Staying away was the most respectful thing TFG could do yesterday.

[lastlib]

MHO.
Yay or nay?

[SCantiGOP]

1. It wasn't to be respectful

He knew he would be shunned and ignored by the crowd. He knows he doesn’t belong with the other past Presidents.

[Ocelot II]

2. He didn't stay away out of respect. He stayed away because

he couldn't make the event all about him. He'd have had to share the stage with the current president and two former ones and he wouldn't get top billing. It's good that he stayed away because he soils everything he touches, but respect had nothing to do with it.

[bluedevil4]

3. I was doing

other things yesterday and was not aware until today that tfg was in nyc at some fire and police depts. He still got a few minutes of attention

[dem4decades]

6. Sadly they looked like they welcomed him.

[alphafemale]

7. They were all carefully selected.

Count on it.

An event where trumpety could be the center of attention and cult adulation.

[luvs2sing]

4. You know you're really screwed up when..

the best thing to do and the most cowardly thing to do are the same damn thing.

[marmar]

5. I doubt that was his reasoning, but in the end, yes.

[lame54]

8. Then I'm surprised he did it

[bif]

9. It's all about the money with this clown.

Going to one of the sites and making a respectful speech wouldn't earn him anything. Announcing a boxing match did. It's really that simple.

[Maru Kitteh]

10. BOOM!

That's exactly it.

[spanone]

11. He didn't do it out of respect...he wasn't going to be the spotlight.

FUCK HIM. HE RESPECTS NOTHING.

[tblue37]

12. He wasn't trying to be respectful. Unlike the boxing match and the speech for the Moonies,

the 9/11 memorial service wasn't offering to pay him to appear.

[lastlib]

14. Agreed he didn't do it out of respect

He stayed away because a) he wouldn't be the center of attention and adoration; b) there was no money in it for him; c) he didn't want to stand beside the black guy and the guy that beat him last year, and d) nobody wanted him there. That's the size of it. But in the end, it was the most respectful thing he could've done--because attending would have been MONUMENTALLY disrespectful.