Being a Vet, I do understand that bone spurs can sometimes act up in damp cold conditions, or hot humid conditions, or even in conditions where one is being shot at!
Other world leaders have stood outside in downpours, snow, etc. to honor their veterans. Trump cares so little about those sent into harm’s way that he wouldn’t be bothered to put a toe outdoors in a light sprinkle.
I can truly understand Donald John’s trump’s reluctance to doing ANYTHING “in the rain”! After all, we have recent video proof that Donnie NEVER mastered the intricacies of “operating” an umbrella. He may not be the “brightest bulb in the basket” but he has learned how to avoid exposing his “failings”!
Rain is very dangerous. One can get soaking wet, catch a cold, have it lead to pneumonia and eventually to death. We cannot subject our irreplaceable president to such terrible risks simply to salute some losers who died a hundred years ago.
Conservative pundit Max Boot: The White House explained that bad weather grounded the helicopters that Trump and his entourage were planning to take. Yet somehow bad weather did not prevent French President Emmanuel Macron, German Chancellor Angela Merkel or Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau from attending outdoor ceremonies commemorating the end of World War I that afternoon. Somehow bad weather did not stop Gen. Joseph F. Dunford Jr., the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, and retired general John F. Kelly, the White House chief of staff, from attending the very ceremony that Trump could not make.Rather than make the hour-long drive (Aisne-Marne is only 55 miles from Paris), the low-energy president remained behind at the U.S. ambassador’s residence. It’s not as if he didn’t sacrifice anything, however. Odds are that his room didn’t have Fox News. So he was probably reduced to watching CNN all afternoon. If the New York dating scene was Trump’s personal Vietnam, this was his personal Verdun.
And this, also from Boot: Trump shows what he really thinks of the troops by using them as political props. He deployed 5,600 troops just before the midterm elections to guard against the supposed threat posed by a few thousand unarmed refugees hundreds of miles from the U.S. border. He even suggested that the troops should commit the war crime of opening fire on migrants who threw rocks.The Pentagon grandly dubbed this Operation Faithful Patriot and circulated pictures of troops in full “battle rattle” stringing barbed wire, only to quietly drop the ludicrous moniker amid Election Day. Conveniently enough, Trump and his friends at Fox essentially stopped speaking about the caravan once the votes were cast. But, as the New York Times reports, the troops are still in the field, without electricity or hot meals — or a mission. They will likely spend Thanksgiving away from their families.Naturally, Trump will not bother to visit them, even though there is no risk in traveling to Texas. He still has not visited U.S. troops deployed to a war zone — although he has spent 72 days at Mar-a-Lago and 58 days at his Bedminster, N.J., golf club.
Sad. There were a few who complained about the lack of contingency plans. People who know better.
Such a plan would have required the French government to seal off and secure 60 road miles many hours before the trip. At least a 1/4 of which is in densely populated Paris and its western suburbs.
The US and French security services would have had to search and secure the proposed route before the SS would even consider signing off on the trip.
The notion that they could have just rounded up a motorcade and provided adequate security at the drop of a hat is absurd.
The logistics of setting up such a plan in advance on the off chance the weather was bad enough to cause the Marines and SS to nix the helicopter flight is just ridiculous.
happyhollow over 5 years ago
Being a Vet, I do understand that bone spurs can sometimes act up in damp cold conditions, or hot humid conditions, or even in conditions where one is being shot at!
Dkram over 5 years ago
Armistice in Europe + 100
It wasn’t the war to end all wars, will there ever be one?
\\//_
Masterskrain Premium Member over 5 years ago
Heaven forbid one should get their hair(piece) wet!
Meh~tdology, fka Pepelaputr over 5 years ago
“Hey, these Gucchis are expensive! Bone spurs edition, can’t get ’em wet.
Besides, umbrellas, how do you work these things?"
acellist Premium Member over 5 years ago
When Herr Hair is golfing Silence is the rule: You may not yell “FORE” . . . shhhhh!
Strawberry Hellcat: Gair I gall, ffon I’r anghall over 5 years ago
Other world leaders have stood outside in downpours, snow, etc. to honor their veterans. Trump cares so little about those sent into harm’s way that he wouldn’t be bothered to put a toe outdoors in a light sprinkle.
sailor956 over 5 years ago
EmbarrASSment in Chief.
ChristopherBurns over 5 years ago
The soldiers of the first World War fought and died amidst a shower of lead. You’d think the President could endure a shower of rain.
wellis1947 Premium Member over 5 years ago
I can truly understand Donald John’s trump’s reluctance to doing ANYTHING “in the rain”! After all, we have recent video proof that Donnie NEVER mastered the intricacies of “operating” an umbrella. He may not be the “brightest bulb in the basket” but he has learned how to avoid exposing his “failings”!
shakeswilly over 5 years ago
Rain is very dangerous. One can get soaking wet, catch a cold, have it lead to pneumonia and eventually to death. We cannot subject our irreplaceable president to such terrible risks simply to salute some losers who died a hundred years ago.
kaffekup over 5 years ago
As I write, it is one hundred years to the minute (PST) that the guns fell silent.
For at least nineteen years. And we are still living with the consequences of both wars.
Godfreydaniel over 5 years ago
Conservative pundit Max Boot: The White House explained that bad weather grounded the helicopters that Trump and his entourage were planning to take. Yet somehow bad weather did not prevent French President Emmanuel Macron, German Chancellor Angela Merkel or Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau from attending outdoor ceremonies commemorating the end of World War I that afternoon. Somehow bad weather did not stop Gen. Joseph F. Dunford Jr., the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, and retired general John F. Kelly, the White House chief of staff, from attending the very ceremony that Trump could not make.Rather than make the hour-long drive (Aisne-Marne is only 55 miles from Paris), the low-energy president remained behind at the U.S. ambassador’s residence. It’s not as if he didn’t sacrifice anything, however. Odds are that his room didn’t have Fox News. So he was probably reduced to watching CNN all afternoon. If the New York dating scene was Trump’s personal Vietnam, this was his personal Verdun.
Godfreydaniel over 5 years ago
And this, also from Boot: Trump shows what he really thinks of the troops by using them as political props. He deployed 5,600 troops just before the midterm elections to guard against the supposed threat posed by a few thousand unarmed refugees hundreds of miles from the U.S. border. He even suggested that the troops should commit the war crime of opening fire on migrants who threw rocks.The Pentagon grandly dubbed this Operation Faithful Patriot and circulated pictures of troops in full “battle rattle” stringing barbed wire, only to quietly drop the ludicrous moniker amid Election Day. Conveniently enough, Trump and his friends at Fox essentially stopped speaking about the caravan once the votes were cast. But, as the New York Times reports, the troops are still in the field, without electricity or hot meals — or a mission. They will likely spend Thanksgiving away from their families.Naturally, Trump will not bother to visit them, even though there is no risk in traveling to Texas. He still has not visited U.S. troops deployed to a war zone — although he has spent 72 days at Mar-a-Lago and 58 days at his Bedminster, N.J., golf club.
Charlie Tuba over 5 years ago
Donald, there is this new invention that keeps rain off of you. It’s called an umbrella.
Andylit Premium Member over 5 years ago
Sad. There were a few who complained about the lack of contingency plans. People who know better.
Such a plan would have required the French government to seal off and secure 60 road miles many hours before the trip. At least a 1/4 of which is in densely populated Paris and its western suburbs.
The US and French security services would have had to search and secure the proposed route before the SS would even consider signing off on the trip.
The notion that they could have just rounded up a motorcade and provided adequate security at the drop of a hat is absurd.
The logistics of setting up such a plan in advance on the off chance the weather was bad enough to cause the Marines and SS to nix the helicopter flight is just ridiculous.
Andylit Premium Member over 5 years ago
Oh gosh. Look at that.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/nov/12/trump-ditched-cemetery-visit-to-avoid-causing-paris-traffic-jams-says-sanders
Meh~tdology, fka Pepelaputr over 5 years ago
@kaffekup
https://twitter.com/codykeenan/status/1061264803900129282/photo/1
Charlie Tuba over 5 years ago
Queen Elizabeth II was there and she is 93. She also served in WII.