He had the pulpit. He had ABSOLUTE CONTROL of the event, as soon as he took the podium. Without uttering 1 word, he could have lifted his hands to calm the audience down. With 1 sentence at the beginning of THE MEMORIAL SERVICE, he could have presented it for what it was, A MEMORIAL SERVICE. Before he even went into his centrist message, he could have layed the foundation for why they were there, and that it would be inapprproate for any further raukus applause
He's the President of the United States, for crying out loud, Bt. You don't think he could have had the audience act appropriately, right from the get go? ................. IF he wanted them to, of course.