Also the President is not in fact supposed to salute members of the military THEY salute HIM, since as the commander-in-chief he's their CO, and then as the superior officer he can choose to return their salute or nothttps://twitter.com/daveweigel/status/1352355934803136514 …
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It is, in fact, historically considered improper for the President to return a military salute, because they're "out of uniform" and in fact a civilian The President returning the salute is a modern thing, Eisenhower, a stickler for military procedure, famously never did
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This kind of shit just underscores the degree to which the "patriots" don't know jack shit about the traditions they perform devotion to The people who are genuinely into military tradition are *against* saluting becoming this common thing outside of an actual military context
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plus I'm pretty sure Trump had plenty of moments that could be construed this way and somehow nobody cared...
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