Allow me to reply. He is a millionaire many times over...well, we don’t know how many times, do we? He did inherit, but he lied and cheated and stole. Banks won’t lend him money because of his incompetence and lying. He is doubtless guilty of money laundering, and god knows what else. No, he deserved no particular respect for his lying, refusing to pay what he owes, thousands of court cases, and on, and on. Some Wealth!!—what he didn’t inherit, he lied and stole, took millions from aspiring students in a massive and admitted scam, failed at selling steaks and vodka. Look at his assiociates, Paul Manafort and Cohen—felons all, Trump was just another thug in the crowd.

Some President, hun?

And the majority of Americans did not vote for him. Remember, he lost the vote count by three million votes. Only the intricacies of the electoral college and Vladimir Putin saved him—what’s to respect in that?

You may approve or disapprove of of economic policy—I’m not going to get into that kettle of fish. However, you say we pay most of the UN, and we do, and we pay most of NATO, don’t we? And how did that work out? We stopped Russia and International Communist in its tracks. Russia wanted all of Europe but they failed because of NATO and the UN (and American Dollars, it’s true).

There has been no World War III, and that’s a great success in any book. And, upon Putin’s orders, Trump is attacking all that.

And Putin not only took over another country, he’s attempting to take over the USA! During the campaign and after the election. Trump people spend more time meeting secretly with Russians than any other policy. There’s absolutely no question Trump answers to Putin, was elected with Putin’s assistance and undoubtedly Putin’s guidance, certainly with Putin’s money, and very probably at Putin’s suggestion or at his orders.

And Putin has been extremely successful so far. Only Mueller can save us—the U S Congress certainly won’t!

And we were not appeasing North Korea in any sense of the word—at least not until Donald Trump was elected.

And I laugh at his necktie because that, and not understanding buttoning his coat shows how totally vulgar he is. Living on Cholesterol? This man is not physically or mentall fit, and clearly in mental decline. He is a cheap, vulgar, petty man with narrow mental horizons, practicing tawdry and petty policies that are a shame to the dignity of the nation.

I don’t consider that petty, my friend.

I’ll give you that business is doing well, stock market and all, but business always does well under Fascism, and that’s exactly where we’re headed.

Furthermore, my friend, you say Donald Trump is not “Political,” and perhaps you are right, but he exudes failure on each and every front. Look at what Kim did to him. Colossal Failure and Humiliation of US Foreign Policy, Colossal!!

And all this, following Putin’s orders!

He certainly loves the spotlight—no question there, but he’s the worst American President in American History, and his failures are many, many more than we know..

In short, we have a petty man, vicious and dishonest, cheap and vulgar, incompetent and destructive in office, a compulsive and documented liar six thousand times over, a bribe taker as is his son-in-law ($500,000,000 each!) a racist and white supremacist and an aspiring fascist—what’s not to like, long as you don’t mind losing freedom and democracy, right?

“But, the man is smart and perceptive!” The man is not smart, let me repeat, Not Smart. You must be the only man in America who thinks so. He is manipulative. He is a fascist. He is a rascist. He is a compulsive liar. He is incompetent in politics. He is stupid. He is dishonest. In other words, he steals, he lies, he hates, and he fucks things up—persistently and consistently.

He picked the most incompetent and corrupt cabinet we’ve ever had, he’s been had by Vladimir Putin and Kim of North Korea, his very soul is for sale, and he sells American Foreign Policy for Money.

Jobs are still leaving the country, we’re now in a trade war which is destructive.

He wears his ties too long and doesn’t know when to button his coat. He insults foreign dignitaries, gives away important intelligence, he knows nothing, is cheap and vulgar, and he is a white supremacist. He is also a bad businessman.

I'm not here to defend the president, or anyone else. I'm only stating that it seems disrespectful of the deceased to focus attention on others than the deceased. If nothing else it seems inappropriate at a funeral to use the pulpit as a soapbox.

I'm not sure I understand your "double standard". I don't have a double standard. I didn't like McCain, and probably have a better bit of insight to him than a good deal of you folks defending his daughter. If you folks think that bashing the president is so incredibly important that doing so during the funeral of someone considered "great", I feel your civility has diminished to the point of being reprehensible.
--Bob