Trump to participate in Memorial Day wreath laying at Arlington National Cemetery
Source: CNN
President Donald Trump on Monday will participate in the annual wreath laying ceremony at Arlington National Cemetery to help commemorate Memorial Day, White House spokesman Judd Deere confirmed to CNN.
Separately Monday, the President along with first lady Melania Trump, will travel to Baltimore to visit Ft. McHenry. The successful defense there of the Baltimore Harbor in 1814 during the War of 1812 led to the writing of the "Star-Spangled Banner."
The visit will come in spite of a plea for Trump to rethink his visit from Baltimore Mayor Bernard "Jack" Young, who has said it will send the wrong message at a time when he is asking the city's residents not to travel. Baltimore is one of the areas of concern for public health officials worried about the spread of coronavirus. "I'm asking the President to rethink his trip. It sends a bad, bad message to the citizens of Baltimore because I'm asking them to stay home and only come out for essential reasons," Young told CNN's John King on Friday. "I just want him to set the example for the rest of the country and not do this trip, because it's not essential."
White House spokesman Judd Deere responded to Young's criticism by stating that "the brave men and women who have preserved our freedoms for generations did not stay home and the President will not either as he honors their sacrifice by visiting such a historic landmark in our Nation's history."
Read more: https://www.cnn.com/2020/05/23/politics/trump-wreath-laying-arlington-cemetery-memorial-day/index.html
Trump's last visit to Baltimore was in the fall of 2019 a few months after he tweeted that the city was a "rat and rodent infested mess." He's said he doesn't regret the comments.
rzemanfl
(29,557 posts)to keep it quiet.
Drum
(9,161 posts)SergeStorms
(19,201 posts)Wouldn't want to get that mangy dead animal atop his head wet. Vain dullard.
smb
(3,471 posts)keithbvadu2
(36,796 posts)SergeStorms
(19,201 posts)fragged before he ever finished basic training. Wimpy-assed mama's boy, ordering everyone to do things for him. He never would have made it out of basic.
jmowreader
(50,557 posts)I figure the drill sergeants would have taken one look at him and pronounced, as one, duty soldier. In the Army we have duty bodies. Everyone has to take a turn at doing Army BS. (The best Army BS I ever did was inventorying the walk-in freezer at the Yongsan commissary...in July, when it was about a thousand degrees outside. You put on this really good winter suit, head into the freezer and stay there all day. It was great.) The Duty Soldier, which they had in Vietnam, had no other job than to do shit details. You dont get a weapon, you just spend all day doing menial labor. Perfect job for President 021.
Scarsdale
(9,426 posts)staying home when it really counted. Oh, yes, his form of service was dodging STI's while other real men served the country. He sure is not serving the country these days. Bilking is more like it. Is one of his golf courses close to Baltimore?
jmowreader
(50,557 posts)He can chopper up there, make the Baltimore mayors life hell for a couple hours, then be back in DC in time to play a round at his Washington course.
truthisfreedom
(23,146 posts)If the safety of the country was at stake. But like usual, 45 has to do the wrong thing, because its election season and he has to trigger the Democratic Party and throw red meat to his rabid followers.
Bernardo de La Paz
(49,001 posts)Totally Tunsie
(10,885 posts)turbinetree
(24,695 posts)he probably has no clue why there are no one with rank stripes marches in front of the Unknowns........no clue.............. ..........................
LastLiberal in PalmSprings
(12,586 posts)turbinetree
(24,695 posts)IcyPeas
(21,870 posts)redstatebluegirl
(12,265 posts)Evolve Dammit
(16,725 posts)Zero service as far back as I can tell. Please correct me if I'm wrong.
keithbvadu2
(36,796 posts)The only Drumpf family members to serve in WWll would have been on the cliffs above Normandy beaches.
Evolve Dammit
(16,725 posts)pleading to be allowed back, after living in NYC. Very interesting how he hates immigrants so much, when those are his family's roots. I haven't seen any family history from his relatives that stayed in Bavaria and their role in WWII.
Scarsdale
(9,426 posts)owned brothels, and was a pimp? It would explain the tRump family penchant for women who must be paid to associate with them. Decent women want nothing to do with them. Parscale's Pac is giving Lara tRump (Eric's wife) and Kimberly Gargoyle (Don Jr.'s girlfriend) each $15,000 monthly from donor contributions. I wonder if the Pac also pays Jr.'s child support for his 5 kids?
niyad
(113,302 posts)Evolve Dammit
(16,725 posts)Bavaria. The letter is a plea to allow him to return and stay. He was deported anyhow. Sounds like there was another grandfather of more ill repute. And yes, they are all corrupt and shamelessly grifting to the bone.
Scarsdale
(9,426 posts)One trip when Troudeau visited, he presented tRump with a framed photo of his grandfather's brothel!!
Evolve Dammit
(16,725 posts)AirmensMom
(14,642 posts)And this offends me greatly. This piece of excrement doesn't belong anywhere near the ones who served honorably.
Evolve Dammit
(16,725 posts)FloridaBlues
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Grokenstein
(5,722 posts)One can only imagine what he'll do with the wreath.
And spare us a speech, Don-Don. You're the bag of shit who said you like " military) men who don't get captured."
Eat shit and die in a grease fire as soon as possible.
Jack-o-Lantern
(967 posts)keithbvadu2
(36,796 posts)The Trumps are not shy about proclaiming how much they have 'sacrificed'.
Visit to Arlington Cemetery reminded Donald Trump Jr. of all his family's 'sacrifices,' he writes
https://www.stripes.com/news/us/visit-to-arlington-cemetery-reminded-donald-trump-jr-of-all-his-family-s-sacrifices-he-writes-1.606501
https://www.democraticunderground.com/100212910508
"I gave up my life to move to Washington to help Americans," Ivanka Trump says in Davos interview.
Scarsdale
(9,426 posts)trademark deals from Jyna to help Americans, too? Which Americans, herself and family.
Jeorge IX
(69 posts)It's truly too bad I don't believe in the supernatural, ya know?
Cryptoad
(8,254 posts)regnaD kciN
(26,044 posts)It's just a little stop for a few minutes on his way to the club...
llmart
(15,537 posts)I keep thinking of how many brave soldiers we lost or who were maimed/mentally affected during that war and how they would think of this country right now. I'll bet they would think "we did not fight and die for this assault on our democracy".
I am very good friends with a woman whose husband fought in WWII and when he died during the Dubya years she said to me, "They gave me a flag and plaque in his honor but if Bob only knew it was signed by Bush, he'd throw it away." She also said he and his fellow WWII veterans despised Bush with a passion.
Scarsdale
(9,426 posts)buried at Arlington. My second husband was awarded the Purple Heart, and he said after W was "elected". "I want to send this medal back, and tell them I would NEVER fight for this country again" I can only imagine what he would say about tRump. He is gone now, too.
llmart
(15,537 posts)I bet you already know what he'd think of the Rump.
Scarsdale
(9,426 posts)As a dyed in the wool democratic voter, he would have despised tRump, just as I do. I see nothing positive in the "man" to admire. Total waste of space, wrapped up the ugliest exterior ever to reside in our WH. Absolutely repulsive in every way.
Paladin
(28,257 posts)For this and a million other travesties.
CTyankee
(63,912 posts)(maybe a few nasty women and I'd like to see that).
Bayard
(22,069 posts)My Dad was in WWII, my Grandfather was a WWI veteran. They would have despised trump, everything he stands for, and what he's done to their country.
Sad to say, when my Dad died, all we received was a letter that had a photo-copied Obama signature. With my Grandfather, there was the whole ceremony--military gun salute and my Grandmother formally presented with the folded flag.
onetexan
(13,041 posts)To bash Dems & spread more lies for his reelection prospects.
0rganism
(23,952 posts)such a spirit of service from this president