Trump Declares Himself a 'War Hero'

[applegrove]

Trump Declares Himself a ‘War Hero’

August 20, 2025 at 10:56 am EDT By Taegan Goddard 149 Comments

https://politicalwire.com/2025/08/20/trump-declares-himself-a-war-hero/

President Trump praised Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel as a “war hero” for ordering his country’s forces to bombard Iran’s nuclear sites — and then said that the same label should apply to himself, the New York Times reports.

Said Trump: “He’s a war hero, because we work together. He’s a war hero. I guess I am too,” he added.

Applegrove: someone tell the war hero that people who give arms to a country that is starving another, don't get the Nobel Prize.

[no_hypocrisy]

1. As you really can't expect to get a Nobel Peace Prize for being a

“War Hero,” my guess is TSF is setting himself off with an alternate award (in his mind).

[Captain Zero]

3. He probably wants a Medal of Honor

Which would forever taint that award.
Would his lapdog Nazipublican Congress vote to give him one. ??

[no_hypocrisy]

6. Maybe a(nother) purple heart.

[D. Spaulding]

2. I'm a retired Vet, yet I can't understand how with comments like this,

or advisors like Loomer who attacks Medal of Honor recepients, along with a host of other things, how so many military don't see through this shallow, petty person of such low character.

[choie]

4. Jesus Christ

Are we ever going to be rid of this monumental fascist, self absorbed, sociopath?

[Vinca]

5. Well, apparently he did survive the war on STDs. That's the one he claimed to be fighting back in the bone spur days.

[tanyev]

7. Ah yes, no one will ever forget brave Sir Donny and his heroism in the Battle of the Bonespurs.

[Ping Tung]

8. So, is he going to declare himself a "war criminal" because he hangs around with one?

[LetMyPeopleVote]

9. MaddowBlog-The problem(s) with Trump declaring himself a 'war hero'

If Trump is looking for actual war heroes, I might refer him to some of the people whose service he denigrated both before and after taking office.

The problem(s) with Trump declaring himself a ‘war hero’
If Trump is looking for actual war heroes, I might refer him to some of the people whose service he denigrated both before and after taking office.https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show/maddowblog/problems-trump-declaring-war-hero-rcna226096

— Philly Joe (@joehick58.bsky.social) 2025-08-20T21:13:37.821Z

https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show/maddowblog/problems-trump-declaring-war-hero-rcna226096

It’s against this backdrop that Trump came up with a new label for himself. Politico reported:

U.S. President Donald Trump called himself a ‘war hero’ on Tuesday for approving airstrikes on Iranian nuclear facilities. Calling into conservative host Mark Levin’s radio show, Trump said Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was ‘a war hero ‘cause we worked together.’

“He’s a war hero. I guess I am, too,” Trump said. “Nobody cares. But I am, too. I mean, I sent those planes.”

Trump calls himself a war hero for his actions against Iran:

"He's a war hero. I guess I am too. Nobody cares, but I am too. I mean, I sent those planes."

— FactPost (@factpostnews.bsky.social) 2025-08-20T15:12:41.216Z

.....Let’s unpack this one because I think the larger issue is important.

First, while it’s true that Trump ordered a military strike, under any sensible definition of the phrase, a “war hero” refers to someone who acted heroically during a war. Giving the Pentagon a green light for a mission is important, but it does not a hero make.

Second, if Trump is looking for actual war heroes, I might refer him to some of the people whose service he denigrated both before and after taking office. (Although he repeatedly denied ever calling fallen American soldiers “losers” and “suckers,” his own onetime White House chief of staff, retired Gen. John Kelly, said he heard the president make the comments.)

Finally, if Trump wanted to be a war hero, he had an opportunity to serve during the war in Vietnam, but he instead sought and received five deferments — claiming he had “bone spurs.”

He nevertheless boasted to voters that he “felt” like he’d served in the military because his parents sent him to a military-themed boarding school as a teenager. He later claimed, in apparent seriousness, that his expensive prep school gave him “more training militarily than a lot of the guys that go into the military.”