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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsIn the dead of night, Trump Admin tried get a ruling that Pres. and VP can be buried at Arlington
Nat. Cemetery says Senator Tammy Duckworth on msnbc just now.
she said only Combat military folks can now be buried at Arlington.--not even all soldiers. They are running out of room.
whow--wonder if Trump wants to be buried at Arlington????
whow just whow. now on msnbc. no article yet that I can find.
catbyte
(34,174 posts)Submariner
(12,485 posts)If someone wants to relieve themselves on Trump's headstone in the centuries to come, it can't be in the hallowed ground of the nation's combat veterans at Arlington.
The punk is desperate to leave visual reminders of himself wherever he can. That tennis pavilion the hooker dedicated recently needs to be flattened by Biden, bye bye Space Force, and return the Air Force 1 colors to the original color scheme.
Trump buried at Arlington. What an awful thought.
Initech
(99,915 posts)Maybe Trump is Surtur himself?
The Velveteen Ocelot
(115,280 posts)tanyev
(42,360 posts)You know as soon as his 3 oldest kids figure out how much money they could make by charging money for a private 5 minute graveside visitation there would be roped off lines like Disneyworld with souvenir and concession stands.
2naSalit
(86,061 posts)But there will need to be some specific location where the smell of urine and fecal matter won't be disturbing to the public so Arlington's out.
AleksS
(1,665 posts)Cadet Bonespurs alongside actual servicemen and women who offered and many who sacrificed their lives?!?!?
He dodged the draft and now wants to be treated like he served? He hasnt served anyone but himself. Ever.
Blue Owl
(49,934 posts)n/t
Drunken Irishman
(34,857 posts)I understand they're running out of room but since the presidency is such an exclusive club, and we're talking only a small group of people, most who probably will never choose to be buried there anyway, I don't have a problem with this.
The VP? That's a bit different.
I'm assuming this is a recent change since isn't Ted Kennedy buried there and he wasn't a combat veteran.
AJT
(5,240 posts)Drunken Irishman
(34,857 posts)AJT
(5,240 posts)Soldiers who die while on active duty, retired members of the Armed Forces, and certain Veterans and Family members are eligible for burial at Arlington National Cemetery.
Ted also served, but not in combat. I assume that since he is JFKs brother he qualifies.
Bobby squeaked in his service during WWII, although he did not see combat.
Drunken Irishman
(34,857 posts)I still believe the President should be allowed to be buried there. But that's just me.
ck4829
(34,977 posts)Having fibrodysplasia ossificans progressiva is an exclusive club too.
It also flies in the face of civilian leadership of the military.
Drunken Irishman
(34,857 posts)A president serves their country. If they allow non-combat veterans, then I see no problem allowing the Commander in Chief of the US military.
And it does appear they're eligible for that reason.
LeftInTX
(24,560 posts)Currently only veterans are allowed.
Trump would want a freaking Trump (tm) mausoleum and statue
Buns_of_Fire
(17,119 posts)Drunken Irishman
(34,857 posts)Even if they didn't serve in the military:
https://freetoursbyfoot.com/burial-requirements-arlington-national-cemetery/
And I have no problem with that.
liberal N proud
(60,302 posts)The very troops who died in his place?
Veterans should be outraged at trump not Jane Fonda
Midnightwalk
(3,131 posts)If hell jump in today. One time offer.
jls4561
(1,241 posts)Cadet Bone Spurs probably wants to be buried at Arlington for the photo op. I say, bury him on one of his golf courses, with a tombstone that reads "Donald (Porta)John Trump/ Killed thousands/ Stole an election/ Cheated at golf/ Grabbed pussy".
But wait, since the tRump family doesn't actually own any property, all their stuff being heavily mortgaged and in economic distress, old Tiny Hands would run the risk of being dug up and moved when the bankruptcy came. So he's just trying to scam the tax payers one more time for a final resting place.
Grifting while dead. That's a new one for me.
zipplewrath
(16,646 posts)I can only think of one president buried there, and he had served. Not Ike, not even Grant is buried there. Bonespurs really ought to build his own mausoleum.
Initech
(99,915 posts)BannonsLiver
(16,162 posts)The Velveteen Ocelot
(115,280 posts)BannonsLiver
(16,162 posts)The person I was responding to said Grant was the only president buried there. Not accurate.
The Velveteen Ocelot
(115,280 posts)whistler162
(11,155 posts)ramblin_dave
(1,546 posts)"Sen. Tammy Duckworth, D-Ill., wants to prohibit U.S. presidents and vice presidents from being buried at Arlington National Cemetery unless theyve served in the military."
Drunken Irishman
(34,857 posts)randr
(12,408 posts)I will find a way to piss on it
SledDriver
(2,049 posts)larwdem
(757 posts)Last edited Sat Jun 13, 2020, 10:03 PM - Edit history (1)
if we can bury them now
struggle4progress
(118,041 posts)Turbineguy
(37,212 posts)Actually, the idea is an insult to everybody.
no_hypocrisy
(45,774 posts)No kidding.
He did.
kskiska
(27,041 posts)Initech
(99,915 posts)I take this to assume that there won't be a Donald J. Trump presidential library? Oh wait, Trump doesn't seem like the kind of guy who would go to a museum.
irisblue
(32,829 posts)BannonsLiver
(16,162 posts)RANDYWILDMAN
(2,645 posts)and i'm not talking the battlefield of public opinion.
smirkymonkey
(63,221 posts)How about we do it immediately. Then we can disinter them later and reinter them in some red state hell pit.
keithbvadu2
(36,369 posts)Tech
(1,765 posts)bad. Look at his star in hollywood. But perhaps trump would like to donate a gulf course to us to bury him in. I would be ok with that. And trumpets could pay for the honor of being buried with him.
Drunken Irishman
(34,857 posts)The OP is confused about things. A president meets the requirements for burial there. It's just that most presidents have chosen to be buried at their presidential libraries.
gibraltar72
(7,486 posts)Buckeye_Democrat
(14,847 posts)He actually accepted it!
Elwood P Dowd
(11,443 posts)Was stationed there in the US Army and lived in the Ft Myer barracks a few months in 1971. The thought of Trump being buried there along with all those heroes, including John F. Kennedy, is revolting.
Boomerproud
(7,889 posts)Eom
kskiska
(27,041 posts)SoonerPride
(12,286 posts)Pres. Pelosi can deliver the eulogy
JustABozoOnThisBus
(23,283 posts)I'm sure there's a plot available in Arlington, Florida. Very near "his" Republican Convention in Jacksonville.
Arlington, Texas might take him, as well.
But in any U.S. military cemetery? He is unfit to be buried there.
Interesting that in some military cemeteries, maybe all, bodies can be stacked in one gravesite. I think it can be a four-high stack: a veteran, spouse, and two exes. It would be perfect for him.
Drunken Irishman
(34,857 posts)I believe Tammy Duckworth wants to change that - but they are allowed to be buried there since they are/were the Commander in Chief of the Army and Navy of the United States, and of the militia of the several States.
As I said above: I have no problem with this.
NurseJackie
(42,862 posts)Buns_of_Fire
(17,119 posts)Get a few of the Disney people on it, and he could even talk, sing, and grab people in their nether regions.
lettucebe
(2,336 posts)Not to Arlington, just to the burying part
whistler162
(11,155 posts)Lee Chapel Museum
Lexington, Lexington City, Virginia, USA
With former owner of the lands that make up the cemetary.