That the president was not invited speaks most evi

That the president was not invited speaks most evidently to his tormented relationship with John McCain, whom Trump infamously mocked for being captured while flying a combat mission in Vietnam. More fundamentally, however, it reflects Trump’s tormented relationship with a town that purports to revere the very virtues he is accused of lacking: courage, prudence, service, conviction, wisdom, humility, forgiveness, honor — and above all, a patriotism that transcends tribalism!