DL Open Thread: Friday, September 4, 2020

Trump: Soldiers Who Died In War Are ‘Losers’ And ‘Suckers’.  Totally unfit for office.  Some excerpts from an important article that actually could make a difference:

…In a conversation with senior staff members on the morning of the scheduled visit, Trump said, “Why should I go to that cemetery? It’s filled with losers.” In a separate conversation on the same trip, Trump referred to the more than 1,800 marines who lost their lives at Belleau Wood as “suckers” for getting killed…

…When McCain died, in August 2018, Trump told his senior staff, according to three sources with direct knowledge of this event, “We’re not going to support that loser’s funeral,” and he became furious, according to witnesses, when he saw flags lowered to half-staff. “What the fuck are we doing that for? Guy was a fucking loser,” the president told aides…

…On Memorial Day 2017, Trump visited Arlington National Cemetery, a short drive from the White House. He was accompanied on this visit by John Kelly, who was then the secretary of homeland security, and who would, a short time later, be named the White House chief of staff. The two men were set to visit Section 60, the 14-acre area of the cemetery that is the burial ground for those killed in America’s most recent wars. Kelly’s son Robert is buried in Section 60. A first lieutenant in the Marine Corps, Robert Kelly was killed in 2010 in Afghanistan. He was 29. Trump was meant, on this visit, to join John Kelly in paying respects at his son’s grave, and to comfort the families of other fallen service members. But according to sources with knowledge of this visit, Trump, while standing by Robert Kelly’s grave, turned directly to his father and said, “I don’t get it. What was in it for them?” Kelly (who declined to comment for this story) initially believed, people close to him said, that Trump was making a ham-handed reference to the selflessness of America’s all-volunteer force. But later he came to realize that Trump simply does not understand non-transactional life choices.

‘What was in it for them?’  Captain Bone Spurs. Our President.

Barr Fast-Tracks Google Lawsuit. Hey, I believe Google needs to be broken up.  But Barr has ignored the lawyers working on the case to get this filed before the election.

Cops Don’t Do Their Jobs After Being Caught Brutalizing Suspects.  Cops as criminals. With police unions serving as their enablers.

The Complete Dysfunction Of Wilmington City Council. Recorded And Annotated.  A pox on ALL their houses.

Return Day Canceled.  I went. Once.  More than enough. 

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