Trump Spirals in Worst Memorial Day Speech in U.S. History
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What makes Donald Trump's Memorial Day speech the worst in history?
Donald Trump just gave what was clearly the worst Memorial Day speech in presidential history. He mocked our service members who made the ultimate sacrifice. And he tried to like do jokes during his speech. And he said, I don't see a lot of Donald's at Arlington National Cemetery. And he tried to like get laughs out of the crowd.
How did Trump disrespect fallen troops during his speech?
It's Memorial Day. What are you doing? And then he messed up the name of the first individual he was talking about and called him Christ man.
By the name of Private Christman, Private William Henry Christman of Pennsylvania, who died as 19 years old.
What controversial jokes did Trump attempt during his speech?
He was a great young man, they say. Beside him are more than 18,000 other young men named William, over 20,000 named John, over 13,000 named James. Joined over time by Isaac, Elijah, Earls, Hanks, Helens, Wands, Margaret's, Marius, Donald's. Not too many. and others whose names tell the true story of American greatness and greatness it is.
Then Donald Trump kind of demeaned the sacrifice of the 13 service members who died during his catastrophic and unlawful war in Iran. And he was saying, look, it was only 13 and that's less than other wars out there. And look how successful I've been in my wars. Me, me, me, me, me. This isn't about you, Donald. This is Memorial Day. This is about those who made the ultimate sacrifice to our country. Here, play this clip.
How did Trump mispronounce names during his Memorial Day address?
In two wars recently, we've lost a total of 13 service members in Venezuela, which was a complete and total victory where we're working very closely with the Venezuela government right now. We took that over in one day and we lost no one. In Operation Epic Fury, we lost 13 wonderful souls, wonderful, special people. These incredible men and women gave their lives to ensure that the world's number one state sponsor of terror will never have a nuclear weapon. Oh, and they won't. They will never have a nuclear weapon. I'm sure you know that.
Then before Donald Trump gave his speech, he started once again falling asleep while others were talking. Here, play this clip. This day began as decoration day when widows and orphans and other mourners placed flowers and ribbons on some 20,000 graves. He struggled to read the teleprompter throughout this speech. He couldn't read the word hallowed and just said howl. Here, play this clip right here.
Today here at Arlington, a very special place that howl Burial grounds, battlefields across the country.
And because Donald Trump refused to read the names of the service members who lost their lives in his catastrophic and unlawful war in Iran, let us do that right here on the Midas Touch Network. Major General John Kleiner, Captain Ariana Savino, Tech Sergeant Ashley B. Pruitt, Captain Seth Kovale, Captain Curtis J. Anthe, Sergeant Tyler H. Simmons, Sergeant Benjamin Pennington, Chief Warrant Officer Robert M. Marzon, Major Jeffrey O'Brien, Sergeant Declan Cody, Sergeant First Class Nicole Amherst, Sergeant First Class Noah Teichens, Captain Cody Cork. That's what you should have done, Donald. Then after this speech, he drove back to the White House where, for reasons that appear unclear, although I think we know what he was doing here.
He started inspecting the pillars. And by the way, reporter Kelly Meyer just flagged why Donald Trump was inspecting the pillars. He's going to tear them down. The Washington Post previously reported how The Trump-appointed head of a federal arts commission is proposing to replace the pillars with a more ornate style favored by Donald Trump. Those modern decorative columns, a style known as Corinthian, are considered the most luxurious in classical architecture and appear on buildings such as the U.S. Capitol and the Supreme Court. They have long been deployed on Trump's properties, and the president has handpicked them for his planned White House ballroom, too. So Donald Trump now planning to rip down the pillars on the White House, and he's inspecting them on Memorial Day.
That's where his mind is right now. And while Donald Trump was inspecting the pillars at the White House, take a look at this photo right here.
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Chapters
6 chapters
1
What makes Donald Trump's Memorial Day speech the worst in history?
0:00–0:21
2
How did Trump disrespect fallen troops during his speech?
0:21–0:44
3
What controversial jokes did Trump attempt during his speech?
0:44–1:50
4
How did Trump mispronounce names during his Memorial Day address?
1:50–7:08
5
What was Trump's stance on the sacrifices of service members?
7:08–14:48
6
How did Trump struggle with reading the teleprompter?
14:48–14:59