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Remember This Pic? Well Trump Just Had His Defining "Umbrella Moment"
Conservative Tribune ^
| September 8 2017
| Cillian Zeal
Posted on 09/08/2017 3:56:02 PM PDT by Zakeet
... [F]or Barack Obama, one of the moments that crystallized why he frustrated so many Americans came not from anything he did, but rather what he forced a Marine to do for him back in 2013.
Back then, Obama was holding a joint press conference in the White House Rose Garden with Turkish strongman Recep Tayyip Erdogan when it started to rain.
Instead of holding an umbrella for himself, he decided to have a U.S. Marine hold it for him — something that, as the U.K. Telegraph points out, isn't necessarily allowed by the Marine Corps regulations.
The "umbrella moment" became a telling faux pas for many Obama doubters, one that cemented their opinion of a man addicted to the trappings of power and utterly lacking in respect for the Armed Forces.
President Trump had his "umbrella moment" on Wednesday as he left the White House to board Marine One. You may notice a bit of a difference in how the two men handled it.
[Snip]
What a difference an election makes.
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TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: marines; obama; trump; umbrella
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To: IWontSubmit
I read somewhere that was Prince Phillip’s doing. He is known for staging photos like that. Well done, I say! I have another photo from that session saved on my computer. I laugh every time I see it.
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posted on
09/08/2017 5:20:52 PM PDT
by
LostInBayport
(When there are more people riding in the cart than there are pulling it, the cart stops moving...)
To: Zakeet
He didn’t just make them hold his UMBRELLA.
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posted on
09/08/2017 5:23:31 PM PDT
by
Yaelle
(We have a Crisis of Information in this country. Our enemies hold the megaphone.)
To: Moonman62
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posted on
09/08/2017 5:27:09 PM PDT
by
Kickass Conservative
(The way Liberals carry on about Deportation, you would think "Mexico" was Spanish for "Auschwitz".)
To: IWontSubmit
I think the photographer hated her.
We all know to watch what’s in the background.
:D
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posted on
09/08/2017 5:28:51 PM PDT
by
Salamander
(I'm on the wrong side of Heaven and the righteous side of Hell...)
To: dragnet2
My blood runs cold every time I see that.
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posted on
09/08/2017 5:30:06 PM PDT
by
Salamander
(I'm on the wrong side of Heaven and the righteous side of Hell...)
To: poconopundit
Yes, I did not follow Trump reality TV and thought the he may be kinda a jerk based on the persona that was generated there.
The Carson interaction really reveled his humanity and decency.
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posted on
09/08/2017 5:46:43 PM PDT
by
smileyface
(Things looking up in RED PA! I love President Trump!)
To: CGASMIA68
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posted on
09/08/2017 5:47:47 PM PDT
by
DuncanWaring
(The Lord uses the good ones; the bad ones use the Lord.)
To: smileyface
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posted on
09/08/2017 5:49:29 PM PDT
by
smileyface
(Things looking up in RED PA! I love President Trump!)
To: Zakeet
I never liked Obama but the deal breaker for me was bowing to the Saudi king. That confirmed all of my worst fears about him.
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posted on
09/08/2017 5:52:12 PM PDT
by
steel_resolve
(And an angel still rides in the whirlwind and directs this storm)
To: IWontSubmit
Why did Obama bring Colon Kaepernick to the UK?
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posted on
09/08/2017 5:56:35 PM PDT
by
Covenantor
(Men are ruled...by liars who refuse them news, and by fools who cannot govern. " Chesterton)
To: Zakeet
Notice the glare from the young Marine’s eyes toward President Zer0.
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posted on
09/08/2017 5:57:56 PM PDT
by
Sasparilla
( I'm Not Tired of Winning.)
To: Zakeet
Obama made uniformed military officers serve as waiters during WH parties, too.
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posted on
09/08/2017 6:00:20 PM PDT
by
pabianice
(LINE)
To: IWontSubmit
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posted on
09/08/2017 6:02:11 PM PDT
by
mad_as_he$$
(Not my circus. Not my monkeys.)
To: Zakeet
Not to defend Obama, but operating an umbrella is above his pay grade.
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posted on
09/08/2017 6:05:55 PM PDT
by
Oztrich Boy
(Winter is coming)
To: IWontSubmit
If your going to photo shop something, make sure you include the damn shadows!
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posted on
09/08/2017 6:18:18 PM PDT
by
5th MEB
(Progressives in the open; --- FIRE FOR EFFECT!!)
To: Sacajaweau
The dress is just fine,it’s the ugly ass linebacker in it that that screws up the photo op.
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posted on
09/08/2017 6:25:21 PM PDT
by
5th MEB
(Progressives in the open; --- FIRE FOR EFFECT!!)
To: 5th MEB
That photo is not photo-shopped.
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posted on
09/08/2017 6:26:39 PM PDT
by
TigersEye
(0bama. The Legacy is a lie. The lie is the Legacy.)
To: DuncanWaring
Facing the picture, the shadow on the Wookies right’ you can tell by the crook in the Wookies arm and the crook in the shadows arm.
Also looking at the shadows hair line you will notice is the Wookies normal hair do.
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posted on
09/08/2017 6:37:43 PM PDT
by
5th MEB
(Progressives in the open; --- FIRE FOR EFFECT!!)
To: TigersEye
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posted on
09/08/2017 6:41:38 PM PDT
by
5th MEB
(Progressives in the open; --- FIRE FOR EFFECT!!)
To: dragnet2
Sorry, that dude is utterly gay as can be.
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posted on
09/08/2017 6:44:50 PM PDT
by
Molon Labbie
(Kim Jon Un. Entered the world stage Unopposed, led Unapologetically, died Unidentified.)
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