every year since 1963 the president gives out these medals to honor Americans. But that did not happen last year and it looks like it’s not on for this year either.
as you can see a wide variety of people get the medals: actors, singers, politicians, doctors, lawyers, scientists, teachers, inventors, etc.
Maybe Trump is ticked when they told him he cannot give himself one.
All I know is, Kanye’s pissed about this.
He’s probably trying to stave off the shame of having honorable people refuse to accept the medal from him.
he already had that problem last year with the Kennedy Center honors, so he skipped the awards ceremony which is rare for a president
What, you think anyone Trump would pick for one of these medals would be honorable?
In the dishonorable category, Bill Cosby is on the list , I think they said there is no way to revoke the medal. Cosby has had a bunch of honorary PhDs revoked , over 50 last time I saw the list.
I think his minions could probably find some famous deplorable people who would accept it; Kanye was mentioned above. He probably hates the idea of having to speak in praise of someone other than himself.
Ivanka, Tiffany, Eric, Don Jr, Rudy G, Kid Rock, Ted Nugent, Larry the Cable guy ,etc.
This actually surprises me. I would have thought that giving out medals was the kind of Presidential duty that Trump would revel in. I figure he loves to imagine himself as a king bestowing favors on his subjects.
maybe he would do it if he could wear a fur cape and fancy crown and use a sword to tap them on the shoulders
If he gives out the MoF he can’t rescind it if the recipient later displeases him, the way he regularly rescinds his blessings.
non Americans and dead people can get the medal so he would probably choose Putin, Kim, Lenin, Mussolini, Pol Pot, etc.
Cannot rule out sheer feckless incompetence as the explanation for this inaction, either.
It might simply be one of the many, many standard duties this administration hasn’t managed to tackle effectively.
Both science and humanity are closed books to Republicans is why.
The Trump administration is surpassing all predecessors in this area.
Isn’t he too narcissistic to conceive that anyone would refuse to accept it?
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How about his hair stylist? After all, didn’t David Cameron give his an honour, or was that Tony Blair?
I can’t see thump ever giving out any kind of medal to anyone. Unless he gets one, too. I call to your attention the incident of the two scoops of ice cream and rest my case.
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