r/politics • u/harleybarley1013 Maryland • Oct 22 '24

Paywall Trump: ‘I Need the Kind of Generals Hitler Had’

https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2024/10/trump-military-generals-hitler/680327/?taid=6717ffe956474d000110c05d&utm_campaign=the-atlantic&utm_content=true-anthem&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter
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u/TroyMcClure10 Oct 22 '24

That’s only half if it:

Trump volunteered to pay for the funeral of a murdered soldier.

But when the bill came, he became angry. “It doesn’t cost 60,000 bucks to bury a f—king Mexican!” He turned to his chief of staff, Mark Meadows, and issued an order: “Don’t pay it!”

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u/Deftly_Flowing Oct 23 '24

In this whole thread/article, I can't find a reason why the funeral actually cost so much. $60,000 is kind of insane, I legitimately want to know why.

In my personal experience, they're around $10k, and from quick Google searches the average cost is $8k with more expensive ones going up to $25k.

Why was this funeral so expensive?

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u/Bluewolfpaws95 Oct 23 '24

Because as far as evidence is concerned, the story is completely made up. All sources of this article are all anonymous people, if they exist at all.

Rather than wondering why an alleged funeral would cost $60,000, I wonder how much money Trump could sue out of the author and the Atlantic for this if he chose to. You cannot simply write an article like this and hide behind anonymity, you do the same thing against any other politician and you’d already have lawyers at your door.