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To: Brumar89 who wrote (1137768)	5/30/2019 6:23:17 PM
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............ The New York Times reports that in addition to initially covering the name on the ship with a tarp to block the name from view in pictures, sailors from the McCain were not invited to attend the president’s speech aboard the USS WASP while sailors from other ships were invited. A service member based on the Yokosuka told the Times that all of the ships in the harbor were invited to send 60 – 70 sailors to the event, but the McCain was not. In addition, when sailors from the McCain showed up with their ship’s insignia on their uniforms, they were turned away. The Wall Street Journal reports that a Navy official confirmed that the crew was not invited to hear their commander-in-chief speak but said it was because sailors from the McCain, along with the crew from the USS Stethem, were released from duty for the holiday weekend. ................ Whether President Trump was involved in the order or not is immaterial. That there were individuals in his administration who thought the 71 year old President of the United States of America and commander-in-chief, who ostensibly loves the military, needed to be shielded from the mere name of a man who has been dead for nine months is appalling. Such an action, done on behalf of any normal person occupying the Oval Office, being brought to light, would result in outrage and a vow to find out who would order such a thing done. Upon discovering the identity of the person who would be behind such an insult to an American hero, that individual would be promptly fired. Instead, President Trump calls the person who did this “well-meaning” and recites a litany of grievances he has nursed since John McCain first crossed him. This conduct is not fitting of the commander-in-chief of our armed forces. He should be met with outrage from both sides of the aisle but from his own party most of all. Instead, it will be met with a timid shrug, for who in the Republican Party wants to be on the president’s enemies list? What if one day it is their name which must obscured from his sight lest he throw a tantrum? John McCain, dead and departed, has more courage than all of the elected Rs in Washington DC combined. No amount of maneuvering by the president to obscure John McCain’s name will make Americans forget the name of the man who faithfully, and with great personal sacrifice, served this nation his entire adult life. The party who has screamed about the NFL kneelers disrespecting the flag and, by extension, the military, should be deeply and profoundly ashamed of their hypocrisy today. thenewsblender.com Deep State Annie M Sadly, this is a good example of why Trump never has and never will get help for his mental illness. People who suffer from NPD surround themselves with people who are willing to protect them so that they may avoid their wrath. It's completely fucked up, and exactly why he never should have become president. - Dave_from_Florida What bothers me about all of this outside of Trumps petulance and his cultish bootlicking staff is that the US Navy used one of it's official Twitter feeds to lie to the American people about it. After the WSJ broke this story the Navy tweeted out that it was fake news and never happened and now we have Trump admitting it did. Whoever put out that lying tweet should be disciplined and fired from their job and whoever the commander was that agreed to what they did to that ship without question should be relieved of duty. That was disrespectful to the ships namesake, his family, and the sailors who serve on it. Sailors are supposed to be proud of their ships and not shamed of it and Trump expects them to be ashamed of it. - NCMountainGirl You can't expect shame from those who revel in Trump's shamelessness. - Own Worst Enemy So this is the fault of a "well meaning" individual who didn't want to upset the worlds most fragile snowflake?