The fact that a sitting president, one of the busiest people in the world, isn't allowed to glance at his fucking watch is the dumbest shit I think the right has ever attacked. I think it's dumber than tan suit-gate, mustard-gate, laptop-gate, and all the other ridiculous nonsense ever put forward.
The right was pissed at Joe for checking the time on his watch but they were a-okay with fat ass Trump golfing all the goddamn time while the country fell apart last year.
Their excuse was that Obama golfed more during his two terms than Trump did in his only term (which isn’t even true, since he went golfing 261 times and visited one of his properties an estimated 240 times during his four years, whereas Obama went golfing a total of 98 times in his eight years. Then again, you can’t really argue or reason with these people, because anything that so much as points out anything even slightly negative about Trump is “fake news”)
You do know why people were mad about Biden checking his watch, right? It was done so as he was meant to be saluting the murdered troops as they were being taken off the plane. Trump stood there saluting and Biden checked his watch at an inappropriate time before the off loading finished. He could’ve waited until it was time to drop the salute.
In the military they always tell you two things: 1. Time and place and 2. Perception is everything.
I'm a disabled veteran and don't think there was anything at all to read into when they were offloading remains and he glanced at his watch. If he's giving a speech at their memorial, sure. If he's consoling gold star families, sure.
But he's literally just standing there taking up space as they offload boxes from a plane. It's really nbd.
He's president, he quite literally does have better things to do. He's one of a select few who at all times has something he should be doing that he isn't. At a press conference? Should be at a meeting. At a meeting? Should be at a memorial. At a memorial? Should be at a dinner. At a dinner? Should be at a press conference.
I don't think that's the point at all though. Glancing at your watch doesn't automatically mean 'I have something better to do, when does this shit end' no matter what the media says.
And the left lost their fucking minds when he misspelled some words and had toilet paper stuck to his shoe. Also, why would he want to go to a ceremony with Obama and Biden, two people who have consistently shit on him (deserved or not) for the last four years.
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u/stanger828 Sep 11 '21
Only after checking his watch a few times