- France's army on Monday appeared to make fun of President Donald Trump for missing a memorial service on the 100th anniversary of the end of end of World War I due to rain.
- The French army's Twitter page made a rare entry into the English-language #MondayMotivation hashtag to say they weren't bothered by a little rain.
- Trump drew widespread criticism for missing the memorial service with many people doubting the White House's official reason why.
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France's army appears to troll Trump for missing a WWI memorial due to rain
"There is rain, but it does not matter... We remain motivated," France's army said after rain kept President Donald Trump from a WWI memorial.
France's army on Monday appeared to make fun of President Donald Trump for missing a memorial service on the 100th anniversary of the end of World War I with a picture of its soldiers training in the rain and some commentary on motivation.
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Canadian President Justin Trudeau's speech at the memorial included a reference to the rain: "As we sit here in the rain, thinking how uncomfortable we must be these minutes as our suits get wet and our hair gets wet and our shoes get wet, I think it's all the more fitting that we remember on that day, in Dieppe, the rain wasn't rain, it was bullets."
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On Twitter, former presidential staffers expressed disbelief that Trump couldn't attend the memorial, which was a key cause for his trip to Paris. Ben Rhodes, a top staffer for former President Barack Obama, said there was "always" a back up bad-weather plan on presidential trips.
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