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U.S. NEWS Tuesday 29 May 2018

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Trump lauds those who’ve

fallen in service

By CATHERINE LUCEY, and proud at how well our
Associated Press country is doing today.”
ARLINGTON, Va. (AP) — But the president then
President Donald Trump veered from the somber to
paid a Memorial Day trib- the self-congratulatory in
ute at Arlington National the tweet, citing what he
Cemetery on Monday, said was the “Best econo-
saying he came to “sacred my in decades, lowest un-
soil” to “honor the lives and employment numbers for
deeds of America’s great- Blacks and Hispanics EVER
est heroes.” (& women in 18years), re-
The commander in chief, building our Military and
speaking before an audi- so much more. Nice!”
ence of Cabinet members, The president also posted
military leaders, veterans quotes in line with his criti-
and families assembled in cism of the Justice Depart-
the marble amphitheater ment and investigations
near the Tomb of the Un- into ties between his win- Audience members applaud Christian Jacobs, center, who lost his father Marine Sgt. Christopher
known Soldier, said, “We ning campaign and Russia. Jacobs, during a Memorial Day ceremony with President Donald Trump at Arlington National
mourn alongside their He was criticized for his tone Cemetery, Monday, May 28, 2018, in Arlington, Va.
families and we strive to be by a number of people, in- Associated Press
worthy of their sacrifice.” cluding a former chairman wrote, “This day, of all days Trump and Ivanka Trump, en servicemen and wom-
Trump’s somber tone con- of the Joint Chiefs of Staff of the year, should not be the president’s daughter, en, our hearts are filled with
trasted with a self-promo- during the Obama admin- about any one of us.” struck to a theme of re- gratitude for their sacrifice
tional tweet earlier Mon- istration, retired Army Gen. Memorial Day messages membrance and thanks. and awe of their courage,”
day in which he said fallen Martin Dempsey, who from first lady Melania “As we remember our fall- Ivanka Trump tweeted.q
soldiers would be “very
proud and happy at how
well our country is doing to-
day,” citing the economy
and low unemployment.
During his second Memo-
rial Day trip to Arlington
as president, Trump laid
a wreath at the tomb be-
fore making his remarks. He
recognized military figures,
including Bob Dole, the
former senator and 1996
Republican presidential
nominee, who served in
World War II. And he spoke
warmly about a number
of military families in atten-
dance, including a young
boy named Christian Ja-
cobs, whose father is bur-
ied at Arlington.
Trump said the boy showed
him his father’s grave last
year, calling it “a moment I
will always remember.”
Before heading to the hal-
lowed grounds across the
Potomac River from the
nation’s capital, Trump
tweeted that “those who
died for our great coun-
try would be very happy