But while many Americans are using the anniversary to commemorate the Greatest Generation’s historic valor, it’s important to recognize that anyone doing so while continuing to support Donald Trump and the current far-right agenda are blatant hypocrites. After all, D-Day was an international effort against fascism. So how could one possibly justify commemorating all that D-Day represents while cheering on a hyper-nationalist, identitarian administration attempting to dismantle the very alliances America solidified during WWII?

D-Day was a collaborative effort involving the United States, the British Empire, Canada, Australia, Czechoslovakia, France, Norway, and Poland. One might even categorize such an effort as globalist. The allied forces were fighting against an oppressive regime based around white nationalist superiority and discrimination against ethnic and LGBTQ minorities. The Nazis were also notorious for killing non-white children. All of these factors echo actions committed by the Trump administration—but it’s different when America does it, right? Or maybe we just need to wait until our atrocities reach the level of the Nazis.

Meanwhile, the Trump administration is working tirelessly to soil every good relationship America has around the globe, alienating Canada, France––the entire EU, really––and multiple other trading partners. Australia just barely dodged the bullet. Make no mistake, Trump is dictatorially-minded with a penchant for obstructing established government oversight at every turn. The fact that he hasn’t done more damage yet is a testament to the tentative functionality of our checks and balances, which he’s challenged at every turn. To continue supporting Donald Trump is to support the same ideological basis we fought against during World War II.

The question, then, is how are so many Americans capable of both publicly memorializing D-Day and also supporting Donald Trump? For some, like Senator Lindsey Graham, the answer is likely that they have embraced their own hypocrisy.

But for many, the reasoning is probably far less intentional. Cognitive dissonance is a psychological phenomenon characterized by the discomfort caused by holding two conflicting beliefs at the same time. It’s possibly the reason why many Trump supporters double-down when confronted with evidence contradictory to their views. Digging one’s heels into the ground and refusing to acknowledge hypocrisy is a much more soothing solution than addressing one’s ideological inconsistencies. This explains how Trump supporters can both love the idea of Americans fighting fascist regimes while supporting a fascist regime themselves. They tell themselves that the Nazis were “real” fascists and then excuse away all of Trump’s fascist actions. They further solidify this belief by pretending that left-leaning people are the “real” fascists, because how dare they call Trump fascist in the first place and demonetize hate speech on YouTube.and…women in video games, or whatever.

So what’s the best way to truly commemorate D-Day, a day when Americans banded together with our global allies to kick fascism’s ass? By praising our divisive, nationalist president for reading something off a teleprompter? Somehow, that doesn’t seem right. After all, D-Day is about fighting Nazis, not fellating them. Perhaps one could think it over at Wendy’s––milkshakes are especially nice this time of year.