President Joe Biden is set to visit the American cemetery outside Paris honoring World War I dead on Sunday, setting up a contrast with former President Donald Trump, who skipped a visit to the cemetery during a 2018 trip.
  • givesomefucks@lemmy.worldEnglish
    19·
    5 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@lemm.eeEnglish
      3·
      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@lemmy.worldEnglish
        19·
        5 months ago

        So, the 75th was in 2018…

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

        You sure about that math?

        • finley@lemm.eeEnglish
          41·
          5 months ago

          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.