Memorial Day 2025

 

And yes, of course "Trump posted a Happy Memorial Day to all, including the scum..."  He's a miserable old bastard.

He didn't mention veterans at all. If you really want to read it, click here.  

UPDATE 07:00 pm:

UPDATE 05/27/2025:

President Trump highlighted the sacrifices of military veterans during a Memorial Day speech at Arlington National Cemetery. But he also used his remarks to valorize himself, taking credit for bringing the Summer Olympics and soccer’s World Cup to the United States during his second term and boasting about his plans for a military parade next month in Washington.

  NYT

On his birthday.

Trump thanked those who had fought in some of the nation’s defining battles, and cited specific stories of sacrifice by soldiers and their families.

“We certainly know what we owe to them,” Mr. Trump said. “Their valor gave us the freest, greatest and most noble republic ever to exist on the face of the earth — a republic that I am fixing after a long and hard four years.”

Fixing to destroy.

It's all about him, isn't it? Even Memorial Day.

He also used the occasion, traditionally a solemn day of tributes, to indirectly criticize his predecessor, former President Joseph R. Biden Jr., for his border policies while valorizing his own return to office.

“We’re doing so very well right now, considering the circumstances,” Mr. Trump said. “And we’ll do record-setting better with time. We will do better than we’ve ever done as a nation, better than ever before. I promise you that.”

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Trump, who has had a complex and sometimes hostile relationship with the military, has sought to recast himself as its biggest booster in his second term.

You could have stopped after "complex".

During his first presidential campaign, he attacked a Gold Star family who criticized him during the 2016 Democratic National Convention. During his first term he disparaged veterans and military service members — questioning what they got out of putting their lives on the line, and calling those who died in wars “suckers” and “losers.” He even suggested that Gold Star families had spread Covid-19 inside the White House.

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In his speech on Monday, [he said,] “Every Gold Star family fights a battle long after the victory is won,” he said, “and today, we lift you up and we hold you high.”

It was a starkly different tone than he used on social media before the remarks. On Truth Social, he posted a message that did not mention veterans but wished a “HAPPY MEMORIAL DAY TO ALL, INCLUDING THE SCUM THAT SPENT THE LAST FOUR YEARS TRYING TO DESTROY OUR COUNTRY THROUGH WARPED RADICAL LEFT MINDS.” Trump also railed against what he called “USA HATING JUDGES.”

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In a politically charged commencement speech at the United States Military Academy at West Point on Saturday, Mr. Trump told cadets that they were entering “the greatest and most powerful army the world has ever known.” He added: “And I know, because I rebuilt that army, and I rebuilt the military.”

Jesus, what a megalomaniacal asshole.

Those idiots with the Trump ties, and he fooled them by wearing a blue one.

Earlier this month, he announced that he would rename May 8, which is widely celebrated in Europe as “Victory in Europe” or “V-E Day,” as “Victory Day for World War II,” so that the United States could celebrate its achievements in that conflict.

Because we can't celebrate if it's called V-E Day?

He also said he would rename Veterans Day, celebrated on Nov. 11, as “Victory Day for World War I,” drawing pushback from veterans groups because it would champion conquest over sacrifice, and leave most living veterans without a holiday commemorating their service.

He loves naming things.

He is out of control.

Next month, he is set to host a military parade in Washington, billed as the “Army’s birthday celebration,” to commemorate the Army’s 250th anniversary. The event, on June 14, also falls on Mr. Trump’s 79th birthday.

Must say birthday celebration, not anniversary, because birthday can mean himself.

During his remarks on Monday, after musing about returning to office for a second term in time to host soccer’s World Cup and the Summer Olympics — a quirk of timing he attributed to divine intervention — Mr. Trump highlighted the upcoming anniversary celebration, which he said “blows everything away.”

Remember, this is a graduation speech to West Point cadets.

Trump said that in some ways he was glad that he didn’t have a consecutive second term in the White House because he would have otherwise missed hosting all three events.

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“Can you imagine?” he said. “I missed that four years, and now look what I have. I have everything. Amazing the way things work out.”

Jesus.