Michael Powell“For Trump, it borders on entertainment to desecrate the sacred things of our civic culture: the peaceful transfer of power to the next president, treating political opponents with a basic sense of civility, honoring soldiers wounded and injured in service to our country. Trump has long flouted these norms. Before attempting to overturn a national election, he mocked his opponents in the most vulgar terms and insulted dead soldiers, calling them ‘idiots.'”
“But the former president surpassed his own record this week when he attended a wreath-laying ceremony commemorating 13 American soldiers killed in a suicide bombing in Kabul during the final, chaotic days of the U.S. troop withdrawal. Trump laid three wreaths and placed his hand over his heart – a time-honored presidential prerogative. As always, Trump went above and beyond. He walked to the burial site in the 60th Ward, posed with the families of the fallen soldiers, flashed a broad smile and gave a thumbs-up to campaign photographers and videographers.”
“Few places in America combine the sacred and the secular as movingly as Arlington National Cemetery, built on 624 acres of bluffs overlooking the Potomac River and our nation’s capital.”
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