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kentuck

(111,079 posts)
Mon Nov 12, 2018, 10:05 AM Nov 2018

Donald Trump's actions in Paris have left me speechless and embarrassed to be an American.

Where are the leaders that can rescue us from this deep and dark void?

How is it possible that the leader of this country cannot make it to the 100th anniversary of the end of WWI and to honor our troops that fought and died on foreign soil?

What could possibly have kept he and his wife from attending such an honored event? It is unforgivable.

It is painful and deeply sad.

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Donald Trump's actions in Paris have left me speechless and embarrassed to be an American. (Original Post) kentuck Nov 2018 OP
And the republicans don't give a damn. n/t RKP5637 Nov 2018 #1
At the risk of putting too fine a point on it COLGATE4 Nov 2018 #2
Sarah Huckabee Sanders: "The president honored our soldiers by fertilizing that sacred soil" dalton99a Nov 2018 #3
LOL peekaloo Nov 2018 #7
Perfect! COLGATE4 Nov 2018 #8
Yep!!! n/t RKP5637 Nov 2018 #4
You are wrong about Lindsey. Otherwise I agree 100%. n/t rzemanfl Nov 2018 #5
Sad, but true. smirkymonkey Nov 2018 #15
I told my wife that we've now become the COLGATE4 Nov 2018 #18
I just hope he doesn't last that long. smirkymonkey Nov 2018 #19
Yep. A nice stroke would do the trick. Even a MI if it were COLGATE4 Nov 2018 #20
Would have been even more embarrassing if he'd gone DeminPennswoods Nov 2018 #6
My husband said something very similar. I believe you're absolutely correct... NurseJackie Nov 2018 #9
He has done this sort of thing since he took office... Phentex Nov 2018 #10
My best guess is that tRump's chronic, explosive diarrhea kicked up stopbush Nov 2018 #11
+1000 Blue_Tires Nov 2018 #12
Melanie was only there for the shopping. Maru Kitteh Nov 2018 #13
He invariably disgraces the USA when on the international stage. Golden Raisin Nov 2018 #14
Well that rainfall can really be dangerous Botany Nov 2018 #16
"It is painful and deeply sad." saidsimplesimon Nov 2018 #17

COLGATE4

(14,732 posts)
2. At the risk of putting too fine a point on it
Mon Nov 12, 2018, 10:14 AM
Nov 2018

Trump could have attended the ceremony at the cemetery, pulled down his pants, and taken a dump on the nearest American headstone while singing the Russian National Anthem and the Repubs in Congress would have had a big, collective yawn. All of them except Lindsey who would have praised his leader's resolute pronouncement.

peekaloo

(22,977 posts)
7. LOL
Mon Nov 12, 2018, 10:22 AM
Nov 2018

pretty sure she would have issued a doctored video of his ass producing a wreath followed by an American flag.

COLGATE4

(14,732 posts)
18. I told my wife that we've now become the
Mon Nov 12, 2018, 03:25 PM
Nov 2018

laughingstock of the world. Hard to believe that Oink has only been in office 2 years. I can't begin to imagine what damage he'll wreak during his last 2.

 

smirkymonkey

(63,221 posts)
19. I just hope he doesn't last that long.
Mon Nov 12, 2018, 03:30 PM
Nov 2018

He won't be impeached or 25'd, so I'm counting on a complete meltdown or a cholesterol induced cardiac event. This cannot go on much longer.

NurseJackie

(42,862 posts)
9. My husband said something very similar. I believe you're absolutely correct...
Mon Nov 12, 2018, 10:31 AM
Nov 2018
6. Would have been even more embarrassing if he'd gone
to the ceremony, imho.
My husband said something very similar. I believe you're absolutely correct. What horrible things would he have said and done to humiliate our nation and to dishonor and disrespect veterans and the fallen heroes.

Phentex

(16,334 posts)
10. He has done this sort of thing since he took office...
Mon Nov 12, 2018, 10:40 AM
Nov 2018

his words, his tweets, his actions and non-actions. ALL have made him an embarrassment to this country since he took office.

He is not going to change or in any way step up and act like a president.

stopbush

(24,396 posts)
11. My best guess is that tRump's chronic, explosive diarrhea kicked up
Mon Nov 12, 2018, 10:45 AM
Nov 2018

and that he didn’t want to risk shitting his pants.

Maru Kitteh

(28,339 posts)
13. Melanie was only there for the shopping.
Mon Nov 12, 2018, 11:30 AM
Nov 2018

And the cemetery gifts shop is like, the worst. Anyways, she really doesn't care, do u?

Botany

(70,490 posts)
16. Well that rainfall can really be dangerous
Mon Nov 12, 2018, 12:16 PM
Nov 2018


Because after living with the rats, death, gas, blood, mud, disease, shelling, motor attacks, and boredom some
officer got the idea that you had to leave your trench and run across the open ground towards the enemy
who had machine guns that could cover the area with a blanket of lead which made the chances of you getting
to the other side's trenches almost zero.




Indianapolis' WW I Memorial ... My granddad's name is here.
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