Trump, desperate for any good PR, finally goes to visit troops in Iraq. But he just couldn't help himself. Rather than rally the troops he lied to them about their raises and turned it into a political rally and another opportunity to slam the Democrats. Even cons thought he crossed the line.
"Some commentators on Fox News also criticized the president for injecting politics into the event. “He talked about the border wall as well, which didn’t have a place there,” Julie Banderas, a Fox News contributor, said on the show “Outnumbered.” Another Fox News contributor on the show, Jessica Tarlov, criticized the president for using the visit “as a campaign rally.”
The political paraphernalia on display, which Mr. Trump appeared to encourage during his speech by referencing the caps he had signed, has raised questions at the Defense Department about violations of military protocol by the troops who greeted him. One woman in uniform at Ramstein Air Base in Germany, for instance, welcomed Mr. Trump with a “Make America Great Again” flag, according to a photograph posted on Twitter by a Bloomberg News reporter who accompanied Mr. Trump on the trip." https://www.nytimes.com/2018/12/27/u...gtype=Homepage
He also may have breeched security when he tweeted pictures of the visit https://nypost.com/2018/12/27/trump-...in-video-post/
"Some commentators on Fox News also criticized the president for injecting politics into the event. “He talked about the border wall as well, which didn’t have a place there,” Julie Banderas, a Fox News contributor, said on the show “Outnumbered.” Another Fox News contributor on the show, Jessica Tarlov, criticized the president for using the visit “as a campaign rally.”
The political paraphernalia on display, which Mr. Trump appeared to encourage during his speech by referencing the caps he had signed, has raised questions at the Defense Department about violations of military protocol by the troops who greeted him. One woman in uniform at Ramstein Air Base in Germany, for instance, welcomed Mr. Trump with a “Make America Great Again” flag, according to a photograph posted on Twitter by a Bloomberg News reporter who accompanied Mr. Trump on the trip." https://www.nytimes.com/2018/12/27/u...gtype=Homepage
He also may have breeched security when he tweeted pictures of the visit https://nypost.com/2018/12/27/trump-...in-video-post/
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