Trump: Americans Who Died in War Are 'Losers' and 'Suckers'

[mcar]

Trump: Americans Who Died in War Are ‘Losers’ and ‘Suckers’
The president has repeatedly disparaged the intelligence of service members, and asked that wounded veterans be kept out of military parades, multiple sources tell The Atlantic.

JEFFREY GOLDBERG
5:32 PM ET

When President Donald Trump canceled a visit to the Aisne-Marne American Cemetery near Paris in 2018, he blamed rain for the last-minute decision, saying that “the helicopter couldn’t fly” and that the Secret Service wouldn’t drive him there. Neither claim was true.

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.

Belleau Wood is a consequential battle in American history, and the ground on which it was fought is venerated by the Marine Corps. America and its allies stopped the German advance toward Paris there in the spring of 1918. But Trump, on that same trip, asked aides, “Who were the good guys in this war?” He also said that he didn’t understand why the United States would intervene on the side of the Allies.

Trump’s understanding of concepts such as patriotism, service, and sacrifice have interested me since he expressed contempt for the war record of the late Senator John McCain, who spent more than five years as a prisoner of the North Vietnamese. “He’s not a war hero,” Trump said in 2015 while running for the Republican nomination for president. “I like people who weren’t captured.”

https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2020/09/trump-americans-who-died-at-war-are-losers-and-suckers/615997/

[Fiendish Thingy]

1. This better be the lead story on every newscast tonight. Nt

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

2. Read the whole thing. If you thought Trump was a disgrace already, be prepared

for him to outdo himself. This needs to be distributed far and wide, especially to veterans and active-duty military people.

[steve2470]

3. I made sure to send it to the reputable news agencies nt

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

4. The Atlantic is a very reputable publication, so I'm sure they'd already seen it,

but it doesn't hurt to make the point that the piece needs plenty of attention.

[trackfan]

5. This article needs to spread far and wide. n/t

[mcar]

8. It should

[demmiblue]

6. I think people are running out of words to say about this deplorable piece of shit...

and for the ones who remain completely loyal and refuse to speak out.

[sarcasmo]

7. Nothing will penetrate #Cult45.

[Blue Owl]

9. They didn't die so that this piece of shit could become the president

FUCK TRUMP

[Cha]

10. KR

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

11. Guess that's why more people in the military favor Biden

[mcar]

12. After this, I can't imagine why any veteran would vote IMPOTUS

[demmiblue]

13. ...