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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsTrump has denigrated The Presidential Medal of Freedom.
He hands them out to his political sycophants and lackeys. People like Rush Limbaugh, Miriam Adelson, donors to his campaign, and political partisans.
Here are the names of a few of the people President Obama awarded it to:
Katherine G. Johnson
Toni Morrison
Bob Dylan
Rear Admiral Grace Hopper
Tom Hanks
Vin Scully
Shirley Chisholm
Isabel Allende
Tom Brokaw
James Chaney, Andrew Goodman, and Michael Schwerner
John Glenn
Sally Ride
President George H. W. Bush
Shimon Peres
Maya Angelou
Yo-Yo Ma
Get the picture?
Trump makes trash out of everything.
Thekaspervote
(32,762 posts)BKDem
(1,733 posts)Medals from him are worthless trinkets.
Deuxcents
(16,197 posts)He has trashed just about everything in a very short time. Our norms, traditions, congressional people, our WH, our treaties, our reputation, n now our military. We vote him away in 58 days n be watchful he doesnt burn down the country on his way out
consider_this
(2,203 posts)add Joe Biden to the list that Obama awarded!
IggleDuer
(964 posts)... in exchange for campaign contributions.