• @RapidcreekOP
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    75 months ago

    Some say that’s where the Marines were born. It’s what happens when you have an actual leader for President

  • @givesomefucks
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    -85 months ago

    Is it not an annual thing?

    I think this is the first time Biden has gone, and that probably has more to do with the election than anything.

    • finley
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      5 months ago

      The 80th anniversary of D-Day isn’t an “annual thing”. Biden was invited, just as Trump was in 2018 for the 75th anniversary. Edit: Trump’s visit was in 2018 was supposed to honor US Marines who died in WWI (where Biden also visited during this trip). Trump skipped the ceremony and then shit-talked the US Marines, referring to them as “losers.”

      Biden showed up-- and managed not to disparage thousands of war heroes at the same time, unlike Trump.

      • @givesomefucks
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        -85 months ago

        So, the 75th was in 2018…

        And six years later in 2024, it’s the 80th?

        You sure about that math?

        • finley
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          oops, my mistake. Trump was supposed to visit the same WWI cemetery in 2018 to honor fallen US Marines for the 100th anniversary of the end of WWI. I got this confused with Biden visiting the same WWI cemetery on a trip to honor the 80th anniversary of D-Day, a WWII battle.

          fixed.

          • @givesomefucks
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            -95 months ago

            No, I was just shocked at your math abilities.

            • finley
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              55 months ago

              it has nothing to do with math. i fixed my error and explained it, but there’s no excuse for being rude.

    • PahassaPaikassa
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      15 months ago

      I think its an annual thing but this year was the 80th(?) anniversary so it was a bigger deal.