On Monday night, President Trump cut short his rally in Manchester, New Hampshire so he could honor two servicemen killed in Afghanistan on Saturday at a very Dignified Transfer ceremony at Dover Air Force Base in Delaware. Vice President Mike Pence was there also.
Many noticed that President Trump was speaking at a much faster pace than he usually does and finished the rally after about an hour making this one of his shortest rallies ever.
And the reason why he sped through it: he traveled to Dover to take part in the dignified transfer of the remains of soldiers killed this week.
— Maggie Haberman (@maggieNYT) February 11, 2020
Per @FactbaseFeed, that speech was Trump’s shortest rally speech since a two-rally day in November 2018 – just under 57 minutes.
— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) February 11, 2020
WH confirms Pres Trump now heading from NH to Dover AFB in DE to attend Dignified Transfer Ceremony for two US soldiers killed last week in Afghanistan:
-Sgt 1st Class Javier Jaguar Gutierrez, 28, San Antonio.
-Sgt 1st Class Antonio Rey Rodriguez, 28, Las Cruces, NM.— Mark Knoller (@markknoller) February 11, 2020
.@realDonaldTrump walks off Air Force One at 12:35am in the rain at Joint Base Andrews, Md. following a campaign trip to New Hampshire and a trip to Dover Air Force Base to view a Dignified Transfer. pic.twitter.com/OTt1AzbWg7
— Doug Mills (@dougmillsnyt) February 11, 2020
.@realDonaldTrump and @VP Pence look on during a Dignified Transfer at Dover Air Force Base, Delaware for two US Soldiers who killed during a US-Afgan operation in the Nangarhar province in easter Afghanistan. pic.twitter.com/ny9lcRbMZc
— Doug Mills (@dougmillsnyt) February 11, 2020
This is Sgt. 1st Class Javier Jaguar Gutierrez, 28, and Sgt. 1st Class Antonio Rey Rodriguez, 28. They are the two U.S. Special Forces soldiers killed in Afghanistan on Saturday.
RIP. https://t.co/kx0fwv1O6v pic.twitter.com/1nSFZug8iD
— Dan Lamothe (@DanLamothe) February 9, 2020
The AP reports on the moment when a family member was overcome with grief at Dover Air Force Base in Delaware.
…Trump saluted and Vice President Mike Pence placed his hand over his heart as transfer cases containing the remains were carried out of a C-17 military plane and transferred to a transport vehicle.
As Trump and Pence stood on the tarmac in a falling mist, a woman among the mourners broke free of efforts to hold her back and ran toward the plane. She threw herself on its ramp, crying and screaming, as mourners and an official tried to restrain her. She wailed as the doors on the transfer vehicle closed.
Trump and Pence, who had traveled from a rally in New Hampshire, also met with the families before taking part in what is known in the military as a “dignified transfer.”
National security adviser Robert O’Brien told reporters traveling with Trump aboard Air Force One that the president had wrapped up a reelection campaign rally in New Hampshire early so he could be with the families…
Sgt. Javier Jaguar Gutierrez, 28 and Sgt. Antonio Rey Rodriguez, 28 were killed and six other soldiers were wounded when a man dressed in an Afghanistan army uniform opened fire with a machine gun. One Afghan soldier was also killed and three wounded in the attack that took place during a joint operation in Nangarhar province in eastern Afghanistan.
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