This morning, the White House announced that President Trump would not be visiting Arlington National Cemetery to honor those who gave the ultimate sacrifice; in fact, he would not be leaving the White House at all today.
Trump won't be leaving the White House today, per press office. No visit to Arlington National Cemetery on Veterans Day.
— Philip Crowther (@PhilipinDC) November 12, 2018
Many wondered what could possibly have been more important than paying respect to the men and women who lost their lives in the service of their country, but sadly, judging from the President’s Twitter feed, we can deduce that watching television and tweeting is how he’s been spending his Veterans’ Day.
American Cable Association has big problems with Comcast. They say that Comcast routinely violates Antitrust Laws. “These guys are acting much worse, and have much more potential for damage to consumers, than anything AT&T-Time Warner would do.” Charlie Gasparino
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) November 12, 2018
Charlie Gasparino is a frequent contributor to FOX Business, and a POLITICO reporter confirmed that yes, indeed, the President was quoting a FOX Business segment in his tweets this afternoon.
The Fox Business Network segment he's quoting from is here https://t.co/eczYNDxNuv https://t.co/20LVZ0lcM8
— John Hendel (@JohnHendel) November 12, 2018
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We can, therefore, assume that this follow-up tweet is yet another instance of President FOX News grampa yelling at the TV — except this time the whole world can see it.
Hopefully, Saudi Arabia and OPEC will not be cutting oil production. Oil prices should be much lower based on supply!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) November 12, 2018
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President Trump has not only refused to attend the Arlington National Cemetary’s Veterans’ Day memorial, likely because it might rain, he also has failed to visit the troops in a combat zone, which each of the last four presidents had done by this point in their presidencies.
Though he is nearly two years into his presidency, Trump has yet to visit U.S. troops in a combat zone, something his four most recent predecessors all did. https://t.co/0Jy7KnHTbI
— Karen Tumulty (@ktumulty) November 12, 2018
It’s just remarkable how lazy and disrespectful Trump can be to our veterans and servicemen while still somehow claiming to be their biggest defender at his protofascist rallies — and his supporters still refuse to believe anything bad about their champion.
His behavior and the response to it makes it clear that his tantrums were never about NFL players kneeling for the anthem, and were all about harnessing racial animosity in response to signs of defiance from prominent African-Americans.
Our vets and military are just another tool in his propaganda box to be exploited at will and then ignored when they aren’t useful to him anymore.
