The following article by Philip Bump was posted on the Washington Post website August 21, 2017:
President Trump addressed U.S. troops and the nation from Fort Myer in Arlington, Va., on Aug. 21 to announce his plan going forward in Afghanistan. (The Washington Post)
President Trump’s first prime-time address to the nation from Fort Myer in Arlington, Va., was meant to outline his strategy for resolving (or at least addressing) the interminable conflict in Afghanistan. In the wake of the civil unrest in Charlottesville and broad critique over his response to it, he took time at the beginning of his speech to pointedly champion the diversity of America’s armed forces. Continue reading “In his speech about Afghanistan, Trump tries again to win the Battle of Charlottesville”