by Pa Rock
Citizen Journalist
A year ago this week Donald John Trump made headlines after he flew to Paris on the public dime aboard Air Force One to take part in some events honoring American participation in World War I. One of the biggies on Trump's European vacation agenda was a trip to the Aisle-Marne American Cemetery and Memorial near the famed Belleau Wood where he was to lay a wreath in honor of all of the brave American doughboys who are buried there. Trump, who himself dodged the draft during the Vietnam era with a doctor's excuse saying he had "bone spurs" in his feet, and who never had any relatives who served the United States in uniform, also avoided going to the cemetery near Belleau because it was raining.
A decision was made at some level that it would not be good to fly Trump's Marine Corps helicopter in the rain, so instead of traveling the sixty miles to the cemetery by car, Trump chose to remain in the warmth and comfort of the American ambassador's home outside of Paris. Several Trump underlings were carted off to the cemetery to lay that wreath.
And while Donald Trump does have a long history of problems with umbrellas, many regarded his obvious slight to American war dead as indefensible.
That was a year ago. Today Trump is back in the news because he is now pining to take part in an event honoring sacrifices associated with World War II - Russian sacrifices. Trump's BFF Vlad Putin has invited his American puppet to Moscow to attend next May's "Victory Day Parade," and Trump is sorely tempted to accept the invitation. Yesterday he publicly lamented, "I would love to go, if I could." But then he noted that the big event will be in the midst of the U.S. presidential election - and he might be busy.
So maybe he'll make it - and maybe he won't.
U.S. Senator Kamala Harris, herself a Democratic presidential nominee, tweaked Trump through Twitter yesterday when she commented on his dilemma while seemingly encouraging him to accept Putin's invitation. Harris snarked:
Citizen Journalist
A year ago this week Donald John Trump made headlines after he flew to Paris on the public dime aboard Air Force One to take part in some events honoring American participation in World War I. One of the biggies on Trump's European vacation agenda was a trip to the Aisle-Marne American Cemetery and Memorial near the famed Belleau Wood where he was to lay a wreath in honor of all of the brave American doughboys who are buried there. Trump, who himself dodged the draft during the Vietnam era with a doctor's excuse saying he had "bone spurs" in his feet, and who never had any relatives who served the United States in uniform, also avoided going to the cemetery near Belleau because it was raining.
A decision was made at some level that it would not be good to fly Trump's Marine Corps helicopter in the rain, so instead of traveling the sixty miles to the cemetery by car, Trump chose to remain in the warmth and comfort of the American ambassador's home outside of Paris. Several Trump underlings were carted off to the cemetery to lay that wreath.
And while Donald Trump does have a long history of problems with umbrellas, many regarded his obvious slight to American war dead as indefensible.
That was a year ago. Today Trump is back in the news because he is now pining to take part in an event honoring sacrifices associated with World War II - Russian sacrifices. Trump's BFF Vlad Putin has invited his American puppet to Moscow to attend next May's "Victory Day Parade," and Trump is sorely tempted to accept the invitation. Yesterday he publicly lamented, "I would love to go, if I could." But then he noted that the big event will be in the midst of the U.S. presidential election - and he might be busy.
So maybe he'll make it - and maybe he won't.
U.S. Senator Kamala Harris, herself a Democratic presidential nominee, tweaked Trump through Twitter yesterday when she commented on his dilemma while seemingly encouraging him to accept Putin's invitation. Harris snarked:
"Always nice to spend time with supporters on the campaign trail."Old habits are hard to break, and in the end one must expect that Trump will do what Vlad tells him to do. The good news for Trump is that there is at least one McDonald's near Red Square, so he won't go hungry while he is in Moscow honoring the Russian patriots who fought so bravely in World War II. Missing his daily allotment of "Big Macs" might be more sacrifice than our paunchy prez is willing - or able - to make!
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