Trump minimizes severity of head injuries in Iran attacks

[left-of-center2012]

Source: AP

President Donald Trump on Wednesday minimized the severity of head injuries sustained by U.S. troops during the Iranian missile strikes on two Iraqi air bases as he was pressed on why he’d claimed no troops had been injured in the attacks.

“I heard they had headaches and a couple of other things ... and I can report it is not very serious,” Trump said at a press conference in Davos, Switzerland, arguing that potential traumatic brain injuries are less severe than, say, missing limbs.

“No, I don’t consider them very serious injuries relative to other injuries that I’ve seen,” the Republican president said. “I’ve seen what Iran has done with their roadside bombs to our troops. I’ve seen people with no legs and with no arms. I’ve seen people that were horribly, horribly injured in that area, that war.”

“No, I do not consider that to be bad injuries, no,” he added.

Read more: https://apnews.com/1a542a36d35c4491555e458c53bf7288

[katmondoo]

1. He's a doctor now???

[riversedge]

4. Trump is showing the world how stupid he is--and his lack of empathy is pathetic

[TruckFump]

19. No...

...just a "stable genius" know-it-all.

[SnowCritter]

2. I didn't realize Trump was a neurosurgeon

What the hell does he know about the severity of injuries to the head and/or brain?

And of course he doesn't consider the injuries to be bad ones - they don't affect him so why should he care?

What a loathsome schmuck!

[Totally Tunsie]

24. In trumpworld, all is OK as long as they

still look pretty. It's testimony to his shallowness.

[MissMillie]

3. Well....

https://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1002&pid=12896509

He dismisses TBI because he's in denial about his own

It's more than just a little obvious that someone dropped him on his head as a small child

[left-of-center2012]

5. Trump: traumatic brain injuries are less severe than ...

Trump:
Traumatic brain injuries are less severe than bone spurs.

[Turbineguy]

6. Never miss a chance

to say something stupid.

[Farmer-Rick]

7. Easy for a bonespur coward to say

He never got his fat ass in the line of fire, even when he should have. Now we take his word for what a serious injury is?

Dumpy Trumpy said Vietnam was like him having so much unprotected sex he worried about getting STDs. That was what he thought fighting in a war was like.

Heroes allowing a coward to lead them.

[keithbvadu2]

20. "I feel like a great and very brave soldier"

[Farmer-Rick]

22. Yup ...to him Vietnam was like having unprotected sex and not getting STDs.

Stupid MF coward

Funny, the Saigon Airlift didn't feel in the least like having sex.

[keithbvadu2]

21. Actually, Donald did get a Purple Heart...

Actually, Donald did get a Purple Heart...

[Farmer-Rick]

23. Yeah, right, he probably bought it off of someone who isn't a coward.

[Blue_Tires]

8. God, if Obama ever said that shit

Republicans would have lynched him on the spot...

[sakabatou]

9. Trump doesn't care about the troops

[turbinetree]

10. Practicing without a license is against the law asshole...............................

[Jimbo S]

11. Surprised he didn't call them losers.

[raccoon]

12. Well, after all, head injuries aren't that big a deal, compared to bone spurs. LOL nt

[IronLionZion]

13. Head/brain injuries are relatively mild compared to something serious like bone spurs

a person can live without a brain, and even be elected president. But a person with bone spurs can't be expected to serve their country in any capacity, not even a non-combat office job.

[pangaia]

14. I've seen, I've seen... blechk You haven't seen shit...

[yellowcanine]

15. How the eff would he know??? When did he pass his neurology boards?

[OneCrazyDiamond]

16. I hope he is right

and they all end up ok.


He is still a liar.

[JohnnyRingo]

17. I'm sure their mothers will be relieved to hear this.

"Thank you for your service to Donald J Trump".

[JustABozoOnThisBus]

18. That's why some were flown to a hospital in Franfurt. Headache. Boo-boos. Paper cuts.

Thinking about Trump gives me a headache. I'm hoping to feel better Nov 4.