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riversedge

(69,727 posts)
Sat Jun 13, 2020, 02:09 PM Jun 2020

In 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.

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In the dead of night, Trump Admin tried get a ruling that Pres. and VP can be buried at Arlington (Original Post) riversedge Jun 2020 OP
There wouldn't be room for their eternal flame. catbyte Jun 2020 #1
Geezus...we can't let that happen Submariner Jun 2020 #5
Well hey the eternal flame and the Skull Of Surtur is what destroyed Asguard. Initech Jun 2020 #12
That was to try to ensure that their graves won't be pissed on. The Velveteen Ocelot Jun 2020 #2
I think so. tanyev Jun 2020 #34
Probably... 2naSalit Jun 2020 #35
Got to be kidding! AleksS Jun 2020 #3
Gives new weight to the term Morbidly Obese Blue Owl Jun 2020 #4
I believe the President should be allowed to be buried there. Drunken Irishman Jun 2020 #6
RFK was a WWII combat veteran. AJT Jun 2020 #10
Thanks. Fixed. Drunken Irishman Jun 2020 #18
Here are the stated requirements. AJT Jun 2020 #17
Okay, so it's not limited to combat veterans. Drunken Irishman Jun 2020 #19
It being an "exclusive club" means nothing ck4829 Jun 2020 #22
I still have no problem with it. Drunken Irishman Jun 2020 #26
No LeftInTX Jun 2020 #32
I'm sure the site would be handled with the respect it deserves. Buns_of_Fire Jun 2020 #45
Actually, the OP is wrong. Currently, presidents are allowed to be buried there. Drunken Irishman Jun 2020 #49
Bone spurs Donny wants to be buried with the troops liberal N proud Jun 2020 #7
I'll dig the hole immediately Midnightwalk Jun 2020 #8
I saw that - here's your link: jls4561 Jun 2020 #9
One president zipplewrath Jun 2020 #11
Well there is a property in Atlantic City that is about to become available... Initech Jun 2020 #13
JFK is buried there BannonsLiver Jun 2020 #27
He was a combat veteran. The Velveteen Ocelot Jun 2020 #37
Yes BannonsLiver Jun 2020 #39
Gotcha. The Velveteen Ocelot Jun 2020 #40
Two Taft and JFK whistler162 Jun 2020 #57
Here's an article but it says something different ramblin_dave Jun 2020 #14
Yes. Presidents are currently allowed to be buried there. Drunken Irishman Jun 2020 #28
No matter where they place his rotting corpse randr Jun 2020 #15
There's gonna be a line SledDriver Jun 2020 #36
OK but only larwdem Jun 2020 #16
"People are saying it's a dump. Imagine! 50 foot high red letters! Trump! Improve property values!" struggle4progress Jun 2020 #20
Alive? Turbineguy Jun 2020 #21
That's weird. Trump publicly said that he wanted to be buried at his Bedminster golf club. no_hypocrisy Jun 2020 #23
Yes, he did. I remember it. kskiska Jun 2020 #42
Most presidents are buried at their libraries / museums. Initech Jun 2020 #24
5 coloring books and 10 sharpies is not a library. Jus' Sayin' irisblue Jun 2020 #47
Lets hope whenever it is it's open to the public BannonsLiver Jun 2020 #25
Are these guys planning to die on some battlefield? RANDYWILDMAN Jun 2020 #29
Good idea. smirkymonkey Jun 2020 #30
The only Drumpf family members to serve would have been on the cliffs above Normandy beaches keithbvadu2 Jun 2020 #31
I don't think they should be buried there unless they served. The disruption would be Tech Jun 2020 #33
Presidents can currently be buried there. Drunken Irishman Jun 2020 #51
Murder suicide pact. gibraltar72 Jun 2020 #38
Trump accepted a Purple Heart from one of his cultists. Buckeye_Democrat Jun 2020 #41
I used to live next to Arlington Cemetery. Elwood P Dowd Jun 2020 #43
If it happens I will never visit there again. Boomerproud Jun 2020 #55
Why would he want Pence to share the honor? kskiska Jun 2020 #44
If they agree to die in the next week I would grant an exception SoonerPride Jun 2020 #46
If he wants to be buried in Arlington, ... JustABozoOnThisBus Jun 2020 #48
The OP is mistaken. Presidents can be buried in Arlington currently. Drunken Irishman Jun 2020 #50
Instead of an eternal flame like on JFK's grave site, he probably wants an eternal flaming cross. NurseJackie Jun 2020 #52
Rump is more the type to want to lay in state forever. Like Lenin is. Buns_of_Fire Jun 2020 #53
If he's ready to be buried, I vote yes lettucebe Jun 2020 #54
He should be buried here if anywhere whistler162 Jun 2020 #56

Submariner

(12,485 posts)
5. Geezus...we can't let that happen
Sat Jun 13, 2020, 02:19 PM
Jun 2020

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)
12. Well hey the eternal flame and the Skull Of Surtur is what destroyed Asguard.
Sat Jun 13, 2020, 02:22 PM
Jun 2020

Maybe Trump is Surtur himself?

tanyev

(42,360 posts)
34. I think so.
Sat Jun 13, 2020, 03:26 PM
Jun 2020

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)
35. Probably...
Sat Jun 13, 2020, 03:26 PM
Jun 2020

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)
3. Got to be kidding!
Sat Jun 13, 2020, 02:14 PM
Jun 2020

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 hasn’t served anyone but himself. Ever.

 

Drunken Irishman

(34,857 posts)
6. I believe the President should be allowed to be buried there.
Sat Jun 13, 2020, 02:19 PM
Jun 2020

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)
17. Here are the stated requirements.
Sat Jun 13, 2020, 02:30 PM
Jun 2020

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)
19. Okay, so it's not limited to combat veterans.
Sat Jun 13, 2020, 02:33 PM
Jun 2020

I still believe the President should be allowed to be buried there. But that's just me.

ck4829

(34,977 posts)
22. It being an "exclusive club" means nothing
Sat Jun 13, 2020, 02:50 PM
Jun 2020

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)
26. I still have no problem with it.
Sat Jun 13, 2020, 03:01 PM
Jun 2020

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.

 

Drunken Irishman

(34,857 posts)
49. Actually, the OP is wrong. Currently, presidents are allowed to be buried there.
Sat Jun 13, 2020, 04:22 PM
Jun 2020

Even if they didn't serve in the military:

https://freetoursbyfoot.com/burial-requirements-arlington-national-cemetery/

Any former President of the United States.


And I have no problem with that.

liberal N proud

(60,302 posts)
7. Bone spurs Donny wants to be buried with the troops
Sat Jun 13, 2020, 02:20 PM
Jun 2020

The very troops who died in his place?
Veterans should be outraged at trump not Jane Fonda

jls4561

(1,241 posts)
9. I saw that - here's your link:
Sat Jun 13, 2020, 02:21 PM
Jun 2020
https://www.stripes.com/news/veterans/sen-duckworth-wants-nonveteran-presidents-restricted-from-arlington-burial-1.633248

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)
11. One president
Sat Jun 13, 2020, 02:22 PM
Jun 2020

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.

no_hypocrisy

(45,774 posts)
23. That's weird. Trump publicly said that he wanted to be buried at his Bedminster golf club.
Sat Jun 13, 2020, 02:50 PM
Jun 2020

No kidding.

He did.

Initech

(99,915 posts)
24. Most presidents are buried at their libraries / museums.
Sat Jun 13, 2020, 02:52 PM
Jun 2020

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.

RANDYWILDMAN

(2,645 posts)
29. Are these guys planning to die on some battlefield?
Sat Jun 13, 2020, 03:05 PM
Jun 2020

and i'm not talking the battlefield of public opinion.

 

smirkymonkey

(63,221 posts)
30. Good idea.
Sat Jun 13, 2020, 03:06 PM
Jun 2020

How about we do it immediately. Then we can disinter them later and reinter them in some red state hell pit.

Tech

(1,765 posts)
33. I don't think they should be buried there unless they served. The disruption would be
Sat Jun 13, 2020, 03:11 PM
Jun 2020

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)
51. Presidents can currently be buried there.
Sat Jun 13, 2020, 04:25 PM
Jun 2020

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.

Elwood P Dowd

(11,443 posts)
43. I used to live next to Arlington Cemetery.
Sat Jun 13, 2020, 03:59 PM
Jun 2020

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.

JustABozoOnThisBus

(23,283 posts)
48. If he wants to be buried in Arlington, ...
Sat Jun 13, 2020, 04:15 PM
Jun 2020

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)
50. The OP is mistaken. Presidents can be buried in Arlington currently.
Sat Jun 13, 2020, 04:24 PM
Jun 2020

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.

Buns_of_Fire

(17,119 posts)
53. Rump is more the type to want to lay in state forever. Like Lenin is.
Sat Jun 13, 2020, 04:28 PM
Jun 2020


Get a few of the Disney people on it, and he could even talk, sing, and grab people in their nether regions.
 

whistler162

(11,155 posts)
56. He should be buried here if anywhere
Sat Jun 13, 2020, 08:47 PM
Jun 2020

Lee Chapel Museum
Lexington, Lexington City, Virginia, USA

With former owner of the lands that make up the cemetary.
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