Trump has ridiculed US soldiers killed in action as “losers and suckers.” That alone should be disqualifying for any presidential campaign. Yet, this draft-dodging, narcissistic insurrectionist is now trampling the burial ground of those dead soldiers for a cheap political stunt.
Everyone knows he visited Arlington Cemetery yesterday just to score political points. Why didn’t he visit last year? Why pay tribute only to soldiers who died on Biden’s watch? And, lest we forget, when Iran bombed a US base, then-President Trump ridiculed the soldiers who sustained brain injuries for bellyaching about headaches.
Frankly, his lack of respect — even for the war dead — is matched by his lack of shame. He showed both yesterday, taking campaign-style, grinning, thumbs-up photos with grieving families, all while standing before the tombstones of fallen soldiers. As usual, this narcissistic oaf thought even this solemn occasion was all about him.
More troubling, though, is how effortlessly Trump induces people to accept or even mimic his abnormal behavior. That’s the only explanation for supposedly grieving Americans suspending their common sense to grin and give thumbs-up for his tone-deaf photo-op in Arlington Cemetery.
