Because if he didn’t the Media would go 24/7 about how POTUS Trump dissed the VFW and other Veteran Groups with the intention to erode his Support.
Besides, it will be forgotten with the next Muellar Bombshell Indictment News.
So he was so insensitive that he didn’t realize that by not following the same flag courtesy he gave the Barbara Bush and others he wouldn’t get media criticism?