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| Trump considered serving in the military a move for suckers. |
Donald J. Trump has been rocked by the story coming out of The Atlantic saying he disrespected the American troops. Anonymous sources confirm to Jeffrey Goldberg that America's commander-in-chief has repeatedly disparaged the intelligence of service members, and asked that wounded veterans be kept out of the military parades.
Goldberg wrote that Trump canceled a visit to the Aisne-Marne American Cemetery in France in 2018. The White House told the junk food media it was because of the rain. Sources dispute that claim saying that Trump didn't want to get his hair disheveled in the rain and said he didn't believe it was important to honor the American war dead. Four people with firsthand knowledge confirmed to Goldberg that Trump wasn't interested. So they created this excuse.
"The helicopter couldn't fly."
That was not true.
Trump complained about the visit.
"Why should I got that cemetery? It's filled with losers."
He also referred to the 1,800 marines lost in the war at Belleau Wood as "suckers" for being killed.
Belleau Wood was a battle in the first World War where Americans and the allies stopped a German advance towards Paris in the spring of 1918. Trump said in the matter:
"Who were the good guys in this war?"
He didn't understand why the U.S. would intervene on the side of the allies.
You may remember we talked about Trump disrespecting the military service of John McCain, the 2008 Republican presidential nominee and former Arizona senator who died in 2018.
When Trump was running for the nomination dogged on McCain who suffered torture at the hands of the North Vietnamese troops.
"He's not a war hero," Trump said to Frank Luntz. "I like people who weren't captured."
When McCain died from cancer, Trump didn't want to honor his passing.Trump didn't want to lower the flags for John McCain, John Lewis, Barbara Bush, Elijah Cummings and George H.W. Bush.
The McCain family didn't want to invite Trump because of the rhetoric towards him.
Trump didn't seem to care about it.
"We're not going to support that loser's funeral .... What the fuck are we doing that for? Guy was a fucking loser."
Trump's understanding of heroism has not evolved since he took office. Goldberg's sources say that he's pretty much clueless to the genuine sacrifices men and women make when they join the military.
He mocked George H.W. Bush's service as well. He referred the 41st President of the United States as a loser as well. He avoided capture and torture from the Japanese when he served as a Navy pilot for in World War II.
He mocked then chief of staff John Kelly who lost his son in Afghanistan in 2010. Trump made the remark about his death in a snark.
"I don't get it. What was in it for them?"
He said that skipping the draft was the smartest thing he's ever done. He had medical deferments from the draft and he said in the 1990s on Howard Stern that his efforts to avoid contracting sexually transmitted diseases was his "personal Vietnam."
This story rattled the nation. Especially given that Trump has relied on the support of the military and veterans.
Trump a pathological liar and bullshit artist had denied the story and called The Atlantic "trash."
Even Fox News had gotten confirmation about it. Jennifer Griffin said that the sources are true.
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