On Memorial Day and Every Day, Donald Trump is an Insult to Those Who Died Serving This Nation

The Beautiful Mess by John Pavlovitz Podcast · May 23, 2026 · 4m

Picture someone you love who died serving this nation, or even someone you’ve never met.

Imagine them wherever they took their final breath on this planet:

Jumping into churning, frozen foreign seas in a screaming storm of artillery fire.

Shivering in a filthy trench in the terrifying blackness of an insect-blanketed jungle floor.

Leaping from a fire-engulfed plane into a disorienting maelstrom of explosions.

Crouched in the blazing sun within the crosshairs of a sniper perched 500 meters away.

Slowly withering away from malnutrition in anonymity and solitude.

Try to place yourself in the…