Trump Has No Idea What True Patriotism Looks Like
Cynthia Tucker
October 23, 2017 4:46 am
For 12 days after four U.S. Special Forces soldiers were ambushed in Niger, President Donald Trump said nothing publicly about their deaths. He didn’t mention their bravery. He didn’t acknowledge their sacrifice. He didn’t allude to the deadliest combat episode of his presidency.
However, he did find the time to continue his tirade against professional football players who dare to kneel during the national anthem. Indeed, before Trump said a word publicly about the Niger incident, he devoted some effort to stage-managing a theatrical protest by Vice President Mike Pence, who walked out of a game between the Indiana Colts and the San Francisco 49ers after several players took a knee. Those players, the president has proclaimed, are disrespecting the Stars and Stripes and the U.S. Armed Forces.
After several months of Trump’s presidency, that sort of hypocrisy and mendacity are no surprise. The president has no use for or understanding of genuine patriotism. He uses emotionally charged and racially divisive issues such as the National Football League protests as a way to rally his base of conservative whites.
The patriots among us are those who have resisted Trump’s attempts to circumvent the U.S. Constitution, to censor free speech, to abuse the powers of his office and to divide the nation along racial and religious lines. The few Republicans who have spoken out deserve particular attention because they have placed nation over party and public service over popularity.
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