ARLINGTON, Va. — Donald Trump and his campaign are under fire after a visit to the Arlington National Cemetery has led to the US Army claiming the former president failed to press F at the tomb of the unknown soldier.
“This cemetery is sacred ground for thousands of families across the nation as the final resting place of their loved one who gave their lives for this country and the Trump campaign failed to follow the rules that were laid out to them,” claimed Theodore Lockhart, a spokesperson for the US Army. “The Tomb of the Unknown Soldier is a monument to all the identified heroes who died fighting for our great nation and we were very explicit with Trump and his team that he had to press F to pay respects while he was here. We gave him ample time to follow the prompt, it wasn’t a quick time prompt and yet he still failed to press f before leaving.”
Lockhart then explained the unfortunate aftermath of Trump’s inability to press F.
“As Trump was leaving an employee of the cemetery tried to ensure that the rules were followed and that the appropriate F’s were given to honor the fallen. This employee was rudely and disrespectfully pushed aside by Trump’s campaign staff. By the time the employee was helped and proper F’s were given for her failure, Trump and his team had left. Trump was contacted by us following his departure to give him the opportunity to give F’s in chat but he simply replied ‘git gud’. We absolutely condemn this egregious act of disrespect by Donald Trump and his team. There is truly nothing lower than the failure to press F to pay respects.”
Trump hit back against the allegations during a campaign rally in Memphis.
“The Army is talking about me folks. They’re calling me disrespectful. Disrespectful they’re saying, because I didn’t press F to pay respects. That’s what they want you to do now is to press F. I don’t know folks. I thought I was pretty respectful, let me tell you. I was there wasn’t I? You know who wasn’t there? That’s right Crazy Kamala and Tiny Tim. They weren’t there but I was and for some reason, I’m the disrespectful one because I didn’t press F. Let me tell you folks, no one is more respectful than me, I’m the most respectful person there is believe me. So what if I didn’t press F or give F’s in chat? Maybe I would have if they were still alive. I prefer my war heroes to be alive but that’s just me folks.”
At press time, Trump has claimed that he would only press F to pay respects to the late great Hannibal Lecter.
