Why Trump’s ‘incident’ at Arlington National Cemetery matters
https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show/maddowblog/trumps-incident-arlington-national-cemetery-matters-rcna168577
Why Trump’s ‘incident’ at Arlington National Cemetery matters
https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show/maddowblog/trumps-incident-arlington-national-cemetery-matters-rcna168577
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Trump forcing his way into a photo op definitely isn’t a new thing. He has no respect for people, everyone is just a tool to expand his ego or just some pissant in his way.
https://www.npr.org/2020/06/01/867532070/trumps-unannounced-church-visit-angers-church-officials
It won’t matter because disrespecting the military is a common theme for Trump. This won’t change the mind of people who have stuck with him to this point.
But it is a pretty hilarious own goal by the Trump campaign. Even outside of assaulting a staff member at the Arlington National Cemetery and violating federal law, the photo op itself was in incredibly poor taste (smiling with a thumbs up next to soldiers’ graves).
“Why his supporters won’t care.”
Include that in the story
What a shame that Trump and his people disrespect and violate the code at Arlington. It’s even worse when they insinuate that the person who tried to enforce the code had a mental problem. These people care for nothing except themselves.
Everyone must go vote in November. Vote straight Blue to scrub any possibility of power from Trump and his MAGA party once and for all. That’s the only way that we can restore dignity to the country.
From the description of it, there were at least two felonies committed.
* obstructing a federal official in the execution of their duties
* assault and battery (when they pushed the park official)
The aide should be charged with battery, Trump campaign should be fined for violating the law. Immediately.
At almost 1pm eastern time, after an entire morning of hearing about how utterly distasteful Trumps thumbs up photo op & incident with Arlington National Cemetery officials was, Trump posted videos of his time at Arlington on his IG.
Trump doesn’t give a flying fuck about who he offends. And neither do his clueless MAGA cult members.
Federal laws governing our national cemeteries mean nothing to a convicted felon.
“it’s hard not to wonder what the political world’s reaction might be if a Democratic candidate were caught up in a similar controversy”
Why do we keep fucking doing this? It doesn’t matter. There’s no equivalence. There’s no fairness. They’re not going to suddenly grow a sense of shame.
I haven’t heard it mentioned, but Trump is still on pretrial release in MULTIPLE felony cases where one condition of release is not committing any crimes. This is a clear violation of those release conditions.
>This included attending [a wreath-laying ceremony](https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/08/26/trump-harris-military/) at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier at Arlington National Cemetery, quickly followed by [a thumbs-up photo-op](https://www.nytimes.com/2024/08/27/us/politics/trump-arlington-cemetery-clash.html) at a gravestone in Section 60 of the cemetery, where many service members killed in Afghanistan and Iraq are buried.
The bone spur drama queen once again shows that no one matters but himself.
This is the best tl;dr I could make, [original](https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show/maddowblog/trumps-incident-arlington-national-cemetery-matters-rcna168577) reduced by 87%. (I’m a bot)
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> A source with knowledge of the incident said the cemetery official tried to prevent Trump staffers from filming and photographing in a section where recent U.S. casualties are buried.
> A related NBC News report noted that Arlington National Cemetery officials confirmed in a statement that there was "An incident" on Monday.
> For its part, Trump communications director Steven Cheung denied any wrongdoing and accused an Arlington National Cemetery official of "Suffering from a mental health episode" during the incident.
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Reddit somehow served me /r/trump and they were hailing it as the greatest show of support of the military in history, saying that Biden and Harris’ absence should automatically disqualify them from office.
They have zero fucking sense.
It matters because he broke the law again. But it doesn’t matter because he’ll get away with it, AGAIN.
The media needs to start holding this guy accountable. If he doesn’t answer, ask again. If he runs away, show it, tell us. Then next time he takes questions, ask again, and repeat.
I would think that journalists would like to see their profession continue…solidarity!
And I have no problem with media doing this to the other side. But it’s been an unlevel playing field for dumpy and we all know that. The Arlington thing alone should be a gigantic scandal!
MF fomented an insurrection and HAS ALREADY used dead soldiers and orphans as props for his PR stunts. You think I’m going to be shocked at this? This is on-brand for a fascist narcissist with dementia.
I think it’s naive to think that after all the things he’s done in the last decade, someone will read about this incident and say “well that’s the line he crossed where I can no longer follow him. It wasn’t any of the thousand other lines he crossed.”
Fuck you MSNBC. “Incident”? You mean blatant political stunt giving a thumbs up and beaming while standing with a grieving mother over her DEAD son’s grave.
Sick fuck. weirdo.
I know a million op-ed mean nothing, but it’s satisfying to see this sad attempt at a political gotcha backfire so spectacularly.
Trump is absolute scum.
Just imagine what kind of political ads they were planning to make with those photo ops. ✨ TrUmP CaReS AbOuT ~~SuCkErS AnD LoSeRs~~ OuR MiLiTaRy SeRVicEMeN ✨ Uh huh. 😒 Sure.
I’m more concerned about him running a shadow foreign policy behind the Biden administration’s back. Isn’t that illegal?
Why it *won’t* matter: Trump did it
Because it perfectly exemplifies that he is not fit to function in a civilized society.
All the people that care already know, all the magas will never admit it was wrong
What an absolute clown of a human being. All ego, no genuine respect for anyone.
Who are they kidding? This is the guy that hugs and kisses the American flag, and thinks that’s patriotism. Apparently millions of Americans agree with that. He’s a fraud and couldn’t give less of a shit about soldiers, dead or alive.
…but not to Trump voters
“These dead suckers and losers are my campaign props. Thumbs up! I’m happy because this particular dead soldier is good for my campaign!” —Donald Trump
Saved you a click: It we know it won’t matter. MAGA is saying “fake news”
It matters because he has made a mockery of the United States Military and Arlington.
His unpatriotic and disgusting behavior of having a *political photo op* at Arlington is sickening.
…but, in the end, it doesn’t “matter” in the sense that there will be no repercussions.
Man, I miss when this country took treason seriously.
Nothing matters in a world without accountability
The Image he is trying to project is just another one of his many cons. He doesn’t care about veterans, this was just a cheap photo op. He knew it was not allowed, but his thugs are willing to attack anyone who tries to stop him.