President Trump Gives Stirring Speech To Honor U.S. Veterans On 75th Anniversary Of D-Day

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'The great deeds of our Army came from the great depths of their love': Trump gives stirring speech to honor the American veterans on 75th anniversary of D-Day as he and Melania visit Omaha beach and Normandy American cemetery

President Donald Trump has lauded the heroism of American and Allied service members who participated in the D-Day invasion that changed the fortunes of World War II, saying they 'are among the very greatest Americans who will ever live'.

Trump and First Lady Melania flew to France on Thursday to join the leaders of the Allied nations to mark the 75th anniversary of the greatest military invasion in history.


Gathering at the Normandy American Cemetery, Trump paid tribute to the brave men who fought in the Allied invasion of France. He then joined his wife as they paid their respects to the 9,300 soldiers buried at the cemetery and watched on as fighter jets flew overhead and left a trail of red, white and blue.


In a stirring speech, Trump told crowds at the American ceremony near Omaha beach, where the majority of U.S. troops fell, that those who died 'won back this ground for civilization'.

At one point during his speech the President stopped midway through to hug one of the veterans Russell Pickett, 94, who was a 19-year-old private during the landings at Omaha.

'Russell Picket is the last known survivor of the legendary company A,' Trump told the gathered crowds. 'Today, believe it or not, he has returned once more to these shores to be with his comrades. Private Picket, you honor us all with your presence.'

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Trump and Melania arrive in France to pay tribute to D-Day veterans | Daily Mail Online



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McDad said:
I am skeptical of politician's sincerity with events like D day memorials.
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I would be too, but going to a place like that or Arlington, just takes your breath away. The magnitude of the scene and the events of history faced by our country and her fallen just has to reach into your heart even if it is a hollowed shriveled shell of one.
 
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I am skeptical of politician's sincerity with events like D day memorials.
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The fact that Trump couldn't wait until he wasn't seated in front of a Normandy cemetery on any other day than June 6th, to commence attacking Mueller (a veteran of a foreign war) speaks volumes about the depth of Trump's sincerity. There is indeed a time and place to air grievances... and that wasn't appropriate. Sure, Trump will praise World War II veterans.... just as long as they aren't critical of him.
 
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Can't be true. Trump is a Nazi and had to have been talking about the Germans.
 
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The fact that Trump couldn't wait until he wasn't seated in front of a Normandy cemetery on any other day than June 6th, to commence attacking Mueller (a veteran of a foreign war) speaks volumes about the depth of Trump's sincerity. There is indeed a time and place to air grievances... and that wasn't appropriate. Sure, Trump will praise World War II veterans.... just as long as they aren't critical of him.
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His,or any, politician's lack of sincerity isn't about who they criticize or when.
Look, we get it. Mueller is Christ-like. Trump is a demon incarnate.

Can we please discuss anything political without these unnecessary correlations?
 
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BowlBrother85 said:
The fact that Trump couldn't wait until he wasn't seated in front of a Normandy cemetery on any other day than June 6th, to commence attacking Mueller (a veteran of a foreign war) speaks volumes about the depth of Trump's sincerity. There is indeed a time and place to air grievances... and that wasn't appropriate. Sure, Trump will praise World War II veterans.... just as long as they aren't critical of him.
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AND...were not captured.
 
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His,or any, politician's lack of sincerity isn't about who they criticize or when.
Look, we get it. Mueller is Christ-like. Trump is a demon incarnate.

Can we please discuss anything political without these unnecessary correlations?
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I disagree. I think the locale of where he chose to air this grievance says a lot.
 
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Good article on the incompetence of the Allied leadership and of the the extraordinary bravery of the soldiers during d-day.

The big D-Day screw-ups that have been covered up for 75-years

The biggest crime imo is that FDR and Churchill let Stalin badger and pressure them into attacking in less than favorable conditions and their compliance with his requests at great cost to us. I would have reminded him of his participation in the Molotov-Ribbentrop pact and that he could thank us for the supplies and would then ask him if would like to continue receiving said supplies.
 
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I disagree. I think the locale of where he chose to air this grievance says a lot.
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I tend to agree. But who gives a care about Mueller's military history. Maybe it's just me, but it doesn't neither adds (nor takes away) from Trump's timing.

Im still cynical that any politician is sincere with these memorials.

Anybody remember Clinton walking away from the Brown(?) memorial and changing from laugh to tear in a single stride?
 
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I tend to agree. But who gives a care about Mueller's military history. Maybe it's just me, but it doesn't neither adds (nor takes away) from Trump's timing.

Im still cynical that any politician is sincere with these memorials.

Anybody remember Clinton walking away from the Brown(?) memorial and changing from laugh to tear in a single stride?
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Remember how stoic Hillary was when she endured enemy fire in Bosnia?

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The boy wearing his great uncle’s medals, the proudest salute: ROBERT HARDMAN on the poignant 75th anniversary of D-Day

Nearly a century apart in age yet bound by their determination to remember; if this week’s powerful and moving commemorations of the 75th anniversary of D-Day have had one over-arching theme, then it is embodied in the clutched hands of George Sayer, aged six, and D-Day veteran, John Quinn, aged 92.

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Tribute: George Sayer, six, with his great uncle’s beret and medals at the Commonwealth War Graves yesterday. Young George had come with his family to remember his great-uncle, also George Sayer, who had been in one of the first landing craft to reach Sword Beach that morning

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Nearly a century apart in age yet bound by their determination to remember; if this week’s powerful and moving commemorations of the 75th anniversary of D-Day have had one over-arching theme, then it is embodied in the clutched hands of George Sayer, aged six, and D-Day veteran, John Quinn, aged 92

ROBERT HARDMAN on the poignant 75th anniversary of D-Day | Daily Mail Online
 
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'I told him to behave, but he gave the Queen a nudge too!' Daughter of D-Day veteran, 93, who flirted with Melania jokes she 'can't take him anywhere' - and reveals he vowed never to remarry after 'love of his life' died 25 years ago

A D-Day veteran who flirted with Melania Trump is not usually so amorous and vowed never to remarry after he lost the 'love of his life' 25 years ago, his daughter told MailOnline today.

Carole Monk revealed how she urged her father Thomas Cuthbert to behave ahead of the 75th anniversary event in Portsmouth yesterday, where he met the Queen, Prince Charles and Donald Trump.

But she was left stunned after the 93-year-old told the US President: 'She's nice, isn't she?,' in reference to the First Lady, before adding: 'If it wasn't for you, and if only I was 20 years younger.'

Mrs Monk, 65, of Wivenhoe, Essex, said she later told Mr Trump: 'I can't take him anywhere!'

She also joked that she pleaded with her father not to breach Royal protocol by touching the Queen - only to admit she thinks he gave Her Majesty a 'little nudge.'

Meanwhile, friends and neighbours spoke fondly of the great-grandfather, calling him a 'great old boy' who enjoys a laugh and a joke and can often be seen 'chatting to old ladies at the bus stop'.

It came as Mr Cuthbert's extraordinary wartime exploits were revealed - including how he sailed to Normandy on a 'floating bomb' and saw 173 people - including his own family - crushed to death in the 1943 Bethnal Green Tube disaster.


'I said to President Trump 'I can't take him anywhere' after he said what he said to Melania. He gave me a little smile. The President was very respectful to all the veterans.'

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Mr Cuthbert, right, made a remark about the First Lady to the President while she was standing next to him. The men spoke at a reception following the commemorations yesterday

Daughter of D-Day veteran, 93, who flirted with Melania jokes she 'can't take him anywhere' | Daily Mail Online
 
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