Top New York Times journalist makes outrageous claim about why Trump 'skipped' fallen soldiers ceremony

A starring writer from the New York Times has contended that Donald Trump 'skipped' a ceremonial honoring fallen soldiers due to the fact that helium has stopped caring astir the public's opinion.

Four soldiers, who were tragically killed during a grooming workout successful Lithuania past month, were honored astatine the Dover Air Force Base successful Delaware on Friday, wherever US officials solemnly received their remains during the dignified transfer.

Trump, however, was absent from the ceremonial and alternatively spent a agelong play successful Florida, attending an LIV play lawsuit astatine his Doral Golf Club.

While speaking to CNN's Anderson Cooper connected Friday evening, Maggie Haberman, a White House analogous for The New York Times, discussed the president's nonaccomplishment to be the ceremony, stating that helium simply 'doesn't care' anymore.

'I deliberation agelong agone helium stopped caring astir definite optics, and he's made precise wide during this presidency, he's going to bash what helium wants,' the 51-year-old writer said.

'You know, it's not conscionable playing golf,' she added. 'He went down to a Saudi-backed play tourney that his household concern does concern with, to talk astatine immoderate lawsuit related to that. So yes, each of the time.' 

The 78-year-old president's evident indifference, Haberman claimed, exceeds acold beyond the ceremonial and applies to different large issues, including the disapproval oregon backlash helium received implicit his tariffs. 

On Wednesday, Trump announced the enactment of caller tariffs, starring to retaliation from China, plummeting markets and raised concerns astir soaring prices connected mundane essentials.

On Friday, the Standard and Poor's 500, oregon simply the S&P 500, dropped a whopping six percent, marking its worst two-day plunge since the commencement of COVID successful March of 2020.  

'He is not messaging this successful a mode that suggests that helium understands what mean radical mightiness beryllium going done close now,' Haberman said.

'And portion of what it is, is he's convinced helium is right, helium is going to amusement radical helium is correct, helium has believed successful terrorists for 40 years, helium wanted to bash this past clip and helium was stymied by a clump of advisors who were overmuch much pro-free trade,' she added.

'Now he's going to bash what he's going to do. He's doing it successful a precise antithetic system post-COVID.'

Other White House officials person echoed the aforesaid sentiment astir Trump's nonchalant attitude, with 1 root successful his interior ellipse claiming helium conscionable doesn't 'give a f***', The Washington Post reported.

'He's astatine the highest of conscionable not giving a f*** anymore,' a White House authoritative told the outlet. 

'Bad quality stories? Doesn't springiness a f***,' helium added. 'He's going to bash what he's going to do. He's going to bash what helium promised to bash connected the run trail.'

Trump near Washington connected Thursday afternoon, opening his acquainted and oft-taken travel to Miami. 

He was photographed stepping disconnected Marine One astatine the ninth spread of his play people before attending a meal for the Saudi Arabia-funded LIV Golf tour, which was hosting a tourney that weekend.

Trump spent the nighttime astatine his Mar-a-Lago Club successful Palm Beach and arrived astatine his play nine by 9:45 americium connected the greeting of the ceremonial honoring the 4 soldiers.

It seemed to beryllium a hectic time for the president, arsenic helium stayed successful Florida the full day, preparing to big a $1 million-per-head fundraising meal called 'MAGA Inc.' aboriginal that evening, CBS News reported.

The families of the 4 fallen soldiers were each successful attendance to the ceremony.

Maj. Gen. Christopher Norrie, the 3rd Infantry Division commanding general, announced the identities of the 4 deceased soldiers successful a press release earlier this week: Troy Knutson-Collins, 28, Jose Duenez Jr., 25, Edvin Franco, 25, and Dante Taitano, 21.

White House property caput Karoline Leavitt confirmed to Newsweek that Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth would 'represent the Administration astatine the dignified transportation for the 4 brave US servicemembers'.

Additionally, a Trump adjutant told HuffPost Review that the president had purposefully avoided traveling to Dover for astir 2 years, arsenic helium was 'snubbed' by the begetter of a slain Navy SEAL implicit his 'incompetence'.

Bill Owens, the begetter of William Owens, refused to shingle the president's manus astatine the 2017 ceremonial and alternatively told Trump that helium was liable for his son's death. 

'He refused to spell backmost for 2 years,' the adjutant said. 'He was truthful rattled.' 

Jon Soltz, a president of progressive governmental radical VoteVets and an Iraq War veteran, told the outlet during Trump's archetypal word that 'you tin number connected 1 manus the fig of times Donald Trump has been to Dover'.

'There simply is nary bottommost erstwhile it comes to what he'll prevarication about,' helium said. 'I privation determination was much outrage astir Trump lying astir the dignified transportation of the fallen for governmental reasons, due to the fact that arsenic a veteran, it truly disgusts me.' 

Many radical person since taken to societal media to knock Trump's decision, with respective pointing retired that play appeared to instrumentality precedence implicit honoring those who service and sacrifice for America.

Zac Petkanas, erstwhile elder advisor to Hillary Clinton, took to X to explicit his disappointment.

'Trump is refusing to spell to Dover Air Force Base to conscionable the coffins of the 4 US soldiers who died successful Lithuania,' helium wrote. 

'He's attending a golden meal reception instead. However, the Lithuanian president recovered clip to conscionable our soldiers' coffins astatine his airport.'

Tristan Snell, a lawyer and governmental commentator, besides took to X to condemn the president, claiming that helium 'abandons fallen soldiers' and 'goes golfing instead'. 

'This evening Trump was expected to conscionable the families of 4 fallen US soldiers arsenic their coffins instrumentality from Lithuania wherever they were killed successful an accident,' helium wrote.

'He canceled. Instead helium dined with Saudi play execs and sponsors for a play tourney astatine 1 of his resorts.' 

Fred Wellman, an Army combat seasoned and podcast host, wrote connected Bluesky that the president 'hates the military.'

'We are conscionable props,' Wellman added. 

Although presidents aren't required to be a dignified transportation -one of the astir solemn traditions successful US Military protocol - it offers a accidental for the commander-in-chief to publically grant fallen work members.

However, critics person noted that Trump seldom attends the events. According to the HuffPost report, the president lone attended 4 retired of 96 ceremonies during his archetypal term. 

The 4 US soldiers went missing connected March 25 pursuing a grooming workout adjacent Pabrade, Lithuania, sparking a wide hunt conducted by the US Army and Lithuanian authorities.

Their armored conveyance was discovered the pursuing time submerged 15 feet heavy successful a swamp. From there, it took respective much days to retrieve their bodies.

Officials person not offered immoderate details regarding however the soldiers oregon their conveyance went missing nor the mode of their reported deaths.