Current conditions: light rain, 53F. The President is sitting in his Paris hotel room tweeting and watching Fox. https://t.co/xF4DfsAuKI
— Seth Masket (@smotus) November 10, 2018
Sans Les Etats-Unis https://t.co/I9hf4EwYhy
— Garance Franke-Ruta (@thegarance) November 10, 2018
The little man who wasn’t there. As our opponents would say: This is the world Repubs want.
If a football player kneeling during the national anthem is an act of appalling disrespect to the men and women who serve, what is it when the Commander in Chief refuses to go to the cemetery to honor fallen soldiers because of a little rain?
— Julia Ioffe (@juliaioffe) November 10, 2018
John Kelly & Gen Dunford represented US instead of POTUS. AFP photo: pic.twitter.com/PN1FjLIkYw
— Joyce Karam (@Joyce_Karam) November 10, 2018
Remember, there was no need for this trip at all. The president could have laid a wreath at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier in Arlington, then spoken a few appropriate words.
— David Frum (@davidfrum) November 10, 2018
“It was not completely clear why the Trumps were unable to attend.” https://t.co/LA27367JLo
— Daniel W. Drezner (@dandrezner) November 10, 2018
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