Nicholas Soames, a British politician and grandson of Winston Churchill, ripped President Trump Donald John TrumpEx-White House counsel interviewed Whitaker about joining Trump's legal team: report Flake slams Trump for doubting Arizona vote count: No evidence of 'electoral corruption' Comey talked about sensitive FBI matters on personal email: report MORE on Saturday for canceling a cemetery visit in France due to bad weather.
"They died with their face to the foe and that pathetic inadequate @realDonaldTrump couldn’t even defy the weather to pay his respects to The Fallen," Soames tweeted.
Soames, who is a member of Parliament for Mid Sussex, included a hashtag saying Trump is "not fit to represent his great country."
They died with their face to the foe and that pathetic inadequate @realDonaldTrump couldn’t even defy the weather to pay his respects to The Fallen #hesnotfittorepresenthisgreatcountry — Nicholas Soames (@NSoames) November 10, 2018
Trump and first lady Melania Trump Melania TrumpThe Hill's 12:30 Report — Presented by the Counter Extremism Project — Trump threatens to pull more press credentials | Said he hasn’t spoken to Whitaker | Thousand Oaks victims named | Man who survived Las Vegas shooting killed in Thousand Oaks | 18-year CNN's Acosta in Paris to cover Trump visit The Hill's Morning Report — Trump heads to Paris as attorney general controversy intensifies MORE were scheduled to visit the Aisne-Marne American Cemetery and Memorial in northern France but had to cancel because of "scheduling and logistical difficulties caused by the weather," the White House said in a statement.
The White House said that chief of staff John Kelly John Francis KellyMORE and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Joseph Dunford planned to attend the ceremony Saturday.
Trump and many members of his administration are in France this weekend to commemorate Armistice Day. Nov. 11 marks 100 years since the end of World War I.
Former top Obama aide Ben Rhodes also called out Trump for not visiting the cemetery, saying that under the previous White House there was "always a rain option. Always."
YourGoodFriend_blank on November 10th, 2018 at 18:34 UTC »
“We shall fight them on the beaches, if it’s not too gloomy out”
Formysamsung on November 10th, 2018 at 18:26 UTC »
An appropriate Churchillian quote:
"One always measures friendships by how they show up in bad weather."
Viper_NZ on November 10th, 2018 at 18:22 UTC »
Can you truly pay respect if you don't have any?