Poll of the Day > One day. Trump couldn't even abstain from self-serving his own ego for one day.

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https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2018/05/28/614993465/on-memorial-day-trump-honors-fallen-soldiers-and-himself

At Arlington National Cemetery today, President Trump laid a wreath at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier and paid his respects to those who gave their lives for the country.

"Our fallen heroes have not only written our history, they have shaped our destiny," Trump said, speaking at the cemetery's Memorial Ampitheater. "They inspired their communities and uplifted their country and provided the best example of courage, virtue and valor the world will ever know. They fought and bled and died so that America would forever remain safe and strong and free."

"They came from every generation from towering cities and windswept prairies, from privilege and from poverty," he said. "They were generals and privates, captains and corporals of every race, color and of every creed. But they were all brothers and sisters in arms. And they were all united then, as they are united now, forever, by their undying love of our great country."

Just a few hours earlier, the president had used the day's themes to congratulate himself.

Happy Memorial Day! Those who died for our great country would be very happy and proud at how well our country is doing today. Best economy in decades, lowest unemployment numbers for Blacks and Hispanics EVER (& women in 18years), rebuilding our Military and so much more. Nice!

Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) May 28, 2018
"Happy Memorial Day! Those who died for our great country would be very happy and proud at how well our country is doing today. Best economy in decades, lowest unemployment numbers for Blacks and Hispanics EVER (& women in 18years), rebuilding our Military and so much more. Nice!" he tweeted.

The tweet struck some as self-serving on Memorial Day.

"This is one of the most inappropriate, ignorant and tone-deaf things our Commander-in-Chief could have said on a day like today," tweeted John Kirby, a State Department spokesman during the Obama administration.

Retired Army Gen. Martin Dempsey, former Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff under Obama, seemed to chastise Trump in a tweet of his own.

This day, of all days of the year, should not be about any one of us. No matter how prestigious or powerful, no matter how successful we perceive ourselves to be. Rather, this day should be about those who gave their lives so that we could live ours in freedom. #MemorialDay

GEN(R) Marty Dempsey (@Martin_Dempsey) May 28, 2018
"This day, of all days of the year, should not be about any one of us," he wrote. "No matter how prestigious or powerful, no matter how successful we perceive ourselves to be. Rather, this day should be about those who gave their lives so that we could live ours in freedom."

Meanwhile, the president's family members focused on remembrance.

"On #MemorialDay we honor the many Americans who laid down their lives for our great country," Melania Trump tweeted. "As one nation under God, we come together to remember that freedom isn't free. Thank you to all the service members & their families who sacrifice so much to keep us safe."

"As we remember our fallen servicemen and women, our hearts are filled with gratitude for their sacrifice and awe of their courage," Ivanka Trump tweeted.

As we remember our fallen servicemen and women, our hearts are filled with gratitude for their sacrifice and awe of their courage. #MemorialDay pic.twitter.com/cO7fZDivoh

Ivanka Trump (@IvankaTrump) May 28, 2018

I'm trying to see good in our current president but shit like this, especially on a day that is to commemorate the lives of current and deceased US soldiers, is just disrespectful. As the commander in chief, he should be ashamed.

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there really isn't anything wrong with what he said tbh.

this is pretty much just trying to find any tenuous reason to be upset
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This is why he is so loved by the blacks
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helIy posted...

there really isn't anything wrong with what he said tbh.

this is pretty much just trying to find any tenuous reason to be upset

Seriously?

Memorial Day, is literally, a federal holiday in the United States for remembering the people who died while serving in the country's armed forces. It is not a day to pay homage to himself or praise his performance as president, by calling to attention to the state of the US economy, unemployment numbers, military increase, and whatever else he was mentioning. It's disgraceful to the lives that died fighting for the country.

If he wants to inflate his ego, save it for the 4th of July, Presidents' Day, or just tomorrow.

helIy posted...

there really isn't anything wrong with what he said tbh.

this is pretty much just trying to find any tenuous reason to be upset

Agreed 100% and I dont even like trump.
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WastelandCowboy posted...

helIy posted...

there really isn't anything wrong with what he said tbh.

this is pretty much just trying to find any tenuous reason to be upset

Seriously?

Memorial Day, is literally, a federal holiday in the United States for remembering the people who died while serving in the country's armed forces. It is not a day to pay homage to himself or praise his performance as president, by calling to attention to the state of the US economy, unemployment numbers, military increase, and whatever else he was mentioning. It's disgraceful to the lives that died fighting for the country.

If he wants to inflate his ego, save it for the 4th of July, Presidents' Day, or just tomorrow.

Happy Memorial Day! Those who died for our great country would be very happy and proud at how well our country is doing today. Best economy in decades, lowest unemployment numbers for Blacks and Hispanics EVER (& women in 18years), rebuilding our Military and so much more. Nice!

he outlined and congratulated what they fucking fought for. he didn't ego stroke himself at all. he didn't even have anything to do with what he talked about. not once did he mention him being responsible for any of that.

this is literally a case of trying to find ANYTHING to be upset at him about, when he didn't even do anything.

you can hate the bastard all you want, for whatever, but this? this is just ridiculous.
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helIy posted...

WastelandCowboy posted...

helIy posted...

there really isn't anything wrong with what he said tbh.

this is pretty much just trying to find any tenuous reason to be upset

Seriously?

Memorial Day, is literally, a federal holiday in the United States for remembering the people who died while serving in the country's armed forces. It is not a day to pay homage to himself or praise his performance as president, by calling to attention to the state of the US economy, unemployment numbers, military increase, and whatever else he was mentioning. It's disgraceful to the lives that died fighting for the country.

If he wants to inflate his ego, save it for the 4th of July, Presidents' Day, or just tomorrow.

Happy Memorial Day! Those who died for our great country would be very happy and proud at how well our country is doing today. Best economy in decades, lowest unemployment numbers for Blacks and Hispanics EVER (& women in 18years), rebuilding our Military and so much more. Nice!

he outlined and congratulated what they fucking fought for. he didn't ego stroke himself at all. he didn't even have anything to do with what he talked about. not once did he mention him being responsible for any of that.

this is literally a case of trying to find ANYTHING to be upset at him about, when he didn't even do anything.

I'm not talking about the first part of his tweet. I'm talking about the second part. Would he have done the same thing when Obama was president? No. He's hiding behind veiled attempts to inflate his ego and praise himself for his performance as president this past year.

And it's not that hard to find something to be upset with him about. Dude's a jackass.

i'm talking about the entire tweet. he outlined what the men and women of our armed forces fought for.

as for him saying that if he wasn't president, no, he probably wouldn't have, because he wouldn't have any reason to bring that up. he likely wouldn't have said anything at all.

but since he's president, there is a reason to.

again, there isn't a single thing in that tweet that can be associated to him, and not a single thing in there he tried associated to himself. he didn't praise himself, he literally did not mention anything about himself.
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Its like a drip feed for everyone who freaks out at every stupid thing he says or does. Im glad I stopped paying attention to politics last year - its like gossip drama.
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Kigalas posted...

Im glad I stopped paying attention to politics

smh.
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helIy posted...

i'm talking about the entire tweet. he outlined what the men and women of our armed forces fought for.

as for him saying that if he wasn't president, no, he probably wouldn't have, because he wouldn't have any reason to bring that up. he likely wouldn't have said anything at all.

but since he's president, there is a reason to.

again, there isn't a single thing in that tweet that can be associated to him, and not a single thing in there he tried associated to himself. he didn't praise himself, he literally did not mention or imply anything about himself.

that is what no one seems to understand, including you, and that's because no one wants to understand that. trump tweeted it, so it obviously must be about himself.

but it isn't. he has a tendency to include himself as the reason for everything when he tweets crap like this, but this time he didn't.

Woud the fallen who died for this country did so while thinking about the current rate of unemployment?

Would they have cared about the state of the US economy?

Would they have wished the military would have been rebuilt?

the fallen who died for this country did so because they wanted this country to succeed.

how can you succeed if your unemployment rates are increasing, if your economy is in the toilet, if your army isn't worth a damn?

what is the right thing to say?

"thanks for dying for this country you fought for, did you know we're dying financially and cutting ourselves so thin that there could be a possible civil war in the next couple centuries if we don't get our shit together?"
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Veedrock- posted...

Kigalas posted...

Im glad I stopped paying attention to politics

smh.

Theres that saying If youre not mad then youre not paying attention. Well I was pretty into it for a good 15 years, now Id rather just enjoy my family and not be pissed about things I cant change anyway.
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helIy posted...

there really isn't anything wrong with what he said tbh.

this is pretty much just trying to find any tenuous reason to be upset

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helIy posted...

the fallen who died for this country did so because they wanted this country to succeed.

how can you succeed if your unemployment rates are increasing, if your economy is in the toilet, if your army isn't worth a damn?

what is the right thing to say?

"thanks for dying for this country you fought for, did you know we're dying financially and cutting ourselves so thin that there could be a possible civil war in the next couple centuries if we don't get our shit together?"

The right thing to say was "On #MemorialDay we honor the many Americans who laid down their lives for our great country ... we come together to remember that freedom isn't free. Thank you to all the service members & their families who sacrifice so much to keep us safe ... As we remember our fallen servicemen and women, our hearts are filled with gratitude for their sacrifice and awe of their courage," Which, surprise, his daughter tweeted. At least someone in the family has common sense to keep things on remembrance - and not on padding ego.

helIy posted...

there really isn't anything wrong with what he said tbh.

this is pretty much just trying to find any tenuous reason to be upset

Pretty much this. Had any other president said it, likely nobody would have batted an eye.

Mead posted...

This is why he is so loved by the blacks

Given that his name was synonymous with wealth, he was certainly beloved by rappers once upon a time. Plus he's BFFs with Kanye.

WastelandCowboy posted...

The right thing to say was "On #MemorialDay we honor the many Americans who laid down their lives for our great country ... we come together to remember that freedom isn't free. Thank you to all the service members & their families who sacrifice so much to keep us safe ... As we remember our fallen servicemen and women, our hearts are filled with gratitude for their sacrifice and awe of their courage," Which, surprise, his daughter tweeted. At least someone in the family has common sense to keep things on remembrance - and not on padding ego.

And what exactly were they laying down those lives for? It was always working for the benefit of America and the troops would certainly prefer to see the country doing well... or are you crediting everything good to be solely the result of Trump being in office?
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WastelandCowboy posted...

helIy posted...

the fallen who died for this country did so because they wanted this country to succeed.

how can you succeed if your unemployment rates are increasing, if your economy is in the toilet, if your army isn't worth a damn?

what is the right thing to say?

"thanks for dying for this country you fought for, did you know we're dying financially and cutting ourselves so thin that there could be a possible civil war in the next couple centuries if we don't get our shit together?"

The right thing to say was "On #MemorialDay we honor the many Americans who laid down their lives for our great country ... we come together to remember that freedom isn't free. Thank you to all the service members & their families who sacrifice so much to keep us safe ... As we remember our fallen servicemen and women, our hearts are filled with gratitude for their sacrifice and awe of their courage," Which, surprise, his daughter tweeted. At least someone in the family has common sense to keep things on remembrance - and not on padding ego.

So you're going to tell us what we should say? Oh, that's nice.
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WastelandCowboy posted...

helIy posted...

the fallen who died for this country did so because they wanted this country to succeed.

how can you succeed if your unemployment rates are increasing, if your economy is in the toilet, if your army isn't worth a damn?

what is the right thing to say?

"thanks for dying for this country you fought for, did you know we're dying financially and cutting ourselves so thin that there could be a possible civil war in the next couple centuries if we don't get our shit together?"

The right thing to say was "On #MemorialDay we honor the many Americans who laid down their lives for our great country ... we come together to remember that freedom isn't free. Thank you to all the service members & their families who sacrifice so much to keep us safe ... As we remember our fallen servicemen and women, our hearts are filled with gratitude for their sacrifice and awe of their courage," Which, surprise, his daughter tweeted. At least someone in the family has common sense to keep things on remembrance - and not on padding ego.

no, that's what you think he should have said.

you also keep thinking the tweet was to pad his ego, when it literally was not, considering he didn't say anything about himself or what he's done.

you just assume so, because it's what he usually always does, so you're assuming something that isn't there. there is no ulterior motive here. there is no ego padding, ego stroking, there is literally

L I T E R A L L Y

nothing at all about him or anything he has done, or hasn't done, in that tweet. period.

there isn't even a fucking implication.
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Zeus posted...

helIy posted...

there really isn't anything wrong with what he said tbh.

this is pretty much just trying to find any tenuous reason to be upset

Pretty much this. Had any other president said it, likely nobody would have batted an eye.

WastelandCowboy posted...

The right thing to say was "On #MemorialDay we honor the many Americans who laid down their lives for our great country ... we come together to remember that freedom isn't free. Thank you to all the service members & their families who sacrifice so much to keep us safe ... As we remember our fallen servicemen and women, our hearts are filled with gratitude for their sacrifice and awe of their courage," Which, surprise, his daughter tweeted. At least someone in the family has common sense to keep things on remembrance - and not on padding ego.

And what exactly were they laying down those lives for? It was always working for the benefit of America and the troops would certainly prefer to see the country doing well... or are you crediting everything good to be solely the result of Trump being in office?

But that's just the thing, I can't recall anybody Trump ever saying saying anything other than remembrance on/for Memorial Day. Wonder why? Oh, right, Trump's a blabbermouth.

You're putting words in my mouth, Zeus. I have no doubt that the troopers and memorialized troops would prefer to see the country doing well.

so they wouldn't be proud of lower unemployment, better economy, etc?
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For the record, I'm not the only person to think this.

Retired Army Gen. Martin Dempsey, former Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff under Obama, seemed to chastise Trump in a tweet of his own.

This day, of all days of the year, should not be about any one of us. No matter how prestigious or powerful, no matter how successful we perceive ourselves to be. Rather, this day should be about those who gave their lives so that we could live ours in freedom. #MemorialDay

GEN(R) Marty Dempsey (@Martin_Dempsey) May 28, 2018
"This day, of all days of the year, should not be about any one of us," he wrote. "No matter how prestigious or powerful, no matter how successful we perceive ourselves to be. Rather, this day should be about those who gave their lives so that we could live ours in freedom."

https://www.cnn.com/2018/05/28/politics/donald-trump-memorial-day-tweet/index.html
http://www.nydailynews.com/news/politics/trump-slammed-boasting-presidency-memorial-day-tweet-article-1.4013875
http://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/389630-veterans-group-rips-trump-tweet-self-promotion-on-memorial-day
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/donald-trump/trump-pays-tribute-memorial-day-criticized-tone-deaf-tweet-n878026
https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2018/05/trump-honors-memorial-day-with-tweet-praising-himself-of-course.html
https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/donald-trump-memorial-day_us_5b0c013ae4b0fdb2aa558b56
https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/trump-touts-accomplishments-memorial-day-tweet-fallen-soldiers/story?id=55488123

but it's not about him, he didn't take credit for what he said.

i'm betting the majority of those people wouldn't have thought the same thing if obama had said it
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Krazy_Kirby posted...

but it's not about him, he didn't take credit for what he said.

i'm betting the majority of those people wouldn't have thought the same thing if obama had said it

I doubt it. If Obama said it (which he wouldn't), I guarantee that they (and Fox News), would have jumped on him for it.

WastelandCowboy posted...

Krazy_Kirby posted...

but it's not about him, he didn't take credit for what he said.

i'm betting the majority of those people wouldn't have thought the same thing if obama had said it

I doubt it. If Obama said it (which he wouldn't), I guarantee that they (and Fox News), would have jumped on him for it.

the opposite party would criticize the sitting president, and blow something out of proportion?

somebody call ripleys, because i don't believe it!
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WastelandCowboy posted...

Krazy_Kirby posted...

but it's not about him, he didn't take credit for what he said.

i'm betting the majority of those people wouldn't have thought the same thing if obama had said it

I doubt it. If Obama said it (which he wouldn't), I guarantee that they (and Fox News), would have jumped on him for it.

Like you're doing now?
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Krazy_Kirby posted...

but it's not about him, he didn't take credit for what he said.

i'm betting the majority of those people wouldn't have thought the same thing if obama had said it

He has taken credit for those things in past speeches and tweets though. Yeah, he may not have referenced that in this tweet, but he has taken 100% credit for all of those months back.
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Trump did nothing wrong here.
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WastelandCowboy posted...

And it's not that hard to find something to be upset with him about. Dude's a jackass.

Nah, just you. It's another case of a non-problem becoming one because some unintelligent people were bored.

There's one obvious fact that some fail to realize. The nation was free to vote and did, and those who don't like it are free to leave.

WastelandCowboy posted...

I'm trying to see good in our current president

Lol no you arent. This post and you past posting history shows the exact opposite

WastelandCowboy posted...

For the record, I'm not the only person to think this.

WastelandCowboy posted...

Retired Army Gen. Martin Dempsey, former Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff under Obama

What a coincidence lol

WastelandCowboy posted...

I doubt it. If Obama said it (which he wouldn't), I guarantee that they (and Fox News), would have jumped on him for it.

Well, congrats on jumping on the partisan train and being just like those you criticize

OhhhJa posted...

WastelandCowboy posted...

I'm trying to see good in our current president

Lol no you arent. This post and you past posting history shows the exact opposite

WastelandCowboy posted...

For the record, I'm not the only person to think this.

WastelandCowboy posted...

Retired Army Gen. Martin Dempsey, former Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff under Obama

What a coincidence lol

WastelandCowboy posted...

I doubt it. If Obama said it (which he wouldn't), I guarantee that they (and Fox News), would have jumped on him for it.

Well, congrats on jumping on the partisan train and being just like those you criticize

Are you really saying that the party behind TanSuitGate wouldnt have absolutely lost their shit?
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Trespasser2003 posted...

OhhhJa posted...

WastelandCowboy posted...

I'm trying to see good in our current president

Lol no you arent. This post and you past posting history shows the exact opposite

WastelandCowboy posted...

For the record, I'm not the only person to think this.

WastelandCowboy posted...

Retired Army Gen. Martin Dempsey, former Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff under Obama

What a coincidence lol

WastelandCowboy posted...

I doubt it. If Obama said it (which he wouldn't), I guarantee that they (and Fox News), would have jumped on him for it.

Well, congrats on jumping on the partisan train and being just like those you criticize

Are you really saying that the party behind TanSuitGate wouldnt have absolutely lost their shit?

No, I was saying the exact opposite actually. I was saying that both conservative and liberal media get outraged over dumb shit and that he was falling victim to being just another partisan jackwagon

I don't see anything wrong with his tweet...The only thing that could potentially be cause for alarm is "blacks" but idk, I'd imagine people would bash him for saying "African Americans" too.

Why can't people appreciate a semi-positive notion? Like, for real, it's like what someone else said - would they rather him say

"Hey, uh...yeah...Thanks for dying for the country...real good job that did.. Our economy's failing, the country is more divided than ever, and kids are getting shot left and right..Did I mention the social divide? But, y'know, thanks. I mean that sincerely...Thanks"

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