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the world of President Donald Trump, he has paid his respects to many, many returning soldiers killed in the line of duty, with daughter and top presidential aide Ivanka Trump adding that each time she has stood by his side at one of these ceremonies, it has hardened his resolve to bring troops home.
In the real world, Trump has traveled to Dover Air Force Base in Delaware exactly four times ― fewer than half as many times as his vice president ― and avoided going at all for nearly two years after getting berated for his incompetence by the father of a slain Navy SEAL, according to a former White House aide who spoke on condition of anonymity.
Bill Owens, the father of William Ryan Owens, refused to shake Trumps hand at that Feb. 1, 2017, encounter, the aide said, and then told Trump that he was responsible for his sons death for approving the disastrous raid in Yemen without bothering to understand the risks.
He refused to go back for two years, he was so rattled, the aide said, adding that the main reason Trump had approved the raid just five days after taking office was that predecessor Barack Obama had refused to do so.
Whats more, Trump made the decision at a social dinner that included his son-in-law and top adviser, Jared Kushner, and then-chief strategist Stephen Bannon, rather than his National Security Council staff.
You can count on one hand the number of times Donald Trump has been to Dover, said Jon Soltz, chairman of the progressive political group VoteVets and an Iraq War veteran. There simply is no bottom when it comes to what hell lie about. I wish there was more outrage about Trump lying about the dignified transfer of the fallen for political reasons, because as a veteran it really disgusts me.
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/donald-trump-dover-afb-returning-soldiers-bodies-lie_n_5f4ebdc9c5b6250f655c1ca8
Blue Owl
(50,427 posts)Who would rather run and hide than face his own mistakes and build on them
Cirque du So-What
(25,947 posts)Seems like a topic that would resonate.