Of goldbergs reporting. Here is some of goldbergs account. When President Trump canceled a visit to the American Cemetery near paris in 2018, he blamed rain for the lastminute decision, saying that the helicopter couldnt fly and that the secret service wouldnt drive him there. Neither claim was true. Trump rejected the idea of the visit because he feared his hair would become disheveled in the rain and because he did not believe it important to honor american war dead. That is according to four people with firsthand knowledge of the discussion that day. In a conversation with senior Staff Members on the morning of the scheduled visit, trump said, quote, why should i go to that cemetery . Its filled with losers. In a separate conversation on the same trip, trump referred to the more than 1800 marines who have lost their lives as, quote, suckers for getting killed. The american president calling those who serve and protect our country and our freedom losers and suckers is tragically wher
Good morning and welcome to morning joe, it is friday, september 4th, along with joe and me, we have washington anchor, katty kay, White House Reporter for the Associated Press, Jonathan Lemire. Associate editor of the Washington Post and msnbc political analysis euGene Robinson. And editor in chief of the atlantic magazine, Jeffrey Goldberg, the author of that new piece on President Trump disparage americas war dead. In a moment well get to joe bidens visit to kenosha, wisconsin yesterday it was in stark contrast with the president s visit earlier in the week with joe biden calling for an end to systemic racism and an end to the violence. Also, joe biden met with jacob blakes family for 90 minutes. But we begin with jeffreys new reporting on President Trump using words like losers and suckers, repeatedly disparaging members, and asking disabled military veterans to be left out of parades. When trump cancelled a visit to the cemetery in paris in 2018 he blamed rain for the lastminute d
Heres another one. This one is from not very much later. This is from may 8th, 1945, the day after the successor to a very recently dead adolf hitler signed the Unconditional Surrender of the nazis in northeastern france. These three u. S. Soldiers in this photo are in beckham, germany, here. You can see the reason theyre holding what looks like pots and pans, theyre holding their mess kits in one hand. Theyve got the nazis quit, front page of stars and stripes in the other hand. And all three of them are wearing an ear to ear grin. Heres another shot from three months later. Japan surrenders as well. And the even larger headline that day was peace. We know from the caption on this one from getty images that the woman on the left, her name is johnnie dexter. The woman on the right, her name is lucille brennaman. And the man in the middle, the gi is robert ingraham. Peace. Japan has surrendered. The war is over. Heres another great one. This is 1952. The caption here says circa 1952, an
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