Trump’s visit to the cemetery to commemorate the American troops who died in Afghanistan during the U.S. withdrawal from the country in 2021—deaths which Trump has blamed the Biden-Harris Administration for—has become the subject of controversy over reports that Trump campaign staff tussled with cemetery staff and were intent on politicizing the event at the nonpartisan burial ground.
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00:00Could you tell us more about the altercation that happened at the Arlington Cemetery?
00:04Well, I think, first of all, the altercation at Arlington Cemetery is the media creating a story where I really don't think that there is one.
00:12There is verifiable evidence that the campaign was allowed to have a photographer there.
00:23They were invited to have a photographer there.
00:26There's verifiable evidence that the families of these poor people who had their loved ones die three years ago at Abbey Road,
00:33they had, excuse me, Abbey Gate, those 13 Americans, a lot of them were there with the president.
00:40They invited him to be there and to support them.
00:43That's not an insult to the memories of their loved ones.
00:47They wanted Donald Trump there.
00:49And thank God that we have a president who stands with our veterans instead of one who runs away from them.
00:55Now, we.
01:01Now, yeah, I mean, it is it is amazing to me that you have apparently somebody at Arlington Cemetery,
01:08some staff member had a little disagreement with somebody and they have turned the media has turned this into a national news story.