Churchill's grandson weighs in on canceled Trump and FLOTUS American cemetery visit in France

[kpete]

They died with their face to the foe and that pathetic inadequate @realDonaldTrump couldn’t even defy the weather to pay his respects to The Fallen

Link to tweet

[cwydro]

1. Good on him.

The tangeranus is a coward on so many levels.

[lunatica]

23. I wonder how many of his base lost family in WWII who are buried there

Surely a high percentage of his MAGAbase lost fathers, grandfathers and uncles in that war. 2 million Americans fought in WWII. Over 416 thousand died. And that in spite of the US late entry into the war. Every other country had far higher casualties because civilian deaths ran into the millions.

[cwydro]

33. This is a WWI memorial.

But I get your point.

[lunatica]

60. Thanks for the correction

I’ve seen on MSNBC that it is WWI.

[burrowowl]

68. The 11th day of the 11th month at the 11th hour

and it should still be called Armistice Day here in the U$A

[Old Terp]

38. And we know that none of the Trumps took part in either WW1, WW2 or any other US wars

in the last 100+ years.

[Vogon_Glory]

51. Well, there might have been some stay-at-home Trumps who

Fought for the Kaiser. THOSE Trumps deserve a moment of respect, even if they were the ones our guys were fighting.

[olegramps]

73. I don't agree with a monarchy, but I do respect the honor of the English monarchy.

They are dedicated to performing their duty as the nations representatives. Trump can not phantom that it his duty as the president to attend important events. He is solely concerned about one person, himself.

[dameatball]

2. Pathetic. How much did it cost the taxpayers to have him go over there for no apparent reason?

[Sneederbunk]

5. Nothing compared to the cost to American dignity.

[spanone]

6. he's going to meet with his mentor....vlad

[Cousin Dupree]

8. The real reason he went is to meet up with Putie his handler

[Marcuse]

9. Expect another two hour private debriefing.

[cilla4progress]

30. Sure, he has to report back

now that his party lost the House. Recalibrate.

[calimary]

53. Yep. Needs new marching orders. The last ones didn't work so well.

[Honeycombe8]

50. That IS pathetic. Adequate words fail me. nt

[2naSalit]

3. K&R

[smirkymonkey]

4. And this is the "president" that supposedly loves the military so much?

What a joke he is!

[Sneederbunk]

10. Not the weather. His bonespurs were acting up.

[smirkymonkey]

13. Poor little man-baby.

Suck it up fat boy, these men died for their country. The least he could do is pay homage to their sacrifice.

[MaryMagdaline]

7. My grandfather and great uncles had some bad weather days in France in WWI

Disgraceful.

[Autumn]

11. Churchill's grandson? Wow. Trump is such an embarrassment to the US.

When you think he can't act any worse he goes lower. He's so unhealthy and overweight he can't walk a block. The rain might melt his tan, ruin his hair do and he realized that he showed the world he doesn't know how to use an umbrella when it rains while any 5 year old knows how. So he cancels.

We are paying for this fucking trip so he can show is vanity is more important than being a decent human being.

[SMC22307]

25. He's got the Churchill way with words.

Even if Drumpf begged off, Melanoma could have gone, decked out in her finest I REALLY DON'T CARE DO U raingear. Logistics due to rain, what bullshit.

[sarge43]

63. He bred true. Granddad would be proud. n/t

[bullwinkle428]

12. NPR seemed to try to imply that the entire event was canceled as result

of the weather, and a new event was then scheduled tomorrow at a different cemetery. They did NOT state the clear fact that Chump made a unilateral decision to just blow it off!

Nice Polite Republicans, indeed!

[llmart]

28. I no longer bother to listen to NPR.

[NastyRiffraff]

61. So Trudeau, Macron and Merkel

went to a cancelled event? How embarrassing for them!

[malaise]

65. So where did Kelly go? n/t

[NastyRiffraff]

66. Kelly went to the planned event

to represent the U.S. since our "president" just didn't feel like it.

[malaise]

67. Precisely

So fuck NPR

[EleanorR]

14. trump is indeed pathetic and inadequate nt

[OnDoutside]

15. That one should be played up. Churchill's grandson will resonate even

With older repugs.

[msdogi]

16. Whatever that is, it doesn't hold up in the rain

just like the wicked witch, it melts.

[Stallion]

17. Really Bad Hair Day

[world wide wally]

18. He can't be having another bad hair day

[dawg day]

29. That was the JOKE he made right after the killings at the synagogue--

That he thought about cancelling a speech because ... wait for it... grin... he was having a bad hair day.


It was appalling. Appalling. And he said this to high school students.

He knew that in the face of yet another national tragedy, he might cancel out of respect... but no. He had to make a JOKE out of it, and say instead he might have cancelled for his hair.

[octoberlib]

19. Trudeau made it. There are pics of him

there on Twitter.

[karynnj]

44. I think this was just an American ceremony to a cemetary for US soldiers

(As to Trudeau, at the end of one twitter thread, someone explained that that picture was of a Canadian military cemetary in Canada, where Trudeau had previously gone to in rain --- similar to the President and Michelle Obama pictures on a rainy day in Arlington. )

This article suggests that Pompeo and Kelly may go - https://www.standard.co.uk/news/world/donald-trump-cancels-trip-to-world-war-one-memorial-event-because-of-poor-weather-a3986586.html

[Woodycall]

20. Dear Nicholas Soames - He is the "Foe"

[Totally Tunsie]

21. What if our soldiers hadn't shown up on the days it was raining?

[Paladin]

22. Mr. Soames' grandfather couldn't have said it better.

What a profound and continuous embarrassment trump is to our nation. The sooner he's out of office the better---for us and for the entire planet.

[SMC22307]

24. Ben Rhodes, Obama staffer, weighs in...

Last edited Sat Nov 10, 2018, 10:55 PM - Edit history (1)

"There is always a rain option. Always."

https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/416058-churchills-grandson-rips-trump-for-skipping-cemetery-visit-because-of

[calimary]

71. Indeed. Unless you're a fucking SNOWFLAKE!!!

[blue-wave]

26. The tRump

has disgraced our country to the world and spat upon our fallen.

I can't help but think this is the part Nazi in him that hates the fact that we won the two WW's. What a total disgrace he is.

[SummerSnow]

27. His hair is more important

[vlyons]

31. Another collasal butt show by Donald Trump

I knew way ahead of time that somewhere, somehow, Trump on the world stage in Europe would be another one of his embarrassing butt shows. That's what I call his performances now -- butt shows.

[kentuck]

32. Shameful...

Truly .

[onethatcares]

34. the con is

totally without honor. None, not a shred of it.

If it doesn't make him money or is not about him, he feels nothing.

what a sad man and what a sad fall our country has taken.

[lunasun]

35. Thier spray tans will run and hair gone wild will expose the real trumps

Sorry America can't do it
Vanity calls

[Pepsidog]

36. I'm glad. Shows his cowardice, his narcissism, his shamelessness for all The world to see

[BlueInRedHell]

47. I agree. Those who suffered and died during that muddy, cold, hideous war would not have felt r/o

honored by a Trump visit. That man is a disgrace.

[dalton99a]

37. Fake president. Worthless human being.

Lower than scum.

[Hotler]

39. ......

..... extremely bummed.

[JDC]

40. Meeting Putin instead no doubt

[Ninga]

41. This quote should be on the front page of every paper in the country. Not only that, but

it should stand alone, with no other print on the page.

Heartbreaking that we have to endure this piece of shit.....

[Codeine]

42. He's a pampered, lazy, clinically obese piece of shit.

Pathetic fucker.

[colorado_ufo]

43. He looked like s*** getting on that plane.

Maybe he is actually sick but doesn't want to admit it. That would mean he is less than the orange Superman. He might be afraid that going out there in the weather will be the thing that gives him pneumonia and sends him to God's righteous judgment.

[Blue_playwright]

57. That was what I wondered

I don’t think anyone would think less of someone who is 70+ avoiding a rainy cold event if they are even suffering from a cold. Pneumonia can develop and be devastating. But it takes a real man to admit that and say I need to unfortunately look after my health.

But I’m sure he’s just afraid he will melt.

[obamanut2012]

45. My great-grandfather is in that cemetery

It is his final resting place.

This is so insulting, not to France, but to every single American.

[iluvtennis]

46. Trump is a national disgrace - he has respect for nothing.

[LittleGirl]

48. Jet lag

I bet he didn't sleep and needed a nap.

[SammyWinstonJack]

49. OMG! "President Wankpuffin" "Epic battles of Syphilis Hill and Gonorrhea Gulch".

[soxfan2005]

52. the hero vs the coward

06-02-1918: Captain Lloyd W.Williams , 51st Company, 2nd Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment arrives at Belleau Wood and is ordered by the French commander to fall back in the face of the advancing German troops. Captain Williams' response, "Retreat, Hell! We just got here!"
11-11-2018 Donald Trump response to visiting the cemetery of U.S. military at Belleau Wood, "I can't! It's raining! My hair!"

[sarge43]

62. Welcome to DU, soxfan2005

"Retreat, Hell! We just got here!"

That's one of the reasons the Germans started calling the Marines Devil Dogs. You know you're bad ass when the enemy gives you a ballsy name.

I hope no one calls that chickenshit moron Commander-in-Chief within earshot of my ole sarge self; I may do a violence or at least recall my training instructor voice and 'tude.

[burrowowl]

70. Welcome!

Good post!

[Initech]

54. What? Is Trump a witch and he might melt?

[DesertRat]

55. k&r

[UCmeNdc]

56. Trump is meeting with Putin?

[Silver Gaia]

64. That's it. Not doing the things he supposedly went there to do

just makes it all the more obvious that he was only using it as cover for a meeting with Putin. I figured they would meet as soon as I heard he was going to Europe. I thought he would at least go through the motions, though. He doesn't care what anyone thinks anymore. He's brazenly doing whatever the hell he wants whenever he wants.

[SunSeeker]

58. Trump was worried about getting his "hair" wet.

[BHDem53]

59. Those pesky brain spurs.

[Cha]

69. That's the US' Putin's Puppet for ya.

Big Fuckin' Whiny Rat.

[Bluepinky]

72. He couldn't make money by visiting, so why bother?

He only makes an effort if he’s able to profit financially.