Trump ‘honors’ Martin Luther King Jr. by visiting his DC memorial — for 30 seconds

Trump ‘honors’ Martin Luther King Jr. by visiting his DC memorial — for 30 seconds
President Donald J. Trump, joined by Vice President Mike Pence, stand during a moment of silence at the Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial in honor of Martin Luther King Day Monday, January 21, 2019, in Washington, D.C. (Official White House Photo by Joyce N. Boghosian)
David Badash
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 The New Civil Rights Movement
January 21, 2020

President Donald Trump decided to “honor” Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. late Monday afternoon by dragging his vice president to Washington, D.C.’s MLK Memorial. The two top executives spent all of 30 seconds there, on Martin Luther King Day, without saying a word. They then left. Both were back in the White House ten minutes later.

CNN White House Correspondent Kaitlan Collins documented the curious event:

Reuters’ Steve Holland posted this photo of Trump and Pence:

The Hill posted video of Trump and Pence getting booed and cheered.

By any standard Monday’s visit was astonishingly short. Last year Trump and Pence made the same visit – and stayed just 94 seconds.

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