Veterans are divided about reports Trump disparaged military

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

FAYETTEVILLE, N.C. (AP) — In this soldier's city and across the country, veterans and military families are divided about reports that President Donald Trump made disparaging comments toward the military, with some service members bristling at the remarks and others questioning whether they happened.

Thomas Richardson, a retired member of the Army’s 82nd Airborne, did not like what he heard.

Richardson was trained to respect the office of commander in chief, but he was rankled by allegations in The Atlantic, many of them independently confirmed by The Associated Press, that Trump had referred to fallen and captured U.S. service members as “losers” and “suckers.”

“Usually, you don’t choose those kinds of missions. You agree to serve and you agree to go where your assignment is,” said Richardson, who did not vote for Trump in 2016.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/veterans-are-divided-about-reports-trump-disparaged-military/ar-BB18LlBH?li=BBnb7Kz

[uponit7771]

1. My politically apathetic nephew read about this issue on FaceBook, Trump is toast if more keeps ...

... dribbling out.

[SheltieLover]

2. The Atlantic has promised more

Said this is just the tip of the iceberg!

[OAITW r.2.0]

3. No surprise....they cannot comprehend a C in C that would

do this. If they could, they'd have to wonder about the personal cost to their worldview..

[Hoyt]

4. Most of vets quoted don't seem to care, they're voting for Racist-in-Chief in Nov.

[Mariana]

5. They don't believe he really feels that way.

And that's what happens with the vast majority of his supporters. No matter what he says, no matter what he does, no matter what evidence comes to light, they'll convince themselves that he really does love them and care for them and that he's on their side and won't ever do anything to harm them.

[rockfordfile]

12. Majority of Vets support Biden

[Hoyt]

15. I hope so, but not so sure.

[TreasonousBastard]

6. Of course they are. Vets have every right to be as stupid and...

ill informed as the rest of the population

And
many of them choose to exercise that right.

[still_one]

7. Did they have a problem with the disparaging remarks said about McCain? Did they have a problem

with him when he questioned Tammy Duckworth’s patriotism, or his belittling of gold star family Keizer Khan? Etc. etc. etc.

WTF is wrong with anyone who believes someone who has been caught time after time in one lie after another and still believe his credibility

[Ohiogal]

8. Exactly.

[LuvLoogie]

11. It's the racism. Period.

They are all in with the Bigot Vandal in Chief.

[denem]

9. Trumpers will keep on trumping.

I would not expect anything else.

[RazzleCat]

10. I sort of think its like so many break ups in bad relationships

You may have been there, or know someone who has. The relationship was bad, abusive everyone could see it. But the person in it just does not see it. He will change, it was so good when X, I have spent so much time and emotion on this person. I just know that deep down inside he really loves me. Just remember how many times you have spoken with you friend or heard from your friend, he's bad for you, you can do better, I don't get what you see in him. You /them would answer you just don't know him the way I do.

This can go on for years, then one day something happens, and they/you wake up and get it. At that point they look, really look and feel so stupid, they regret all the time and pain they have invested. They all of a sudden get they made a big mistake.

The ones still holding on to Trump, they just have too much invested in him, they don't see him for what he is.

Some are just as bad, just want to hurt others, or are single issue voters (abortion). I think most are still in denial about there relationship.

On the flip side they can refuse to ever accept that the relationship is bad, and just keep on living in a miserable existence.

[mucifer]

13. Or some bizarre for of mass hypnotism.

[LuvLoogie]

14. It's more like two meth heads. Fucking over

everybody until one of them is dead. Except the meth is bigotry and racism.