Trump Admits Mistake: 'I Should Have' Gone to Arlington on Veterans Day

[DonViejo]

Source: Mediate




by Joe DePaolo | Nov 16th, 2018, 3:42 pm

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Speaking with Chris Wallace in an interview which will air this weekend on Fox News Sunday, the president said that he should have attended a ceremony at Arlington National Cemetery on Veterans Day.

“I should have done that,” Trump said. “I was extremely busy on calls for the country, we did a lot of calling as you know.”

Wallace pressed Trump. “But this is Veterans Day,” the Fox News host said.

“I could have done that,” Trump replied. “As you know I just left the day before the American Cemetery and I probably think — and that was one where it was raining as hard as you can imagine and I made a speech at the American Cemetery the day before. And I probably, you know, in retrospect, I should have. And I did last year, and I will virtually every year. But we had come in very late at night and I had just left, literally, the American Cemetery in Paris. And I really probably assumed that was fine and I was extremely busy because of affairs of state — doing other things.”

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[Squinch]

1. What a complete fuck-head. (Is there anyone else out there who suddenly swears like

a sailor, ever since this dumbass was elected?)

[JHan]

6. I used to swear like a sailor before, now I swear like a 100 of them.

[sheshe2]

37. Me too!

[IrishEyes]

10. Yeah, I think I have used every swear word in the English language since this guy's campaign started

I wish I knew more foreign swear words.

[lagomorph777]

14. Trump's name en Francais: "Merde"

[BigmanPigman]

18. I have had to go into the multi lingual profanity myself.

Fortunately my Italian grandmom hated the GOP and taught me a lot of swearing in Italian. I have added a few French and German words for variety since my English profanity was overused.

[Arkansas Granny]

24. Do you mean do we have TTS?

Trump Tourette Syndrome
The uncontrollable urge to curse loudly upon seeing or hearing Donald Trump
I was watching the news this morning when they mentioned the "president", causing me to engage in immediate Trump Tourette Syndrome. (TTS, for short)

https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Trump%20Tourette%20Syndrome

[Squinch]

29. I think mine is a strain of trump-mouth. Like trench mouth, but trenches are nicer.

[groundloop]

44. My TTS is at its worst when someone uses Tiny's name and 'president' in the same sentence

I don't know why I let it get to me like that, but when there's such a horrible gaffe as that I feel that I can't let it go. Tiny's name and the word 'president' must NEVER be used in the same sentence in my presence.

[True Blue American]

32. Guilty

And I have not used swear words for years.

[Cold War Spook]

47. I have not used a swear word any where on the internet.

That's the way I was raised growing up in the 40s and 50s. I do on occasion scream. That does not make me any better than anyone else.

[Cha]

48. I started in bush coup.

[0rganism]

50. i'm using swear words and obscene nicks i didn't know i knew

[SallyHemmings]

2. Eating cheeseburgers and watching TV affairs of state?

[Guppy]

12. in his underwear n/t

[rurallib]

27. "executive time"

[C_U_L8R]

3. The idiot hasn't even read his own job description

This incompetent disrespectful POS needs to resign in disgrace. He shames all of us.

[TheCowsCameHome]

4. Those buried there are glad he was a no-show.

Yup.

[BlueJac]

5. Twilight zone

[iluvtennis]

7. LIAR, too little, too late.

[Heartstrings]

8. "Shoulda, coulda, woulda...."

Too little, too late....asshole!

[onenote]

9. No, he didn't go to Arlington last year. He was in Vietnam.

He did take time out from attending a conference to speak to some veterans while in Da Nang. And Pence did go to Arlington, unlike this year.

[yonder]

19. nice catch, good memory.

[forgotmylogin]

51. "...as I will virtually every year."

[Trenzalore]

11. The guy who screams at anyone who disagrees with him and fires people who disagree with him

Is upset at his staff for not explaining to him that it would look bad if he didn't go to Arlington on Veterans Day.

Reminds me of the stories I heard about doctors hiding from treating Stalin because he executed them if he didn't like what they said.

[Cal Tek]

13. Too Late, Donny

You have seriously pissed off a lot of military and ex-military people.

[left-of-center2012]

15. Trump said ...

“I was extremely busy on calls for the country, we did a lot of calling as you know.
I was extremely busy because of affairs of state”

Phoning Hannity.
Watching Fox.
Eating KFC.
Tweeting.
etc

[yonder]

16. Total BS, of course.

"raining as hard as you can imagine" like in history or like nobody has ever seen before?

"and I will virtually every year" What the hell does that mean?

"And I really probably assumed" He either assumed or he didn't. Oxymoron is right, heavy on the moron. Plus, the old saying about "assume" applies here too. Mostly ass out of him, though.

"— doing other things." Yay, a shred of truth.

Total BS from the shitter-in-chief.

[jpak]

17. The POTUS has One Job on Veteran's Day

Fail

Sad

[onenote]

26. Not really.

Before 1993, it was atypical for a President or Vice President to attend ceremonies at Arlington on Veteran's Day. In fact, the first president to do so was JFK, who did it once. LBJ never did it (but Humphrey went in his place once). Nixon also never went (but Agnew went once). Ford went twice, Carter twice, Reagan twice, Bush I once.

Clinton is the only president to go to Arlington on Veterans Day every year of his presidency. Bush II and Obama each missed several years, but their VPs always attended in their place.

This was the first year since 1991 that neither the President or VP participated in Veterans Day ceremonies at Arlington.

[blugbox]

42. It might not have always been tradition...

But he still broke a long streak that naturally was becoming a new tradition.

It's just especially jarring for it to be HIM that does this... he is mister gung-ho for military I love America so much I hug the flag!!

We had to endure two years of him berating athletes for "disrespecting the military" by kneeling during the anthem... then he's a no-show on the day dedicated to them... HOW could he not see that as hugely damaging to him?!?

[Judi Lynn]

60. Truly, the direction the Presidency was taking was evolving, wasn't it?

It would seem appropriate, considering the fact that in our lifetimes war has become a constant factor, not considered a situation to be employed in only the most extreme circumstances.

Glad to see your comments, blugbox.

[RainCaster]

20. He should have in France too!

Fuckin asshole

[FakeNoose]

22. That was the reason for his trip to France, but HE was the only no-show at the cemetery

I want to see the US taxpayers reimbursed for the trip!

Cheeto should have stayed in Washington if he wasn't going to attend the special ceremony at the WWI cemetery.

[onenote]

31. He skipped one cemetery visit, attended another.

He should've been at both.

[blugbox]

21. Who was he on the phone with?

Most people of importance were attending the Veteran's day services!! If it was that important, we'd probably have heard about the OTHER important person skipping the day's events...

[getagrip_already]

33. putin arrived late......

the kremlin released a statement froom putin that they met briefly and had a good meeting.

So when did they meet? Trump said he was busy with other things. No doubt important things.....

[Glimmer of Hope]

23. What nonsense. Most employers would fire someone

Who came up with those sort of excuses for not doing their job.

[getagrip_already]

35. not facebook... n/t

[Glimmer of Hope]

36. Yes. Besides Facebook!

[pwb]

25. Another big lie.

[Hugin]

28. What calls? Setting up failed hit jobs on your enemies list? Trying to fix the election?

I suppose every intelligence service in the world who are tapped into the unsecured TwitPhone could tell us what the calls were about.

[keithbvadu2]

30. Some pundit said Trump does not care... I think it was posted here on DU.

Some pundit said Trump does not care... I think it was posted here on DU.

[Docreed2003]

34. In other words

"I was too busy to give a shit...I mean, I stood in a little rain the day before at an American Cemetary in France, only because I got called out for not doing it the day before that...basically I got in late and was too busy to give a fuck about Arlington"

[calguy]

38. Look at the bright side

At least more Americans found out where his heart reallyqis. We here at DU have known from day one that he doesn't give a shit, now more people see it who didn't or didn't want to see before.

[mastermind]

39. the 2/3rds vets who voted for the turd will forgive him I'm sure

poor little handed snowflake.

[marble falls]

40. Good for him. He had 'things'. He's on the skids right now.

[Fullduplexxx]

41. What A rambling filibustery paragraph of bullsht

[zentrum]

43. "I was being much too

...important to even think of doing this. Stuff like condeming people for taking a knee."

[catbyte]

45. Yeah, Il Douche was "busy", all right...

[IMG][/IMG]

[badhair77]

46. He has plenty of energy when he's fitting two rallies into his schedule.

[Cha]

49. The Sociopath was too busy.

I'm sure the loved ones of the fallen will appreciate that

[Maxheader]

52. "I should have gone"

Naa fat boy...the country has heard you dissing the military,,
Why change your colors now? We know your a fraud...

[ProfessorGAC]

53. Simple Answer

STFU and FU moron!

[olddad56]

54. as a veteran, I'm glad that he didn't go to Arlington. he doesn't deserve to go there.

He is a draft dodger, it would be an insult to the families of every one buried there for him to show up and use Veterans Day and Arlington National Cemetery as the background for one of his bogus, impromptu campaign rallies.

There is no way he can every honor the veterans of this country, just the fact that he is president is a disgrace to anyone who served in the armed forces.

[area51]

55. "I was extremely busy on calls for the country...."

Riiiiight.

[KWR65]

56. Oh Jebsus.

[JDC]

57. I would swear I saw he and Malanie returing from Paris during daylight

On Sunday. In Washington.

Low energy. Very low.

[Solly Mack]

58. Bullshit

[tclambert]

59. This is the Onion, right? Trump admitting he was wrong on something?

I don't believe it. Blaming somebody else for it, or claiming he actually did the right thing, but people just don't understand--that would be Trump.

[KatyaR]

61. I think Pat says it best.

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[Delarage]

62. I hate him.

But we had come in very late at night and I had just left, literally, the American Cemetery in Paris. And I really probably assumed that was fine

In other words, wasn't it enough that I caved and went to the second cemetary in France, after the backlash? WTF do you people want? I already checked off "cemetary visit"........