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Yahoo
4 days ago
- Business
- Yahoo
Fact Check: Arlington National Cemetery reminded Donald Trump Jr. of his family's 'sacrifices,' he wrote
Claim: Donald Trump Jr. said driving through Arlington National Cemetery reminded him of "all the sacrifices we'd have to make — giving up a huge chunk of our business and all international deals." Rating: According to internet rumors, Donald Trump Jr., the eldest son of U.S. President Donald Trump, said a visit to Virginia's Arlington National Cemetery conjured reflection on the hardships and sacrifices his family has faced over the years. Arlington National Cemetery's website describes the site as a place to honor "those who have served our nation. … This impressive landscape serves as a tribute to the service and sacrifice of every individual laid to rest within these hallowed grounds." While this particular rumor about Trump Jr. has percolated online for years, it resurfaced in May 2025 following criticism of a social media post by the president on Memorial Day that offered scathing remarks about his political opponents rather than reflecting the purpose of Memorial Day to honor fallen service members. Many posts sharing the claim, such as those on TikTok (archived) and Facebook (archived), quoted the junior Trump as saying, "As we drove past the rows of white grave markers … I also thought of … all the sacrifices we'd have to make — giving up a huge chunk of our business and all international deals." This quote is correctly attributed to Donald Trump Jr. He wrote those words in his 2019 book, "Triggered: How the Left Thrives on Hate and Wants to Silence Us." The full passage from the book read: Meanwhile, it also took two months for me to realize the enormity of what my father had accomplished, and the weight of the job that he'd won. It was the day before the inauguration, and we were driving into Arlington National Cemetery, where he was to lay a wreath on the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier. I rarely get emotional, if ever. I guess you'd call me hyper-rational, stoic. Yet, as we drove past the rows of white grave markers, in the gravity of the moment, I had a deep sense of the importance of the presidency and a love of our country. I was never prouder of my father than when I watched as he stood before the tomb, his hand over his heart, while the Army bugler played "Taps." In that moment, I also thought of all the attacks we'd already suffered as a family, and about all the sacrifices we'd have to make to help my father succeed — voluntarily giving up a huge chunk of our business and all international deals to avoid the appearance that we were "profiting off the office." We're not talking about business with any foreign government agencies. This was based on the idea that we might be taken advantage of by a private business that would then have leverage on us. First of all, I don't think Trump Org has ever gotten duped by anyone and, second, the chances of something like that even being attempted are pretty remote. Frankly, it was a big sacrifice, costing us millions and millions of dollars annually, a huge book of business that I had personally built. But it was a sacrifice we were more than happy and willing to make. Of course, we didn't get any credit whatsoever from the mainstream media, which now does not surprise me at all. ("Triggered: How the Left Thrives on Hate and Wants to Silence Us") Political commentators and veterans criticized Trump's comments at the time of the book's publication. Vanity Fair ran an opinion piece with the headline "Donald Trump Jr. Thinks Not Doing Foreign Deals is the Same as Dying in Battle." The BBC reported: "Arizona Democratic Congressman Ruben Gallego, who fought in Iraq, responded on Twitter: 'Eight men I served with are buried in Section 60 of Arlington' … 'I visit them monthly. Even if Donald Jr lived a 1,000 years, he will never even get close to being as good and honourable as they were.'" Salon's managing editor wrote that the book "finds the son of the most powerful man in the world complaining that his family is the victim of unfair attacks. In one passage, Don Jr. refutes critics who have called his father 'racist' by pointing out that Trump allowed him and Eric to play with Michael Jackson as children and let him go on vacation with former NFL star Herschel Walker." Snopes also has reported on Donald Trump Jr.'s comments questioning why "Dr. Jill Biden" missed former President Joe Biden's cancer. Arlington Cemetery Dead Remind Trump Jr of His Father's "Sacrifices." 8 Nov. 2019. Christensen, Laerke. "Trump Wished Happy Memorial Day to 'scum' That Spent Last 4 Years 'Trying to Destroy Our Country.'" Snopes, 27 May 2025, Derysh, Igor. "Don Jr. Says Fallen Troops at Arlington National Cemetery Remind Him of Trump Family's 'Sacrifices.'" Salon, 8 Nov. 2019, Levin, Bess. "Don Jr. Thinks Not Doing Foreign Deals Is the Same as Dying in Battle." Vanity Fair, 7 Nov. 2019, Member, Politics Newsweek Is A. Trust Project. "Veteran Tells Trump Jr. to Join Military If He Wants to Know 'Sacrifice.'" Newsweek, 11 Nov. 2019, Trump, Donald. Triggered: How the Left Thrives on Hate and Wants to Silence Us. First edition., Center Street, 2019. "Trump Honors Fallen Soldiers on Memorial Day, While Attacking Biden and Judges." AP News, 26 May 2025,
Washington Post
27-05-2025
- Business
- Washington Post
Live updates: Senate eyes changes to Trump's legislative package that narrowly passed the House
Senate Republicans are looking to rework President Donald Trump's massive tax and immigration bill that narrowly cleared the Republican-led House last week. Expect debate in coming weeks over Medicaid spending, an array of tax breaks and other provisions. Trump said over the weekend that he anticipates 'fairly significant' changes. Trump has no public events scheduled Tuesday. On Monday, he commemorated Memorial Day with a speech at Arlington National Cemetery that reflected on the tragedy of fallen soldiers but also celebrated his political wins. House Republicans barely passed a massive bill last week containing much of President Donald Trump's domestic agenda after months of tense negotiations between feuding factions. Now it's the Senate's turn. Republicans are rushing to pass the bill — which would cut taxes and spending, raise the debt limit and increase defense and border security funding — by July 4. The true deadline might be later this summer, when the federal government expects to exhaust its borrowing capacity. President Donald Trump plans to delay tariffs on the European Union until July 9, he said over the weekend. He had planned to put a 50 percent tariff on European goods this coming Sunday. This has become a bit of a familiar dance by now. Trump announces punishing tariffs, then backs off at the last minute with a delay. When the president first announced the 50 percent European tariffs last week, Wall Street remained relatively robust, expecting them to be a negotiating tactic. President Donald Trump announced on Monday his pardon of former Culpeper County, Virginia, sheriff Scott Jenkins, who was convicted of federal bribery and fraud charges in December. In a post on Truth Social, Trump said Jenkins was a victim of the 'Biden Department of Justice, and doesn't deserve to spend a single day in jail.' President Donald Trump commemorated his first Memorial Day back in office with a speech at Arlington National Cemetery that reflected on the tragedy of fallen soldiers, grieving Gold Star families and — in Trump's telling — the 'hard four years' between his administrations.
Fox News
26-05-2025
- General
- Fox News
Evening Edition: The Unsung Heroes Of Arlington Cemetery
This Memorial Day, we honor the heroes who fought for our freedoms, abroad and at home. During this holiday weekend, Arlington National Cemetery, our nation's honorable military burial ground, is traditionally widely visited by family members and fellow soldiers of the fallen. A new FOX Nation series takes a look at the men and women buried at Arlington who sacrificed so much for this country. FOX's Tonya J. Powers speaks with Mike Sarraille, retired U.S. Navy SEAL officer, host of 'The Unsung of Arlington' and author of 'The Everyday Warrior: A No-Hack, Practical Approach to Life,' about his new FOX Nation series, 'The Unsung of Arlington', about the untold stories of heroes buried in Arlington National Cemetery. Click Here To Follow 'The FOX News Rundown: Evening Edition' Learn more about your ad choices. Visit
Daily Mail
26-05-2025
- Politics
- Daily Mail
Morning Joe host refuses to read out Trump's Memorial Day statement
MSNBC's Morning Joe host Jonathan Lemire slammed Donald Trump for leaving out the military in his Memorial Day statement and refused to read it on air. The president continued his tradition of using a national holiday to strike back at his enemies, this time sharing a high-octane message on social media on Monday. In his Truth Social post, Trump berated criminal illegal immigrants who had entered the country as well as the politicians, including former President Joe Biden , who allowed them to do so. Lemire, who anchored Monday morning's show without co-hosts Joe Scarborough and Mika Brzezinski, declined to read the state in full as he previewed Trump's Memorial Day remarks at Arlington National Cemetery. 'President Trump is expected to go there later today to lay a wreath, but he has started his Memorial Day, as he often does on these holidays , with a lengthy all caps social media post,' Lemire said. 'We should note this post includes nothing of the sacrifice made by the U.S. armed forces at home and abroad, but rather: "Happy Memorial Day to all, including the scum that spent the last four years trying to destroy our country."' Lemire snarked that the statement showed Trump's mindset during the holiday honoring those who died while serving in the military and directed viewers to read the post themselves online. 'And it goes on from there about immigration and in particular, a scathing broadside against the judges, the federal judges, including the Supreme Court that has tried to rein in his immigration policies,' he said. 'We're certainly not going to read all of that missive. You can go to Truth Social if you care to. But that's where the president's mindset is this morning.' In his lengthy post kicking off his holiday greeting, the president wrote: 'Happy Memorial Day to all, including the scum that spent the last four years trying to destroy our country through warped radical left minds, who allowed 21,000,000 million people to illegally enter our country, many of them being criminals and the mentally insane, through an open border that only an incompetent president would approve, and through judges who are on a mission to keep murderers, drug dealers, rapists, gang members, and released prisoners from all over the world, in our country so they can rob, murder, and rape again, all protected by these USA hating judges who suffer from an ideology that is sick, and very dangerous for our country.' Trump went on to use his remarks at Arlington National Cemetery to reveal why God had him lose the 2020 election and eviscerated Biden. Trump claimed that he missed the last four years in office so he's able to be president during the U.S.'s 250th birthday festivities. The 'big, big celebration' starts next month on the president's birthday, June 14, with a parade honoring the Army's 250th anniversary, but the pinnacle of the celebration will take place on July 4th of next year. 'In some ways I'm glad I missed that second term where it was,' Trump said to laughs. 'Because I wouldn't be your president for that most important of all.' Trump had segued to talk about the upcoming events taking place in the country from what was otherwise a subdued and somber speech about servicemembers giving the greatest sacrifice. But the president couldn't help himself - briefly slapping around former President Joe Biden during his remarks too. 'Those young men could never have known what their sacrifice would mean to us, but we certainly know what we owe to them,' Trump said. 'Their valor gave us the freest, greatest and most noble republic ever to exist on the face of earth - a republic that I am fixing after a long and hard four years. 'That was a hard four years we went through,' the president ad-libbed. 'Who would let that happen? 'People pouring through our borders unchecked, people doing things that are undescribable and not for today to discuss,' he continued. He added that the republic is 'now doing so very well.' 'We're doing so very well right now, considering the circumstances, and we'll do record-setting better with time, we will do better than we've ever done as a nation, better than ever before, I promise you that,' Trump said.
Fox News
26-05-2025
- Politics
- Fox News
Trump honors fallen American heroes, praises God in Memorial Day address: 'Great, great warriors'
President Donald Trump honored fallen American heroes and praised God during a Memorial Day address at Arlington National Cemetery in Virginia on Monday, vowing to "fix" the republic founded nearly 250 years ago. "We gathered today to honor the incredible service members who rest in glory in this cemetery and burial grounds around the world, and in a thousand lonely places known only to God in every hour of peril and every moment of crisis," Trump said. "American warriors have left behind the blessings of home and family to answer their nation's call. They've offered all that they had within them and given their last breaths to each and every one of us, that we might live safe and breathe free. "This morning we pay tribute to their immortal deeds. We share in the sorrow of their beloved families, and as one nation, we give thanks for the ultimate gift they have so selflessly given to all of us, these warriors. And that's what they are as great, great warriors picked up their mantle of duty and service, knowing that to live for others meant always that they might die for others." The president said Memorial Day 2025 "is especially significant as we commemorate 250 years since the first American Patriots fell on the field of battle two and a half centuries ago." "At Lexington Green, Concord Bridge, Bunker Hill, brave minutemen and humble farm boys became the first to give their lives for a nation that did not yet have a name," Trump said. "Those young men could never have known what their sacrifice would mean to us, but we certainly know what we owe to them. Their valor gave us the freest, greatest and most noble republic ever to exist on the face of the earth." He added: "A republic that I am fixing after a long and hard four years. That was a hard four years we went through. Who would let that happen? People pouring through our borders unchecked. People doing things that are indescribable and not for today to discuss, but the republic, that is now doing so very well. We're doing so very well right now, considering the circumstances, and we'll do record-setting better with time. "We will do better than we've ever done as a nation, better than ever before. I promise you that." Trump recognized the surviving family members in attendance of several fallen soldiers who he mentioned by name, including veterans who died in the line of duty in Vietnam, Iraq and Syria. In remembering their stories, the president also promised a "big, big celebration" next year commemorating the 250th anniversary of the nation and thanked God that he would be in office to celebrate the significant milestone. "These extraordinary American heroes and their immense and ultimate sacrifices. They offer only the faintest glimpse at the infinite grace we have received from all who laid down their lives for America over the past 250 years. We're going to have a big, big celebration. As you know, 250 years," Trump said. "In some ways, I'm glad I missed that second term where it was because I wouldn't be president for that," he added, drawing some laughter. "Most important of all, in addition, we have the World Cup and we have the Olympics. Can you imagine? I missed that four years. And now look what I have. I have everything amazing. The way things work out." "God did that. I believe that too. He did that," Trump said, crediting divine intervention after he lost re-election in 2020 and later was reelected in 2024. "In any corner of this cemetery, at any resting place for our war dead, anywhere on Earth, you'll find untold stories of equal heroism, heroism and heartbreak, unmatched patriotism and devotion, and acts of selflessness and courage so enormous they defy comprehension," Trump said. "We salute them in their eternal and everlasting glory. And we continue our relentless pursuit of America's destiny as we make our nation stronger, prouder, freer and greater than ever before. "May God bless our fallen heroes. May God bless our Gold Star families, and may God bless the United States of America."
