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Trump considering mandatory military service (Original Post) peppertree Jun 2024 OP
This message was self-deleted by its author PJMcK Jun 2024 #1
Private Bonespurs says what? Oh, irony of ironies. EarnestPutz Jun 2024 #2
What a disgrace it is to our military pwb Jun 2024 #3
We know how he feels about our military, called those brave men who died in battle "losers and suckers" Rhiannon12866 Jun 2024 #4
More. sheshe2 Jun 2024 #9
Good Grief! And yet he wants to "use" our military to support his brutal agenda Rhiannon12866 Jun 2024 #10
I remember when it happened. sheshe2 Jun 2024 #11
How devastating for her - chokes me up! Rhiannon12866 Jun 2024 #12
Captain Pantload Platoon of Poop Blue Owl Jun 2024 #5
That way he can give himself medals Turbineguy Jun 2024 #6
Keith Olbermann pointed this out on his "Countdown" podcast on June12. niyad Jun 2024 #7
*cough* Barron *cough* RockRaven Jun 2024 #8
... trusty elf Jun 2024 #13
That'll get the "youth vote" . . . . . no_hypocrisy Jun 2024 #14
Field Marshal Jared Kushner and Barron von Trump will lead the army. Wonder Why Jun 2024 #15

Response to peppertree (Original post)

pwb

(12,660 posts)
3. What a disgrace it is to our military
Sun Jun 23, 2024, 11:11 PM
Jun 2024

Seeing 5 deferment bone spurs fraud in uniform. He takes everything, earns nothing.

Rhiannon12866

(255,524 posts)
4. We know how he feels about our military, called those brave men who died in battle "losers and suckers"
Sun Jun 23, 2024, 11:16 PM
Jun 2024

And he not only dodged the draft when he was called to serve, but according to Mary Trump's book, when Junior said he was thinking about joining the military, his father threatened to "disown" him.

sheshe2

(97,620 posts)
9. More.
Mon Jun 24, 2024, 12:03 AM
Jun 2024

Trump told slain soldier's widow that he "knew what he was getting into," Congresswoman says

President Trump told the widow of one of the soldiers killed in Niger that he "knew what he was getting into," said U.S. Rep. Frederica Wilson (D-Miami), who said she was in the car where the phone call was received.

Myeshia Johnson was on her way to the airport to greet the remains of her husband, Army Sgt. La David Johnson, when she received the call from the commander-in-chief, CBS Miami reports.

"David was a young man from our community who gave his life for our country," Wilson told CBS Miami. "He's a hero. I was in the car when President Trump called. He never said the word hero. He said to the wife, 'Well, I guess he knew what he was getting into.' How insensitive can you be?"

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Told of the president's tweet, on CNN's "New Day" on Wednesday morning, Wilson responded, "Well, I don't know what kind of proof he could be talking about. I'm not the only person that was in the car. And I have proof too. This man is a sick man. He's cold-hearted and he feels no pity or sympathy for anyone. This is a grieving widow, a grieving widow who is six months pregnant. This is a young woman. She's only 24 years old. She weighs maybe 110 pounds. And she has two other kids, 2 years old and 6 years old. And when she actually hung up the phone and she looked at me and said he didn't even know his name. Now, that's the worst part."


https://www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-told-la-david-johnson-widow-that-he-knew-what-he-was-getting-into-congresswoman-says/

The four soldiers that died were under his watch.

Rhiannon12866

(255,524 posts)
10. Good Grief! And yet he wants to "use" our military to support his brutal agenda
Mon Jun 24, 2024, 12:13 AM
Jun 2024

I'm heartbroken for this poor young widow - and her kids.

Rhiannon12866

(255,524 posts)
12. How devastating for her - chokes me up!
Mon Jun 24, 2024, 12:33 AM
Jun 2024

But we know that TFG has no compassion for anyone, thinks only of himself. And that's what makes him so dangerous, the deaths of fellow Americans mean nothing to him, he's willing to use anyone to achieve his own ends. He even called for the lynching of his own VP.

niyad

(132,429 posts)
7. Keith Olbermann pointed this out on his "Countdown" podcast on June12.
Sun Jun 23, 2024, 11:31 PM
Jun 2024

Another little nasty bit of business the trumpian media ignored.

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