President Trump wished everyone a “Happy Memorial Day” in his first tweet of the day Monday, but quickly sequed into a self-congratulatory tweet about the economy. “Those who died for our great country would be very happy and proud at how well our country is doing today. Best economy in decades, lowest unemployment numbers for Blacks and Hispanics EVER (& women in 18years), rebuilding our Military and so much more. Nice!” Just minutes after his Twitter tribute to fallen soldiers, Trump renewed his attacks against the Justice Department while live-tweeting Fox News and its interview with law professor Jonathan Turley. “The President deserves some answers.” @FoxNews in discussing “SPYGATE” Trump wrote. He continued, quoting Turley: “Sally Yates is part of concerns people have raised about bias in the Justice Dept. I find her actions to be really quite unbelievable.” Jonathan Turley” And another: “We now find out that the Obama Administration put the opposing campaigns presidential candidate, or his campaign, under investigation. That raises legitimate questions. I just find this really odd…this goes to the heart of our electoral system.” Jonathan Turley on @FoxNews,” Trump tweeted. See all his tweets below. Happy Memorial Day! Those who died for our great country would be very happy and proud at how well our country is doing today. Best economy in decades, lowest unemployment numbers for Blacks and Hispanics EVER (& women in 18years), rebuilding our Military and so much more. Nice! — Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) May 28, 2018 “The President deserves some answers.” @FoxNews in discussing “SPYGATE.” — Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) May 28, 2018 “Sally Yates is part of concerns people have raised about bias in the Justice Dept. I find her actions to be really quite unbelievable.” Jonathan Turley — Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) May 28, 2018<doc-sep>Attorney George Conway, the husband of White House counselor Kellyanne Conway, attacked a seemingly self-congratulatory Memorial Day tweet by his wife's boss by retweeting posts ridiculing President Donald Trump's message. Trump was heavily criticized for his tweet Monday morning that read: "Happy Memorial Day! Those who died for our great country would be very happy and proud at how well our country is doing today. Best economy in decades, lowest unemployment numbers for Blacks and Hispanics EVER (& women in 18years), rebuilding our Military and so much more. Nice!" George Conway, who retweets far more often than he tweets his own messages, shared more than a dozen posts from the day honoring fallen American soldiers, among them one by conservative political commentator Ben Shapiro quoting Trump's tweet and saying, "You did it wrong." You did it wrong https://t.co/UVyz4zxSq9 — Ben Shapiro (@benshapiro) May 28, 2018 He similarly retweeted University of Virginia Center for Politics director Larry Sabato's Twitter post praising former President George H. W. Bush's tweet in which he expressed his "regret" for missing a Memorial Day parade. "What a sane, modest contrast to Trump's narcissistic tweet this morning making Memorial Day all about him," Sabato wrote. "But then Bush 41 is a genuine war hero who would have served even with a bone spur in his foot." What a sane, modest contrast to Trump’s narcissistic tweet this morning making Memorial Day all about him. But then Bush 41 is a genuine war hero who would have served even with a bone spur in his foot. https://t.co/1sEj1n9lxI — Larry Sabato (@LarrySabato) May 28, 2018 Trump received a deferment from the military during the Vietnam War due to bone spurs in his heels. The retweets did not end there. George Conway also shared National Review senior editor Jay Nordlinger's take on Trump's tweet: "Is this too obvious to state? If a Democratic president said something like this, the Right would go absolutely ape, with me leading the pack." Is this too obvious to state? If a Democratic president said something like this, the Right would go absolutely ape, with me leading the pack. https://t.co/qKyQfv9ApA — Jay Nordlinger (@jaynordlinger) May 28, 2018 The attorney's other retweets included comments on the holiday that were much humbler than Trump's, including those by his predecessors Barack Obama and Bill Clinton, as well as First Lady Melania Trump. George Conway has drawn increasing attention for social media behavior that regularly criticizes the president, to whom his wife has remained a loyal defender. His latest retweets on Memorial Day, however, come just a few days after a Politico report accused him of emailing journalists who have critiqued Trump with tips on how to strengthen their stories. When asked to address her husband's tweets last month, Kellyanne Conway signaled her outrage at the question and accused CNN's Dana Bash of sexism. "It's fascinating that CNN would go there but very good for the whole world to have just witnessed that it is now fair game what people's … how people's spouses and significant others may differ with them. I'm really surprised and gratified to see that," she said. Bash responded, "I would ask you that if you were a man," only for Conway to fire back that "No, you would not."<doc-sep>WASHINGTON — President Trump paid tribute to and mourned the loss of fallen soldiers on Monday with a traditional Memorial Day visit to Arlington National Cemetery in Virginia, vowing that “we will never forget our heroes.” After laying a wreath at the Tomb of the Unknowns on a gray and unseasonably cool day, Mr. Trump addressed a cheering crowd that included Gold Star families, honoring “the men and women who laid down their lives for our freedom.” Mr. Trump spoke of the soldiers, Marines, airmen and sailors who came from “every generation, from towering cities and windswept prairies, from privilege and from poverty,” but were united in arms and in their sacrifice. And he singled out several of them for praise. He recognized former Senator Bob Dole, Republican of Kansas, who was awarded the Congressional Gold Medal in January, and Ray Chavez, a Navy veteran and the oldest living survivor of the attack on Pearl Harbor.<doc-sep>
U.S. President Donald Trump is marking his second Memorial Day as commander in chief with a planned visit to Arlington National Cemetery and a salute to those who have made the ultimate sacrifice for their country. He tweeted a message to mark the day early Monday, which was immediately met with scorn for primarily celebrating his own accomplishments: "Happy Memorial Day! Those who died for our great country would be very happy and proud at how well our country is doing today. Best economy in decades, lowest unemployment numbers for Blacks and Hispanics EVER (& women in 18years), rebuilding our Military and so much more. Nice!" The Atlantic's David Frum responded by saying Trump's tweet was the "grossest, most inappropriate, most self-flattering Memorial Day message in the history of the US presidency." A Bloomberg editor mocked his use of the word "happy." Senator John McCain's tweet was cited as an example of what a Memorial Day message should be: "Today we honor the Americans who sacrificed everything to secure the blessings of liberty. Family and friends to some, heroes to all - who lived, fought and died for the safety and future of a great and good nation. God bless them and grant them perpetual peace. #MemorialDay" Trump is set to lay a wreath at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier and is then expected to speak at a ceremony at the hallowed grounds across the Potomac River from the nation’s capital. Accompanying the president at Arlington were Defense Secretary Jim Mattis and Gen. Joseph Dunford, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. The Associated Press contributed to this report