The French army just trolled Trump for his aversion to rain and it's deliciously brutal
You know the saying: A bit of rain never hurt anyone.
Well, that's certainly the message France's army is sending out today, mere days after Trump cancelled a visit to a U.S. war cemetery near Paris due to "bad weather". World leaders that day were marking 100 years since the end of World War One.
Images of other world leaders — like Emmanuel Macron and Angela Merkel — attending Armistice events that day despite the poor weather threw Trump's absence into sharp relief. Per the Associated Press, the White House cited bad weather grounding the President's helicopter.
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Well, two days after Trump's rainy no-show, the French army has weighed in with a rather brilliant tweet.
"There's rain, but it's not serious," it reads. "We're staying motivated."
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Even a bit of drizzle might stop the leader of the free world, but it won't deter these soldiers.
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