Cadet Bonespur cancels visit to Marine Cementery due to bad weather...

[IronWing]

Macron: Is this the man who will bring war to all of Europe?
Merkel: We will not lose to you.
Trump:

 

[The Merg]

I’m curious... It said that the U.S. had representatives there in place of Trump. Where did they come from and how did they get there?

I find it hard to believe that there was not a rain plan in place.

- Merg

 

[Victorian Gray]

That's bothered me for a long time. Somewhere back there, with the rise of Gingrich, Conservatives acquired really shitty attitudes about their fellow Americans, somehow came to regard us as their enemies. It's been astroturfed right into their heads by a myriad of thinktanks & poisonous political commentary, like Fox.

Once again I'll remind you. This is nothing new. It didn't start with Gingrich, it's been part of your political/social culture pretty much since the country was founded.

Again, remember the Know Nothings? 1850s? Same people believing the same shit.

 

[IronWing]

I’m curious... It said that the U.S. had representatives there in place of Trump. Where did they come from and how did they get there?

I find it hard to believe that there was not a rain plan in place.

- Merg

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau invents time machine to preemptively drop the mic on Trump's rain avoidance at the 75th anniversary of the raid on Dieppe in August of last year.

Snowflakes melt in the rain...Plus, It would wash off the fake tan and run down his shirt

I think Trudeau explained the rain plan.

 

[The Merg]

I think Trudeau explained the rain plan.

I meant rain plan as in another way of getting there as opposed to taking the helicopter. Also, how did the other U.S. reps get there and from where. If they came from where Trump was then there is absolutely no reason Trump could be there.

- Merg

 

[brycejones]

I guess we've finally found something even conservative trolls can't defend. I guess this is a new low even for Trump.

 

[Victorian Gray]

I guess we've finally found something conservative trolls here can't defend. I guess this is a new low even for Trump.

They're still waiting on the newest talking points. The scripts don't write themselves.

 

[Jhhnn]

Once again I'll remind you. This is nothing new. It didn't start with Gingrich, it's been part of your political/social culture pretty much since the country was founded.

Again, remember the Know Nothings? 1850s? Same people believing the same shit.

It's been that way off & on, no doubt, but Gingrich drew it out of the deplorables the way a siren draws howls out of dogs.

 

[Victorian Gray]

It's been that way off & on, no doubt, but Gingrich drew it out of the deplorables the way a siren draws howls out of dogs.

Jeez. Fuck Gingrich. IT'S ALWAYS BEEN PART OF YOUR COUNTRY. And, until you guys figure out how to come to terms with that it's gonna continue.

 

[MomentsofSanity]

I meant rain plan as in another way of getting there as opposed to taking the helicopter. Also, how did the other U.S. reps get there and from where. If they came from where Trump was then there is absolutely no reason Trump could be there.

- Merg

Normally there would be a contingency to drive. It wasn’t that far. But the difference in security and logistical concerns between a presidential motorcade and John Kelly can’t be dismissed either.

That said. Still should have gone.

 

[The Merg]

Normally there would be a contingency to drive. It wasn’t that far. But the difference in security concerns between a presidential motorcade and John Kelly can’t be dismissed either.

That said. Still should have gone.

Not disagreeing there.

- Merg

 

[Capt Caveman]

Normally there would be a contingency to drive. It wasn’t that far. But the difference in security and logistical concerns between a presidential motorcade and John Kelly can’t be dismissed either.

That said. Still should have gone.

You would think the Secret Service knew the weather forecast and would have planned for traveling by car as a contingency. More like the Dotard didn't want his mop to get wet.

 

[Jhhnn]

Contrast the whole episode with this-

https://www.nytimes.com/2010/06/01/us/politics/01obama.html?ref=todayspaper

 

[Victorian Gray]

He was just being thoughtful.

"Donald Trump didn’t attend an event honouring US military dead because he didn’t want to disrupt the traffic in Paris, the White House said on Sunday, as the fallout for his no-show on Saturday continued.

The US president had been scheduled to lay a wreath and observe a moment of silence at the Aisne-Marne American cemetery and memorial at Belleau, about 60 miles (100km) north-east of Paris. The White House cited rain that grounded the president’s helicopter for the cancellation.

The move sparked incredulity among some of Trump’s critics: Nicholas Soames, the Conservative MP and grandson of Sir Winston Churchill, tweeted: “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.”

Nicolas Burns, an American diplomat who served both Republican and Democratic presidents, called the choice “astonishing”.

In the wake of criticism that Trump didn’t instead travel by car, press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders issued a statement on Sunday that noted the weather and “near-zero visibility” as well as concerns that a motorcade on short notice would have required closing roads to traffic.

“President Trump did not want to cause that kind of unexpected disruption to the city and its people,” Sanders said. She also said the trip to Aisne-Marne was 2½ hours each way by car."

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news...avoid-causing-paris-traffic-jams-says-sanders

What a great guy, eh?

 

[mikeymikec]

He was just being thoughtful.

"Donald Trump didn’t attend an event honouring US military dead because he didn’t want to disrupt the traffic in Paris, the White House said on Sunday, as the fallout for his no-show on Saturday continued.

The US president had been scheduled to lay a wreath and observe a moment of silence at the Aisne-Marne American cemetery and memorial at Belleau, about 60 miles (100km) north-east of Paris. The White House cited rain that grounded the president’s helicopter for the cancellation.

The move sparked incredulity among some of Trump’s critics: Nicholas Soames, the Conservative MP and grandson of Sir Winston Churchill, tweeted: “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.”

Nicolas Burns, an American diplomat who served both Republican and Democratic presidents, called the choice “astonishing”.

In the wake of criticism that Trump didn’t instead travel by car, press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders issued a statement on Sunday that noted the weather and “near-zero visibility” as well as concerns that a motorcade on short notice would have required closing roads to traffic.

“President Trump did not want to cause that kind of unexpected disruption to the city and its people,” Sanders said. She also said the trip to Aisne-Marne was 2½ hours each way by car."

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news...avoid-causing-paris-traffic-jams-says-sanders

What a great guy, eh?

Schrödinger strikes again eh: Near-zero visibility and it would have caused excessive traffic disruption. Maybe everyone else was trying to make it to the memorial?

 

[brycejones]

He was just being thoughtful.

"Donald Trump didn’t attend an event honouring US military dead because he didn’t want to disrupt the traffic in Paris, the White House said on Sunday, as the fallout for his no-show on Saturday continued.

The US president had been scheduled to lay a wreath and observe a moment of silence at the Aisne-Marne American cemetery and memorial at Belleau, about 60 miles (100km) north-east of Paris. The White House cited rain that grounded the president’s helicopter for the cancellation.

The move sparked incredulity among some of Trump’s critics: Nicholas Soames, the Conservative MP and grandson of Sir Winston Churchill, tweeted: “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.”

Nicolas Burns, an American diplomat who served both Republican and Democratic presidents, called the choice “astonishing”.

In the wake of criticism that Trump didn’t instead travel by car, press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders issued a statement on Sunday that noted the weather and “near-zero visibility” as well as concerns that a motorcade on short notice would have required closing roads to traffic.

“President Trump did not want to cause that kind of unexpected disruption to the city and its people,” Sanders said. She also said the trip to Aisne-Marne was 2½ hours each way by car."

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news...avoid-causing-paris-traffic-jams-says-sanders

What a great guy, eh?

That is some really weak sauce right there. They must have spent hours throwing shit at the wall and this was the best they could do.

 

[MomentsofSanity]

They are claiming 2 1/2 hours each wayto do that drive? In a presidential motorcade not limited by traffic lights etc? It’s just over 50 miles.

Someone get them the google maps app. It can get them there in just over a hour.

 

[interchange]

They are claiming 2 1/2 hours each wayto do that drive? In a presidential motorcade not limited by traffic lights etc? It’s just over 50 miles.

Someone get them the google maps app. It can get them there in just over a hour.

Don't you know by now? When someone asks about it next week it will be 4.5 hours each way. Next month a full day's travel.

 

[WelshBloke]

Schrödinger strikes again eh: Near-zero visibility and it would have caused excessive traffic disruption. Maybe everyone else was trying to make it to the memorial?

All those other leaders of nations and dignatories that actually managed to make it must have clogged up the roads.

 

[Homerboy]

Any time a president visits a city roads are closed - often with very short notice. That never seems to bother them any other time

 

[WelshBloke]

Any time a president visits a city roads are closed - often with very short notice. That never seems to bother them any other time

The idea that Trump has ever worried about inconveniencing other people is probably one of the more ridiculous things I've heard!

 

[Hayabusa Rider]

Also the French moved them so Putin and Trump weren't sitting together! Like naughty schoolkids!

BBC News - Armistice Day: Macron urges world leaders to reject nationalism
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-46168105

Fantastic and this photo says it all.

The man with his back to us, Putin, is the enemy of Europe and most of the rest of the world, especially the US. Look at the crowd- Macron, Merkle and others, the faces of those who know their enemy. Melania ever disinterested and looking like she wants another drink. Trump- The smiling traitorous bastard, the dearest friend of our greatest foreign foe, evil welcoming evil.

 

[WelshBloke]

Melania ever disinterested and looking like she wants another drink.

I can't say I blame her. Strong drink and/or prescription drugs must be the only way she can cope with being married to him.

 

[zinfamous]

Donald Trump: An Epic, Deplorable, Cvnt.

 

[zinfamous]

I’ll be interested to see how the military vote goes next time. The soldiers he sent down to battle The Caravan are living like shit because there was no time for logistical preparations to be made.

I know if someone deployed me away from my family to live in squalor for weeks or months because they were trying to score political points I would want to fucking strangle them. Trump showed total, utter contempt for the military there.

Do you think Trump will show up at the border to serve them turkey on TG next week?

lol.