Posted on 06/06/2019 12:26:57 AM PDT by CondoleezzaProtege
PORTSMOUTH, England – President Donald Trump read from a prayer delivered by President Franklin D. Roosevelt as he joined other world leaders and veterans Wednesday in marking the 75th anniversary of D-Day.
Roosevelt went on national radio on June 6, 1944, to address the U.S. for the first time about the Normandy invasion. Trump, with images of an American flag and Roosevelt projected behind him, read to the crowd: "Almighty God, our sons, pride of our nation, this day, have set upon a mighty endeavor, a struggle to preserve our republic, our religion and our civilization and to set free a suffering humanity."
Trump traveled to the southern coast of England Wednesday to pay respects to American service members and allies who helped rescue Europe from Nazi Germany. He sat in a VIP area with other world leaders and in between Queen Elizabeth II and first lady Melania Trump during the program, which focused on a telling of events leading up to D-Day. Some 300 World War II veterans also attended the seaside ceremony.
A chilly breeze blew off the English Channel as Trump arrived for the event, the first of two he is attending to mark the 75th anniversary of the day when Allied soldiers, sailors and airmen conducted an invasion that helped liberate Europe from Nazi Germany.
Trump joined in giving a standing ovation to a group of World War II vets who appeared on stage as the commemoration began.
He was the second world leader to speak, following Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau in the lineup. Trump appeared on stage alone and read from a folder for about 90 seconds, reciting just an excerpt of Roosevelt's prayer...
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The Allied invasion of Nazi-controlled France on June 6, 1944 was the largest military invasion in history, involving nearly 160,000 service members arriving by ship and air at Normandy. Its success turned the tide of World War II. Two decades after D-Day, former Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower, who was Supreme Commander in charge of the operation, returned to Normandy. Eisenhower talked with CBS News' Walter Cronkite about his experiences in June 1944, the tactical decisions behind Operation Overlord, and how British Prime Minister Winston Churchill was talked out of joining the invading forces. Eisenhower and Cronkite visited the Allies' war room on England's southern coast; the coast of France, including Pointe du Hoc and Omaha Beach; and the American military cemetery at St. Laurent-on-the-Sea. This special broadcast of "CBS Reports," featuring newsreel footage of the invasion, originally aired in 19 countries around the world on June 5, 1964.
Amen.
My 93 year old father was/is one of them. He was not at Normandy but was in Belgium, Germany and CZ. He served in the 7th and the 3rd Army, under Patch and Patton. He lives in his own home today, with help.
One of his close high school friends was in the 101st Airborne. He landed by glider behind lines during the invasion, parachuted into Holland and was trucked into the Bulge.
These men (living and dead) should always be remembered and respected.
This prayer sounds like hate speech (sarc)
Ping for later viewing.
I totally agree FDR is an overrated liberal hero. He did much to get America hooked on welfare state policies. But still, I must admit I can see why so many remember him fondly, including my own grandparents. He cam around at the same time as radio. He was the first president to come into people’s homes through that medium and talk to them. For the first time in history people heard their president’s voice in their homes. Many felt they personally knew the president for the first time in history. Coupled with the Great Depression many felt he personally cared about them. His dramatic efforts to reduce the Depression caused many to feel he was personally affecting their well-being. Also coupled with that was the start of WWII. His flair for emotional speeches roused the nation to heights never before seen before to fight that war. When he died people went through grief as though a family member died. People stopped and cried in the streets.
Fortunately most of his New Deal was dismantled after the war but enough lingered on, together with the newfound belief that president’s can “control” the economy, that we now have legions of Americans who no longer believe in free market principles. We continue to suffer with that and all the ill it brings.
How I wish we had Trump in 1944 as our Leader.
Trump has completely destroyed ISIS, proving himself as a War Leader on par with Washington.
He would never have given an inch to Uncle Joe Stalin
Nicely played, Commander in Chief Trump. Nicely played! And thank you for pointing out to the Left that FDR did pray to God to be with our sons, as they struggle to preserve our Republic, our Religion and our Civilization, and to set free a Suffering Humanity.
Amen. And the prayer takes on whole new meaning and relevance for today. Let us stay in the spirit of prayer on behalf of our President and for our nation.
That is a Load of Lard dished our by one who knows nothing of the time of FDR. Who ever said you had to agree with someone in order for them to be great?
FDR did not go into office with a set program in place but was driven by necessity to rely more on government. There was no alternative. Initially he pushed for tax increases and a balanced budget, but was convinced they weren’t working and abandoned the idea.
It took abandonment of the Gold Standard to get things moving again.
His programs were a monkey wrench (the hated “reforms” of the Left) thrown into demands for a Communist Revolution which was growing stronger by the day.
Maybe our friend would prefer Huey Long, the only real alternative to FDR.
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