Trump was not the head of state Zambero Sep 2016 #5

left-of-center2012

(34,195 posts)

1. I noticed that

Reply to UCmeNdc (Original post)

Sat Sep 3, 2016, 01:54 PM

Sep 2016

Guess Trump's a wimp!

left-of-center2012

(34,195 posts)

2. Trump couldn’t even negotiate a flag at a press conference. How is he going to renegotiate NAFTA?

Reply to UCmeNdc (Original post)

Sat Sep 3, 2016, 01:56 PM

Sep 2016

FSogol

(45,488 posts)

3. They put Trump's flag on a taco truck. There was nothing he could do about it.

Reply to UCmeNdc (Original post)

Sat Sep 3, 2016, 01:58 PM

Sep 2016

Wounded Bear

(58,662 posts)

4. Probably protocol....

Reply to UCmeNdc (Original post)

Sat Sep 3, 2016, 02:14 PM

Sep 2016

a visiting head of state or perhaps senior diplomat would get a flag displayed.

But a bullshit pseudo-candidate with Mexican poll numbers in the shitter doesn't. Trump polls lower than their pres, and that's lower then Dubya was.

Zambero

(8,964 posts)

5. That's because Trump was not the head of state

Reply to UCmeNdc (Original post)

Sat Sep 3, 2016, 02:40 PM

Sep 2016

Merely second-rate. So much for appearing "presidential".

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