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Donald Trump's Painfully On-Brand Signature on D-Day Proclamation Is Making It Go Viral For All the Wrong Reasons
07 June 2019
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President Donald Trump gathered with other world leaders on Thursday to commemorate the 75th anniversary of D-Day, in which allied troops invaded Normandy to move against Nazi control of France.
With hundreds of thousands of troops across an array of allegiances dying that day, the world leaders signed a solemn proclamation to mark it. The proclamation notes the horrors each country faced in the wake of World War II, and the leaders acknowledged their responsibility in making sure conflict of that degree never happens again.
<p>One signature on the proclamation, however, is standing out for all the wrong reasons.</p><p>Can you spot it?</p><p class="shortcode-media shortcode-media-rebelmouse-image"><img type="lazy-image" data-runner-src="https://assets.rebelmouse.io/eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiIsInR5cCI6IkpXVCJ9.eyJpbWFnZSI6Imh0dHBzOi8vYXNzZXRzLnJibC5tcy8yMjA0NDQ4OS9vcmlnaW4uanBnIiwiZXhwaXJlc19hdCI6MTYyMTkwNTk1OX0.v_O13t-3M0aotbhRhKCKJc_dRTkGWJXyVYofsfCRTyY/img.jpg?width=980" id="53ce3" class="rm-shortcode" data-rm-shortcode-id="04344af5bdf341c594597a508aed21ce" data-rm-shortcode-name="rebelmouse-image"><small class="image-media media-caption" placeholder="add caption...">@axios/Twitter</small></p><p>While all other world leaders like German Chancellor Angela Merkel, French President Emmanuel Macron, and British Prime Minister Theresa May signed at the bottom of the proclamation, President Trump separated himself by signing at the top.</p><p>Sadly, people weren't surprised.</p><p></p><div id="6f664" class="rm-shortcode" data-rm-shortcode-id="8US6BO1574873419"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet twitter-custom-tweet" data-twitter-tweet-id="1136966140192874496" data-partner="rebelmouse"><div style="margin:1em 0">DDay Proclamation. Signed by 15 world leaders at bottom. And by President Trump on top. #AmericaFirst… https://t.co/9n7lxwnTTP</div> — ian bremmer (@ian bremmer)<a href="https://twitter.com/ianbremmer/statuses/1136966140192874496">1559908826.0</a></blockquote></div><p></p><p></p><div id="3e832" class="rm-shortcode" data-rm-shortcode-id="DE96121574873420"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet twitter-custom-tweet" data-twitter-tweet-id="1136974789468286977" data-partner="rebelmouse"><div style="margin:1em 0">@axios Of course he did. No class.</div> — Pete Bacon (@Pete Bacon)<a href="https://twitter.com/BaconGrillin123/statuses/1136974789468286977">1559910888.0</a></blockquote></div><p></p><p></p><div id="ab4a4" class="rm-shortcode" data-rm-shortcode-id="KJUEVZ1574873420"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet twitter-custom-tweet" data-twitter-tweet-id="1137031688859656192" data-partner="rebelmouse"><div style="margin:1em 0">@axios Look at the bright side. Thank god he’s not a founding father, otherwise he would have signed the top of the… https://t.co/hcxNMF7FoK</div> — Ray Iallonardo (@Ray Iallonardo)<a href="https://twitter.com/ray_iallonardo/statuses/1137031688859656192">1559924454.0</a></blockquote></div><p></p><p>Some claimed that there was no room at the bottom for Trump's signature...</p><p><div data-conversation-spotlight=""></div></p><p></p><div id="08df2" class="rm-shortcode" data-rm-shortcode-id="HK6K841574873420"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet twitter-custom-tweet" data-twitter-tweet-id="1137032131019005952" data-partner="rebelmouse"><div style="margin:1em 0">@axios Who gives AF. I can’t even read it and they were running out of room at the bottom anyway.</div> — Mindy Robinson 🇺🇸 (@Mindy Robinson 🇺🇸)<a href="https://twitter.com/iheartmindy/statuses/1137032131019005952">1559924559.0</a></blockquote></div><p></p><p>But upon closer inspection, that didn't seem to be the case.</p><p class="shortcode-media shortcode-media-rebelmouse-image"><img type="lazy-image" data-runner-src="https://assets.rebelmouse.io/eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiIsInR5cCI6IkpXVCJ9.eyJpbWFnZSI6Imh0dHBzOi8vYXNzZXRzLnJibC5tcy8yMjA0NDQ5MC9vcmlnaW4ucG5nIiwiZXhwaXJlc19hdCI6MTY0OTE0NTY3NH0.ltsJetuzZh5_MwyaMKYadBnlJm3Vk3W5K6CeTxIqAYo/img.png?width=980" id="03fa5" class="rm-shortcode" data-rm-shortcode-id="5ecca6dd6f356cc83424cc97d6a72a82" data-rm-shortcode-name="rebelmouse-image"><small class="image-media media-caption" placeholder="add caption...">@bodegacat212/Twitter</small></p><p>Some of the president's supporters admired the move, considering it a productive assertion of strength over the allies commemorating one of the most horrific times in modern world history.</p><p></p><p></p><div id="ee020" class="rm-shortcode" data-rm-shortcode-id="UHKRFS1574873420"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet twitter-custom-tweet" data-twitter-tweet-id="1137020679134621705" data-partner="rebelmouse"><div style="margin:1em 0">@axios Right where it belongs #GOAT</div> — kenley lamberty (@kenley lamberty)<a href="https://twitter.com/Kenleylamberty/statuses/1137020679134621705">1559921829.0</a></blockquote></div><p></p><p></p><div id="efe45" class="rm-shortcode" data-rm-shortcode-id="32AFEU1574873420"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet twitter-custom-tweet" data-twitter-tweet-id="1137032173524004864" data-partner="rebelmouse"><div style="margin:1em 0">@axios Still on top! #MAGA</div> — Josh Carter (@Josh Carter)<a href="https://twitter.com/joshcarter_11/statuses/1137032173524004864">1559924569.0</a></blockquote></div><p></p><p>There is, however, one consolation.</p><p></p><div id="34c0e" class="rm-shortcode" data-rm-shortcode-id="8JM9A51574873420"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet twitter-custom-tweet" data-twitter-tweet-id="1136978694805884930" data-partner="rebelmouse"><div style="margin:1em 0">@axios Easier to white out.</div> — The Still Cranky Canuck (@The Still Cranky Canuck)<a href="https://twitter.com/StephenColley18/statuses/1136978694805884930">1559911819.0</a></blockquote></div><p></p><p></p><div id="ca6ab" class="rm-shortcode" data-rm-shortcode-id="JNOWYB1574873420"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet twitter-custom-tweet" data-twitter-tweet-id="1137037677616873472" data-partner="rebelmouse"><div style="margin:1em 0">@axios Makes it easier to delete</div> — I Am NikkiFree (@I Am NikkiFree)<a href="https://twitter.com/iamnikkifree/statuses/1137037677616873472">1559925882.0</a></blockquote></div><p></p><p></p><div id="b4a6a" class="rm-shortcode" data-rm-shortcode-id="JSX5ZW1574873421"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet twitter-custom-tweet" data-twitter-tweet-id="1137012540792287232" data-partner="rebelmouse"><div style="margin:1em 0">@axios will be way easier to photoshop out later on..</div> — Not A. Fan (@Not A. Fan)<a href="https://twitter.com/chalkdust25/statuses/1137012540792287232">1559919889.0</a></blockquote></div><p></p><p></p><div id="0b161" class="rm-shortcode" data-rm-shortcode-id="1Z2PKL1574873421"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet twitter-custom-tweet" data-twitter-tweet-id="1137031544902750210" data-partner="rebelmouse"><div style="margin:1em 0">@axios It’s easier to rip the corner off without losing any real leaders signatures.</div> — 🌊#DitchMitch2020🌊 (@🌊#DitchMitch2020🌊)<a href="https://twitter.com/Eamt52/statuses/1137031544902750210">1559924419.0</a></blockquote></div><p></p><p>All in all, this is a bad sign.</p>
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