One of an American commander in chief’s most solemn duties is to preside over the nation’s Memorial Day honors at Arlington National Cemetery. There’s a speech; a wreath-laying; and, of course, a rousing rendition of the national anthem as the gathering comes to attention — one of the first honors a young service member learns to render. How did president Trump do in his second major encounter with Gold Star families?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vjI3EakOy-s
What’s going on there? PATRIOTISM, right?
This guy likes it:
https://twitter.com/SoCal4Trump/status/869394143688052737
That’s one piping hot take! Hard to tell if this guy likes it, though:
Be polite, be professional, but have a plan to kill everybody you meet.Screenshot
https://twitter.com/T_G_White/status/869269166443741184
Let’s accept on face that the president — who likes “people who weren’t captured,” tells Gold Star families he’s “made a lot of sacrifices,” calls safe sex in the 1990s “my personal Vietnam,” and blames “the generals” for battle casualties — just swayed along to the Star-Spangled Banner at Arlington, beating a rhythm with the fingers on his chest, warbling the words out of patriotism. Selfless, altruistic patriotism. What other explanation could there be, anyway?
https://twitter.com/Independent/status/865864715205058560https://twitter.com/Miriam411/status/865214551603728384https://twitter.com/POLITICOMag/status/865776169483984896https://twitter.com/AmandaWills/status/867765100454842370https://twitter.com/titivil/status/868470634241810432
Yep, gotta be patriotism!
In fairness to Trump, he did a lot of other stuff at Arlington, too, like laying the wreath at the Unknowns and assisting Tea Party Dot Org in selling its #1 Rated All Natural Smart Pill:
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America is already great.