Incidentally, you are allowed to smile at the Tomb.
In the Times’ case, and maybe the other reports as well, the report segued to Retrospectives For The Trump Deranged. “It is not the first controversy related to decorum involving the President and his staff at the cemetery,” the story stated. Except this controversy did not involve President Trump: he wasn’t there. Oh, details, details!
Untethered by ethics, the enemies of the people (I’m very tempted not to refer to our “journalists” any other way after this) have apparently been emboldened by voters to redouble their efforts to undermine the Executive Branch and the Constitution with deliberate dishonesty and deceit, fake news, and false headlines designed for the millions of lazy and gullible citizens who just read headlines.
Just for giggles, let’s see if the New York Times readers are just as corrupt as the paper…
Gee, what a surprise! Here are the reactions in the first
- “This truly is an extension of the disrespect exhibited by Trump during his first term…”
- “The current president doesn’t go for soldiers that got killed in combat, whose plane’s were shot down, who were POW’s, and whose bodies were never found. The fish rots from the head down.”
- “Thank you soldier for your courage in confronting the disrespect to our war dead from the Secretary of Defense’s entourage. I hope it doesn’t cost you your career.”
- “Fire him NOW! Deplorable.” [Me: I’m sure Democrats will add “having a wife who behaves inappropriately” to the articles of impeachment.]
- “What an appalling failure of leadership by Hegseth! Exactly what I’d expect, though, after his war crimes.”
- “You really can’t make this stuff up!” [Me: Isn’t THAT ironic!]
- “Hegseth won’t apologize for his behavior at the Tomb, just chastise the soldier. Hegseth needs to be fired now.”
I scrolled and scrolled, and didn’t see a single comment that didn’t endorse the Times’ despicable spin.
UPDATE: One of my Trump Deranged Facebook friends just posted this:
“I’ve seen this occur when I have been observing the ritual”
So have I. People were talking as the ceremony began and the soldier shouted his rebuke. That shut them up fast.
Of course, we know the Democrats care not a whit for soldiers or veterans, besides how they can be used and manipulated to score political points.
Exactly. Lefties are contemptuous of the military.
It was decades ago I noticed a change in journalism, which coincided with the arrival of word processors. Articles would have a headline and then about two or three paragraphs setting out the new aspects of the story, which would be followed by numerous paragraphs which were contained in the word processor from previous articles on the same topic.
When can a serious and thoughtful discussion begin on dividing the country into its ideological parts? They are building an uncontrolled rage that seems unquenchable. We will be their targets. How long before party voting records and donations are exposed for doxxing? At what point do we choose civil pain over civil war?
President Biden was too busy either pooping his pants or sniffing a subordinate’s hair to be disrespectful during a ceremony.
Heh! Both decidedly disrespectful on their own…
PWS
When will you write the article about that?
Hard to say, exactly as there are evidently at least thirty-six hours in Jack’s day
Update: According to CNN, apparently Hegseth gave the solider an award for this.
https://www.cnn.com/2026/11/12/politics/hegseth-awards-medal-soldier-reprimanded-him
Which was the right thing to do, and I would give Pete an Ethics Hero award except that I can’t separate it from also being politically expedient after all the cheap shots he’s taking.
The Kennedys are suing because they claim the planned arch will cast a shadow on the Kennedys’ graves. You can’t cast shade at a Kennedy. If this doesn’t get thrown out for standing, I will use this as evidence that federal judges are partisan.
I can’t sue if my taxpayer dollars are used to fund abortions or maintain an illegal firearms registry. I don’t have standing. What gives the Kennedys standing to sue over Arlington? I mean, the Lees maybe, but not the Kennedys.
The rebuke is common occurrence and the fact that Hegseth was in attendance does not mean he was the culprit. Far too many civilians do not seem to understand the solemnity of the tomb.