Changing of the Guard ceremony at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier
By: Today is Memorial Day in the USA, a day to honor and mourn the U.S. military personnel who died while serving in the United States Armed Forces.
Sentinels assigned to the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier, 3rd U.S. Infantry Regiment (The Old Guard), conduct a Changing of the Guard ceremony at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier, Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
John Kelly, former Chief of Staff for ex President Donald Trump:
"A person that thinks those who defend their country in uniform, or are shot down or seriously wounded in combat, or spend years being tortured as POWs are all ‘suckers’ because ‘there is nothing in it for them,'" Kelly said of Trump. "A person that did not want to be seen in the presence of military amputees because ‘it doesn’t look good for me.’ A person who demonstrated open contempt for a Gold Star family — for all Gold Star families — on TV during the 2016 campaign, and rants that our most precious heroes who gave their lives in America’s defense are ‘losers’ and wouldn’t visit their graves in France.”
During a visit to France in 2018 for the centennial anniversary of the end of World War I, Trump also reportedly called Marines who died at Belleau Wood “suckers” and fallen soldiers at Aisne-Marne American Cemetery “losers.”