WEBVTT - Donald Trump's Desecrations

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<v Speaker 1>There are seventy one days left until the American people

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<v Speaker 1>will make a decision that will chart the destiny of

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<v Speaker 1>the nation for the balance of the twenty first century

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<v Speaker 1>between Vice President Kamala Harris and convicted felon Donald Trump.

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<v Speaker 1>This is the warning. Today Monday, the first one after

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<v Speaker 1>the convention, America's greatest pig, Trump will visit America's most

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<v Speaker 1>hallowed ground, Arlington National Cemetery, to desecrate the last full

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<v Speaker 1>measure of devotion given by those buried there for rank

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<v Speaker 1>partisan political purposes. Trump will start his day on America's

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<v Speaker 1>most sacred ground doing photo ops at the grave sites

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<v Speaker 1>of the American soldiers killed during the chaotic withdrawal from Afghanistan. Next,

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<v Speaker 1>he will give a partisan speech trying to blame Vice

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<v Speaker 1>President Harris for what occurred on President Biden's watch. It

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<v Speaker 1>is contemptible. Behind me is the Adriatic Sea. There's something

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<v Speaker 1>that every American should know about their country that is

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<v Speaker 1>unique in all of history. On the day that the

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<v Speaker 1>Second World War was won, braves registration details by the

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<v Speaker 1>hundreds fanned out across the European battlefields all over the world,

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<v Speaker 1>the Philippines, Okinawa, wherever Americans fought and died. The grave

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<v Speaker 1>registration details went to recover the bodies, and their families

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<v Speaker 1>were given a choice. Should those bodies come home or

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<v Speaker 1>would they be buried in American military cemeteries abroad. Those

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<v Speaker 1>ships bringing America's war dead started coming home in nineteen

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<v Speaker 1>forty six. In nineteen forty seven, they were called the

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<v Speaker 1>ghost Ships. They carried tens and tens of thousands of

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<v Speaker 1>American caskets. In Belgium, much of the nation came out

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<v Speaker 1>of respect to bid the ghost ships farewell. But across

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<v Speaker 1>Europe there are American military cemeteries. Colin Powell described the

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<v Speaker 1>meaning of these cemeteries. The United States is not an

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<v Speaker 1>imperial power. We have never conquered another nation for the

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<v Speaker 1>sake of seizing their territory, because the United States is

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<v Speaker 1>a liberating nation, and the only territory overseas that we

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<v Speaker 1>ever asked for was enough to bury our dead. These

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<v Speaker 1>places in Normandy in Belgium hold the bodies of America's

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<v Speaker 1>fallen in perfect symmetry, an American army at permanent rest.

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<v Speaker 1>Donald Trump has repeatedly desecrated this sacrifice. He stood in

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<v Speaker 1>Arlington National Cemetery. According to the Associated Press, Fox News,

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<v Speaker 1>The Atlantic mass Magazine, The Washington Post, and The New

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<v Speaker 1>York Times turned to his White House Chief of Staff,

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<v Speaker 1>General John Kelly, a gold star father whose son was

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<v Speaker 1>killed in combat in Afghanistan, and said he didn't understand

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<v Speaker 1>the sacrifice. Why did they do it? He called America's

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<v Speaker 1>war debt, suckers and losers, and later General Mark Millie,

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<v Speaker 1>perhaps most disturbingly of all, told the story of Donald

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<v Speaker 1>Trump reacting to a severely wounded service member, Captain Novilla,

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<v Speaker 1>singing the national anthem at General Millie's installation ceremony as

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<v Speaker 1>chairman of the Joint Chief's Death. Trump came up to

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<v Speaker 1>him and said, nobody wants to see that. It's disgraceful.

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<v Speaker 1>Harry Truman had a sign on his desk. He said,

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<v Speaker 1>the buck stops here. Afghanistan was America's longest war. It

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<v Speaker 1>was fought over four presidential administrations, two Republican, two Democratic

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<v Speaker 1>President Bush, President Obama, Trump, and President Biden were all

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<v Speaker 1>wartime presidents because of America's longest war, started by President Bush.

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<v Speaker 1>This twenty year long war was a strategic failure. What

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<v Speaker 1>it shows is it much easier to start wars than

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<v Speaker 1>to end them. The goals of this war were always absurd.

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<v Speaker 1>They were not realistic. A mission to kill the terrorists

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<v Speaker 1>who attacked us became a great project in democracy building

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<v Speaker 1>at tremendous financial cost, the trillion dollars the blood of

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<v Speaker 1>so many thousands of Americans. And the simple truth is

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<v Speaker 1>the lessons that have been learned did not need to

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<v Speaker 1>be learned, because they should have been learned from the

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<v Speaker 1>Vietnam War. This was an unwinnable war that has done

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<v Speaker 1>profound moral injury to the men and women who fought

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<v Speaker 1>in it. And that's why, in part there is such

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<v Speaker 1>a suicide epidemic. Donald Trump is behind. He's flailing, he's losing.

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<v Speaker 1>He doesn't seem to understand he's not running against Joe

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<v Speaker 1>Biden anymore. He's running against the vice president, who doesn't

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<v Speaker 1>sit at the head of the table when it comes

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<v Speaker 1>to commander in chief decisions. It's not a committee job.

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<v Speaker 1>The president is a singular job. And so Trump's attacks

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<v Speaker 1>won't work. But the fact that he feels comfortable enough

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<v Speaker 1>to go to Arlington to engage in politics is an

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<v Speaker 1>assault on the flag, on the institutions of the armed forces,

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<v Speaker 1>on our sacred war dead, and on decency itself. It's disgusting.

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<v Speaker 1>During these next weeks, the unhinged Trump will become more

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<v Speaker 1>and more and more unhinged. He will grow angry, he

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<v Speaker 1>will grow increasingly unstable. He will become unhinged to a

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<v Speaker 1>degree we haven't seen before. He will not concede the

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<v Speaker 1>election that he's going to lose. He's going to try

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<v Speaker 1>to put the country into chaos again. This tecta had

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<v Speaker 1>for all of us doesn't end in seventy one days.

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<v Speaker 1>Rather it begins. The period between seventy one days from

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<v Speaker 1>now and January sixth has the potential to be tumultuous

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<v Speaker 1>and dangerous. The American people need to cancel this boring

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<v Speaker 1>old six show. It's enough. There's an opportunity to get

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<v Speaker 1>out of the circling of the drain. There's an opportunity

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<v Speaker 1>to move forward. Let's take it, America. See what you

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<v Speaker 1>see today from Arlington National Cemetery, and if it doesn't

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<v Speaker 1>make you sick, you don't understand that's wrong. Shame on YouTube.

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<v Speaker 1>This is the warning. I'm Steve Schmidt. This is the warning,

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