Why Didn't He Rebrand it Suckers and Losers Day?

     Only in a pathologically bifurcated nation like the United States would so many tens of millions think this man is patriotic or presidential. Today, on Veteran's Day, before the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier, Donald Trump once again made a case for why he cannot nor should not be seen in public.

     Of course, he made it all about himself, bragging about approval numbers (No, really, he did) that were obviously inflated beyond parody, lambasted the previous administration and congratulated himself on his rebranding efforts.

     Because Veteran's Day is all about rebranding in an effort to glue hair on our collective chest.

     In our goldfish memory as a nation, how soon we forget that Trump never served in the military, frantically fought getting drafted, having his father hire a friendly podiatrist to concoct a diagnosis of bone spurs.

     Then, decades later, he equated dodging venereal disease during his promiscuous life to actual service in Vietnam. In July 2015, he said Senator John McCain was a hero only because he was captured and kept insulting him even after he got his endorsement.

     At that same Arlington National Cemetery, he asked his future Chief of Staff John Kelly, "I don't get it. What was in it for them?" as they stood over the grave of Kelly's son. And, most infamously, he refused to go to the Centennial of the Armistice (107 years ago today) and visit the graves of American servicemen because he didn't want to get his hair wet. During that same trip to France, he called fallen warriors "suckers and losers."

Trump knows the first three words to "God Bless America" but that seems to be about it pic.twitter.com/KofFFft2il

— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) November 11, 2025

     Oh, and he still hasn't learned the lyrics to "God Bless America" beyond the first three words.

     Bonus observation: Look at the guy in the red service cap and the looks he gives Trump. 

     

     Each day that I wake up, I despair more and more that we will ever wake up from this dystopian, dark comedy to which Trump has reduced this nation and its most cherished values. Just imagine if Trump was in the White House during the Civil War:

     "Dear Mrs. Bixby:

     The Department of War has told me that you lost five sons, one of them Bill, who I loved in the Incredible Hulk. They may have died but they knew what they signed up for, although I don't know what they were thinking. I mean, fighting slavery's not that big of a deal. At least that's what I told Jefferson Davis, a very smart guy, by the way and we see eye to eye on a lot of things. That's what people say, I don't know.

     By the way, I hear you live in Boston, a liberal ewer I actually won by A LOT, as well as Massachusetts!!! Don't listen to the fake news!

     Anyway, I've added a lot of gold bling to the White House and you're invited to come by and see it. I''ll even give you a discount on the ticket. MAKE THE SOUTH GREAT AGAIN!!! Thank you for your attention to this matter. 

     Your favorite president,

     DJT "