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PegVA, Trump's Paris trip marked by missed moments -- and a dire warning

"It puzzles me why ANY U.S. veteran would support this poor excuse for a man, let alone president..."

Yet again Trump's childish temperament and selfish nature forged to the fore and kept him away from the Belleau cemetery
of the WW1 Western Front. If Kelly could do the trip so could have Trump. What did Trump do, i wonder, while
not fulfilling one important function and reason for being in France? Was he watching FOX NEWS?

Analysis by Kevin Liptak and Kaitlan Collins, CNN

Updated 2:45 PM ET, Sun November 11, 2018
Macron warns of the perils of nationalism

VIDEO

Paris (CNN)First it was a second-place replacement for his own grand military parade .. http://www.cnn.com/2018/08/17/politics/trump-cancels-military-parade/index.html . Then it was a stately gesture to illustrate an alliance he's done little to cultivate. After a midterm election drubbing .. http://www.cnn.com/2018/11/09/politics/democrats-midterm-statehouse-gains/index.html , it was an opportunity to retreat and regroup.

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As early as Saturday afternoon, the reasons for Trump to be in Paris at all had become obscured. Homebound at the US ambassador's residence after foul weather forced the cancellation of a trip to an American burial ground, the President was invisible as his European counterparts memorialized the World War I slaughter across the former Western Front.

The White House declined to say how he spent the empty hours, though Trump tweeted in the evening he'd had "some very productive meetings and calls for our country today."

[...]

Nationalism in the crosshairs



Earlier Sunday, as world leaders gathered under misting rain at the Élysée Palace, Trump opted to head directly to the Arc de Triomphe, where the ceremony was being held. Driving down a deserted Champs-Élysées, a topless female protester breached the barricade lining the famous Parisian avenue and came within feet of the President's motorcade before she was apprehended by French security officials.

The dozens of other leaders who met at the French President's residence beforehand arrived in coach buses moments later, leaving Trump out of a striking scene as they marched down the street together with black umbrellas held over their heads, led by Macron. The White House said the President arrived separately because of "security protocols."

Russian President Vladimir Putin also arrived separately and flashed Trump a thumbs up before taking his place on the riser.



The imagery may have been rooted in logistics, but as France and its European partners fret about the alliance forged with the United States in bloody conflict a century ago, it mattered. Trump has shown little appetite for strengthening the relationships that have underpinned transatlantic relations since the end of World War I, instead lambasting traditional US partners on trade and the cost of security.

He's shown more affinity for strongmen leaders who have eroded democracy in their countries, like Putin, with whom he spoke at a lunch on Sunday, and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, who sat alongside him at dinner on Saturday.

That's left leaders, such as German Chancellor Angela Merkel and Macron, who put forth well-publicized displays of unity this weekend, to urgently warn of backsliding into history's darkest moments.

https://www.cnn.com/2018/11/11/politics/donald-trump-macron-nationalism-paris-armistice/index.html

"It puzzles me why ANY U.S. veteran would support this poor excuse for a man, let alone president...

Particularly strong reaction came from Nicholas Soames, UK Conservative MP and grandson of British wartime leader Winston Churchill
Nicholas Soames
Verified account @NSoames

They died with their face to the foe and that
pathetic inadequate @realDonaldTrump
couldn’t even defy the weather to pay his
respects to The Fallen
#hesnotfittorepresenthisgreatcountry
6:51 AM - 10 Nov 2018

They died with their face to the foe and that pathetic inadequate @realDonaldTrump couldn’t even defy the weather to pay his respects to The Fallen #hesnotfittorepresenthisgreatcountry

— Nicholas Soames (@NSoames) November 10, 2018

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It also puzzles me why ANY U.S. voter could STILL support a man who unfailingly lives up to his self-proclaimed 3rd grade temperament. See again a small compilation

DONALD TRUMP AND THE SELF-MADE SHAM
Now let’s see your tax returns, Mr. President
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New York state tax department reviewing fraud allegations involving Trump in NYT article
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Donald Trump Has Destroyed Documents and Emails in Defiance of Court Orders for 40 Years
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The Trump Files: Listen to Donald Brag About His Affairs—While Pretending to Be Someone Else
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A Week of Whoppers From Donald Trump
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Donald Trump’s Ghostwriter Tells All
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Stunning Report: Trump Organization’s Secretive Global Financial Web Threatens National Security
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Confident. Incorrigible. Bully: Little Donny was a lot like candidate Donald Trump
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.. two linked at bottom there ..
Trump's two greatest mistakes? Not changing in temperament since first grade,
Trump told D’Antonio that “when I look at myself in the first grade and I look at
myself now, I’m basically the same. The temperament is not all that different.”
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and running for president.
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Has Donald Trump ever actually punched anyone? An investigation.
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50 years later, disagreements over young Trump’s military academy record
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He’ll Take the Low Road: Trump’s Tortured History With Scotland
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Meet the Activist Who Smelled Something Fishy With the FBI's Anti-Clinton Records Dump, and Got Internal Watchdogs Investigating
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I like this one .. http://investorshub.advfn.com/boards/read_msg.aspx?message_id=128280247



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.. all those also linked in ..
Trump and the Aristocracy of Fraud
"BOREALIS, 11 Takeaways From The Times’s Investigation Into Trump’s Wealth"
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Going out to the cemetery and battlefield would have caused him more suffering
than he could endure for an hour or two. Plus there are no Trump graves to visit.
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To all of the people who actively support the asshole that tweets in the night to victim shame the firefighters and those
who lost everything... fuck you. He couldn't lead a horse to water. Only amoral ignorami could follow the shameful idiot.

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Well, well: The "young intern" is actually Deputy Press Secretary-Taxpayers pay her $130,000.00 a yr
Media was fed a doctored video, a colleague was barred from White House and Press Secretary flat-out lied about the identity of the so-called "intern"
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It puzzles me why ANY U.S. veteran would support this poor excuse for a man, let alone president...

Supposedly, conix is a veteran yet also supports/defends him. It's a pretty twisted/sick mind who would do that.

VA secretary has begun planning budget cuts requested by Trump

WASHINGTON – Department of Veterans Affairs Secretary Robert Wilkie said Friday that he has begun forming a plan to cut the agency’s budget as President Donald Trump requested during a Cabinet meeting last month.
https://www.stripes.com/news/veterans/va-secretary-has-begun-planning-budget-cuts-requested-by-trump-1.556017