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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.
Trumps understanding of concepts such as patriotism, service, and sacrifice have interested me since he expressed contempt for the war record of the late Senator John McCain, who spent more than five years as a prisoner of the North Vietnamese. Hes not a war hero, Trump said in 2015 while running for the Republican nomination for president. I like people who werent captured.
https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2020/09/trump-americans-who-died-at-war-are-losers-and-suckers/615997/
grumpyduck
(6,272 posts)And get more military to realize what a fucking loser HE is.
War dead are losers??????? Way to go, asshole!
Blue Owl
(50,529 posts)The Wielding Truth
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Laelth
(32,017 posts)-Laelth
EarthFirst
(2,905 posts)Which brand of patriotism might that be?
packman
(16,296 posts)Well, there was good guys on both sides, right Donny?
Gawd, the stupidity
Vogon_Glory
(9,133 posts)repudiated by his own party. And rightly so.
But Donnie? The only thing like a response well hear is the sound of distant cricket chirping.
Until the political right finds the integrity and moral fiber to vigorously denounce such language, they have forfeited their right to question anyone elses patriotism.
The Genealogist
(4,723 posts)They are too busy chasing money and power at any cost, and have been since at least St Ronnie.
mr_lebowski
(33,643 posts)He must have everyone around him searched for recording devices constantly.
Nobody ever catches him saying any of the horrible shit we hear about him having said and releases the tapes.
It's kinda uncanny.
Also ... what a complete fuckwad.
Wellstone ruled
(34,661 posts)dchill
(38,562 posts)But I'm on the edge of tears of rage right now.
qwlauren35
(6,150 posts)Maybe just kinda sick. How could they have elected such a horrid human being.
world wide wally
(21,757 posts)That's what the song says anyway. The
grantcart
(53,061 posts)Celerity
(43,589 posts)qwlauren35
(6,150 posts)VoteVets or Lincoln Project.
Unfortunately, they can't quote him. But if somehow they could make it stick, I say go for it.