Trump is the least patriotic president in US history

[William769]

"Patriotism is the virtue of the vicious," said Irish writer Oscar Wilde. He was talking about performative hyper-nationalism, which he called the "most insincere form of self-conceit."

That fits President Donald Trump to a "T."

But if patriotism has any positive connotation, it surely entails putting the interests of the country and fellow citizens over one's own political ambitions and financial enrichment.

By that standard, Trump is the least patriotic chief executive we've ever had.

Trump is a flag-humping fake patriot who repeatedly dodged the draft during the Vietnam War, relentlessly insults military personnel, stiffs veterans' charities of promised donations, and cynically uses soldiers as props in his self-gratifying jingoistic passion plays.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/trump-is-the-least-patriotic-president-in-us-history/ar-BB1c8UNE?ocid=msedgdhp

[Iliyah]

1. K & R . . .

greetings from Southern California where it doesn't rain that much

[William769]

2. Greetings from S.W. Florida where stupidity abounds!

[malaise]

3. Runs in the blood

His grandfather was banished from Germany

[keithbvadu2]

4. Ignores Putin's bounty offered for our dead soldiers

[William769]

5. ...

[Bernardo de La Paz]

6. Continually. And trying to pin the Russian hack on the Chinese. . . . . nt

[Wounded Bear]

7. At the very least, all presidents before Trump pretended to be patriots...

We've had some shitty presidents, but basically all of them until now at least put up a front of being patriotic.

Trump's attempts to appear patriotic have been a thin veneer at best, and transparently self-serving.

[mcar]

8. As are his followers

[William769]

9. Nail meet head.

[greatauntoftriplets]

10. "Patriotism is the last refuge of a scoundrel" -- Samuel Johnson

Dry humping the flag is meaningless, despite what some of Spanky's cult believe.