DONALD TRUMP'S DISHONORING AND DISGUSTING STUNT AT ARLINGTON NATIONAL CEMETERY

 

©Wendell Griffen, 2024

Little Rock, Arkansas

 

We should be offended, but not surprised, that Donald Trump recently visited Arlington National Cemetery for political posturing (https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/article/2024/aug/28/trump-arlington-cemetery-visit-altercation?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other).

We have seen Trump use the Holy Bible for political posturing, personal branding, and private profiteering.

He uses women in his family, notably Melania Trump (his wife) and Ivanka Trump (his daughter) as sex objects.

He used classified material stolen from the White House as personal swagger material.

He wanted to stage a Fourth of July military parade using military personnel and armored tracked vehicles on Washington streets to show his personal power.

Trump referred to flag officers of the U.S. military as "my generals."

 Long before Trump stomped onto the hallowed grounds of Arlington National Cemetery to exploit family members of fallen veterans of the U.S. war in Afghanistan at the gravesites of their loved ones, there was overwhelming evidence that Donald Trump is a vicious sociopathic idiot who only reveres himself, his celebrity, his wealth, and his power.

The latest stunt at Arlington Cemetery is further proof that Trump is an idolatrous buffoon, con artist, judged sex offender, pathological liar, commercial cheat, and convicted felon without any regard for the valor, devotion, and loyalty demonstrated by people who serve in the military, not to mention those who died in service to the nation, and their loved ones.

As an honorably discharged military veteran, I hope that Trump and his officious campaign staffers who violated the hallowed grounds of Arlington Cemetery will be officially sanctioned. Otherwise, other people will engage in such disrespectful conduct.

Our nation and the world need people unlike Trump, not more Trump imitators. And the nation and world will not benefit if Trump is returned to any political office, let alone as President of the United States and Commander in Chief of U.S. military forces.

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