Trump Posts TikTok From Controversial Visit to Arlington National Cemetery

https://www.thedailybeast.com/trump-posts-tiktok-from-controversial-visit-to-arlington-national-cemetery

49 Comments

  1. Oh my god…the dumbassery just doesn’t stop, does it? Just finding more dumb ideas on the spot.

    He sucks at Tik Tok. Shouldn’t even fucking be on there.

    Why are you making a fucking Tik Tok of this???? Do you not realize how fucking tasteless that is??? Do you not fucking realize that you were told point blank that this type of shit wasn’t allowed????

  2. FreeChickenDinner on

    >Donald Trump posted a TikTok of his visit to Arlington National Cemetery, stoking further controversy about whether he should have filmed on the hallowed grounds or not.

    >Trump, 78, slyly criticized Joe Biden’s administration without mentioning the president or Kamala Harris by name. The 21-second video features a Trump voiceover as he stands by gravesites, visits with Gold Star families, and lays a wreath at a memorial.

    He turned the Arlington National Cemetary visit into a TikTok video with a Trump voiceover and guitar track.

    Disrespecting our vets again.

  3. Clean-Strawberry3947 on

    Of course his cult of magat’s are defending him and declaring it’s ok because a family invited him there. He really can’t do any wrong to them.

  4. CulturalKing5623 on

    Why did he release it as a TikTok isn’t that a weird place to release your proof of nothing untoward happening?  

    I’m so confused. I don’t have TikTok and I’d assume a lot of the people who actually care about this don’t either so why release there and not Twitter or Truth or send it to the news like he says he would? 

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  6. “Donald Trump is a disgrace to our nation, and to Arlington National Cemetery,” Kinzinger said. “To politicize that visit without regard for the rules is just par for the course from this sick man and his tiny minions.” — Adam Kinzinger, a former Republican lawmaker, lieutenant colonel in the Air National Guard

  7. It wasn’t controversial.

    It was despicable and most likely illegal. No controversy over that at all.

  8. KingStreetCleaner on

    Sadly, I dont think anything will be done of it.
    A case will be made, then hell just whine about it being a witch hunt.
    Do his supporters support this one?

  9. Same-Squirrels on

    Grifting is his whole deal. Even his book ‘the art of the deal’ was a grift. You can spend all day trying to list all of his verifiable grifts and you would still miss a handful of them. Try to list something decent about him and that will take you all day because it’s probably a grift.

    If this bothers you, you’re probably the fish.

  10. As a veteran who’s visited Arlington, it amazes me there are military service members, veterans, and their families who still support Trump. He doesn’t give a shit about any of them.

  11. The Hatch Act was broken by Trump.Why? Because if you are Trump, you do not have to follow any laws.

  12. sugar_addict002 on

    It was not controversial. Normal people, good people, know better than to use this sacred place as a backdrop for a campaign ad. The correct modifier for the word “visit” in this headline is “unsavory.”

  13. Chinese propaganda outlet TikTok boosts Trump disrespect of American vets.

    You can’t get more disgusting than this rat bastard.

  14. Trump is a vile piece of shit. His supporters are servile pussies, and everyone knows it.

  15. Arlington National Cemetery is going to be renamed to TikTok Memorial Cemetery if Trump wins

  16. Everything_is_fine_1 on

    Does committing crimes go against the Mango Mussolini’s parole conditions?

    If so, lock him up and the sane public will deal with his sycophants.

  17. I went to the Tomb of the Unknown soldier with my family to watch the changing of the guard. I’m not a big rah rah military guy by any means, but it was definitely an emotional experience. But people have zero respect. There were people with young kids there who were running back and forth, people were taking selfies with the soldier in the background, it was pretty infuriating.

  18. Less_Tension_1168 on

    Is he against or is he not against TikTok I can’t figure it out he flip-flops like a f****** sandal.

  19. rockchalkchuck on

    Remember when Trump sat down with Elon Musk to discuss the benefits apartheid had for South Africa? Why does that feel like it was months ago. This has been a long August.

  20. TopTransportation695 on

    Stay pissed and vote in November. Get your friends and family to vote as well. Let’s put him out to pasture once and for all

  21. For any undecided veterans, I hope this paints a clear picture of just how absolutely vile and disrespectful this ‘person’ is.

  22. Trump and his entire orbit are just horrible people. It would be unbelievable at this point if there weren’t so many unbelievable events.

  23. Competitive-Dot181 on

    Arlington National Cemetery and Tik-Tok feel like things that shouldn’t be in the same sentence.

  24. I’m only 37, so I have seen that many campaigns.

    But this has to be the worst run campaign ever right? I mean he rambles, post shot constantly on social media, calls military personnel suckers and loses, says the presidential medal of freedom is on par/better then the Medal of Honor and now this?

    I mean if this was happening back in 2000 that campaign is dead.

    Absolute insanity he has a shot at winning again.

  25. speechpathknowledge on

    Tik Tok? Damn Truth Social must be a barren wasteland he had to dip into tik tok

  26. Controversial?

    It was an *ILLEGAL* photo op. This is the kind of journalistic malpractice that got trump elected the first time. Anyone trying to sanitize these facts needs to check their fucking head.

  27. It’s kind of amazing that this dude manages to screw up everything he does. He’s the walking embodiment of Murphy’s Law, that to his cult comes out smelling like roses, even when he’s covered in shit from head to toe.

  28. This feels worse than playing Pokemon Go at the Holocaust museum. At least the Pokemon Go kids weren’t trying to score social media points to win an election.

  29. How does anyone expect him to make America great when it’s obvious that he has no clue what it is that makes America great?

  30. Then there’s the “assault” by trumps team of the cemetery staff who said no videos were allowed.
    All LOSERS. (All caps for you donny).

  31. False_Ad_5372 on

    I’m very confused here, with a genuine question. The only thing I’ve heard politicians do regarding TikTok is talk about the Chinese vulnerabilities, exploitation, or manipulation “problems” with TikTok. Has something changed that they’re now using the app, or is this just a wild inconsistency from the Trump campaign?