DP. Yes. My heart and sympathy is with all these families but stop pretending like once someone serves or dies serving, they or their families are immune from making mistakes or doing anything wrong. Hero worship is wrong. And before you come after me, my father, my FIL, and my husband all served and all suffered on one way or another for it. The hero worship is creepy authoritarian bs. |
You clearly can’t comprehend that the Gold Star families held a wreath laying ceremony on the 3rd anniversary of Abbey Gate, inviting Trump to participate. His tik tok was about that and didn’t mention the election. |
Americans are viscerally reacting to Trump standing over a grave in ANC with a thumbs up. You can’t undo the visceral reaction with the MAGA bs playbook. |
Can anyone explain why Trump’s campaign team showed up, along with photographers and videographers? If the families invited Trump, did they also invite these other folks to this solemn occasion?
Anyone? |
The Gold Star families held a ceremony to honor their fallen on the 3rd anniversary of the bombing. That was not a mistake. |
Everybody is just an extra in Trump's ongoing reality show, including these Gold Star families. "But you know what? Corey's wife said, 'I'd rather have my husband,'” Trump said. “Isn’t that good? I know a lot of wives that would not say that — I’m sorry," he continued, as the crowd laughed. "They would not say that." https://www.msnbc.com/top-stories/latest/trump-corey-comperatore-widow-rcna164738 |
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It did mention Biden/Harris, though. Is Harris running for President? |
Correct. That wasn't the mistake. Inviting Trump wasn't a mistake. Honoring the fallen is never a mistake. The mistake occurred when Trump's campaign staff showed up, and a TikTok was made and posted in what is clearly meant to be campaign material, overt or not. Still blows my mind that people refuse to acknowledge Trump's role in the disastrous pullout from Afghanistan. |
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He has those families giving that thumbs up.
He uses them for laughs at his rallies. They are breaking norms and federal laws to prove their devotion. All for a conman. It’s so sad. |
Trump negotiated with the Taliban. Trump set the date. Trump didn’t consult our allies. Trump closed the bases prematurely. I can’t believe anyone falls for that man’s con. |
Someone explain to me how this bombing could have been avoided. There was an evacuation going on, the U.S. part in the war was ending (just as Trump and Biden wanted) and a suicide bomber took advantage. What could have been done? This would have happened under the watch of whoever was president at the time. What would Trump have done differently? |
Simple, a sniper had the suicide bomber in site and was tracking him for at least 30 minutes before the bombing. He was interviewed and told the reporter he asked for permission to shoot but was denied by his superiors. |
The thumbs-up by Trump is typical. He has zero emotional intelligence. But it looks incredibly awkward for the family members doing it. |