I watched this
It was lovely
But could someone PLEASE tell me why the Navy person ( not the honoree) holding the medal snatched it away when the President reached to take it?
It wasn’t Trump’s job to hold it - Trump just got ahead of himself. I know that I wouldn’t have wanted to try to hold it steady the entire time the citation was read!
Very nice ceremony. Hard to believe after 16 years Slabinski still looks like he could climb that mountain. I can’t imagine having to endure something like that for 14 hours. Although I guess that is why they train and stay awake for 5 DAYS!! Tough, TOUGH men!
Trump figured it out right away, knowing he got slightly out of sync for the ceremony. If ya watch it, after the Naval officer held it back, there were addition comments before it was given to the President. That was the planned order of events.