“As he approached us soldiers, marines, and airmen, many were shouting and waving at him. That is when he did the ‘double fist pump’ — he was genuinely happy to say hello and shake hands, and you could tell he was proud to be greeted by ‘his’ military members.”
President Donald Trump delivered a double fist pump as he walked away from Air Force One on Tuesday, en route to a 9/11 memorial ceremony at the Flight 93 crash site in Shanksville, Pennsylvania - and while a number of critics immediately attacked the move as "disrespectful," one National Guardsman told The Daily Caller that everything was not exactly as it seemed.
"The POTUS landed at our Johnstown flight facility, a military installation owned by the Reserves and the National Guard," he said, "and, well, prior to his arrival, we were allowed to gather in this designated area to greet him prior to his boarding a helicopter and flying to the
Flight 93 memorial service."
The service member, who asked to remain anonymous, told TheDC that the
double fist pump was a greeting to the gathered crowd, which included a number of members of the military and their families and supporters.
"As he approached us soldiers, marines, and airmen, many were shouting and waving at him. That is when he did the 'double fist pump' - he was genuinely happy to say hello and shake hands, and you could tell he was proud to be greeted by 'his' military members."
But after the president left and the crowd dispersed, photos of that double fist pump began circulating on social media.
Comment: This Swiss government has confirmed that it was an 'attempted' hack. Very interesting news. If Tom Secker is correct, and Lavrov's revelation that the poison used in Salisbury was identified as BZ, perhaps events played out something like this: Russian spies succeeded in either physically penetrating or hacking Spiez, obtaining the evidence that BZ was used. They were caught, but a deal was worked out to keep it covered up. The Russians got sent back to Russia with a light slap on the wrist, as they now had proof that the West was engaging in a vast propaganda war to blame Russia for the Salisbury despite finding possibly exculpatory evidence.
If this scenario is at all plausible, perhaps a similar one could apply to the news that the same spies were caught "trying" to hack WADA. After all, WADA are now being strangely rational in their decision to reinstate RUSADA despite vociferous calls for them to continue with their previously anti-Russian policy.