'Real low energy': Critics pile on after Trump cancels visit to U.S. military cemetery outside Paris

[RandySF]

PARIS — President Trump flew 3,800 miles to this French capital city for ceremonies to honor the military sacrifice in World War I, hoping to take part in the kind of powerful ode to the bravery of the armed forces that he was unable to hold in Washington.

But on his first full day here, it rained on his substitute parade weekend.

Early Saturday, the White House announced Trump and the first lady had scuttled plans, due to bad weather, for their first stop in the weekend’s remembrance activities — a visit to the solemn Aisne Marne American Cemetery, marking the ferocious Battle of Belleau Wood.

It was not completely clear why the Trumps were unable to attend. The cemetery is 50 miles from Paris. Perhaps the president was planning to travel on Marine One, which is occasionally grounded by the Secret Service.

But the sight of dignitaries arriving at other sites outside Paris, including Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, German Chancellor Angela Merkel and French President Emmanuel Macron, led some foreign policy analysts to speculate the U.S. commander in chief just wasn’t up for it.



https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/europe/trump-and-macron-meet-whats-left-to-talk-about/2018/11/10/680a014c-e1ec-11e8-ba30-a7ded04d8fac_story.html?utm_term=.14c583c2ebd3

[NRaleighLiberal]

1. wasn't up for it. this will mushroom into something...

well, not very big!



can't have a huge snowflake in the rain, of course!

[Siwsan]

5. The effect of the rain on his hair and spray tan would have been a sight to see

Rather like the melting/exploding Nazi at the end of 'Raiders of the Lost Ark'.

[mr_lebowski]

6. Spray tans don't 'run', they're not like having make-up on ... it's more like a dye, one that takes

like a week to slowly fade ... just sayin'

[Siwsan]

14. Well, you can sure tell I have ZERO experience with spray tans!

I can't imagine the damage covering oneself in rust tinted chemicals must have on the cell structure.

Unfortunately, I already have that visualized in my memory bank.

[NurseJackie]

13. ...

[NRaleighLiberal]

15. yup...you got it!

[appleannie1943]

2. He thinks he is too good to go 50 miles in a car.

Those soldiers died in the rain, snow and mud but he can't sacrifice a helicopter ride and go in a car instead. He has no idea what respect and honor mean.

[PCIntern]

3. He's too enervated from masturbating to Stormy videos...

I bet I'm not too far off....

[underpants]

10. "There is always a rain option. Always"

Ben Rhodes, the deputy national security adviser under Obama, noted he helped plan Obama’s foreign travel throughout his two terms and said it was common to have a backup plan to deal with inclement weather.

“There is always a rain option. Always,” he wrote in a tweet. “Trump will use the U.S. military for a pre election political stunt but sits in his hotel instead of honoring those who fought and died for America.”

[RKP5637]

4. He knew he would be shunned by everyone present because he is such an asshole. n/t

[Journeyman]

7. At this age, best that Trump avoid a draft, same as he did in his youth . . .

[Leghorn21]

12. D'OH!!

Well done, J! -

...and while we’re at it, this shows me that twitter is BS, because otherwise, a hashtag like “I’MSKEEREDOFALITTKERAIN” would have been trending at #1 for the last 3 hours- !!!

[Solly Mack]

8. Not low energy. He just doesn't give a fuck about actual sacrifice.

Seeing Trump at a cemetery of dead soldiers throws his own cowardice into stark relief.

[underpants]

9. The Paris weather forecast shows more rain for Sunday.

[Grammy23]

11. More likely he was afraid he'd be upstaged by a bunch of dead people.

Can’t have that, can we? He always has to be the center of attention and since this event was about honoring the sacrifice made by the soldiers, he knew the focus would not be on him. Well, they might focus on him long enough to see how badly he’d disrespect the dead and their service. He never fails to do something disrespectful to those he was supposed to honor, his wife, the spouse of a fellow world leader or the other dignitaries attending the event. Count on it.

[Small-Axe]

20. Or maybe he prefers soldiers that didn't die?

[Cousin Dupree]

16. Maybe he doesn't feel well. Maybe he has a splitting headache from high blood pressure or is

having chest pressure from coronary disease. Maybe...........

[yortsed snacilbuper]

17. Did putin order him not too,

just wondering?

[Hermit-The-Prog]

18. Cadet Bone Spurs becomes Diaper Donnie

Cowardly hypocrite afraid of getting his hair wet.

Shamed in front of the world but he's too self-centered to even realize it.

[smirkymonkey]

19. You know what? He just doesn't care.

He really just doesn't care. Those sacrifices mean nothing to him.