Donald Trump slammed over 'vile' Memorial Day rant including message to 'Dumocrats'
Topics: Donald Trump, Politics, Truth Social, Social Media, US News
William Morgan
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Topics: Donald Trump, Politics, Truth Social, Social Media, US News
Every year on the last Monday of May, citizens across America come together to commemorate the solemn sacrifice made by thousands of men and women in defense of their nation, as well as a day off work for many.
Which is why President Trump's early morning hyper-political tirade on Truth Social has been slammed as 'vile' by commentators, with the Commander-in-Chief spending most of his Memorial Day message blasting the 'Dumocrats'.
"Happy Memorial Day to all, including the Dumocrats, who disrespect our Military and all of the tremendous success that it has had over the last year," Trump wrote, adding: "God Bless those that have made the ultimate sacrifice. I love you all!"
It was just one of a trio of social media posts the president made showing off his new favorite nickname for the opposition party, including one immediately following his Memorial Day message, saying: "The Dumocrats have BAD POLICY, AND BAD CANDIDATES. Other than that, they are doing quite well!"
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The whole rant began at an hour when many people today will be enjoying a well-deserved lie-in, with the first of the president's Truth Social posts being fired off at 6.15am.
But a number of users found Trump's early morning crash out to be galling on the federal holiday for America's war dead, with more than 650,000 members of the armed forces giving their lives in services of their country since the end of the Civil War.
One infuriated user said: "Memorial Day should be about honouring fallen heroes and uniting the nation, not reigniting political divisions or insults."
"Does he not realize that there are military folk who are Democrats?? It is HE who is disrespecting the military by being a s--- commander in chief," the MirrorUS reports another saying.
"Disgusting. He is no statesman. Just the most vile and embarrassing president this country has ever seen. By a lot," another user said.
Trump fired off the trio of messages before hinting, once again, that a deal to end the war against Iran may be imminent and telling his critics to 'go home and rest, they do nothing but create division and loss.'
"In other words, they are losers!" President Trump added.
He then headed off to Arlington National Cemetery for a commemoration and wreath laying ceremony, alongside most of his cabinet and military top brass.
But as he arrived, an Iraq war vet spoke out about the president's use of the federal holiday for political point scoring, telling the Daily Beast that he thinks that Trump 'hates the troops'.
Naveed Shah, who now heads the veteran's advocacy group Common Defense, said: "Trump has demonstrated over and over again that he hates the troops.
“From calling the troops who died in WWI ‘suckers and losers,’ to mocking John McCain’s 5 years as a POW, to attacking the Gold Star Khan family, all the way back to 2016 when he lied about donating to Veterans groups.
"He has never missed a chance to dishonor the people he was never brave enough to stand beside.”