{"id":2263326,"date":"2024-06-09T13:21:03","date_gmt":"2024-06-09T17:21:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-makes-jab-at-trump-for-skipping-visit-to-wwi-cemetery-as-he-closes-out-trip-to-france\/"},"modified":"2024-06-09T13:22:33","modified_gmt":"2024-06-09T17:22:33","slug":"biden-makes-jab-at-trump-for-skipping-visit-to-wwi-cemetery-as-he-closes-out-trip-to-france","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-makes-jab-at-trump-for-skipping-visit-to-wwi-cemetery-as-he-closes-out-trip-to-france\/","title":{"rendered":"Biden criticizes Trump for missing WWI cemetery visit during his final days in France"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">28<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fbiden-makes-jab-at-trump-for-skipping-visit-to-wwi-cemetery-as-he-closes-out-trip-to-france%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2263326&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Categoryref=&#8221;https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/poland-demands-1-26-trillion-in-reparations-from-germany-for-wwii\/\" title=\"Poland Demands .26 Trillion in Reparations From Germany for WWII\">\/tag\/world-war-<\/a>i\/&#8221; target=&#8221;_blank&#8221; rel=&#8221;noopener&#8221;\u200c title=&#8221;World War I&#8221;>World War I<\/a>  order and told his chief\u200d of staff, John Kelly, \u201cWhy should I go to that cemetery? It\u2019s filled with losers.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>On his final day in France to commemorate the \u200c80th anniversary of D-Day, President Joe Biden visited the Aisne-Marne American Cemetery \u2064and called out Donald Trump, without naming him, for not visiting\u2063 the cemetery during his 2018 trip to the area. Biden noted the significance of the cemetery, containing the \u200bgraves of 2,289 American war\u200c dead from \u2062World War I, and contrasted it with \u2062Trump&#8217;s\u200d decision to\u200c cancel his \u2064visit due to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/jamaica-may-have-a-marijuana-shortage-report-says\/\" title=\"Jamaica May Have A Marijuana Shortage, Report Says\">bad weather<\/a>. A report later emerged claiming that Trump canceled the visit and called the cemetery \u200b&#8221;filled with losers,&#8221; sparking backlash. Biden&#8217;s visit serves as\u2062 a reminder of the importance of honoring and paying tribute to those who have sacrificed for their country.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/joe-biden\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Joe Biden\">Joe Biden<\/a> called out presumptive Republican presidential nominee <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Joe Biden\">Donald Trump<\/a> without naming him on Sunday.<\/p>\n<p>Biden, spending his last day in France to mark the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/3032162\/biden-reagan-d-day-speech-american-rangers\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"80th anniversary\">80th anniversary<\/a> of D-Day, stopped at the Aisne-Marne American Cemetery roughly 50 miles outside of Paris. <\/p>\n<p>The cemetery contains the graves of 2,289 American war dead, mostly from a significant <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/world-war-i\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>World War I<\/a> battle. But Biden also alluded to a 2018 trip Trump took to the area in which he neglected to visit the cemetery due to bad weather.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMore <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/Marines\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Marines<\/a> were lost here than in any battle until World War II,\u201d Biden said. \u201cAnd the idea that I\u2019d come to Normandy and not make the short trip here to pay tribute \u2026 think about it. America showed up.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Trump was scheduled to visit the same cemetery in 2018, but the trip was canceled due to bad weather. Presidents often fly by helicopter for short trips but will go by motorcade, which is slower, in the event of heavy rain. Trump\u2019s team said the trip was canceled because the cemetery was too far to travel by motorcade in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/south-korea-kicking-people-out-of-icus-over-coronavirus\/\" title=\"South Korea Kicking People Out of ICUs over Coronavirus\">allotted time frame<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>A report later emerged, citing anonymous sources, that Trump canceled the visit in part because he thoughts the Marines who died in the battle were \u201csuckers\u201d and the cemetery was \u201cfilled with losers.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>While Biden did not mention those words on Sunday, he has referenced them <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/3030242\/biden-uses-d-day-speech-take-veiled-shots-at-trump-vows-stand-ukraine\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"at other times\">at other times<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p>Trump and his allies have fiercely denied he ever said the comments, and the Republican National Committee sent out an email blast shortly after Biden\u2019s remarks.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt wasn\u2019t true in 2020 and it\u2019s still not true now \u2014 but no disgusting lies are beneath Biden,\u201d RNC spokesman Jake Schneider said.<\/p>\n<p>The blast <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/trump-military-service-members-losers-suckers-report\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"cited\">cited<\/a> a CBS report saying emails proved that a bad weather call led to the 2018 cancellation. The RNC also pointed to 15 current or former Trump associates who have denied the report. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>CLICK HERE FOR MORE FROM THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Biden also suggested that isolationism is not the right path forward for the United States, something he has said repeatedly that can be read as a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/senate\/2949823\/mcconnell-staying-in-senate-to-help-fight-against-gop-isolationist-movement-after-he-steps-down-as-leader\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"rebuttal to Trump\">rebuttal to Trump<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd the idea that we were able to avoid being engaged in major battles in Europe \u2014 it\u2019s just not realistic,\u201d he said. \u201cThat\u2019s why it\u2019s so important that we continue to have the allies that we have, continue to beef up those alliances \u2026 continue to keep NATO strong. Continue to do what we\u2019ve been able to since the end of World War Two.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On Sunday, President Joe Biden subtly criticized Donald Trump, the likely Republican presidential nominee, without directly naming him. Biden was in France commemorating the 80th anniversary of D-Day and visited the Aisne-Marne American Cemetery near Paris, where 2,289 American soldiers are buried, most of whom died in World War I<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2635,"featured_media":2263327,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/AP24161526265008.jpg.optimal.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2263326","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/AP24161526265008.jpg.optimal.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2263326","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2635"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2263326"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2263326\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2263327"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2263326"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2263326"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2263326"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}