Politically incorrect

I haven't read the links you guys posted, but I'll say this..... I think it was a douche move by the President to bring an "attack" on Warren into a ceremony to honor the Navajo Code Talkers. 

If we're really going to do away with "political correctness" then we've got to call all of this stuff even.  My god, Conservatives were up in arms if President Obama didn't put his hand over his heart during the National Anthem. That pales in comparison to this IMO.

The Code Talkers are absolute heroes of our country.  Talk to a WWII vet about these guys (if you can find one)......you will find complete reverence. That's what was owed by our President during the ceremony. 

I'm not offended because I just don't get offended (I think I was born without the gene or something), but I don't have any problem telling someone they have acted like a buffoon....or being told when I do. I don't care about the Pocahontas reference to Warren in general.....it's pretty funny actually.  But not there, not during that ceremony.  It's not appropriate and it's disrespectful to the moment to bring politics in.  To me it's unarguable.

Mr. President, you acted like a buffoon on steroids.  How about a simple "thank you for your amazing service to our country" when dealing with people like these men.....it shouldn't be hard to be humble in their presence.

I know I'm probably overly biased to this kind of disrespect.  My Grandfather was 2nd Marine Division in the Pacific.  He landed and fought at Tarawa and Tinian. I know what he thought of those Navajo men firsthand.

President Trump is clueless about this kind of stuff IMO.  Any ceremony honoring any of these men deserves the utmost reverence and respect.  How is that not understood by a man of his generation?

I'm glad he wasn't offended.  It would be terrible if he was. Still, it's not the time or place for jokes or political digs.  If we want our younger and future generations to understand what place these men hold in history then we treat them with the utmost respect that they deserve.  If we don't, then we don't have a leg to stand on when we wonder why young people don't have the same respect for our flag that we do.  To me this is not arguable. 

You could be right about the point in the ceremony where this happened, and I don't doubt that the media put  it in the worst light......President Trump knows this will happen.  There are occasions when he should not play to their hand.  This is one of them.  It diminishes the impact of the honor he is bestowing upon these men.

I'm glad President Trump learned about the Code Talkers. 

His joke about Warren was way out of line for the ceremony.

I think if you watch the whole ceremony, you'll change your mind about this. 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=msDH2zgKmXo

Nope.  It was inappropriate for all the reasons I have already stated.  Like I said, to me, it's not arguable. 

But, good try.

The introductions of the three men is absolutely incredible. One of them had to swim to the beach at Tarawa after his landing craft was destroyed, and was later was shot fighting on Tinian. The man who fought at Iwo Jima later joined the Army to fight in the Korean War. They, and your grandfather, have my utmost respect.

They were there to promote a national Code Talker museum they're trying to get built, which Trump pledged to help them out with. 

X2.

I don't even care that much about the racial slur/insult to Warren, it's just that it was completely inappropriate to a ceremony celebrating war heroes. 

I had so much secondhand embarrassment watching the whole video of his talk - it was uncomfortably awkward. Worse than the slur was how weird he sounded when he was telling them "you're special" -  like he's talking to a 5 year old, not a seasoned war veteran. And that portrait of Andrew Jackson - cringe!! Isn't there someone on the staff who is competent enough to swap out that painting for the day??

As an aside, every time we drive through Kayenta, we check out the code talkers "museum", because these guys are legit amazing. And every time we're there, I am disgusted that it is in a dirty old Burger King. I hope all the attention on this results in these guys finally getting a real museum. They deserve it. 

I guess my Grandpa wouldn't mind me re-telling one of the few stories he told me about the landing at Tarawa.  He was only 18 years old and just recently out of boot camp.  He told me that the shelling from the Island was so severe that the landing-craft drivers were stopping short, and that the water was much deeper than they expected.  Grandpa said that when he went into the water he went straight to the bottom, about 15 feet he said.  He told me that he dropped his rifle and had to shed his pack to  get back to the surface.  He said when he came up he was completely disoriented with all of the shelling, gunfire, and screaming, and that there was so much smoke he couldn't even tell which way to swim.  He said that many of his fellow Marines drowned before ever making it to the beach.  He said that he was starting to panic and was shoved back underwater by someone.  He paused for quite some time and then said, "look, I'm going to tell you what happened next and I don't care if you believe me or not, but it happened.  When I came back to the surface there was a sailor, maybe10 foot tall, in complete dress white uniform, standing on the water, pointing toward the beach. That's how I got there."  Of course, I had no idea what to say to that, so I was just looking at him.  After a short time he just said, "I can't explain it, but I know what I saw."  When he died at the age of 85 he had 74 grandchildren, great-grandchildren, and great-great grandchildren.  I am the oldest of them.