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denem

(11,045 posts)
Fri Sep 4, 2020, 11:16 PM Sep 2020

trump: 'Soldiers M.I.A. performed poorly and deserved what they got'.

WaPo

A former senior administration official, who like others spoke on the condition of anonymity to speak candidly, confirmed to The Washington Post that the president frequently made disparaging comments about veterans and soldiers missing in action, referring to them at times as “losers.”

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, according to a person familiar with the discussion.

Trump believed people who served in the Vietnam War must be “losers” because they hadn’t gotten out of it, according to a person familiar with the comments. Trump also complained bitterly to then-Chief of Staff John F. Kelly that he didn’t understand why Kelly and others in the military treated McCain, who had been imprisoned and tortured during the Vietnam War, with such reverence. “Isn’t he kind of a loser?” Trump asked, according to the person familiar with Trump’s comments.


https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/trump-said-us-soldiers-injured-and-killed-in-war-were-losers-magazine-reports/2020/09/03/6e1725cc-ee35-11ea-99a1-71343d03bc29_story.html

Obviously Kelly is a source.

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trump: 'Soldiers M.I.A. performed poorly and deserved what they got'. (Original Post) denem Sep 2020 OP
Thx for posting..we need to keep his disgusting words and actions front and center!! Thekaspervote Sep 2020 #1
"they had performed poorly and gotten caught" denem Sep 2020 #2
trump Projecting.. that's Exactly what's happened to him & Cha Sep 2020 #7
My cousin was drafted to Vietnam denem Sep 2020 #9
Sorry, to hear that, denem. Cha Sep 2020 #11
The long slow goodbye :( denem Sep 2020 #12
Exactly! He's been missing in action since day one and performing poorly (which we know fierywoman Sep 2020 #18
lol.. yeah.. & the Pathetic Loser Projects All his Cha Sep 2020 #20
OMG!!! Johnny2X2X Sep 2020 #3
Like he knows the first fucking thing about combat Blue Owl Sep 2020 #4
It is ignorant and just so offensive. denem Sep 2020 #5
Hey Li'l Don-Don! You know who ELSE performed poorly? Grokenstein Sep 2020 #6
WHY do these sources have to be anonymous Skittles Sep 2020 #8
It's Kelly. Kelly is the main source. denem Sep 2020 #10
Thanks for that.. yeah, it's obvious to me it's former Cha Sep 2020 #14
Could John Kelly be "anonymous" ? JI7 Sep 2020 #16
old school meaning what? Skittles Sep 2020 #21
Excepting an illegal order denem Sep 2020 #22
EXCEPT when America is being DAMAGED BEYOND REPAIR Skittles Sep 2020 #23
Remember Deep Throat? Remember he was instrumental in bringing down Nixon? Hekate Sep 2020 #27
###,### people are dead now due to that POS pretending to be "president" Skittles Sep 2020 #28
Because Trump humpers are nuts. Xolodno Sep 2020 #13
Wow.. excellent points.. I hadn't even thought Cha Sep 2020 #15
+1 denem Sep 2020 #19
It's doubly offensive that trump, of all people, crickets Sep 2020 #17
Almost seems impossible that someone would say this out loud if they thought what he believes lunasun Sep 2020 #24
May we never again be forced to endure such a loathsome, un-American, soulless, individual NoRoadUntravelled Sep 2020 #25
My brother was a combat vet flotsam Sep 2020 #26
 

denem

(11,045 posts)
9. My cousin was drafted to Vietnam
Fri Sep 4, 2020, 11:56 PM
Sep 2020

He died last year from 'unusual, atypical' Alzheimers. He never thought about getting a deferment.

fierywoman

(7,641 posts)
18. Exactly! He's been missing in action since day one and performing poorly (which we know
Sat Sep 5, 2020, 12:21 AM
Sep 2020

about from Ms Stormy, heh-heh-heh... )

Cha

(295,929 posts)
20. lol.. yeah.. & the Pathetic Loser Projects All his
Sat Sep 5, 2020, 12:31 AM
Sep 2020

abject Failures on Everyone & thing Except where it really belongs. right squarely on his pee colored head.

Blue Owl

(49,934 posts)
4. Like he knows the first fucking thing about combat
Fri Sep 4, 2020, 11:40 PM
Sep 2020

Hey Donny -- how about you strap on some fatigues, march 10 miles through mud carrying a 40-pound rucksack, all while dodging enemy sniper fire, and get back to us you fat fucking pig.

Grokenstein

(5,707 posts)
6. Hey Li'l Don-Don! You know who ELSE performed poorly?
Fri Sep 4, 2020, 11:49 PM
Sep 2020

And will deserve everything they get?
Hint: Their leader is kind of a loser!

 

denem

(11,045 posts)
10. It's Kelly. Kelly is the main source.
Fri Sep 4, 2020, 11:59 PM
Sep 2020

Kelly is very old school. Scarborough also mentioned Jim Mattis. Mattis might be prepared to go public.

Cha

(295,929 posts)
14. Thanks for that.. yeah, it's obvious to me it's former
Sat Sep 5, 2020, 12:09 AM
Sep 2020

Marine Corp General John Kelly.

How did trump possibly think his big ugly mouth on the Military fallen was going to stay hidden forever?

Skittles

(152,967 posts)
28. ###,### people are dead now due to that POS pretending to be "president"
Sat Sep 5, 2020, 02:29 AM
Sep 2020

it is long past time for republicans to come clean about who Donald Fucking Trump REALLY is

Xolodno

(6,341 posts)
13. Because Trump humpers are nuts.
Sat Sep 5, 2020, 12:09 AM
Sep 2020

Who or whom the source is, will have to hire....or hire more security....and the orange one will encourage the violence.

And we'll probably see a lot more anonymous stories as time goes on...

And lets not forget the biggest anonymous source of all, that brought down Nixon and lasted for decades, "Deep Throat".

Kelly was either the source or one who was able to confirm it. He has not just himself, but family to protect as well. And despite not being named, the orange one went on a tirade against him.

crickets

(25,896 posts)
17. It's doubly offensive that trump, of all people,
Sat Sep 5, 2020, 12:18 AM
Sep 2020

accuses someone else of performing poorly. He simply cannot grasp the meaning of service and sacrifice. Only a sociopathic moron sees the term MIA as a job performance description.

lunasun

(21,646 posts)
24. Almost seems impossible that someone would say this out loud if they thought what he believes
Sat Sep 5, 2020, 01:46 AM
Sep 2020

And discussing it with former military in his staff like kelly
Trump is loser supreme now

NoRoadUntravelled

(2,626 posts)
25. May we never again be forced to endure such a loathsome, un-American, soulless, individual
Sat Sep 5, 2020, 01:52 AM
Sep 2020

in the White House.

flotsam

(3,268 posts)
26. My brother was a combat vet
Sat Sep 5, 2020, 01:54 AM
Sep 2020

up north 70-71....for those who know he was A Shau and Ripcord...a secret they don't tell about MIA's:when a large weapon explodes like really nearby (say a 122mm mortar) some people disappear in a pink cloud and become MIA's. There really is no question but there is also no body. Factually they may have leaped into a black hole and transferred their ass to Aruba but there is no proof either way. There were many large hostile pieces of ordinance fired. Tell the President that vaporized in many cases may be what they got...

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