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reechee POA Site Supporter Prowler Junkie From:San Rafael, CA |
posted 11-13-2018 04:55 PM
—President Trump, noting his own sacrifice during World War I centennial observance Sunday.
We think of the bayonet charge of Maine’s 20th Regiment on Little Round Top, the young men battling through rain and poison gas in the Argonne, the soldiers in the frozen Ardennes Forest in the Battle of the Bulge.
Other presidents had made sacrifices. George Washington camped with his frozen troops in Valley Forge. William Henry Harrison died after a two-hour inaugural address in the rain. But these were as nothing compared with the elements Trump battled in Paris. On Saturday, the White House, citing “logistical difficulties caused by the weather,” canceled Trump’s trip to a memorial at Belleau, where 2,000 U.S. Marines died a century ago. It was raining — and Trump opted to remain at the U.S. ambassador’s residence, watching TV and tweeting. The next day, when other world leaders marched down the Champs-Elysees to the Arc de Triomphe for the centenary of the Armistice ending World War I, Trump instead took his motorcade. The reason this time: security. Once again, it was raining, and Trump stayed dry in his armored limousine. These were brave decisions, because they meant Trump would have to endure the hurtful images of other world leaders visiting other memorials around France despite the rain, then marching in soggy solidarity without him. His excuses for skipping the war memorial earned ridicule because the cemetery was just an hour’s drive (less than half the time the White House claimed) and Trump had previously boasted about ordering his pilots to fly him despite bad weather — to a campaign rally. But Trump’s behavior, not unlike Washington’s winter at Valley Forge, should be seen in a patriotic light — a selfless sacrifice for the good of the country. Consider the international disgrace the United States would have suffered if his hair were to have become matted by rain without adequate measures to protect it. Or if wind gusts had whipped his mane into an orange tornado swirling above a sparse white scalp. A soaking could have been calamitous. (This explains why he sent his bald chief of staff, John F. Kelly, in his place.) Trump, therefore, absorbed the losses at Belleau Wood and on the Champs-Elysees to prevail later, at Suresnes American Cemetery, after receiving hair spray reinforcements. Such shrewd strategic thinking has been Trump’s hallmark since high school at New York Military Academy, where he received “more training militarily” than many get in the actual military. Bone spurs sadly kept him from Vietnam, but he said that avoiding STDs was “my personal Vietnam” and that he was “a great and very brave soldier” in this cause. Some say Trump doesn’t know the meaning of sacrifice, particularly because he resisted lowering flags after the death of John “Not a War Hero” McCain. But as Trump himself told one Gold Star family, “I’ve made a lot of sacrifices.” And the Paris voyage highlighted Trump’s powers of self-abnegation, coming after he abandoned a $100-million military parade he ordered to honor himself. He endured French President Emmanuel Macron’s “very insulting” proposal that Europe build up its own military. He endured a topless woman disrupting his motorcade with the words “fake peacemaker” on her chest. He endured mockery in the French press for confusing the Balkans with the Baltics. He endured Macron’s speech declaring that “nationalism is a betrayal of patriotism.” And he endured the obvious impression that other leaders didn’t want him at their “Peace Forum,” which began as Trump left. Through it all, Trump kept his powder dry — and his hair. In the end, his sacrifice was rewarded. It was still raining Sunday afternoon when Trump went by motorcade to Suresnes. But this time Trump did not retreat. He heroically cast aside his umbrella and spoke — for 10 moist minutes. He recalled the sacrifice of Americans in the Great War (“through rain, hail, snow, mud, poisonous gas, bullets and mortar, they held the line”). And he invoked his own sacrifice, telling a group under a tent: “You look so comfortable up there, under shelter as we’re getting drenched.” The lectern dripped. His overcoat glistened. And yet his hair, under protective lacquer, held firm — like the burning bush that was not consumed. The valiant polymers that fell defending his hair from the rain seeped into the soil at Suresnes. Now it truly can be said, as the poem goes, that there’s some corner of a foreign field that is forever Trump. This message has been edited by reechee on 11-13-2018 at 04:59 PM |
StingRay POA Site Supporter Prowler Junkie From:Elk Grove Village, IL, USA |
posted 11-13-2018 06:38 PM
Oh poor muffled, filtered PC-ridden Reecheee OUR President says what's on his mind at the moment ... some is meant as pointed rebuttal to idiot people, other as sarcastic jest to the unintelligent ... and some just plain sails over ignorant sheep's heads .... which category do you fit in. I find it refreshing we do NOT have a stuffed shirt typical plastic in nature politician as OUR leader ... THAT would just be more of the same and get us nowhere ... Don't fear change, Reecheee (and your gal pal Tomcal too) ... heck we endured Hopey Changey for 8 long years ... suck it up and do the same! |
Tomcal POA Site Supporter Prowler Junkie From:Commack, NY, USA |
posted 11-14-2018 12:38 PM
Rain never stops tRump from playing golf. Never forget.... |
silverkat POA Site Supporter Prowler Junkie From:upstate NY |
posted 11-14-2018 12:54 PM
Rain never stops Tommie and Larry Sinclair either So sorry about your sore pooper Very sad... |
ed monahan POA Lifetime Site Supporter Prowler Junkie Personal ScrapBook From:Cincinnati, Oh, USA |
posted 11-14-2018 01:36 PM
I guess the good news is that he didn't bow to a foreign leader while over there. So things are on the upswing. |
StingRay POA Site Supporter Prowler Junkie From:Elk Grove Village, IL, USA |
posted 11-14-2018 04:24 PM
quote: I could be wrong, but ... think he STAYS at his own courses, so there is NO need for a helicopter to fly in low visibility conditions, nor opt for a drive through major metropolitan areas that would snarl traffic .... so yes, you ARE correct ... he is ABLE to play golf when it rains under these conditions .... |
Tomcal POA Site Supporter Prowler Junkie From:Commack, NY, USA |
posted 11-15-2018 08:16 PM
Yes, I thing you maybe wrong stingray..... How does he get from his White House residence to his club in Mar a Lago, Florida in the rain? How does he get from his White House residence to his club in Bedminster, New Jersey in the rain? "Air Force One" is an All Weather aircraft. "Marine One" is an All Weather Helicopter. "The Beast" is an All Weather Limo. How does he return to his White House residence in the rain?
Days Trump has spent at Mar a Lago: 72 Cost of flights to Mar a Lago (17 so far): ~$35,209,000 Days Trump has spent at Bedminster: 58 Cost of flights to Bedminster (19 so far): ~$14,392,000 Trump has visited his clubs once every this many days since his inauguration: 4.5 Rain or Shine This message has been edited by Tomcal on 11-15-2018 at 08:18 PM |
silverkat POA Site Supporter Prowler Junkie From:upstate NY |
posted 11-15-2018 10:36 PM
Tommie could you please post another picture of your huge D!cknose |
ALLEY CAT POA Lifetime Site Supporter Prowler Junkie From:mesa, az, USA |
posted 11-16-2018 07:37 AM
S/K,,He will not post the picture you want to see,,,but we can: . Toucan at birth VVV Toucan present VVV
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