2021-01-17 at 8:43 PM UTC
RADIO.COM
Pentagon rejects Trump’s request for military-style sendoff
President Donald Trump has been rejected by the Pentagon in his request for an elaborate military-style farewell parade according to officials who spoke with Defense One.
The president, who has not yet truly conceded his loss to President-elect Joe Biden aside from two video statements following the insurrection of the Capitol on January 6, has additionally chosen to refuse to participate in several of the many traditional exercises in the handoff of power to the incoming administration.
Trump will not be leaving a letter of advice to the new president or hosting a one-on-one conversation, according to several news sources, such as CNN.
Trump, who was impeached for the second time last Wednesday for "inciting an insurrection," has said he will not be attending Biden's inauguration and will instead be at his Mar-a-Lago residence or on the golf course nearby.
Traditionally, the Department of Defense hosts an Armed Forces Farewell tribute as a president's term or terms end. The ceremonies include members of the military meeting or visiting with the president in person and the president usually taking the time to thank the servicemen and women for the time under his presidency.
Trump has been a big fan of the jingoistic military parades during his presidency. One such event in 2019 on Independence Day cost taxpayers millions for a flyover and tanks to roll through the nation's capital.
What a classless act Trump is. Absolutely, positively devoid of any class whatsoever.
-L-O-S-E-R-
2021-01-17 at 10:05 PM UTC
Isn't anyone upset that they won't be able to go to a parade to send Trump off instead of him slinking away in shame?
Hell, Trump will be lying about his golf score when the adults take back the nation.
2021-01-17 at 11:19 PM UTC
aldra
JIDF Controlled Opposition
well yeah, he flaccidly tried to wind down the wars in Syria, Iraq and Afghanistan, of course they were a bit sour
2021-01-18 at 1:16 AM UTC
-SpectraL
coward
[the spuriously bluish-lilac bushman]
Even a 10 year old can hear for himself that there was no incitement at all in Trump's Capitol Hill speech, and that he plainly called for peaceful demonstration. But Democrats are just plain dishonest and expect you not to believe your own lying ears. That's what makes them so despicable and corrupt, because they think you're stupid, and because their only intention is to gaslight you, thinking you're so stupid you'll buy right into it, even if you can see and hear for yourself they're flat out lying.
