Trump’s ‘Joke’ About Dead Soldiers Taints Memorial Day Speech At Arlington | “Nothing like making those who died serving their country into a punchline,” one observer wrote.

>One of President Donald Trump’s “inane asides” became a tasteless joke about the fallen soldiers at Arlington National Cemetery on Memorial Day, critics said on social media.

>“Why can’t he just deliver a speech on a day like this without being an asshole?” one person wrote on X.

>Trump’s address took an off-key turn when he recounted the history of the burial ground. He noted with a giggle that there were not a lot of men named Donald interred there.

>“In this sacred soil, which is first consecrated in the hours of America’s greatest division to be eternal symbol, national unity,” he said. “It cannot be by chance alone that the very first service member laid to rest here in this place of supreme sacrifice was a Union soldier by the name of Private Christman. Private William Henry Christman of Pennsylvania, who died, 19 years old. He was a great young man, they say.

>“Beside him are more than 18,000 other young men named William, over 20,000 named John, over 13,000 named James — joined over time by Isaac, Elijah, Earls, Hanks, Helens, Juans, Margarets, Marius, Donalds — not too many.”

Draft dodgers should not be allowed to be President.

Someone should point out that draft dodgers don’t get buried at Arlington.

Don’t I remember him calling dead soldiers suckers and losers? Or was that just Him calling Mark Kelly that

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So classy. One thing that scares me is that Trump has lowered the bar so much for becoming president, that the possibility of really terrible people getting into office seems as much more likely. I think Jeffrey Dahmer would have a good chance, given he was only responsible for a few people‘s deaths and doesn’t have any sex crimes ascribed to him. He probably was much more polite too.

The guy lamented that john McCain wasn’t a war hero… “He’s not a war hero. He’s a war hero because he was captured. I like people that weren’t captured.” John McCain, who spent over 5 years as a pow. John McCain who turned down release until those captured before him were released first.

Trump doesn’t recognize heroism because he’s incapable of the idea of sacrificing for others. He only looks out for one person and that is Donald Trump so it should come as no suprise he wouldn’t show service men and women the respect they have earned