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Braininvat » 11 Nov 2018, 10:30 wrote:A man has his reasons.
my guesses:
1. Bone spurs ache when it rains
2. Rain messes up his hairdo
3. It's just a bunch of dead people
4. Very bad planning from the stupid French
5. Macron guest rooms have all his favorite cable channels, and French porn is amazing
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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 couldn’t fly” and that the Secret Service wouldn’t 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? It’s 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.
Trump’s understanding of heroism has not evolved since he became president. According to sources with knowledge of the president’s views, he seems to genuinely not understand why Americans treat former prisoners of war with respect. Nor does he understand why pilots who are shot down in combat are honored by the military. On at least two occasions since becoming president, according to three sources with direct knowledge of his views, Trump referred to former President George H. W. Bush as a “loser” for being shot down by the Japanese as a Navy pilot in World War II. (Bush escaped capture, but eight other men shot down during the same mission were caught, tortured, and executed by Japanese soldiers.)
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On Memorial Day 2017, Trump visited Arlington National Cemetery, a short drive from the White House. He was accompanied on this visit by John Kelly, who was then the secretary of homeland security, and who would, a short time later, be named the White House chief of staff.
The two men were set to visit Section 60, the 14-acre area of the cemetery that is the burial ground for those killed in America’s most recent wars. Kelly’s son Robert is buried in Section 60. A first lieutenant in the Marine Corps, Robert Kelly was killed in 2010 in Afghanistan. He was 29. Trump was meant, on this visit, to join John Kelly in paying respects at his son’s grave, and to comfort the families of other fallen service members.
But according to sources with knowledge of this visit, Trump, while standing by Robert Kelly’s grave, turned directly to his father and said, “I don’t get it. What was in it for them?” Kelly (who declined to comment for this story) initially believed, people close to him said, that Trump was making a ham-handed reference to the selflessness of America’s all-volunteer force. But later he came to realize that Trump simply does not understand non-transactional life choices.
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At the heart of Donald Trump's statement is a lack of respect for those who have served - a disqualifying characteristic to be president.
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Who said,
At the heart of Donald Trump's statement is a lack of respect for those who have served - a disqualifying characteristic to be president.
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“The United States of America will NOT be cutting funding to @starsandstripes magazine under my watch,” Trump tweeted Friday. “It will continue to be a wonderful source of information to our Great Military!”
In a previously unpublicized memo cited by USA TODAY on Friday, the Pentagon delivered an order to shutter the newspaper and cease publication after Sept. 30.
Press advocates decried the move, arguing it was the latest in a series of decisions by the Trump administration to undermine independent reporting.
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edy420 » 11 Nov 2018, 19:00 wrote:
6. The rain washes away his orange skin tone. And reveals he is Mexican.
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edy420 » Sat Sep 05, 2020 9:45 pm wrote:edy420 » 11 Nov 2018, 19:00 wrote:
6. The rain washes away his orange skin tone. And reveals he is Mexican.
Lol, my remarks when I was gullible.
Now that Im genuinely interested, Im having trouble finding evidence. "Multiple sources", "My source", "official confirms accusations" "the source"... ok cool story. Now show me the evidence.
Why not release this information when it was relevant, instead of years later, right before an election. I don't like the fact that the only named source is a reporter. Am I supposed to just take his word for it?
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The story unfolded like this: While in Paris with other world leaders to commemorate the centennial of the end of World War I, Trump stayed at the official residence of U.S. Ambassador Jamie McCourt, the palatial Hôtel de Pontalba. The mansion, in Paris’s chic 8th arrondissement, dates to 1842. It has served as a flagship of the State Department’s “Art in Embassies” cultural diplomacy program, and is open to tours.
The president’s planned visit to the Belleau Wood cemetery was canceled.. That left Trump with about six hours of free time in the ambassador’s residence.
The next day, Trump pointed out a Benjamin Franklin bust, a Franklin portrait and a set of figurines of Greek mythical characters, and insisted the pieces come back with him to Washington.
McCourt, the ambassador, was startled, but didn’t object, according to people briefed on the incident. Trump later quipped that the envoy would get the art back “in six years,” when his potential second term in office would be winding down.
The art, worth about $750,000 according to one of the people familiar with the episode, was loaded aboard Air Force One while Trump visited another cemetery before the flight back to Washington.
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After White House art curators examined the pieces Trump brought home, the president was told that the Franklin bust was a replica. He joked that he liked the fake better than the original, two people familiar with the episode said.
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edy420 » Tue Sep 08, 2020 2:48 am wrote:Im on a bit of a Trump interview marathon atm. For 20 years hes been talking highly about the military. These claims are incredibly out of character.
That link doesn't say who the anonymous sources are.
Press exec Kayleigh Mcenany says this topic is debunked. She released the emails that show the military pulled the pin, not Trump. She also provides 10 on the record accounts that prove Trump wanted to be there.
One sides lying. Ill just have to take a guess which one
Press exec Kayleigh Mcenany says this topic is debunked. She released the emails that show the military pulled the pin, not Trump. She also provides 10 on the record accounts that prove Trump wanted to be there.
One sides lying. Ill just have to take a guess which one..
Donald Trump is the first president in my lifetime who does not try to unite the American people—does not even pretend to try. Instead he tries to divide us. We are witnessing the consequences of three years of this deliberate effort. We are witnessing the consequences of three years without mature leadership. We can unite without him, drawing on the strengths inherent in our civil society. This will not be easy, as the past few days have shown, but we owe it to our fellow citizens; to past generations that bled to defend our promise; and to our children.
https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/ar ... on/612640/
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