There are bootloads of Things you can blame Trump for, but dodging the draft for such an unnecessary stupid war is something everyone remotely intelligent person would have done if capable
The people I rate highest were those who openly said they weren’t going for moral reasons. Muhammed Ali couldn’t fight for years because he had religious reasons the government refused to acknowledge. Others went to Canada or Sweden.
Next are people like Bill Clinton. Had a valid student deferment and talked about how bad the war was.
Further down are people who used legal means, but were silent.
Lowest are people like Bush Jr. who finagled his way into the National Guard [and bailed on his last year] and Trump who lied about his medical condition. Both of these two were happy to have other people die to defend their right to be a rich kid.
I didn’t realize he had to sit across from empty seats, that’s fucking glorious
Fyi: here’s the unaltered image
This pic is cropped so you can’t see the empty lawn just passed the people by the fence they couldn’t see over.
Edit - Here is newsweeks slightly less cropped version and all the empty space is clearly visible.
Edit 2 - Here is a NYT photo that really shows how few people really showed up.
He looks so pathetic standing there saluting while everybody else is seated around him.
Especially since those troops are representing the Vietnam War. You know, the know he dodged the draft for.
There are bootloads of Things you can blame Trump for, but dodging the draft for such an unnecessary stupid war is something everyone remotely intelligent person would have done if capable
The people I rate highest were those who openly said they weren’t going for moral reasons. Muhammed Ali couldn’t fight for years because he had religious reasons the government refused to acknowledge. Others went to Canada or Sweden.
Next are people like Bill Clinton. Had a valid student deferment and talked about how bad the war was.
Further down are people who used legal means, but were silent.
Lowest are people like Bush Jr. who finagled his way into the National Guard [and bailed on his last year] and Trump who lied about his medical condition. Both of these two were happy to have other people die to defend their right to be a rich kid.
Yup. Like an overly enthusiastic little boy trying to make his parents happy.
Lmao that NYT photo, is this a federal parade or local band night at the city park?
Local cover band even.
I’ve seen neater lines from middle school marching bands. What the actual fuck.
It was the Army’s way of protesting this shit too.
Yeah they were just kinda shuffling along.
Who’s he saluting? You didn’t serve donny, now sit down
Like it or not, he is the commander-in-chief of the armed forces. Literally the highest ranking officer in the military.
What presidents post WW2 did serve?
what president post WW2 pretend they did?
Pretty much every single one until Clinton.
Maybe there’s a North Korean general across the street?
You could be right but I thought he assumed other positions for dictators. You know, down on all fours like a dog ready to “accept” the supreme leader
I knew it was too good to be true, but it’s still funny AF.
Why did you Photoshop a massive asshole in the middle of the pic?
Zoom in for details, its funny (and photoshopped)
Well now I see it, oh well I’ll leave the comment up to be mocked
No mockery needed, it’s still very valid
Even so, he’s known for waving to invisible crowds. Wasn’t there footage of him doing it when leaving court last year before E-Day?
I wonder, are the empty seats photoshopped though?
Yes.
That was my first thought.
Did you completely miss Bernie photoshopped in?
I love the Bernie photoshop inclusion, classy.
Bernie was there!?!? See him there? In the front row? He may be hard to spot. He looks grumpy in this totally real and unedited photo.