Military Times: Trump expresses regret for not visiting Arlington National Cemetery on Veterans Day
WASHINGTON — In an interview being aired Sunday, President Donald Trump expresses regret for not visiting Arlington National Cemetery over Veterans’ Day weekend but said that he was prevented from doing so because he was “extremely busy on calls for the country.”
The comments — part of wide-ranging discussion with Fox News Sunday host Chris Wallace — come after extensive criticism of Trump’s handling of ceremonial duties during the holiday weekend.
Last week, Trump traveled to France to take part in events marking the 100th anniversary of World War I, but courted controversy when he skipped a ceremony at Aisne Marne American Cemetery on Saturday because of inclement weather.
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WNU Editor: This is going to be a serious problem if President Trump continues to skip these events. I understand if he is tired or preoccupied with other issues, but this is where his staff must step in and make sure that he takes the time. The Presidency is about a lot of things, and optics is one of them.
4 comments:
THis stuff can also be a distraction from the more existential matters, like whether or not we can keep World War III from happening.
Yeah, it'd take an entire hour or two to fire up the motorcade and visit a cemetery in the city he lives in.
Quite a distraction.
“If you buy a box of cereal — you have a voter ID.”
“If you buy a box of cereal — you have a voter ID.”
That's why voting is as useful as a dogturd.
Everything is preplanned
Anon 6:25PM.
Despite the preplanning and Hillary Clinton.... "The best laid schemes o' Mice an' Men, Gang aft agley."
Robert Burns.
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