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In reply to the discussion: He was supposed to be at Dover Air Force Base [View all]Kid Berwyn
(23,529 posts)14. How Trump described watching the returning fallen at Dover AFB...
Lucian K. Truscott observed:
All this is just more willful ignorance contained within his usual fog of lies. But it was his description of the grief of families meeting the bodies of their dead at Dover Air Force Base that was most illustrative of his abject disdain for human life. They scream, like Ive never seen anything before. Theyll break through military barriers. Theyll run to the coffin and jump on top of the coffin. Crying mothers and wives. Crying desperately.
https://www.salon.com/2019/10/19/america-is-being-held-hostage-by-a-bloody-madman-and-hes-in-the-white-house/
All this is just more willful ignorance contained within his usual fog of lies. But it was his description of the grief of families meeting the bodies of their dead at Dover Air Force Base that was most illustrative of his abject disdain for human life. They scream, like Ive never seen anything before. Theyll break through military barriers. Theyll run to the coffin and jump on top of the coffin. Crying mothers and wives. Crying desperately.
https://www.salon.com/2019/10/19/america-is-being-held-hostage-by-a-bloody-madman-and-hes-in-the-white-house/
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He skipped every dignified transfer ceremony the last two years of his first term
onenote
Apr 2025
#54
That's bad enough what's even more sickening, Maga rushing to make excuses for him
Walleye
Apr 2025
#2
The NY Times opinion pimps would be having convulsions of outrage, were it a Democrat. (nt)
Paladin
Apr 2025
#33
"Sorry, not sorry. No time for suckers and losers. Gotta get in 18 holes today." - Krasnov (R-Felon)
BoRaGard
Apr 2025
#7
Remember how gracefully Obama looked when he played golf (which he didn''t do much)?
CTyankee
Apr 2025
#52
Why should anyone expect anything different. That is the Republican Party after all. That is who the GOP has always been
LiberalArkie
Apr 2025
#17
Trump has done as much damage as he can this week. Time to relax and dream up next week's destruction.
Lonestarblue
Apr 2025
#16
Well, he cares about "the military" so far as it helping him impose his will.
Wednesdays
Apr 2025
#24
MAGAts don't give a shit about servicemembers who die in operational accidents, or have to use the VA.
Crowman2009
Apr 2025
#26
honestly, I don't want that fucking DISGRACE anywhere near our fallen soldiers
Skittles
Apr 2025
#48
What would expect of a narcissistic sociopath. "The only thing Donald Trump cares about is Donald Trump" (John Bolton)
surfered
Apr 2025
#58