The President is drawing criticism for the manner in which he chose to mark Memorial Day on Twitter:
President Trump marked Memorial Day in a tweet on Monday claiming that the nation’s fallen heroes “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.” Trump tweeted.
“Nice!”
Memorial Day is held annually to honor service members who died for the U.S.Trump had tweeted a video in honor of the holiday earlier Monday.
The president is scheduled to participate in a wreath-laying ceremony at Arlington National Cemetery later Monday morning.4
After that tweet, the President spent no less than three tweets pushing his new favorite conspiracy theory about the Russia investigation, which he was apparently inspired to do based on what he was seeing this morning on Fox & Friends.
Here’s the President’s tweet:
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
And here are the so-called “Spygate” tweets that followed:
“The President deserves some answers.” @FoxNews in discussing “SPYGATE.”
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) May 28, 2018
“Sally Yates is part of concerns people have raised about bias in the Justice Dept. I find her actions to be really quite unbelievable.” Jonathan Turley
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) May 28, 2018
“We now find out that the Obama Administration put the opposing campaigns presidential candidate, or his campaign, under investigation. That raises legitimate questions. I just find this really odd…this goes to the heart of our electoral system.” Jonathan Turley on @FoxNews
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) May 28, 2018
Simply put, this is the most atrocious thing I have ever seen any President or politician say on Memorial Day. This isn’t a day to brag about yourself, it’s about remembering those who put their lives on the line for this country. Something Donald Trump never had the courage to do.
On some level, of course, it should not be surprising that the President chose to mark a solemn holiday such as Memorial Day by touting his Administration’s purported economic achievements and to continue trying to undermine the Russia investigation by pushing an entirely discredited conspiracy theory. This is, after all, a man who has a long history of being a self-promoting narcissist who has demonstrated no empathy and no regard at all for his fellow human beings. Given that, this tweet is entirely consistent with his previous behavior.
In the grand scheme of things, of course, this is a minor detail in the already long history of Donald Trump’s offenses against propriety, decency, and honor. There are far more important reasons to oppose and speak out against him. That being said, the fact that this man is Commander in Chief of the American military is just really depressing at this point.
