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President Trump wore a blue suit, and this is very, very bad. If you take your cues from the establishment media, you should be outraged.
The evil man wore the evil suit at the pope’s funeral, where the Vatican’s dress code “requires men to wear a dark suit with a long black tie.” Trump wore a blue suit with a blue tie. The Vatican didn’t complain, and even the New York Times admitted Saturday that Trump’s attire “did not grossly violate the dress code for the event.”
Nonetheless, the outrage mill went into high gear over the weekend. Fortune ran a story entitled “The Vatican asked Pope Francis funeral attendees to wear all black. Trump wore a blue suit.” The Independent went with “Trump accused of Pope Francis funeral faux pas after ‘breaking dress code’ then leaving early.” The Wrap: “Donald Trump Roundly Criticized for Wearing Blue Suit to Pope Francis’ Funeral.” Despite its fifth-paragraph admission that Trump’s suit was within the bounds of acceptable attire, the New York Times still thought it worthy of a story: “Trump’s Blue Suit at Pope’s Funeral Draws Attention.”
Man, Trump was wearing one bad suit! Yet establishment media rules on suits are often complicated. Sometimes suits are innocuous. For years, media propagandists liked to spread the claim that Obama’s tan suit was the “only scandal” of his interminable and catastrophic presidency. The implication was that those stupid Republicans were so partisan, so racist, so unfair and so mean-spirited, but had so little for which they could actually criticize Obama, that they tried to stir up a controversy over his poor fashion sense. (Actually, he looked quite natty in the tan suit.)
But suits aren’t always symbols of mountains being made out of molehills. Sometimes they’re actual mountains being made out of molehills. The same leftist media that laughed at patriots over their alleged consternation at Obama’s tan suit is enraged beyond measure over Trump’s blue suit. Yet there are a few facts that are inconvenient for the Trump-is-an-insensitive-clod-who-wore-a-blue-suit-to-the-pope’s-funeral narrative.
One is that Fortune, the New York Times and other outlets that ran with the evil blue suit narrative included photos with their stories that gave the impression that Trump was the only guy at the funeral who had been insensitive enough to wear a blue suit. These photos, however, were carefully cropped so that readers could not see that many, many other men at the funeral were wearing blue suits, including Prince William and Old Joe Biden. Volodymyr Zelensky was dressed once again as if Vladimir Putin might appear from behind a hedge at any minute, Kalashnikov blazing, and the plucky Ukrainian president would have to spring into combat mode.
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Thomas Braun says
That event was not the Pope funeral but Bush Sr. Funeral
WPM says
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gravenimage says
Nope–read the story here:
https://fortune.com/article/pope-francis-funeral-dress-code-donald-trump-blue-suit/
Transmaster says
On “X”, there is an expanded photo of the seating area for the world leaders, and in the picture, you can see numerous other world leaders or their representatives in either blue suits and ties, or blue ties, or Cultural formal dress. TDS, and sitting in the front row wearing the beautifully tailored blue suit was a statement as much as anything else. What is sleazy is that the photo shown in the MSM has been photo-shopped to single out Trump’s blue suit and minimize the blue suits worn by others.
Thomas Braun says
That was George Bush Sr. Burial
gravenimage says
Check the links–this was Pope Francis’ funeral.
Thomas Braun says
For what it’s worth, Trump wasn’t alone in deviating from the Vatican’s dress code. Former President Joe Biden, a devout Catholic, wore a blue tie. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky did wear all black, but didn’t don a tie at all. And when you look at photos like the one above, you’ll spot several people who did not adhere to the dress code. That said, Trump is the leader of the free world and was the most visible person in attendance.
Transmaster says
The Hindustan Times pointed out that Prince William did not wear a black suit and tie either. The Times also pointed out that the dress code only counts if you are a Catholic. Prince Williams is Anglican, Trump is non-denominational. Melania is a Catholic, and she was her usual class act.
Transmaster says
The Hindustan Times pointed out something interesting. Prince William did not wear a black suit and tie either. The times pointed out that the dress code only counts if you are a Catholic.
Tony Rice says
The man continues to ANNOY
Transmaster says
Bush Sr.’s funeral was on December 6th, 2018. Thomas Braun is suffering from severe temporal disorientation.
James Lincoln says
As long as he is annoying the right people, Tony.
Lady of the Lake says
The blue offsets the orange better.