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You've got two choices: either accept my word on this or accuse a fellow BB member of lying

I bear the man no hatred. I hate a lot of what he says and does, as most right-thinking people do, because it is profoundly immoral. Like this latest episode. I make no apology for that hatred. None whatsoever. I regard it as my moral duty as a Christian.

Because it sows divisions within NATO and plays into Putin's hands.

I don't hate him. I hate much of what he says and does, particularly as a Christian...as all good Christians do

So no back up plan then. Poor show

A potential future enemy, I think you'll find. Fairly inevitable, given Trump's anti-NATO and anti-European rhetoric: he didn't honestly think he'd get away with that with impunity, did he? Alienating allies? Oh, guess what, he's done it again this weekend!

Who says it's a no go zone? I feel as safe there as any other city when I'm there. And where do you get this absurd idea that France wants to attack the US? Please, when you're in a hole, stop digging

Ask Carpro: he's the one who brought it up as an excuse in post 25.

And of course I care about what your President does...as the leader of the world's superpower, why wouldn't I? Particularly when incidents such as this play into our enemies' hands (eg: Putin. Can you imagine him crying off a visit to commemorate their fallen because of a bit of rain?)

I can't imagine Ronald Reagan pleading his age as an excuse, can you? But if you feel that Trump is too old to discharge the burdens and responsibilities of the Office of President, then there is a mechanism laid down in your Constitution for that circumstance I believe...

Apparently it wasn't helicopter flying weather. And it's easily accessible by car

Are Nicholas Soames and Tobias Ellwood, natural allies of Trump and tbe Republicans, 'haters', then? When such individuals are thus branded, then the Trumpanistas really have jumped the shark.

If it's a non-story, then why is it being covered? The Orange One didn't have to use his precious helicopter to get there: none of the others did

Ok, if you don't like Washington Post, here's another link: Twitter Pelts Trump With Photos Of Obama In The Rain After He Ditches Cemetery Visit The others all made it without needing a helicopter

Not really because it hands yet more advantage to Putin.

You can't talk Trump's ass out of this one. And it matters because he's alienating some of the few friends he has left here: when you can antagonize an arch-conservative and loyal friend of the US such as Fatty Soames or Tobias Ellwood, you're in trouble.

There's always a rain option: UK minister condemns Trump for skipping cemetery visit because of rain

I smell a hefty dollop of BS in this explanation: there's nearly always a back up plan for bad weather and the Aisne-Marne cemetery is easy driving distance from Paris; it would be like Theresa May visiting Washington and then cancelling a scheduled visit to Arlington. Nah, he couldn't be...

I get that, Keith, but this is the centenary of the 1918 Armistice, not just any year...and the fact that he had the cemetery visit scheduled indicates he was aware of the importance of it. Your own media have picked him up on it...

Then let's hope he'll admit her if we won't