Posted on 02/04/2020 8:55:16 AM PST by SeekAndFind
President Donald Trump was chastised Monday after video footage showed him goofing off as the national anthem played during a Super Bowl party at his West Palm Beach golf resort.
As everyone else around Trump (including his wife and youngest son) stood solemnly with their hands over their hearts, Trump fidgeted, waved his hands, pointed at people and pretended to conduct the music.
The video of the president cutting up during the anthem, first reported by the Miami Herald, was part of an Instagram story posted by a real estate agent at the party, which was held for a select group of the president’s supporters. The event cost American taxpayers $3.4 million, according to an analysis by HuffPost.
Trump has said that athletes who take a knee at NFL games to protest racism and police brutality — a movement launched by former San Francisco 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick — should be fired because they’re disrespecting America and the military.
“You have to stand proudly for the national anthem or you shouldn’t be playing — you shouldn’t be there,” Trump told “Fox & Friends” in 2018, adding, “Maybe you shouldn’t be in the country.”
When a football player takes a knee, the team owner should “get that son of a bitch off the field,” Trump told a rally in 2017.
Fox Nation host Tomi Lahren slammed celebrities Beyoncé and Jay-Z on Sunday for sitting during the anthem. She hasn’t yet remarked on the president’s antics.
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As a Marine vet of the Gulf War, you’re damn right I do.
“edited video”
Sometimes, I truly wonder about our POTUS. That’s some pretty bad imagery.
Who among us stands and puts our hand over our heart when we watch a game at home?
....I do. ..sometimes, and sometimes not. Just depends how closely I watch the game.
What sucks about this is that Trump has nasty people around him everywhere. The one that released the pic needs to be banned from ever being with Trump again.
it was filmed in something called “selfie mode” so the left /right axis is reversed.
So. what.
I think he will put out a new one with his face on it in his second term.
There is a difference being there in Person and watching it on TV. I don’t recall standing and putting my hand over my heart in my Living Room.
Any footage of the Obama’s watching the Game? Didn’t think so.
This is just a way to take the heat off Beyoncé and her Hubby not standing for the Anthem at the Game.
And that background doesn't fit in....look like China Cabinets.
Huff po - read no further.
Any report from Huffpoo about Husain when he was POTUS ?
He’s allowed
I think it’s photoshopped. She’s taller than him??? Since when.
My brother in law is a Desert Storm Vet (Navy) and he stands when he hears the National Anthem on TV too.
it was filmed in something called “selfie mode” so the left /right axis is reversed.
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So does that me she is really using her right hand?
Huff-PO?………. Total Garbage!
Need to see the video in context.
Others there don’t have hand-on-heart at that moment.
Also, it’s Melania’s left hand to her chest, possibly just a random gesture and not anthem-related.
HuffPo & Yahoo! ? Bravo Sierra!
Ah...thanks. You are right.
Me and Mrs Clamper do
“Fox Nation host Tomi Lahren slammed celebrities Beyoncé and Jay-Z on Sunday for sitting during the anthem. She hasn’t yet remarked on the president’s antics.”
They were there where the anthem was being played with the flag.
Is this author suggesting everyone watching on TV must stop and stand during this time period?
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