1-16-2021
Defense One reports that the Pentagon confirms
the military will not hold a farewell ceremony
for President Donald Trump, as it has for past presidents.
The Pentagon, in a break with recent tradition,
will not host an Armed Forces Farewell tribute
to President Donald Trump.
It’s a shame, but not a surprise. Trump will leave office in disgrace, one week after the House voted a second time for his impeachment, two weeks after his supporters staged a deadly siege in the Capitol Building, six months after he dragged his Joint Chiefs chairman into a political firestorm, and after four years of nonstop assaults on truth. One of those disgraces is how he is ghosting the U.S. troops that he commanded.
On Wednesday, the White House announced that this weekend Vice President Mike Pence “will deliver remarks to sailors on the Trump Administration’s historic foreign policy achievements at Naval Air Station Lemoore,” and then to the 10th Mountain Division, in Fort Drum, New York.
Two senior defense officials confirmed to Defense One on Thursday that no military farewell is being planned for the commander in chief.
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