President Donald Trump is under fire for choosing to skip the dignified transfer of four U.S. soldiers who died during a training mission in Lithuania—opting instead to jet from D.C. to Florida to attend the Saudi-owned LIV men’s professional golf tournament, while the nation of Lithuania, including its President, held ceremonies honoring the fallen Americans.

“Lithuania’s political and religious leaders joined thousands of people on Thursday to bid farewell to four American soldiers who died during a training exercise in the Baltic nation,” the Associated Press reported. “President Gitanas Naus?da and other dignitaries were among those who stood in respect as hearses carried the bodies of the four young Americans to Vilnius airport before being flown to the United States for burial.”

Some in the U.S. had already been offended when the Commander-in-Chief, asked about the four soldiers who were missing but not confirmed dead, told a reporter that he was unaware of the situation.

“Have you been briefed about the soldiers in Lithuania? Who are missing?” the reporter asked. Appearing both uninformed and unconcerned, Trump simply replied, “No I haven’t.”

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After a lengthy search, all four were found and identified.

Dignified transfers of American service members who have died are solemn events often closed to the media. Presidents do not attend each, but occasionally do when multiple service members have died.

“President Trump will remain in Florida and will not travel to Dover AFB for the dignified transfer of 4 American soldiers who died during a training exercise in Lithuania,” Fox News’ Jennifer Griffin reported Friday. “The LIV Golf tournament begins today. Trump just arrived at his golf club. Defense Secretary Hegseth will travel to Dover Air Force Base mid-morning to participate in the dignified transfer of four U.S. soldiers who died last week in Lithuania.”

Late Friday morning Punchbowl News senior congressional reporter Andrew Desiderio wrote that a “group of senators is attending the dignified transfer in Dover today of the four U.S. troops who died during a training exercise in Lithuania, per sources. The group includes Senate Minority Whip Dick Durbin and Sens. Duckworth & Coons. Others may be attending as well.” The names mentioned are all Democrats.

Lithuania had gone to great lengths to honor the four soldiers.

After a week of posting updates to social media on the search for the U.S. soldiers, the Lithuanian Ministry of National Defense has been posting tributes this week.

On Friday, in a post with photos, they wrote: “Today, Lithuania honoured and bid farewell to the four US soldiers who tragically lost their lives in Pabrad?. We will never forget them. The people of Lithuania prayed relentlessly for their fate, as we feel profound solidarity and regard American soldiers as our own.”

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In another post they added: “We bid farewell to the fallen U.S. soldiers with respect and gratitude. Because, as we have said many times, they are our soldiers too. In this moment of tragedy, we stood together. It is a testament to the strength of unity even in the darkest times.”

Lithuania’s Embassy in Washington, D.C. also expressed sorrow and unity, “For the Lithuanian people it feels like a loss of our own. In this difficult moment, our thoughts and prayers are with the fallen and their loved ones. We mourn together with the [American] nation.”

Lithuania honored and bid farewell to the fallen U.S. soldiers. For the Lithuanian people it feels like a loss of our own.

In this difficult moment, our thoughts and prayers are with the fallen and their loved ones. We mourn together with the ?? nation.pic.twitter.com/dRiNRYTTK4

— Embassy of Lithuania in DC | #StandWithUkraine (@LTembassyUS) April 3, 2025

The U.S. Embassy to Lithuania also honored the fallen, thanking “everyone who contributed to bringing them home.”

“Today,” the U.S. Embassy to Lithuania’s social media post read, “Lithuania paid homage to our fallen with a solemn and dignified farewell. In the heart of Vilnius, leaders, Allies, and many supporters gathered in remembrance, honoring the four U.S. Soldiers who are finally returning to their families.”

“In this time of profound sorrow, we are reminded of the indomitable bond between our nations. The compassion, respect, and unwavering support demonstrated by Lithuania and all who stood with us will echo for years to come.”

“To our Allies, fellow service members, and everyone who contributed to bringing them home—our deepest gratitude,” it concluded.

Today, Lithuania paid homage to our fallen with a solemn and dignified farewell. In the heart of Vilnius, leaders, Allies, and many supporters gathered in remembrance, honoring the four U.S. Soldiers who are finally returning to their families.

In this time of profound sorrow,… pic.twitter.com/8FPtNWvlZP

— U.S. Embassy Vilnius (@USEmbVilnius) April 3, 2025

One social media commentator seemed to sum up the thoughts of several users, writing: “When our allies show more respect and honor for fallen U.S. servicemen than the President of the United States, this is what it looks like. It’s shameful their own President can’t be bothered.”

Other critics continued to blast President Trump.

“Trump goes off to golf. Meanwhile, our allies lined the streets to pay their respects,” remarked The Atlantic’s Tom Nichols, a retired U.S. Naval College professor.

Moe Davis, the retired U.S. Air Force colonel, attorney, educator, and former administrative law judge, slammed Trump, writing that the President “skips today’s dignified transfer in Delaware of the remains of 4 U.S. service members who died in Lithuania in order to attend a Saudi Arabia Blood Money Golf Tour dinner in Florida that pays him millions of dollars.”

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In a series of unhinged missives, President Donald Trump is declaring victory—ignoring the toll on American families and businesses of all sizes after U.S. markets lost $3.1 trillion on Thursday. The plunge, one of the largest in history, has been widely attributed to his heavily criticized tariff package, which has triggered outrage both domestically and internationally.

“To the many investors coming into the United States and investing massive amounts of money, my policies will never change. This is a great time to get rich, richer than ever before!!!” Trump proclaimed Friday morning in an all-caps post, just before the markets again took a massive nose dive, and after China announced it would impose a 34% tariff on U.S. goods.

Politico’s Meredith Lee Hill described China’s tariffs as “crippling.”

Trump’s promise that his policies will “never change” is an apparent walk-back of his (and his son’s) suggestion that he would be open to negotiation, something the White House spent much of Thursday denying.

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“This is… definitely not the message investors wanted from the President this morning,” wrote CNBC’s D.C. correspondent Megan Cassella.

Trump’s vow to stay the course came after Fox News pundits and guests had spent much of Thursday insisting Trump would negotiate on tariffs, and urging him to do so on Friday morning.

The President, who has been vacationing in Florida, attended a LIV golf tour dinner Thursday and is hosting the Saudi-owned professional men’s golf tournament this weekend, was quick to falsely suggest his tariffs were responsible for what analysts see as the surprisingly good jobs report that was released Friday morning.

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“Great job numbers, far better than expected. It’s already working. Hang tough, we can’t lose!!! Trump wrote just before the Dow opened and quickly dropped another 1000 points. The jobs report, which is reflective of the month of March, has nothing to do with Trump’s tariff imposition on Thursday.

“I think it’s going very well—The MARKETS are going to BOOM…” Trump posted Thursday, minutes before the Dow closed down nearly 1700 points.

The panic was obvious on Fox Business Friday morning.

“The economy was good. Everything was fine,” lamented Gerald Storch, CEO of Storch Advisors. “Now there’s this blinding light, like a giant searchlight, staring at everyone with these tariffs, and these are these numbers aren’t gonna make any difference at all,” he said, apparently referring to the jobs report.

“What’s, what the market is worried about is what’s gonna happen in the future. Who’s gonna hire now in this uncertain environment? I think people are very, very concerned, and that’s why, again, we need to get to work. We need to act on negotiating now. We need to get tax cuts now. We need to get deregulation now to make a difference before this gets out of control the other way.”

Economic pundit Stephen Moore, a Trump 2016 campaign advisor, agreed, saying, “We want as quick a deal on this as soon as possible, because every country would benefit.”

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Fox Business talking head on the economy adding 228k jobs in March: “What the market is worried about is what’s gonna happen in the future. Who’s gonna hire now in this uncertain environment? I think people are very, very concerned.” pic.twitter.com/LsXeYLyKqH

— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) April 4, 2025

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The White House has been adamant: President Donald Trump’s sweeping mass tariffs, which he is imposing on nearly every country across the globe, are a line in the sand—non-negotiable, not up for discussion, debate, or deviation.

“This is not a negotiation,” White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt told CNN on Thursday, “emphasizing that the tariffs are part of a national emergency response to countries that have, in her view, harmed American workers for decades,” according to Newsweek.

“Trump administration officials insist that the sweeping tariffs are not a negotiation tactic, and that Trump “is not going to back off,” CNBC reported Thursday afternoon.

CNN’s Brian Stelter reported, however, “While the Trump White House says the tariff rates are not the start of a negotiation, Wall Street thinks they are, because otherwise the markets would be down ‘like 30%’ today.”

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The Dow closed down almost 1700 points on Thursday, or almost 4%, with Barron’s reporting: “The Dow, S&P 500, and Nasdaq had their worst day since 2020 after President Donald Trump announced global tariffs.”

But according to the President’s former White House and campaign press secretary, Kayleigh McEnany, who called it “posturing” on Fox News, she believes there’s definitely room for negotiation.

“You heard the White House there saying, you know, ‘this is not part of a negotiation, this is here to stay.’ I firmly believe that is posturing,” she told her Fox News co-hosts. “Trump is the great dealmaker, a great negotiator. And he’s someone who understands how to get to the, to a good end result. And with that in mind, you set the posture ‘that this isn’t going away, these are here to stay, you’ve had 70 years to negotiate.’ That’s what I think this is.”

“We’ll see what happens,” she added, “but I would not be surprised if the great negotiator has an endgame and mine here.”

Kayleigh McEnany: This is the great deal maker– the great negotiator. He is someone who understands how to get to a good end result… I would not be surprised if the great negotiator has an an endgame in mind here.

JFC? pic.twitter.com/OAUOPms0cC

— Ron Smith (@Ronxyz00) April 3, 2025

Trump’s son, Eric Trump, took a similar stance.

“I wouldn’t want to be the last country that tries to negotiate a trade deal with @realDonaldTrump,” wrote Eric Trump on Thursday. “The first to negotiate will win – the last will absolutely lose. I have seen this movie my entire life…”

Fox Business senior correspondent Charles Gasparino replied, “I agree.”

NBC News Justice and Intelligence Correspondent Ken Dilation responded: “Wait, so this IS a negotiating bid? Because the White House said it isn’t.”

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Possibly more telling than the President’s son appearing to give the game away, the President’s political operation, via his “War Room,” responded with the “eyes” emoji, promoting Eric Trump’s post and suggesting interest.

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— Trump War Room (@TrumpWarRoom) April 3, 2025

Meanwhile, both the Trump White House and Eric Trump were mocked.

“How many of those movies ended in bankruptcy, honey?” asked national security and civil rights journalist Marcy Wheeler.

“This entire family appears to see every relationship as a zero sum game,” observed HuffPost White House correspondent S.V. Dáte. “Explains a lot.”

Journalist Jack Schlossberg also mocked Eric Trump:

“Grand strategist eric trump — brilliant !! Negotiation 101: 1) Fire all your ammunition in every direction 2) Give up your leverage to the first at the table 3) Have nothing left to bargain with 4) declare victory.”

It appears that the “first to negotiate” may be Trump’s “favorite” president—besides himself.

“The day after President Trump antagonized world leaders across the globe with his most sweeping set of tariffs yet, he was scheduled to fly to Florida and potentially see the one leader he has called his “favorite president’,” The New York Times reports. “That leader, President Javier Milei of Argentina, had flown overnight to receive an award on Thursday at a right-wing gala at Mar-a-Lago. Mr. Trump was scheduled to also be there late Thursday — Mr. Milei said Mr. Trump would receive an award, too — and Mr. Milei said he hoped the two would meet.”

President Milei responded to Eric Trump’s post:

Los grandes analistas entenderán los alcances de este posteo?
Sabrán quién es uno de los primeros que se han reunido con el Secretario de Comercio de EEUU luego de su entrevista con Bloomberg?
ÁNIMO! https://t.co/Ha42se6vDV

— Javier Milei (@JMilei) April 3, 2025

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