Flashback: The Time Trump Refused To Board His Plane Until He Had Met Cops Guarding It
Editor’s note: Our readers responded strongly to this story when it originally ran in September 2016, before Donald Trump was elected president; we’re reposting it here in case you missed it.
Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump visited Michigan last week, and while the liberal media slammed him all around for the trip, something Trump did as he was preparing to leave has conveniently been ignored by that same mainstream media.
Almost everyone has seen the clip of a pastor admonishing Trump to not be political in his speech at a black church, but almost nobody saw what happened later after that.
When he arrived at the airport to board his ready and waiting Trump Force One, rather than immediately mount the steps to enter his plane, Trump instead walked right past them, refusing to leave just yet.
That’s because Trump decided to first take the time to greet, shake hands with and pose for pictures with the line of police officers on motorcycles lined up along the tarmac beside his plane.
Thank you to all of our law enforcement officers – across America! #LESM #MAGA https://t.co/Mcbc2JzhN2 pic.twitter.com/4MTmR8kXVb
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) September 15, 2016
Trump has repeatedly referred to himself as the “law and order” candidate in this 2016 presidential race, and he has just as often expressed his deep appreciation for the hard work and dangerous risks many police officers deal with on a daily basis.
Taking the time to personally greet and thank the officers who protected his caravan and plane during his trip to Michigan is just the latest example of how Trump stands with the law enforcement officers who, in turn, stand between law-abiding citizens and the criminal element in society.
It is presidential moves like this that the largest police union in the nation recently issued its formal endorsement of Trump as its preference to be the next president of the United States.
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