{"id":135444,"date":"2017-11-27T16:34:46","date_gmt":"2017-11-27T23:34:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/?p=135444"},"modified":"2017-11-27T18:52:34","modified_gmt":"2017-11-28T01:52:34","slug":"todays-face-palming-trump-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2017\/11\/27\/todays-face-palming-trump-news.html","title":{"rendered":"In today’s face-palming Trump news"},"content":{"rendered":"

The President held an Oval Office event commemorating the few surviving WW2 Navaho Code Talkers.<\/p>\n

He did it all standing in front of a portrait of Andrew Jackson, the man who ordered mass forced relocation of Native Americans from the Southeast along what became known as the “Trail of Tears.”<\/p>\n

And he decided it was the perfect<\/i> occasion to refer to Sen. Elizabeth Warren as “Pocahontas” again.<\/p>\n

All it missed was his raising his hand and saying “How” in greeting to the Navajo there.<\/p>\n

I mean, honestly, it’s hard to decide if he’s more offensive or more embarrassing.<\/p>\n


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The President held an Oval Office event commemorating the few surviving WW2 Navaho Code Talkers. 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