James Bond actor Jeffrey Wright, known for his role in MGM productions, has alleged that former President Donald Trump started a fight at Arlington National Cemetery this week.
This incident occurred while the current Republican presidential candidate was attending a memorial service to honor the 13 American service members who lost their lives during the chaotic withdrawal from Afghanistan in 2021 under the Biden-Harris administration.
Jeffrey Wright’s accusation seems to be based on a misinterpretation of an NPR report. The report alleged that Trump campaign staff had an “altercation” with a cemetery official who stopped them from taking photos in a restricted area.
The Trump campaign is disputing NPR’s story.
“There was no physical altercation as described and we are prepared to release footage if such defamatory claims are made,” Trump campaign spokesman Steven Cheung said in a statement.
“The fact is that a private photographer was permitted on the premises and for whatever reason an unnamed individual, clearly suffering from a mental health episode, decided to physically block members of President Trump’s team during a very solemn ceremony,” he continued.
Let’s please just have a POTUS who doesn’t start a fight in a cemetery. That’d be nice.