Cemetery rules prohibit political campaigning and photography for political purposes. But that didn’t stop Trump’s team from getting what they came for. “An altercation ensued, and we were presented with a picture of Trump smiling over the graves of the fallen with a thumbs up.”
“This pursuit of the photo op, despite rules, decorum, decency and tact, is the latest illustration of Trump appearing to view fallen military and their families as props and not people.”
Joseph recounts several other instances when Trump has disparaged members of the military or denigrated their memory.
He finds one instance particularly irksome – the time in 2016 when Trump compared the sacrifice of a soldier who had died preventing a suicide bomber from killing his men with his own “sacrifice” in running for president.
That’s a comparison “no true patriot should accept,” he writes.
“Does [Trump] understand that whatever he did pales in comparison to those who had died for us?” Joseph asks.
“And is he humble enough to admit it?”
Read the op-ed at TheHill.com.
