DONALD TRUMP WAS TOLD HE COULDN’T GIVE A SPEECH AT TODAY’S 9/11 MEMORIAL CEREMONY
So he didn’t show up.
Let it sink in...
For years, politicians have not been permitted to give speeches at the official Ground Zero ceremony. The day is deliberately kept focused on the victims, their families and the people who ran toward those burning buildings.
Clinton showed up today.
Bush showed up.
Obama showed up.
Biden showed up.
None of them needed a microphone.
None of them needed applause.
None of them needed September 11 to be about them.
Donald Trump wanted to speak. When Ground Zero wouldn't give him the stage, he ran to the Pentagon where he could demand one.
And he gave his speech anyway.
Like a petulant child who couldn't get his way, the President of the United States apparently couldn't simply stand silently with the families and honor their dead.
He needed a microphone. He needed a stage. He needed to make himself part of the story.
That is what makes this so profoundly disrespectful.
2,977 people were murdered on September 11.
Thousands of families woke up this morning remembering a husband, wife, mother, father, son, daughter, brother, sister or friend who never came home.
Their grief does not belong to Donald Trump.
Their sacrifice is not a backdrop for Donald Trump.
September 11 is not a Donald Trump event.
There are days when a president should lead.
There are days when a president should speak.
And there are days when a president should shut up the fuck up, bow his head, and remember the dead.
Today was one of those days.
NOT EVERYTHING IS ABOUT YOU, DONALD.
Especially not 9/11.
Donald Trump in 2017: Qatar has been a funder of terrorism at a very high level.
Today: Accepts a $400 million jet from Qatar, praises its leadership, and is set to visit it as one of the first countries in his second term while his family builds a luxury golf resort there.
Turns out terrorism’s not a problem if the price is right.
This is President Trump's corruption tour of the Middle East. He is giving favors to nations, and in exchange he is asking not for security concessions for the United States, but cash payments for himself. This isn't a normal moment and we shouldn't act like it.
BREAKING: Trump confirmed he’s going to accept the $400 million luxury Boeing 747-8 jet from Qatar, claiming it’s not corruption because it’s done “in a very public and transparent transaction.”
Open bribery is still bribery, even if you tweet about it.
EXCLUSIVE: We dug up a video of Donald Trump trashing Qatar in 2017 calling them “funders of terrorism.” I’m sure he would hate if this clip changed their mind to give him a $400 million plane - so definitely don’t repost it.
Why do you need unlimited access to our personal and private data Elon?
What are you doing with this information that both YOU and your twenty year old goon squad can use AGAINST Americans by you and the president?
Judge Ellen Lipton Hollander wrote that the SSA had likely violated administrative and privacy laws when it gave DOGE “unbridled access to the personal and private data of millions of Americans, including but not limited to Social Security numbers, medical records, mental health records, hospitalization records, drivers’ license numbers, bank and credit card information, tax information, income history, work history, birth and marriage certificates, and home and work addresses.”
Trump facts
64 Times Mentioned In Epstein Report.
97 Times Pleaded The Fifth.
34 Felony Convictions.
91 Criminal Charges.
26 Sexual Assault Allegations.
6 Bankruptcies.
5 Draft Deferments.
4 Indictments.
2 Impeachments.
2 Convicted Companies.
1 Fake University Shut Down.
1 Fake Charity Shut Down.
$25 Million Fraud Settlement.
$5 Million Sexual Abuse Verdict.
$2 Million Fake Charity Abuse Judgment.
$93 Million Sexual Abuse Judgements.
$400+ Million Fraud Judgment.
First President in history to serve a full term increase the deficit every year he was in office.
First President in history to maintain a debt to GDP ratio over 100% for his entire term.
Highest annual budget deficit.
Most added to the national debt in a single term.
Most new unemployment claims.
Largest single day point drop in the history of the Dow.
First major party candidate in half a century to lose the popular vote twice.
Longest government shutdown in history (and he did that while his own party controlled both chambers of Congress).
First President in the history of approval ratings to maintain a net negative approval rating for his entire term.
First President to be impeached twice.
First President to have bipartisan support for his conviction after impeachment (which happened both times).
Most indictments, guilty pleas, and criminal convictions of members of an administration.
First president to have a mug shot.
Please go ahead and lookup every claim here - Joe Varco