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Greg Evans
Jun 08, 2019
During the commemorations of the 75 anniversary of the D-Day landings, several world leaders signed a symbolic proclamation in acknowledgement to those that sacrificed so much on that historic day and make sure those events never have to be repeated.
Amongst the signatures on the piece of paper are Angela Merkel, Emmanuel Macron and of course, Donald Trump but because he's the president he had to do something a little different to everyone else, didn't he?
Whereas every other world leader placed their signature respectfully at the bottom of the document, Trump placed his right at the very top, where everyone could see it, ensuring that it wasn't lost amongst the other names.
President Trump puts his autograph up top when 15 world leaders sign a D-Day proclamation at a ceremony in Portsmou… https://t.co/JpMD3eBiXu— Axios (@Axios) 1559910589
The placement of the signature saw Trump ridiculed after an image of the document was shared on social media.
DDay Proclamation. Signed by 15 world leaders at bottom. And by President Trump on top. #AmericaFirst… https://t.co/9n7lxwnTTP— ian bremmer (@ian bremmer) 1559908826
Guess which world leader signed his name at the top, when everyone else signed at the bottom?! https://t.co/XPM2lfQfEn— Stig Abell (@Stig Abell) 1559843418
Uh.... https://t.co/bgUsKJrLFc— Chris Cillizza (@Chris Cillizza) 1559851426
While it is unclear why Trump chose to sign his name at the top of the document, a few people tried to defend him, pointing out that if he was the last person to write on it, then there wasn't much space left at the bottom for him.
@StigAbell That's the way to do it when there's no more space on the bottom. Pathetic observation really....— Heathcliffe (@Heathcliffe) 1559898193
@StigAbell @JuliaHB1 Not sure that’s particularly worthy of criticism. There is no space left at the bottom.— Jason Freeman (@Jason Freeman) 1559885937
Let's just be thankful that he wasn't around in 1776...
@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— Ray Iallonardo (@Ray Iallonardo) 1559924454
HT The Hill
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