cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ml/post/44241885
March 8, 2026
Fox News used old video of Donald Trump in multiple reports on Saturday and Sunday, concealing from viewers that the commander-in-chief wore a golf hat throughout a ceremony on Saturday in which he saluted six flag-draped transfer cases carrying the remains of the first US troops to die in his war on Iran.
The president had stirred outrage online by failing to remove his Trump-brand white hat during the ritual homecoming at Dover air force base in Delaware on Saturday for six army reserve soldiers killed in Kuwait.
The real question is, did he show up? Last time he had more urgent matters than honoring fallen soldiers (aka playing golf)
This has some “Obama wears brown suit,” vibes.
I hate Trump as much as the next guy, but I think there are more substantive things to criticize than that he wore a hat.
Completely different. Obama just wore a regular, well-fitting, well-matched suit, and Republicans manufactured a scandal out of it.
Trump literally killed these six people for his own selfish, impulsive ends, shrugged it off in comments, and then, at their funeral, lacked the bare minimum courtesy to even take off his stupid, tacky baseball cap. The fact Fox News “”“accidentally”“” aired old footage that showed him without a hat illustrates that even they know it’s fucked up.
The “worse things are happening right now so let’s not cover anything that would only be a month-long scandal in any sane administration” position is the one Republicans want you to take. To quote Steve Bannon: “flood the zone with shit.”
brown suit moment and hat off while giving respect to fallen soldiers are two completely different things imo.
if I was commander of an army and my actions ended up killing my soldiers, you bet the least I would do is take my hat off in a moment like this
but yeah, this moment is minor compared to the other things he has going on right now
