(CNN) President Donald Trump referred to fallen US service members at the Aisne-Marne cemetery in crude and derogatory terms during a November 2018 trip to France to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the end of World War I, a former senior administration official confirmed to CNN. Speaking to reporters after returning from a rally in Pennsylvania on Thursday, the President said the report was "a disgraceful situation." The Atlantic specifically reported that Trump didn't want to attend a ceremony at the Aisne-Marne American Cemetery in France in 2018 because he was concerned that the rain would dishevel his hair. The Secret Service, Trump recounted, "told me you can't do it. As CNN has reported, first lady Melania Trump was on the same trip and was scheduled to visit the cemetery with the President.

Source: CNN September 05, 2020 21:56 UTC