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[berg80]

Trump Outright Denies Arlington Cemetery Altercation​

Since we last touched base on Trump’s Arlington National Cemetery fiasco, none of the big six outstanding questions have been answered – but Trump may have given himself a new self-inflicted wound.

With the Army declaring the case “closed” after the cemetery staffer in fear of MAGA reprisals declined to press criminal charges over the alleged incident and with a holiday weekend allowing attention to drift away from the story, Trump took the curious step of reigniting the firestorm by publicly issuing a complete denial Tuesday that any kind of altercation took place.

Not only did it not happen but the story was “made up,” Trump claimed, by “Comrade Kamala and her misinformation squad.” It was, in Trump’s telling, just a “BEAUTIFUL DAY OF HONOR” with “no fights or problems.”

Trump Outright Denies Arlington Cemetery Altercation

Donald Trump took the curious step of reigniting the firestorm by publicly issuing a complete denial Tuesday that any kind of altercation took place.

talkingpointsmemo.com

Altercation, what altercation? Nothing to see here. Move along.

Deaths? There were no deaths.

“We didn’t lose one person in 18 months. And then they took over that disaster.”

— Former president Donald Trump, in a video of him at Arlington National Cemetery speaking to the families of U.S. troops killed at Abbey Gate in Afghanistan, posted on TikTok, Aug. 28

This TikTok of Trump’s controversial visit to Arlington, where he marked the third anniversary of a suicide bombing that killed 13 U.S. troops during the chaotic evacuation of Afghanistan overseen by President Joe Biden, has been viewed more than 11 million times. Federal law prohibits election-related activities at military cemeteries, but Trump’s entourage pushed past a cemetery employee who tried to prevent Trump’s aides from bringing cameras, according to the Army.

Those cameras appear to have recorded Trump saying these words to the Gold Star families. (The TikTok shows him talking to families as the words are spoken as a voice-over.) In his phrasing, it sounds as if no troops were killed in Afghanistan during the last 18 months of his presidency. That’s false, though as we will show, there was an 18-month gap with no fatalities across Trump’s and Biden’s combined presidencies.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/09/04/trump-misled-gold-star-families-troop-deaths-afghanistan/

Crooked Donald thinks he can bend reality to his will, and The Following doesn't seem to mind. It sure must make supporting him a lot easier when you believe he is responsible for the greatest economy in the history of the world, handled COVID perfectly, and did not repeatedly solicit the help of a foreign adversary, now a war criminal, during the 2016 campaign.

 

[kyzr]

Biden and Kamala were invited and declined to attend the service for the 13 military that died on their watch.

Not only did they not attend, they NEVER called any of the families to offer their condolences.

Their stupid traitorous withdrawal from AFG left $85b of US military equipment for the Taliban, and directly led to the 13 deaths by NOT allowing the Marine sniper to kill the ISIS suicide bomber before he detonated.

 

[berg80]

Biden and Kamala were invited and declined to attend the service for the 13 military that died on their watch.

How does that lie change anything about the altercation trump is now denying even happened at all by way of a trumpian mind trick?

 

[berg80]

Then we focused on the last 18 months of his presidency — July 20, 2019, to Jan. 20, 2021. That makes the most sense since Trump referenced Biden’s taking over. The Defense Department database showed 12 deaths from hostile action in that period. We double-checked with the news releases issued by the Pentagon in that period and confirmed the 12 names.

trump told the Gold Star families there were no deaths on his watch. Did he lie or is he so unconcerned about the lives of military personnel that he forgot?

 

[SeaMajor7]

More fake news and bullshit NARRATIVES from the boards #1 demented avenger subverted demoralized Marxist zombie ASSHOLE Stalinberg80.
Just ANOTHER day around here.

 

[1srelluc]

Sigh, as usual.....

 

[Delldude]

How does that lie change anything about the altercation trump is now denying even happened at all by way of a trumpian mind trick?

Meh.....................it's out of the news cycle already...........time to move on.

 

[berg80]

Meh.....................it's out of the news cycle already...........time to move on.

1. What was the content of the official warnings to the Trump campaign ahead of time not to turn the cemetery ceremony into a campaign event? The Army says it was clear in advance with participants about the prohibitions against political activities on cemetery grounds, but we haven’t seen those warnings, what exactly they said, or what form they took.

6 Unanswered Questions About Trump’s Arlington Cemetery Fiasco

A lot of things happened. Here are some of the things. This is TPM’s Morning Memo. Sign up for the email version. What does the Trump campaign video show? The Trump campaign initially said it was…

talkingpointsmemo.com

Time to move on. Hey, that's more or less what Obi-Wan Kenobe said.

 

[Lesh]

1. What was the content of the official warnings to the Trump campaign ahead of time not to turn the cemetery ceremony into a campaign event? The Army says it was clear in advance with participants about the prohibitions against political activities on cemetery grounds, but we haven’t seen those warnings, what exactly they said, or what form they took.

6 Unanswered Questions About Trump’s Arlington Cemetery Fiasco

A lot of things happened. Here are some of the things. This is TPM’s Morning Memo. Sign up for the email version. What does the Trump campaign video show? The Trump campaign initially said it was…

talkingpointsmemo.com

Time to move on. Hey, that's more or less what Obi-Wan Kenobe said.

So there were TWELVE deaths in Afghanistan on that 18 month period when Trump said there were none.

I guess they don’t count because they can’t be used politically.

I’m sure their families appreciate that

 

[berg80]

So there were TWELVE deaths in Afghanistan on that 18 month period when Trump said there were none.

I guess they don’t count because they can’t be used politically.

I’m sure their families appreciate that

Gosh, you think he'll be visiting their gravesites any time soon? Or does he only care about Gold Star families of those soldiers killed while Biden was prez to be used in a campaign ad?

 

[Hellokitty]

Trump Outright Denies Arlington Cemetery Altercation​

Since we last touched base on Trump’s Arlington National Cemetery fiasco, none of the big six outstanding questions have been answered – but Trump may have given himself a new self-inflicted wound.

With the Army declaring the case “closed” after the cemetery staffer in fear of MAGA reprisals declined to press criminal charges over the alleged incident and with a holiday weekend allowing attention to drift away from the story, Trump took the curious step of reigniting the firestorm by publicly issuing a complete denial Tuesday that any kind of altercation took place.

Not only did it not happen but the story was “made up,” Trump claimed, by “Comrade Kamala and her misinformation squad.” It was, in Trump’s telling, just a “BEAUTIFUL DAY OF HONOR” with “no fights or problems.”

Trump Outright Denies Arlington Cemetery Altercation

Donald Trump took the curious step of reigniting the firestorm by publicly issuing a complete denial Tuesday that any kind of altercation took place.

talkingpointsmemo.com

Altercation, what altercation? Nothing to see here. Move along.

Deaths? There were no deaths.

“We didn’t lose one person in 18 months. And then they took over that disaster.”

— Former president Donald Trump, in a video of him at Arlington National Cemetery speaking to the families of U.S. troops killed at Abbey Gate in Afghanistan, posted on TikTok, Aug. 28

This TikTok of Trump’s controversial visit to Arlington, where he marked the third anniversary of a suicide bombing that killed 13 U.S. troops during the chaotic evacuation of Afghanistan overseen by President Joe Biden, has been viewed more than 11 million times. Federal law prohibits election-related activities at military cemeteries, but Trump’s entourage pushed past a cemetery employee who tried to prevent Trump’s aides from bringing cameras, according to the Army.

Those cameras appear to have recorded Trump saying these words to the Gold Star families. (The TikTok shows him talking to families as the words are spoken as a voice-over.) In his phrasing, it sounds as if no troops were killed in Afghanistan during the last 18 months of his presidency. That’s false, though as we will show, there was an 18-month gap with no fatalities across Trump’s and Biden’s combined presidencies.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/09/04/trump-misled-gold-star-families-troop-deaths-afghanistan/

Crooked Donald thinks he can bend reality to his will, and The Following doesn't seem to mind. It sure must make supporting him a lot easier when you believe he is responsible for the greatest economy in the history of the world, handled COVID perfectly, and did not repeatedly solicit the help of a foreign adversary, now a war criminal, during the 2016 campaign.

Is there video of the altercation?
Also do liberals not realize they are making more over a picture rule violation, then holding someone accountable for the death of the 13 military heroes.

 

[berg80]

Is there video of the altercation?

If there was no altercation why was the cemetery employee who tried to stop trump from breaking federal law attacked by trump's staff as being mentally unstable?

 

[Delldude]

Army dropped it................means, how you say...'nothing burger'.