Posted on 09/04/2020 4:56:27 PM PDT by SmokingJoe
Trump rejected the idea of the visit because he feared his hair would become disheveled in the rain, and because he did not believe it important to honor American war dead, according to four people with firsthand knowledge of the discussion that day.My guess is that this was all started by David Frum. He's on record making that same crack in 2018.
Look at this FR article from 2018, Fox News: Trump takes heat over scrapped trip to cemetery in France:
David Frum, a speechwriter for former President George W. Bush, took to Twitter to slam the move, insisting that other transportation accommodations could’ve been made in case of poor weather.“It's not even 60 miles from central Paris to the monument. If the weather is too wet & windy for helicopters, a presidential motorcade could drive the distance in an hour,” Frum tweeted. “On site, presidential advance could easily erect a tent to protect the dignitaries (and the presidential hair-do) from inclement weather.”
There is no record of President Trump worrying about his hair, but there is a record of Frum joking about it at the time.
I'm calling out Frum as the source of this hair comment that is behind The Atlantic article.
-PJ
Which are?
bingo
bump
Featuring several families...that was a dead give away. The should've given it the weekend before releasing that to make it more feasible. At a minimum, it certainly calls motovation into question. That said, the non political probably didn't notice the timing if they saw it at all yet.
No where - the media already reported it as "true" wall to wall. After it becomes clear it is false, they'll just give a tepid acknowledgement or not mention it at all. It is still "true" to 90% of those who watched their broadcasts - mission accomplished. Biden has the clips and the headlines to use in a barrage of campaign ads.
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