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How many insults will service members and military veterans take from impeached tRump?
Commentary: How many insults will service members and military veterans take from Trump?
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When tRump speaks of American military dead, Republicans and Democrats alike, it’s always about “losers.” But that’s not the only word he uses. On the same trip, according to The Atlantic, he referred to the more than 1,800 marines killed at Belleau Wood as “suckers.”
And because there is no bottom, it gets worse.
In 2018, as tRump was planning a military parade at the White House, he asked senior staff not to include wounded veteran amputees because people would feel uncomfortable around them. “Nobody wants to see that,” he reportedly said.
All this invective aimed at the military was confirmed by The Associated Press. The Washington Post also confirmed tRump’s statements, adding an absolute doozy that would end any other presidential administration.
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Losers, losers, losers, losers, suckers. They “deserved what they got.” If you’re in the military, that’s what tRump thinks of you. These are his words, not mine. If you have a family member in the military — a child, a parent or a sibling — then this is what tRump thinks of them.
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...earlier last week, he could’ve counted on the 37% of service members who said they were going to vote for him. But most of that has to disappear now. And he has no one but himself, in all his broken sullenness, to blame. The thing about tRump’s disdain for the military is that it goes both ways. - West Hawaii Today
<snip>
When tRump speaks of American military dead, Republicans and Democrats alike, it’s always about “losers.” But that’s not the only word he uses. On the same trip, according to The Atlantic, he referred to the more than 1,800 marines killed at Belleau Wood as “suckers.”
And because there is no bottom, it gets worse.
In 2018, as tRump was planning a military parade at the White House, he asked senior staff not to include wounded veteran amputees because people would feel uncomfortable around them. “Nobody wants to see that,” he reportedly said.
All this invective aimed at the military was confirmed by The Associated Press. The Washington Post also confirmed tRump’s statements, adding an absolute doozy that would end any other presidential administration.
<snip>
Losers, losers, losers, losers, suckers. They “deserved what they got.” If you’re in the military, that’s what tRump thinks of you. These are his words, not mine. If you have a family member in the military — a child, a parent or a sibling — then this is what tRump thinks of them.
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...earlier last week, he could’ve counted on the 37% of service members who said they were going to vote for him. But most of that has to disappear now. And he has no one but himself, in all his broken sullenness, to blame. The thing about tRump’s disdain for the military is that it goes both ways. - West Hawaii Today
When veterans have this much disdain towards an un-American politician, you have to know that it burns in their souls.
