1. Welcome! Please take a few seconds to create your free account to post threads, make some friends, remove a few ads while surfing and much more. ClutchFans has been bringing fans together to talk Houston Sports since 1996. Join us!

Trump protests the national anthem

Discussion in 'BBS Hangout: Debate & Discussion' started by Carl Herrera, Feb 4, 2020.

  1. heypartner

    heypartner Member

    Joined:
    Oct 27, 1999
    Messages:
    63,518
    Likes Received:
    59,024
    President Donald Trump has repeatedly said all Americans should “stand proudly” during the national anthem, and publicly chastises those who don’t as disrespectful of the troops and the flag.​

    That's the Commander-in-Chief

    looks drunk
     
  2. Andre0087

    Andre0087 Member

    Joined:
    Jan 16, 2012
    Messages:
    10,123
    Likes Received:
    13,846
    He doesn't drink...
     
  3. heypartner

    heypartner Member

    Joined:
    Oct 27, 1999
    Messages:
    63,518
    Likes Received:
    59,024
    just an expression. but he does look like the guy who shows up at Super Bowl party already drunk ... and later makes a fool of himself.

    "Stand Proudly" everyone​

     
    #4 heypartner, Feb 4, 2020
    Last edited: Feb 4, 2020
  4. conquistador#11

    Joined:
    Jun 30, 2006
    Messages:
    39,237
    Likes Received:
    28,436
    what a son of a beech.
     
    edwardc likes this.
  5. leroy

    leroy Member
    Supporting Member

    Joined:
    Jun 25, 2002
    Messages:
    27,433
    Likes Received:
    11,383
    Is it just me or is Melania and the kid using the wrong hand to cover her heart?
     
  6. pirc1

    pirc1 Member

    Joined:
    Dec 9, 2002
    Messages:
    14,138
    Likes Received:
    1,882
    Pretty much the Trump and Republican way, do as I say not as I do.
     
    da_juice, edwardc and JuanValdez like this.
  7. NewRoxFan

    NewRoxFan Member

    Joined:
    Feb 22, 2002
    Messages:
    55,794
    Likes Received:
    55,868
    Originally I guessed the image was reversed, but seems trump is pointing with his right hand... hmm.
     
  8. KingCheetah

    KingCheetah Atomic Playboy

    Joined:
    Jun 3, 2002
    Messages:
    59,079
    Likes Received:
    52,755
    I hope that image is reversed... Melania
     
  9. NewRoxFan

    NewRoxFan Member

    Joined:
    Feb 22, 2002
    Messages:
    55,794
    Likes Received:
    55,868
    Well, she isn't a citizen... ;)
     
    B-Bob and KingCheetah like this.
  10. Ottomaton

    Ottomaton Member
    Supporting Member

    Joined:
    Feb 14, 2000
    Messages:
    19,245
    Likes Received:
    15,484
    [​IMG]
     
    dobro1229, B-Bob and KingCheetah like this.
  11. conquistador#11

    Joined:
    Jun 30, 2006
    Messages:
    39,237
    Likes Received:
    28,436
    This is the part were a cult member( no offense to cults, there have been some interesting ones throughout history) comes in and points out... FAKE. Video was flipped so the wrong hand shows you Libras!
    Then the rational poster will say.. ugh Trump is still disrespecting the anthem which he doesn't know the words to.
    Oh yeah, well Obama rolled up his sleeves!
     
  12. FranchiseBlade

    Supporting Member

    Joined:
    Jan 14, 2002
    Messages:
    51,830
    Likes Received:
    20,489
    Trump is a disrespectful un-American SOB. Just look at him. Think of all the servicemen who fought and died for this country only to see the supposed leader doing this. Shameful.
     
    edwardc likes this.
  13. KingCheetah

    KingCheetah Atomic Playboy

    Joined:
    Jun 3, 2002
    Messages:
    59,079
    Likes Received:
    52,755
    The woman filming owns that infamous massage parlor.
     
  14. JuanValdez

    JuanValdez Member

    Joined:
    Feb 14, 1999
    Messages:
    35,103
    Likes Received:
    15,315
    Last thing I want to do is defend Trump. But, it looks like they're in a suite watching on TV and not in the stadium with the flag and the anthem in them. I'm not a person who does the anthem anyway so maybe this is an ignorant question -- when you're at home watching football by yourself, do you stand and put your hand on your heart for the anthem? Do you keep a flag in the TV room so you know which way to face? To me, it seems like it is Barron and Melania misbehaving here because they are giving too much deference to the anthem. When you're in the stadium, you stand; when you're watching on TV, you're some kind of weirdo to stand.
     
  15. jiggyfly

    jiggyfly Member

    Joined:
    Jul 2, 2015
    Messages:
    21,011
    Likes Received:
    16,856
    Wait what?

    He is the president of the united states and even his foreign born wife is standing with her hand over heart.

    Everyone in the room is standing and so is he, so why is he clowning around.

    I don't stand while its on TV but I know a lot of people do.

    There is no way to defend this, if he did not stand I could see but he stood up and was still clowning around.
     
  16. dachuda86

    dachuda86 Member

    Joined:
    May 3, 2008
    Messages:
    16,325
    Likes Received:
    3,586
    Stand and honor mother land! You, and you know who you are, make them proud on daily basis with communist ways and spreading of mighty propaganda.

     
  17. JuanValdez

    JuanValdez Member

    Joined:
    Feb 14, 1999
    Messages:
    35,103
    Likes Received:
    15,315
    Maybe because I hang around too many commie pinkos, but I have never ever seen a room stand for the anthem that is playing on TV. Other people in that video are standing, but it looks like only Barron and Melania are doing so for the anthem -- and Barron is probably only doing it because his mom bizarrely told him to.

    I get the criticism of hypocrisy. I didn't appreciate his behavior re Kap either. But I don't want a stupid cycle of liberal calling Trump a hypocrite for his lack of deference and then Trumpers calling liberals hypocrites for not standing after criticizing Trump for not standing, and so on. The whole anthem is stupid. Stop playing it before every athletic competition. That doesn't even make sense. And if you are going to do it, live with the fact that some are going to ignore it, or kneel, or conduct, or do whatever other thing their freedom guarantees they can do.
     
  18. dobro1229

    dobro1229 Member

    Joined:
    Feb 16, 2010
    Messages:
    25,806
    Likes Received:
    22,618
    The guy is the sitting POTUS in a crowded room where everyone else has their hand on their heart. (Some wrong hands but yeah...)

    No I don’t think it’s normal to sit in your house as an everyday citizen and solute the flag while you’re sitting in your sweats eating wings, but when you are the sitting POTUS out in a public setting during the national anthem and you get caught acting a 5 year old while everyone else is saluting... yeah you deserve the criticism.

    It also highlights the hypocrisy. Nobody used the NFL kneeling sh$t more to their political benefit than Trump. He deserves again for the 1000th time this week to get criticized for being a horrible president and con artist patriot.
     
    FranchiseBlade and jiggyfly like this.
  19. IVFL

    IVFL Member

    Joined:
    Jul 6, 2001
    Messages:
    1,419
    Likes Received:
    545
    I didn't stand for the national anthem in my house. I had friends that did in theirs. I also have not made this a wedge issue and made numerous tweets about it to my millions of followers.

    Still this does not matter to me, and is not really worth wringing my hands over. Focus on the important stuff and not the trivial.
     

Share This Page