The NY Post might have moved by Trump’s thoughts on this Memorial Day. But most of us know better:
Trump’s Memorial Day message honors those who made ‘supreme sacrifice’
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This is the same Trump who has mocked veterans and those who the supreme sacrifice for their country:
Trump: Americans Who Died in War Are ‘Losers’ and ‘Suckers’
The president has repeatedly disparaged the intelligence of service members, and asked that wounded veterans be kept out of military parades, multiple sources tell The Atlantic.
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On Veteran’s Day in 2018 his excuse for not visiting Arlington Cemetery, which is standard for U.S. presidents, was that he was “busy:“
Continue reading “Where was Trump on Memorial Day? Not at a Veterans Cemetery”In a rare expression of a regret, President Donald Trump has admitted that he made a mistake by not visiting Arlington National Cemetery on the Monday after Veterans Day, a presidential tradition.
Why didn’t he go when he had the chance? According to a transcript of his conversation with Fox News Sunday anchor Chris Wallace from an interview set to air Sunday, he was “extremely busy” on Veterans Day.
Speaking with Wallace about his decision not to visit the Aisne-Marne American Cemetery in France on Saturday November 10 and Arlington Cemetery outside DC on Monday, Trump admitted “he wishes he had a rare do-over,” Wallace told Fox News’ Shepard Smith on Friday.
“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.” (The president’s schedule for Monday November 12 was empty, at least of public events.)




