Ex-president hits back at Pennsylvania rally after US army rebuked him for turning Arlington ceremony into photo opDonald Trump has denied exploiting a controversial visit to soldiers’ graves at Arlington national cemetery for political ends by saying he does not need the publicity.The US army publicly rebuked Trump campaign officials for turning a ceremony on Monday to mark the deaths of American soldiers in Afghanistan into a photo opportunity for the Republican presidential candidate. The army accused two campaign workers of pushing aside an official at the cemetery who told them that it was not permitted to take photographs at the graves of recently deceased soldiers. Continue reading…
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Author : Chris McGreal
Publish date : 2024-08-30 23:32:18
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Trump denies exploiting visit to US soldiers’ graves: ‘I don’t need publicity’
