Seriously... Did Trump NOT go to Arlington Cemetery yesterday to lay a wreath

[Peacetrain]

at the tomb of the Unknowns.. especially after the debacle in France and refusing to honor our American dead..


He did not have to take a helicopter.. and its just across the bridge.. did he really and truly skip honoring the fallen again yesterday??


Where are his loyalties??

[Gothmog]

1. trump only cares about veterans if he can use them as props

Link to tweet

[Peacetrain]

2. My husband just told me.. I am stunned..

especially after the mess he made overseas.. that he would forego that.. Its not one error.. its unforced error after error..

[Jeffersons Ghost]

29. Here are ALL the details:

Trump (aka Teflon Don) claims dead military personnel would be "proud" as he dishonors them

According to the Stars and Strips US Military News
Trump visit to US cemetery in France canceled due to rain

More than 60 heads of state and government are converging on France for the commemorations that will crescendo Sunday with ceremonies at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier in Paris on the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month, exactly a century after the armistice.

PARIS — President Donald Trump canceled a planned visit to a cemetery for Americans killed in World War I, the White House said, citing bad weather that grounded his helicopter...
Paris was covered in clouds with drizzling rain through most of Saturday.
https://www.stripes.com/news/europe/trump-visit-to-us-cemetery-in-france-canceled-due-to-rain-1.556245

https://www.stripes.com/polopoly_fs/1.556246.1541900835!/image/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/landscape_900/image.jpg
As the previous link to the photograph indicates, Trump lied! Marine One was not grounded, due to bad weather. When I was in the Navy, during Vietnam, I saw marine helicopters fly in all kinds of weather! Beside "clouds and drizzling rain" never grounded US Marines helicopters, with an important mission!

As the nation observes Veterans Day, Trump not visiting Arlington National Cemetery
By Emily C. Singer | 2h ago

At 10:03 a.m. on Monday, the White House called a travel lid, meaning President Donald Trump is not expected to hold any public events for the remainder of the day. That also means that Trump won’t visit Arlington National Cemetery on Monday, as the country observes Veterans Day — an unofficial presidential tradition.

Officially, Veterans Day was Sunday. However, Trump was in Paris commemorating the 100th anniversary of the end of World War I.

Trump made a number of blunders in Paris, including canceling a visit to an American military cemetery near Paris because it was raining. The White House claimed Trump canceled the visit because the Marine One helicopter cannot fly in rain, but at another ceremony on Sunday, the president made a comment about how a World War II veteran was being kept dry under shelter as he stood in the rain giving a speech. https://mic.com/articles/192418/as-nation-observes-veterans-day-trump-not-visiting-arlington-national-cemetery#.dOad2VpYD

Although President Barack Obama visited Arlington National Cemetery for Veterans Day services on several occasions, once in a heavy rain-storm President Trump has chosen to avoid the remembrance of military deaths at the national cemetery.

On Memorial Day, President Trump took a beating on social media Monday after his self-serving tweet about how America’s fallen vets would be “very happy” about the way he was running the country.

“Happy Memorial Day! Those who died for our great country would be very happy and proud at how well our country is doing today. Best economy in decades, lowest unemployment numbers for Blacks and Hispanics EVER (& women in 18years), rebuilding our Military and so much more. Nice!” he tweeted at 8:58 a.m., hours before laying a wreath the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier.

“OMG,” tweeted retired Gen. Michael Hayden, the former CIA and National Security Agency chief., in response.

Others objected to the tone-deaf term “Happy Memorial Day.

“Mr. President: My father was MIA in Vietnam for 30 years. I will visit him at Arlington today. There is nothing “happy” about #MemorialDay,” tweeted retired US Army Major General Paul Eaton. https://nypost.com/2018/05/28/trump-lauds-economy-military-in-memorial-day-tweets/

[atreides1]

4. Not only Trump

It's in the RNC playbook!

[Siwsan]

17. Perhaps we should all start sending rain bonnets to the White House

And, yea, he does't give a damn about the military, beyond how he can exploit it.

[cilla4progress]

3. On Morning Joe podcast

Mika (who "knows" trump) said it was out of his concern for his hair!

I think he is also being petulant.

How much will his supporters take? How can they defend this?

[Peacetrain]

5. I have many vets in my family...

and their hair will be on fire at Thanksgiving..

[Raven]

8. His supporters will take it all and ask for more. n/t

[uponit7771]

6. Crap about to hit fan? Number of winger outlets have gone dark in the last week

[Peacetrain]

10. I am wondering that myself right now..

[Nay]

27. Which winger outlets? nt

[Wounded Bear]

7. Trump's loyalties are to... (warning, graphic image enclosed)

[Peacetrain]

11. How can anyone human being be so clueless and self absorbed.. it is a never ending question

with him

[Neema]

9. How are the old, white, support-the-troops, Freedom Fry-eating, MAGA dudes

not having complete mental short-circuits trying to justify this behavior?

[Peacetrain]

12. I wonder too.. especially after that

grin he gave Putin and did not even bother to walk with our allies.. it is crazy

[Laf.La.Dem.]

18. They would not say ANYTHING if Obama did the same!!

[struggle4progress]

13. Trumpie Bear just does not come with an umbrella

[Peacetrain]

15. Did anyone in the Trump family go.. did anyone in the adminstration go??

[BumRushDaShow]

21. I had to dig but apparently Wilkie (VA secretary) did it

and Mattis was there too.

https://www.wearecentralpa.com/news/annual-wreath-laying-ceremony-at-tomb-of-unkown-soldier/1591066511

I had earlier seen a tweet from the French Embassy that one of their staff participated as well -

Link to tweet

TEXT
French Embassy U.S.
✔
@franceintheus

Yesterday we participated in a ceremony at @ArlingtonNatl to honor the sacrifices of soldiers during #WWI by laying a wreath on the tomb of the #UnknownSoldier. #VeteransDay
8,387
2:35 PM - Nov 12, 2018

[Johnny2X2X]

14. This is about his parade

Trump wanted a Veteran's Day parade to honor himself, this is him pouting about not getting that parade.

[Peacetrain]

16. Oh Lord.. there may be truth in that

as sad as that is

[Sneederbunk]

19. Busy preparing Christmas greetings to Putin and oligarchs.

[Peacetrain]

23. He cannot seem to get enough of the dictators.. that is for sure

[Bayard]

20. France

I think the reason tRump did not walk down the Champs-Elysees with other leaders is that he simply can't walk that far. Perhaps if they had furnished a golf cart......

[Peacetrain]

24. There is no excuse for the entire French fiasco..

Its not just one thing.. it was the whole nine yards .. and then he gets back to the states and does not go to Arlington.. no one from the administration did as far as I can tell..

[Bayard]

28. You know I was being facetious, right?

[thucythucy]

22. The right wing noise machine went ballistic

when President Obama saluted his helicopter honor guard with a coffee cup in his hand.

Imagine if he'd had a week like Trump's.

GOP silence on this just demonstrates how shallow are their "patriotism" and "respect" for the military.

[Peacetrain]

25. Exactly!!!

[vlyons]

26. He's pissed that he didn't get his parade to honor hin, and him alone

Yes, he's that petty