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"Blue Angels and Thunderbirds to fly over multiple cities to support
health care workers battling COVID-19, Trump says"
by David Roza Apr 23, 2020, taskandpurpose.com
"The Navy Blue Angels and Air Force Thunderbirds are due to
fly over multiple cities across the country both together and
separately as part of a show of support for the health care
workers fighting novel coronavirus (COVID-19), President Donald
Trump announced Wednesday night.
"Operation America Strong, Trump said, would involve "air shows" over a range of cities that would serve as "a signal to all Americans to remain vigilant during the outbreak."
"Senior defense officials told the Washington Post that there would be no formal "airshows," as Trump described them;"
Commentary at sflist.com,
Blue Angels to Fly in Honor of Healthcare Workers, Who Clearly Did Not Ask for This
"How will these air demonstration squads honor them? By wasting $60,000 an hour over SF and at least 30 U.S. cities to "champion national unity."
"The large-scale series of squadron formations is to be called "Operation America Strong," which is such crude caveman grammar that you figure Trump came up with that name himself. [...]
"If there were some way to turn this into a charitable fundraiser for healthcare workers, protective supplies, or laid-off Americans, that might be something we could get behind. But there is no mention of any of these things in Pentagon's announcement, just "national unity" and "tribute to our great warriors" bullshit that is clearly designed to paper over Trump's dismal 23 percent approval of his response to the pandemic.
commentary at jwz.org, Blue Angels to Fly ...
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