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irisblue

(34,255 posts) Sat May 11, 2019, 10:14 AM May 2019

UK DUers, can you tell more about this?

Michele Spillane 🤨 (@chachaspillane) Tweeted:
Donald Trump's security bans British D-Day vets from Omaha Beach
Its laughable to think the 5 times deferred, heel spur chicken sh*t would have the audacity to show his face in Normandy! https://t.co/j1YJeYkCRf

Link to tweet

After a search I found a 2nd source, HelloNews Source, which looks like a gossip mag equalavent site.

I'm thinking that keeping '2 aged, we got on Omaha Beach with the Nazis shooting back at us' are a damned low security risk.

Also, seems freaking wrong.

Thanks for helping this Yankee out.

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UK DUers, can you tell more about this? (Original Post) irisblue May 2019 OP

Can't tell - it's the Mail, so they may not be reporting accurately muriel_volestrangler May 2019 #1

muriel_volestrangler

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1. Can't tell - it's the Mail, so they may not be reporting accurately

Reply to irisblue (Original post)

Sat May 11, 2019, 10:26 AM

May 2019

The closest I can find to an explanation in the article is:

Trip organiser Paul Reed said that entering the American sector had never been an option for non-US citizens, once the President's visit was confirmed.

He said that, in line with previous major anniversaries attended by US presidents, the area would be in lockdown so it was never on the itinerary 16 months ago.

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-7014727/Outrage-British-Normandy-veterans-banned-Omaha-beach-Donald-Trump.html

Reed is an established guide on Normandy beach tours. I can't tell where "16 months" comes from. Trump's attendance only seems to have been confirmed this April.

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