I was gonna curse him out: Rep. Wilson describes hearing Trumps phone call with widow of soldier

[haele]

22. Because of the way he speaks in public, I don't find it hard to believe.

Phrases that Drumpf uses - "He knew what he signed up for, but it still hurts when it happens", are all from bad TV shows and movies.
What he reportedly told the widow was apparently an excerpt from something you'd hear on NCIS whatever large US city that doesn't have a Navy Base on it by the back-up scriptwriter of the week. Just like everything else he says for public consumption.

I wouldn't doubt that before the phone call, they sat him down in front of the TV with one of those shows for 5 minutes so he could see how "a leader" is supposed to react when one of his men has fallen - and he repeated what he saw literally.

He has shown time and time again he doesn't have enough imagination to do little more than repeat the last few phrases that might have caught his fleeting attention whenever he's been briefed on a subject.

Haele