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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsTrump crossed political line n visit to the troops-violation of protocol says retired 3-star general
@kylegriffin1, 10m10 minutes ago
"He has to understand that there exist some audiences that should not be addressed as part of his base, because they are not," said Mark Hertling, a retired three-star Army lieutenant general. "It's a violation of protocol by the president."
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Trump crossed political line n visit to the troops-violation of protocol says retired 3-star general (Original Post)
iluvtennis
Dec 2018
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tanyev
(42,523 posts)1. Even if he understood it, he wouldn't care.
This is the same ahole who addressed the Boy Scout Jamboree like it was a political rally.
Cha
(296,881 posts)2. Russian agent doesn't care.
Hugin
(33,059 posts)3. This was purely political. n/t
NJCher
(35,622 posts)4. Look at the facial expressions
Suspicious
Bored
Outright contempt
Cher
littlemissmartypants
(22,597 posts)5. He's a sociopath.
Rules of any kind simply DO NOT apply. It's high time we stopped being shocked by his aberrant behavior.
SergeStorms
(19,187 posts)6. Trump's first political rally with our Troops overseas.
That's all it was ever meant to be. He spent three whole hours in Iraq, and he spent it all campaigning. Disgraceful!
Marcuse
(7,446 posts)7. I thought he was going to call the Democratic soldiers "fake troops".