DELRAY BEACH, FLa. — A new report details multiple instances of President Donald Trump making disparaging remarks about members of the U.S. military who have been captured or killed, including referring to the American war dead at the Aisne-Marne American Cemetery in France in 2018 as “losers” and “suckers.”
"The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants." Thomas Jefferson.
This story is one of the top subject on many news outlets and I'm not surprised that our soldiers would like to read it...even in the Military Times...
Trump Reportedly Cancelled Visit to War Dead in WWI Cemetery Because It’s ‘Filled With Losers’ And He Didn’t Want to Mess Up Hair By Sarah RumpfSep 3rd, 2020, 6:54 pm 3579 comments
In a report published Thursday at The Atlantic, editor-in-chief Jeffrey Goldberg cited multiple sources who say that President Donald Trump made shockingly disrespectful comments when he cancelled a 2018 visit to a cemetery where American WWI war dead were buried, including dismissing the soldiers and marines interred there as “losers” and “suckers” — and complaining that the trip would mess up his hair.
The trip in question occurred during a presidential visit to France two years ago, and the trip itinerary originally included a stop at the Aisne-Marne American Cemetery located on the edge of Belleau Wood, just north east of Paris. The cemetery contains the remains of 2,289 American war dead and includes a memorial wall inscribed with the names of an additional 1,060 missing. The majority of the casualties honored there were marines who fought a crucial battle there in in the spring of 1918 that is credited with stopping the Germans’ advance toward Paris.
Trump’s decision to skip the cemetery was decried as an “embarrassment” and stoked a fiery backlash at the time.
The hallowed ground apparently invoked no sense of respect from Trump, however, as Goldberg describes:
Trump rejected the idea of the visit because he feared his hair would become disheveled in the rain, and because he did not believe it important to honor American war dead, according to four people with firsthand knowledge of the discussion that day. In a conversation with senior staff members on the morning of the scheduled visit, Trump said, “Why should I go to that cemetery? It’s filled with losers.” In a separate conversation on the same trip, Trump referred to the more than 1,800 marines who lost their lives at Belleau Wood as “suckers” for getting killed.
Goldberg also reported that his sources told him that Trump expressed a lack of understanding about why America had intervened on the side of the Allies and asked his aides, “Who were the good guys in this war?”
In 2015, while seeking the Republican nomination for president, Trump infamously attacked Sen. John McCain (R-AZ), saying “He’s not a war hero…I like people who weren’t captured.”
The White House did not comment for the story before publication, but after The Atlantic report came out, Trump administration spokesperson Judd Deere blasted the accusations in the anonymously-sourced story as “false.”
Not a soul brave enough to put their name on any of these accusations. That’s because they are false. Just another anonymously sourced story meant to tear down a Commander-in-Chief who loves our military and has delivered on the promises he’s made. What a disgrace! https://t.co/NInGxeDcI2
— Judd Deere (@JuddPDeere45) September 3, 2020
McCain was a lieutenant commander in the U.S. Navy, who volunteered for service during the Vietnam War and was captured as a prisoner of war in 1967 when his plane was shot down. He was brutally tortured for years, enduring injuries from which he would never fully recover. During his captivity, he rejected an offer for his early release because his father was a high-ranking commander of U.S. forces in Vietnam, fearful that accepting that privilege would violate the military Code of Conduct, which said that prisoners of war should be released in the order they were captured, with no favoritism for special status. McCain was finally released on March 14, 1973, after five-and-a-half years in captivity.
Trump’s birthday of June 14, 1946 was assigned a draft number that was “almost last” in the 1969 lottery, meaning that without a deferment he would have been highly unlikely to avoid serving in Vietnam. He had received four student deferments while in college, but that would not protect him once he graduated, but he was then able to obtain a medical deferment claiming a “bone spur” in one of his feet. In 2015, he was asked about the bone spur and said that he could not remember which foot.
James LaPorta @JimLaPorta A senior Defense Department official I just spoke with confirmed this story by @JeffreyGoldberg in its entirety. Especially the grafs about the late Sen. John McCain and former Marine Gen. John Kelly, President @realDonaldTrump former chief of staff. Update: a second source, specifically a senior U.S. Marine Corps officer with knowledge of President @realDonaldTrump comments confirmed the @TheAtlantic story. Here's my copy at the @AP Report: Trump disparaged US war dead as losers,' suckers'
Army veteran David Weissman - in 2016 an "unapologetic, red-hat wearing" Donald Trump supporter - has now sparked a Twitter campaign of former service members against President Trump, over reports that he derided fallen U.S. soldiers as "losers" and "suckers." "I recommend all veterans to use their Military pics as a profile pic," Weissman wrote on Twitter on Thursday evening, "to let Trump know how many people he has offended." In a video on the social platform, the retired Maj. Gen. Paul Eaton, who has spoken out against Trump before, described how his father had been shot down while delivering air support to troops on the ground in Vietnam. "I am stunned that anybody in the United States military would consider you anything but a loser or a sucker," Eaton said, urging viewers to vote against Trump in November. "You're no patriot."
"When a foreigner resides among you in your land, do not mistreat them. The foreigner residing among you must be treated as your native-born. Love them as yourself, for you were foreigners in Egypt. I am the LORD your God." Leviticus 19:33-34
Jeffrey Goldberg @JeffreyGoldberg "In one account, the president told senior advisers that he didn’t understand why the U.S. government placed such value on finding soldiers missing in action because they had performed poorly and gotten caught and deserved what they got...."
Anna Bross @AnnaCBross This is devastating detail upon detail, ending with this: Trump has asked his staff not to include wounded veterans in military parades, on grounds that spectators would feel uncomfortable in the presence of amputees. “Nobody wants to see that,” he said.
The absolute level of nonsense, where you post that meme in response to anonymous sources, who don't want to be named, telling us something they can't prove.
MSM has to protect these anonymous people from all the death threats they get from Trumpians when their names are published. Trump has a history of wanting to know who his accuser is so he can retaliate, as do his supporters. BUT you should ignore them anyway because they won't change your mind, you are lost to humanity.
The absolute level of nonsense, where you post that meme in response to anonymous sources, who don't want to be named, telling us something they can't prove.
lmao
There were people on a plane that said it. Oh they were dressed in black! Now do you believe it?
The absolute level of nonsense, where you post that meme in response to anonymous sources, who don't want to be named, telling us something they can't prove.
lmao
There were people on a plane that said it. Oh they were dressed in black! Now do you believe it?
The problem with hack leftist is they can't see they are the same as the idiots who think Trump was sent by god. Both are so lost in the delusion of how right they are they can't see straight. Both viewing anyone who isn't cemented on their side as a radical other sider.
The absolute level of nonsense, where you post that meme in response to anonymous sources, who don't want to be named, telling us something they can't prove.
lmao
There were people on a plane that said it. Oh they were dressed in black! Now do you believe it?
The problem with hack leftist is they can't see they are the same as the idiots who think Trump was sent by god. Both are so lost in the delusion of how right they are they can't see straight. Both viewing anyone who isn't cemented on their side as a radical other sider.
Grow up!
I'm pretty sure I'm grown up. Whats your problem. Get a hair cut!
I mean I respect him and his service, it's just gross.
Your attitude is grosser.
Man you’d never last a second in my world if you think amputees are gross. You have no idea the things I’ve seen as a nurse. Even a freshly amputated leg is a walk in the park... pun intended.
Trump's Doctor: He Never Had a Stroke or a Mini-Stroke
By Sandy Fitzgerald |
Tuesday, 01 September 2020
Dr. Sean Conley, President Donald Trump's physician issued a statement to reporters confirming that he had neither experienced or had been evaluated for a stroke or a mini-stroke, or any other "acute cardiovascular emergencies" and remains healthy and fit to execute the duties of his office.
"The president remains healthy and I have no concerns about his ability to maintain the rigorous schedule ahead of him,” Conley said in a statement to reporters, which NBC's Yamiche Alcindor posted on her Twitter page. “As stated in my last report, I expect him to remain fit to execute the duties of the presidency.”
He added that he could confirm that Trump "has not experienced nor been evaluated for a cerebrovascular accident (stroke), transient ischemic attack (mini-stroke) or any acute cardiovascular emergencies, as have been incorrectly reported in the media."
Speculation was sparked Monday in The New York Times, after reporter Michael Schmidt wrote in his upcoming book that Vice President Mike Pence had been placed on standby in November 2019 when Trump was taken to Walter Reed Hospital. Pence did not assume the powers of the presidency, and Trump's late-night visit to Walter Reed was explained as being part of a physical.
Trump slammed the rumors on Tuesday as "fake news," tweeting that "now they are trying to say that your favorite President, me, went to Walter Reed Medical Center, having suffered a series of mini-strokes. Never happened to THIS candidate - FAKE NEWS. Perhaps they are referring to another candidate from another Party!”
The absolute level of nonsense, where you post that meme in response to anonymous sources, who don't want to be named, telling us something they can't prove.
lmao
There were people on a plane that said it. Oh they were dressed in black! Now do you believe it?
The problem with hack leftist is they can't see they are the same as the idiots who think Trump was sent by god. Both are so lost in the delusion of how right they are they can't see straight. Both viewing anyone who isn't cemented on their side as a radical other sider.
Grow up!
You grow up and take the blinders off. Trump is unfit. Trump is not a good man. Trump is a cancer on America.
Add yet another link in the chain to their conspiracy theory. His niece just hates him. The comments from his own sister? I haven't heard the excuses for that one yet. His personal lawyer? Ah, he must be a liar too. Now this coming from military sources, even though they were unnamed. You get the standard "anonymous sources" line.
So every person who has come out publicly in the press has been punished and ridiculed, fired or in some way belittled by Trump. Trump has, as commander in chief, every possible power to punish anyone in the military who would come out publicly and people wish to dismiss it because the people wish to remain anonymous?
Then we have those who no matter who it is or what they say use the, "Yeah, well it's a book deal so they would say anything for money".
Haven't these fools figured it out yet?
The things Trump said about McCain and his comments to the gold star family were public. Comments he had no problem making in public. Let me ask you, is it okay to attack the family of a fallen soldier because they support a different party or because they spoke out against you? Is it okay to say the nasty things he said about McCain because he was a political opponent?
Let me show you the type of man, the type of character and moral fiber the Republican party used to support. Let me show you what you used to stand for.
Now you support a man who attacked an upstanding Republican with some actual moral code for a habitual liar that has no morals.
Do I know if Trump said all of these things? No, and I don't claim to know. But what I do know is with all of the things he said about McCain in public, the way he degraded him for having been captured, it certainly wouldn't surprise me if he did.
What's so funny and yet sad at the same time, is how quickly so many believe a man who is a proven habitual liar over anyone and everyone who speaks out against him. Even named sources.
One thing I learned a long time ago. When someone lies to you over and over and over again, you never know if you can believe them. When person after person and source after source speaks out against that liar and the liar denies it every time, when is the liar lying and when is he telling the truth?
Because you already know he's a liar.
If he has said all of these things in public about McCain, what does he say about veterans in private? We already know what he says about women in private. The Entertainment tonight tape told us that.
What a person says when they think nobody is listening is who they really are.
Intoducing for The Cleveland Browns, Quarterback Deshawn "The Predator" Watson. He will also be the one to choose your next head coach.
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pfft trump supporters doubling down on the ridicules BS crap trump spews out.
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