Gavin Newsom accused Donald Trump of being a 'disgusting little man' on Saturday at Dover Air Force Base in Delaware after the US president attended a dignified transfer wearing a white USA baseball cap as the remains of six American service members killed in the Middle East were brought home. The remark, issued through the California governor's office, immediately became the sharpest political reaction to Trump's appearance at the ceremony.
Dignified transfers are among the most solemn responsibilities of the presidency because they mark the return of fallen troops to American soil. Trump himself once described these moments during his first term as the hardest part of the job. That history is why the image of him standing beside the flag covered caskets with his cap still on spread so widely and so fast. The focus was not on his presence. It was on the way he carried it.
