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left-of-center2012

(34,195 posts)
Sun Nov 11, 2018, 11:03 AM Nov 2018

Trump joins world leaders ??? LOL

Trump joins world leaders to mark 100 years since end of WWI

President Donald Trump ... joined dozens of other world leaders Sunday ...
Trump was among more than 66 leaders gathered on a rainy day at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier at the base of the Arc de Triomphe ...

The president and first lady Melania Trump traveled separately from most of the other presidents and dignitaries attending the event, who had gathered earlier at the Elysee Palace and traveled to the ceremony by bus.

And Trump was not present as the other leaders arrived, walking side-by-side in a somber, rain-soaked line holding black umbrellas as bells finished tolling.

White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders cited security protocols for the presidential motorcade’s solo trip down the grand Champs-Élysées to the arc ...

https://www.apnews.com/2c17c41d2b7c43e488e48388e70769ef

All the other 66 leaders rode the bus, and then along comes Trump in his limo.

Isn't that special?
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unc70

(6,110 posts)
2. Maybe he has trouble walking that far
Sun Nov 11, 2018, 11:15 AM
Nov 2018

Remember when at the G7 he used a golf cart while the other leaders walked together.

 

smirkymonkey

(63,221 posts)
5. If he isn't going to stand out and have everyone acknowledge and treat him as special,
Sun Nov 11, 2018, 11:25 AM
Nov 2018

then he isn't going to play. He can't just be "one of the gang". He always has to be the center of attention or he's bored.

ginnyinWI

(17,276 posts)
7. I think there is more to it than the rain stopping him from going
Sun Nov 11, 2018, 11:27 AM
Nov 2018

to the cemetery.

I think he was "highly insulted" by Macron's speech and decided to snub!

The Velveteen Ocelot

(115,669 posts)
9. They were late for the significant 11:00 moment.
Sun Nov 11, 2018, 12:08 PM
Nov 2018

The other leaders walked in a line in the rain, carrying umbrellas. Tiny rode in a limo, and he was late.

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