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Joe Biden honors World War I soldiers, visits cemetery in France that Donald Trump skipped
President Joe Biden ended his five-day trip to France on Sunday by paying his respects to World War I soldiers buried in a cemetery that former President Donald Trump refused to visit six years ago over weather concerns.
Biden and first lady Jill Biden participated in a wreath-laying ceremony at the Aisne-Marne American Cemetery and Memorial near the village of Belleau, about 60 miles northeast of Paris.
The cemetery, which sits at the foot of Belleau Wood, is the burial ground of more than 2,000 American soldiers killed during the war. Most of them fought in the area and in the Marne valley in the summer of 1918. The soldiers buried in the cemetery’s sweeping curve include 1,800 U. S. Marines killed in the Belleau Wood.
Holding hands with the first lady, the president walked through the cemetery with hundreds of white, cross-shaped headstones. He stood silent facing a floral wreath at the steps of the cemetery chapel Sunday.
"More Americans, more Marines than lost here than any battle. The idea that I could come to Normandy and not make the short trip here to pay tribute," Biden told press after the ceremony.
"America showed up. America showed up to stop the Germans. America showed up make sure that they did not prevail. America shows up whenever needed, just like our allies show for us," he continued.
His stop at the Aisne-Marne cemetery on Sunday allowed him to also honor the sacrifices of those killed in World War I and subtly call attention to Trump’s refusal to pay his respects to the war dead buried there.
Trump in 2018, during his presidency, canceled a visit to the cemetery because it was raining. “Why should I go to that cemetery? It’s filled with losers,” Trump reportedly said, according to The Atlantic. Trump also called the fallen soldiers “suckers” and “losers,” the magazine reported.
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