The clip you’re about to look at is one that didn’t get a lot of airplay, considering how inflammatory it is. It involves Donald Trump playing conductor, waving his arms in the air while the Star Spangled Banner plays. That’s egregious enough but look closely: Melania and Barron both have their LEFT hands crossing their chest. So, are their hearts on their right? If you tell me, yes, because they’re some alien species, I will believe you.

The reason this is noteworthy at this time is because of Kristy Noem politicizing the cancellation of the fireworks at Mt. Rushmore. The cancellation came because of the very real threat of wildfires, during the drought and heatwave that region is experiencing. But Noem has made it into a culture war talking point.

Here’s another clip, showing that Trump doesn’t even know the words to the Star Spangled Banner.

Nor God Bless America.

Here’s Eric kicking off this latest flash point in the culture war.

The Evil Democrats have declared war on the flag, and Mom and apple pie will be next. But, as you’ve seen, these are hallowed subjects in Trump world and Trump treats them as the sacred things they are — not to mention his wife and kid?

Anybody have any idea what’s going on with the left hand over the non existent heart? I’ve wondered for well over a year now and nobody has brought it up.

 

 

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9 COMMENTS

  1. I often sang the star spangled banner to my infant children, not from patriotism, but because it was one song I could sing from beginning to end to get them to sleep. I have been to many baseball games, I know all the words. the tune, It also came on when tv turned off for the night back in the day. I could sing if for you now.
    The Sex Pistols god save the queen never seemed as restful for my kids growing up. Maybe I should work on that one for the grandkids.

  2. Ursula, I think that first video is flipped. If you note closely (unfortunately, it requires looking closely at Trump), Trump’s little flag pin is on the wrong lapel. (I can’t tell for certain but it looks like the guy behind Trump is also wearing a flag pin and it’s on the wrong lapel as well.)

    But I seem to recall the video being debunked some years back with regard to Melania’s “left hand” gesture.

    It doesn’t, however, remove the complete and total lack of respect that Trump’s displaying. Under Federal law (and Trump was President during this so he, more so than anyone else, should be following it), “During a rendition of the National Anthem . . . when the flag is not displayed, all present should face toward the music and act in the same manner they would if the flag were displayed.” (36 U.S. Code § 301(b)(2)). He’s moving around–not just his “conducting the orchestra” bit–like a restless, bored toddler. Compared with that behavior, all the “taking the knee” controversy should be put to rest by the right-wing loons.

    • I think, but am not absolutely sure, this video may have been shot of a mirror behind the out of focus lady, close to the camera as the camera would try to focus on dumb ass in the mirror which it could not do well, the reason may be the video may have been taken secretly in the first place … even by the lady herself, because she is so predominate in the view and the video was ripped from the, (self view lens) … just a wild idea …

    • Maybe I’m just stupid, but I can’t conceptualize how a photo can be taken with the right hand across chest and then some “mirror image” — is that what you’re saying? — shows the left hand across chest. I don’t get it. Again, maybe it’s me, some lack of conceptual ability.

      • The proof is in the view for me … Trump, being the cheap chump he is, has large mirrors to change the optics in a visitor’s mind to show a larger, more spacious room … large mirrors can do that, and because his mirrors are just standard glass with the actual mirror coating on the back side … leaving a false image flash when the in-room ceiling lights reflect off the front surface of that glass, overlaying the image coming from that rear side coating … here is how I saw that … look closely at the, “Be Best”, lady’s forehead, you will see a white line across her forehead … the reflection of the room’s lighting …
        Since you, looking into the mirror and seeing people reflected as a, “mirror image”, it’s not easy for most to see in this case but for some reason I do, it’s a a term to describe a view that reverses left and right of everything in an image …

        When taking photos on slide making film it was easy to demonstrate the effect … viewing the photo from one side would show exactly right images, flipping it over, sideways, all the rights and lefts are suddenly reversed … so it is a perfect example of a simple effect and not unusual …

  3. Trump is exactly that fool trying to be somebody everyone loves, but grins when being cruel to anyone he wants without remorse or any sense of responsibility to be humane and considerate, his phony bravado is a cover for two things … his complete stupidity about virtually everything and that, in reality he is a coward and that makes him run away from major responsibilities, like handling the Pandemic before thousands of citizens died …

  4. Hey – let’s be fair on the not knowing God Bless America thing. Any totally, completely sane person with a very bigly and stable brain would have been thinking ahead as to how to somehow, against greater odds than anyone in history had ever dealt with when faced with approaching danger! This was at West Point, and Trump knew he’d have to SURVIVE the infamous RAMP OF DEATH! The longest, steepest ramp that had ever been built. A ramp covered in the slickest sheet of ice ever seen and also coated with the slickest oils ever invented! With deadly snakes and spiders that could jump six feet in the air and bite him with the most deadly poisons in existence. And machine guns shooting radioactive bullets at him! And anti-tank missiles, and bombs, and steamrollers being dropped from cranes!

    Given all that, we should be more forgiving of Trump “mentally” playing multi-level chess (at a level that would make Spock cry) on how to survive the impending walk down the RAMP OF DEATH instead of concentrating on silly, patriotic stuff like singing God Bless America.

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