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When President Donald Trump canceled a visit to the Aisne-Marne American Cemetery near Paris in 2018, he blamed rain for the last-minute decision, saying that the helicopter couldnt fly and that the Secret Service wouldnt drive him there. Neither claim was true.
Trump rejected the idea of the visit because he feared his hair would become disheveled in the rain, and because he did not believe it important to honor American war dead, according to four people with firsthand knowledge of the discussion that day. In a conversation with senior staff members on the morning of the scheduled visit, Trump said, Why should I go to that cemetery? Its filled with losers. In a separate conversation on the same trip, Trump referred to the more than 1,800 marines who lost their lives at Belleau Wood as suckers for getting killed.
Belleau Wood is a consequential battle in American history, and the ground on which it was fought is venerated by the Marine Corps. America and its allies stopped the German advance toward Paris there in the spring of 1918. But Trump, on that same trip, asked aides, Who were the good guys in this war? He also said that he didnt understand why the United States would intervene on the side of the Allies.
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https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2020/09/trump-americans-who-died-at-war-are-losers-and-suckers/615997/
catbyte
(34,376 posts)mercuryblues
(14,531 posts)Captain bone spurs to say?
magicarpet
(14,145 posts)Military
Police, Sheriffs
Ice, Border Patrol,
Fire Departments,
Many union workers.
Afromania
(2,768 posts)Disgusts me to the ever lovin core. I detest this man, I loathe him, despise him. The sooner he takes this L the better it will be for my sanity.
bluestarone
(16,926 posts)Please oh please!!
crickets
(25,969 posts)Screw his ignorance, his vanity, and his stupid hair.
Blue Owl
(50,356 posts)n/t
Codeine
(25,586 posts)Its a fucking sick cult.