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[–] [email protected] 6 points 3 months ago (1 children)

The first paragraph:

A New York Times reporter joined CNN on Wednesday night to discuss her reporting on the family of a Green Beret buried in Arlington National Cemetery expressing concern that former President Donald Trump's campaign filmed at his gravesite without permission and in an area where campaign photos are banned.

Strongly implies it's not the family in the picture.

If we continue reading:

His family told the Times that Marckesano's gravesite was caught in pictures with Trump.

While another family said they wanted Trump there, this family did not.

"The Marckesano family was not contacted or asked for this, but his gravestone is now in that TikTok video from behind," said Times reporter Maggie Haberman on CNN, noting the front of the gravestone with his name is in pictures posted online with Trump giving a thumbs-up.

Steven Cheung, a Trump campaign spokesman, told the Times in a statement that “the campaign will continue to respect the wishes of the Gold Star family members who invited President Trump.”

Haberman noted Gold Star families are not a "monolith" and have differing political opinions. The "broader issue" in this case is whether Trump violated federal law.

"So far the Trump campaign has yet to provide documentation of its claim that it was permitted to do this and that there was an agreement," she said.

It's all very clear from the article if you tried reading it in the first place before asking others to explain it to you.