Donald Trump Honours Veterans With 'Most Inappropriate Memorial Day Message' Ever

'So in case you were wondering if Trump would make Memorial Day about him...'
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Donald Trump has honoured the memory of US veterans on Memorial Day by... bragging about how proud they would be of him.

Since tomorrow is Memorial Day, let’s all take a moment and prepare ourselves for whatever Donald Trump will do to ruin it.

— Kaz Weida (@kazweida) May 27, 2018

A tweet sent early Monday morning began promisingly and largely kept to the long-recognised script of how to honour those who have died serving their country.

But it quickly unravelled as the President somehow shoe-horned in the economy and unemployment figures.

Happy Memorial Day! Those who died for our great country would be very happy and proud at how well our country is doing today. Best economy in decades, lowest unemployment numbers for Blacks and Hispanics EVER (& women in 18years), rebuilding our Military and so much more. Nice!

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) May 28, 2018

Many people question this president, but it’s no small achievement to write the grossest, most inappropriate, most self-flattering Memorial Day message in the history of the US presidency https://t.co/t8JN7JNwdg

— David Frum (@davidfrum) May 28, 2018

Added to the disconnect between Memorial Day and Trump’s bragging is the fact that positive economic and employment figures are still largely an legacy of the Obama administration.

And then there’s the small fact Trump managed to avoid serving in the armed forces a number of times.

Trump, how does it feel wishing a happy memorial day to the families of those who lost love ones in military service as a 5 time draft dodger?

— Bishop Talbert Swan (@TalbertSwan) May 28, 2018

Trump already has solid form on Memorial Day tweets, even before he became President.

In 2013 he used the occasion to insist global warming was a hoax.

It's 46º (really cold) and snowing in New York on Memorial Day - tell the so-called "scientists" that we want global warming right now!

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) May 27, 2013

Nice!

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