I can understand Trump not wanting to be out in the rain

[Poiuyt]

It doesn't look like much fun.

[underpants]

1. The struggle is real

[Sneederbunk]

2. Then again he has been wetting his pants since Tuesday night.

[CottonBear]

3. The first photo is of New Zealand journalist Peter Arnett in Vietnam.

He was a longtime war correspondent.

[PJMcK]

4. I'm not sure...

...but isn't one of those soldiers Robert S. Mueller III?

[japple]

11. By golly, you're right. And I think John Kerry was there, too. eom

[PJMcK]

13. Well done!

(wink)

[ProudLib72]

5. Humidity makes the old bone spurs act up

And it makes the orange tan run. He'd be a limping mess in the rain. You don't want to see him in an unpresidential light do you? Of course you don't!

[GopherGal]

17. You forgot to mention that thing on his head

I'm sure that, whatever that is, it wouldn't stand up well to the elements.

[ProudLib72]

24. It would look like someone dumped a quarter package of angle hair pasta on his head

Well, maybe glued it onto the sides of his head because there ain't nuthin' on the top of his pate.

[Srkdqltr]

6. A tank.

My husband said they should have put him on a tank with an umbrella for the trip.

[sandensea]

14. Hog-tied to one, preferably.

[forgotmylogin]

23. Golf carts get mucked down in the mud *real* quick...

[Marcuse]

7. 4-F? Really?

[hostalover]

10. Barf.

[keithbvadu2]

28. Neatness and Order Medal... Wonder what that looks like.

Neatness and Order Medal... Wonder what that looks like.

So proud to have that as an accomplishment.

Anyone got a closeup of what it looks like?

[keithbvadu2]

33. Found it... Trump's Neatness and Order Medal.

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Found it…

Trump’s Neatness and Order Medal.

https://popularmilitary.com/donald-trump-says-going-to-military-academy-is-like-serving-in-the-military/

[Marcuse]

49. The yearbook says he was the Commanding Officer of the Columbus Day Parade!

So that’s where he developed the parade fetish.

[zentrum]

8. Wigs are so

...hard to take care of in the rain. And it might streakhis fake tan. First things first.

[quakerboy]

9. To be fair, Europe has to be an uncomfortable place for Trump

I mean, while they had their moments of power, it didn't exactly end up going well for the other Nazis there, historically speaking.

[sandensea]

12. Aggravates the bone spurs, don'tchaknow.

There isn't a veteran out there that shouldn't feel insulted by the orange pig's mere presence.

[LovingA2andMI]

15. The Nation's Consistent Embarrassment on the International Stage

Is Named Donald Trump. Never fails to live up to being an Ass, ever.

[iluvtennis]

16. trumpty dumpty is a coward and a disgrace to this nation.

[Leghorn21]

18. FUCK YEAH, POIUYT

THANK YOU

[leanforward]

19. The pictures speak a thousand words.

Yes, a lot of us endured. You did your duty. My dad was in WWII. I spent time in RVN.

Yes we endured. We honored our country as asked or volunteered.

What we have in our country is precious. I'll lead in preserving it.

BTW, the rally in our little town turned out approximately 100 folks.

[Stuart G]

20. k and r..nt

[FailureToCommunicate]

21. ...

[Kittycow]

34. Wow. That's very touching. Brought back a lot of memories

of the time. (I was a teen girl then.)

Thanks for posting it.

[FailureToCommunicate]

46. Two friends came back in body bags. It was a terrible war, with evil old men running

things.

But yes, it was our teen years, so, lots of memories...some searing, some sweet.

Here's another CCR from those days:

[ZeroSomeBrains]

22. WW1 was one horrible war to fight

All the diseases from fighting in those same trenches day in day out while you hope you could gain a little ground. I remember watching the Roosevelts documentary by Ken Burns and you see these veterans with their mouth clamped shut or twitching endlessly or sights of the chemical burns. It was horrible just seeing it let alone witnessing it first hand or having to deal with it.

But I'm sure that not visiting the graveyard of our dead soldiers 100 years after the end of the war was too hard since it was in the rain for our feckless dear leader. Quentin Roosevelt who died fighting in that war had his birthday on the day the war ended as well. President Theodore Roosevelt never really recovered from that loss. Trump will never know such loss or care to know. POS.

[LastLiberal in PalmSprings]

31. Are there ANY good wars to fight?

I think the political leaders who seem to put other people's children in harm's way should be required to serve on the front lines.

[ZeroSomeBrains]

35. Arguably WW2

But yeah you make a good point. The civil war and the revolutionary weren't unnecessary wars either. But pretty much all the others were avoidable one way or the other.

[Johnyawl]

39. There are no good wars to fight...

...but some are so much worse than others.

[Kittycow]

40. By happenstance I have an antique postcard from WW1

written to a soldier that was killed in the Battle of Argonne Forest, Lester R. Cory of Grafton, IL. There was a surpring amount of information online about him. He was injured by machine gun fire on October 11 right before the war ended and subsequently died a little later.

I'm kind of attached to Lester. He was a farm hand, age 23, that got called up to service in May and went over to France in July. Then dead in October.

I guess I just wanted to tell people about him. He deserves to still be known.

[ZeroSomeBrains]

41. Absolutely

My grandfather fought in the largest naval battle in history in the battle of Leyte Gulf in WW2. His aircraft carrier sunk by artillery shots and was the first one off the boat. His group huddled together in the shark-infested waters and he went between groups to keep everyone up to date with what was going on. The people who looked or the water containers didn't care and put sea water in them so they were undrinkable.

Near the end of the battle on the aircraft carrier he saw a man running around on the deck without his head. My grandfather is one of only ten surviving members of his shipmates. He won't admit it but the war took a heavy toll on him and rarely speaks of it. But he is proud and a strong man. A better man than that piece of shit that holds the oval office. He would probably say he likes people who's aircraft carrier didn't sink. All while never serving.

[Kittycow]

42. I think I saw a documentary about that.

Yeah, that would take a heavy toll on a person.

Your grandfather had so much courage! I hope he knew at some point that there were many grateful citizens for what he went through when the highest duty called.

It's so galling to have that POS supposedly representing us in France right now

[ZeroSomeBrains]

44. He's always been a gentle man

His best friend died on that aircraft carrier. The idea that someone could represent the United States of America who has no idea what the symbolism means to have respect for the fallen and visit those who lost their lives is astounding.

I'll never forget this or the kids in cages or the rampant fear-mongering. It just seems to show the character of the man. We will have a hard time picking up the pieces after this is all said and done. I just hope the rest of the world can forgive us one day.

[central scrutinizer]

47. Mustard gas

My wife's great uncle was gassed in WWI and came back all fucked up. He committed suicide not long after.

[lame54]

25. I wanna see his tan run

[smirkymonkey]

26. Sniveling fucking coward!

He can't even bear to be among men who were braver and stronger than him while in their graves. Just disgusting.

[Stellar]

27. He's can't figure out what to do with his umbrella...

[rzemanfl]

29. I have an idea. n/t

[left-of-center2012]

30. Bone spurs made him physically unfit?

[orleans]

32. bone spurs made him mentally unfit n/t

[djacq]

36. Still have yet to visit troops overseas.

President Obama’s first visit to troops overseas was November 18, 2009 (10 months as POTUS).

[Auggie]

37. IT'S BECAUSE OF HIS HAIR!

Rain would fuck up the combover. Can’t wear a hat because he’d have to remove it for the anthems and such. IT WAS VANITY!

[catbyte]

38. And it wasn't even raining when Merkel & Macron laid the wreath.

[IMG][/IMG]

[ZeroSomeBrains]

45. And think of that symbolism

The heads of the two countries who fought against each other in that war could come together to remember the fallen but 45 couldn't make it because of rain.

[Hermit-The-Prog]

48. they will forgive us

The people will forgive us, but I can't forgive the Coward-In-Chief.

[Silver1]

43. One of the darkest moments in human history.

WWI. One of the darkest moments in human history.

The total number of military and civilian casualties in World War I was about 40 million: estimates range from 15 to 19 million deaths and about 23 million wounded military personnel, ranking it among the deadliest conflicts in human history. The total number of deaths includes from 9 to 11 million military personnel. Wikipedia.

I'm sitting here thinking about what it is I want to say next, and I can't bring myself to write his name in the same place as what's above. So, I'm leaving it this way. Words fail me right now.