Instead of attending the ceremony, the president sent Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth to pay respects, prompting haters to call the move “another Trump slight” against the U.S. military.
On X, one critic complained: “Can you imagine the uproar if President Biden skipped a dignified transfer of 4 dead U.S. soldiers to play golf instead, while at the same time, millions of 401Ks were being wiped out by his tariffs? MAGA would DEMAND impeachment. But for Trump? Crickets.”