Trump Goes to the Bullpen in Awarding His Latest Presidential Medal of Freedom
Source: New York Times
Trump Goes to the Bullpen in Awarding His Latest Presidential Medal of Freedom
President Trump awarded Mariano Rivera, a former Yankees pitcher, the Presidential Medal of Freedom on Monday at the White House. Anna Moneymaker/The New York Times
By Michael Crowley and Tyler Kepner
Sept. 16, 2019
WASHINGTON President Trump brought a New York sports icon to the White House on Monday for the latest installment of his favorite new presidential pastime: honoring a sports legend who also happens to be a political supporter.
Read more: https://www.nytimes.com/2019/09/16/us/politics/trump-mariano-rivera.html
Sorry, I just discovered the the New York Times isn't going to share the rest of the article with me.
I'll see if I can rustle up the rest of the info. from another source.
Judi Lynn
(160,218 posts)SEP 16, 2019 7:01PM PT
Melania Trump Matches Her Pink Top to Her Heels for Baseball Stars Presidential Medal of Freedom Ceremony
By Charlie Carballo
Melania Trump wears Dior with Manolo Blahnik pumps to a ceremony for President Donald Trump to present the Presidential Medal of Freedom to former New York Yankees baseball pitcher Mariano Rivera, Sept. 16, 2019.
CREDIT: PATRICK SEMANSKY/AP/SHUTTERSTOCK
Melania Trump was suited up today at the White House, opting for touches of pink, to help honor baseball hero Mariano Rivera at the Presidential Medal of Freedom ceremony.
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https://footwearnews.com/2019/fashion/celebrity-style/melania-trump-mariano-rivera-dior-suit-pink-high-heels-1202838475/
Trump's Air Force One footwear:
Scarsdale
(9,426 posts)traffic than the Holland Tunnel. What a "first family". Who will be awarded the medal next - Ivanka? Jared?
Judi Lynn
(160,218 posts)The Yankees' newly inducted Hall of Famer received the nation's highest civilian honor at a White House ceremony on Monday.
WASHINGTON President Donald Trump presented the Presidential Medal of Freedom to New York Yankees legend Mariano Rivera on Monday.
Trump praised Rivera, the first player to be unanimously elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame, for his storied career and achievements on the field and off it, where he has donated scholarships and school supplies to low-income communities.
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Rivera joined a growing list of professional athletes to be awarded the nations highest civilian award by Trump three within the past month alone.
He is the 12th individual to receive the Presidential Medal of Freedom during Trump's presidency. Other recent Trump honorees have included NBA Hall of Famers Jerry West and Bob Cousy and golf great Tiger Woods.
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/white-house/trump-awards-presidential-medal-freedom-baseball-legend-mariano-rivera-n1054896
dalton99a
(81,068 posts)the guy Ivanka was supposed to marry
Judi Lynn
(160,218 posts)Scarsdale
(9,426 posts)Poor guy had to "settle" for supermodel Gisele.
LastLiberal in PalmSprings
(12,539 posts)Why is Fat Donnie focusing on jocks at the expense of people who have actually achieved something, like medical, scientific or artistic accomplishments? Is it because he feels superior to athletes? Or does he feel it elevates him to their level? Tiger Woods is easy; they both share an affinity for cheating on their wives.
Judi Lynn
(160,218 posts)Trump's list of Presidential Medals of Freedom Awards:
https://www.whitehouse.gov/medaloffreedom/
rpannier
(24,304 posts)Seems fitting in a perverse way
Judi Lynn
(160,218 posts)Fan of Da Bearse
(75 posts)That not the "bull-" word I usually associate with Donnie!
oasis
(49,151 posts)have politely turned down the invite to the White House, citing the cruelty of Trump's administration.
3Hotdogs
(12,209 posts)I wouldn't.
bucolic_frolic
(42,676 posts)Expect a big push in 2020, more noise than you can shake a stick at.