Remember Trump and daughter Ivanka spinning a tale of all visits to Dover Air Force Base to receive “many, many” bodies. Yeah. That was a lie. https://www.huffpost.com/entry/donald-trump-dover-afb-returning-soldiers-bodies-lie_n_5f4ebdc9c5b6250f655c1ca8

In Trump's world, he has paid his respects to “many, many” returning soldiers killed in the line of duty, with daughter and top presidential Ivanka adding that “each time” she has stood by his side at one of these ceremonies, it has hardened his resolve to bring troops home.

In the real world, Trump has traveled to Dover AFB exactly four times ― fewer than half as many times as his vice president ― and avoided going at all for nearly two years after getting berated for his incompetence by the father of a slain Navy SEAL.

Bill Owens, the father of William “Ryan” Owens, refused to shake Trump’s hand at that Feb. 1, 2017, encounter, the aide said, and then told Trump that he was responsible for his son’s death for approving the disastrous raid in Yemen without bothering to understand the risks.

“He refused to go back for two years, he was so rattled,” the aide said, adding that the main reason Trump had approved the raid just five days after taking office was that predecessor Barack Obama had refused to do so.

According to a HuffPost review, there have been 96 “dignified transfer" at Dover since the start of Trump’s presidency, which saw the return of 127 Americans killed overseas. Trump has been there for four of the transfers, which brought home the bodies of nine soldiers.

His fourth and final visit was this Feb. 10, when he and Vice President Mike Pence together received the bodies of two service members killed in an ambush by an Afghan soldier.

That visit was the second one Ivanka Trump joined. It included a host of others who, like the first daughter, had just attended Trump’s rally in New Hampshire, including Pence, Rep. Matt Gaetz, White House social media director Dan Scavino and Jared Kushner, Ivanka’s husband.

“He treats it like a tourist stop,” Wellman said. “‘Hey, Jon Voight, I get to greet dead guys. Want to come?’ He might as well be in his sweaty golf clothes when he swings by Dover.”

Since Feb. 10, there have been 17 dignified transfers at Dover for 18 killed service members. Neither Trump nor Pence has attended any of them.

His last visit to Dover was after hosting a campaign rally in New Hampshire, on the way back to DC. He brought along with him a bunch of his supporters who had just been to the rally. Like Matt Gaetz.