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Who The Hell Let Trump Into Arlington National Cemetery? (www.esquire.com)

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Well, luckily for the former president*'s campaign, it wasn't raining on Monday, when he grotesquely used Arlington National Cemetery as a campaign prop because, as we know, he gets a little nervous around soldiers' graves in the rain, and he says things that require him to lie his ass off later. Most recently, of course, he devalued the Congressional Medal of Honor in favor of a bauble he draped on Rush Limbaugh and the wife of one of the sleaziest of his sleazy donors.

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[-] prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 3 months ago

Sure, but we're not talking about some random dude, are we? The man was literally the commander-in-chief of the US military for 4 years making him literally their boss.

On top of that, it's fucking Donald Trump and his (armed) cronies pushing the person aside.

Somehow I doubt some young Private working guard duty at a cemetery is going to opt to brandish his firearm against the US Secret Service in the presence of the former (and possibly future, ugh) President of the United States. They're not going to get into a fucking fire fight with the goddamn Secret Service at Arlington Cemetery. Get real.

If this were a military installation of some sort, or Gitmo or something, then yeah. But that shit ain't happening at a cemetery.

[-] Maggoty@lemmy.world 4 points 3 months ago

Of course not. Because Arlington National Cemetery does not have a military checkpoint.

I'm pretty sure I said that above. Also if it was an actual military checkpoint it's not going to be one private. Also also the USSS avoids this by not forcing checkpoints and not allowing the people they protect to do so. Also also also, he's not their boss now. Also also also also, being your boss isn't a reason to be allowed through a checkpoint in the military.

I'm pretty sure I said 99% of this above and you just wanted to go after some cemetery shootout strawman.

[-] prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone -2 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

Well it's a cemetery, so no shit it's not a military checkpoint. You're the only one talking about military checkpoints. You seem to have some picture in your mind of Donald Trump trying to get through actual military checkpoint (again, why the fuck?), and there being an armed standoff between the Secret Service and the US Military. This isn't a movie, dude.

Like no shit the situation wouldn't be possible at a military checkpoint, the Secret Service would never approach a checkpoint like that.

[-] Maggoty@lemmy.world 2 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

And when on guard duty, the greenest buck Private has full authority to stop the Secretary of the Army themselves if they refuse to provide identification and authorization for their presence at the posting said Private is guarding. So the correct and appropriate answer would have been to immediately restrain and arrest whoever was doing the pushing and intimidating, as well as any other shitass in the group who was trying to play fucky-fuck games like this.

-Gravitas

Sure, but imagine being in that kid’s position. Not only would you be attempting to detain a man (the former Commander in Chief, believe it or not) with his own Secret Service detail, but you would likely end up with a bunch of unwanted attention and subsequent death and rape threats from Trump supporters.

-Prole

You've been talking about them this entire time. Which is why my post ended with,

Arlington National Cemetery does not have such a checkpoint.

[-] prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone 0 points 3 months ago

I'm sorry, can you please point out where I've been "talking about them the entire time"?

[-] Maggoty@lemmy.world 0 points 3 months ago

That's what's quoted above.

[-] nucleative@lemmy.world 1 points 3 months ago

Beacon of reality in this post, not sure why you're downvoted

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