Post by Admin on Sept 5, 2020 14:13:13 GMT -4
I DARE YOU CALL THEM THAT
How could this man 45 call the men and women of War LOSERS and SUCKERS when he never even served. What kind of person is he these brave men and women are fighting for a cause to keep us safe.
WAR IS HELL and keeping who they are safe will never be easy.
Vietnam War
Afghanistan War
I CAN NOT DEAL WITH HIS WORDS ABOUT PEOPLE WE KNOW HE SPEAKS THIS WAY HE CALLS EVERYONE NAMES THAT WE DO KNOW FOR SURE.
Trump Reportedly Referred To American War Dead As ‘Losers’ And ‘Suckers’ – (Details)
Trump Reportedly Referred To American War Dead As ‘Losers’ And ‘Suckers’
President Donald Trump, who has been criticized in the past for making disparaging remarks about veterans and military families, reportedly referred to American service members who’d died in World War I as “losers” and “suckers” in conversations with his staff.
The Atlantic’s Jeffrey Goldberg, citing multiple anonymous sources who had firsthand knowledge of the conversations, reported Thursday on the president’s comments.
Associated Press reporter James LaPorta later corroborated Goldberg’s article, saying a senior Defense Department official had confirmed the information.
According to Goldberg, Trump uttered the belittling remarks about the American war dead while in France in 2018.
During that trip, the president nixed a planned visit to the Aisne-Marne American Cemetery ― a World War I cemetery in Belleau, France, near the site of the Battle of Belleau Wood. Trump blamed rain for the cancellation at the time.
Goldberg said, however, that Trump had actually “rejected the idea of the visit because he feared his hair would become disheveled in the rain, and because he did not believe it important to honor American war dead.”
Goldberg added:
IN A CONVERSATION WITH SENIOR STAFF MEMBERS ON THE MORNING OF THE SCHEDULED VISIT, TRUMP SAID, “WHY SHOULD I GO TO THAT CEMETERY? IT’S FILLED WITH LOSERS.” IN A SEPARATE CONVERSATION ON THE SAME TRIP, TRUMP REFERRED TO THE MORE THAN 1,800 MARINES WHO LOST THEIR LIVES AT BELLEAU WOOD AS “SUCKERS” FOR GETTING KILLED.
Goldberg said later in the article that Trump had also referred separately to John McCain, the late senator and war veteran, as a “fucking loser.”
Trump has previously been criticized for denigrating McCain, who was held for 5½ years as a prisoner of war in Vietnam.
“He’s not a war hero,” Trump said in 2015 of McCain. “I like people who weren’t captured.”
White House spokesperson Alyssa Farah told HuffPost that Goldberg’s report was “false.”
“President Trump holds the military in the highest regard. He’s demonstrated his commitment to them at every turn: delivering on his promise to give our troops a much needed pay raise, increasing military spending, signing critical veterans reforms and supporting military spouses,” Farah said.
Trump himself later refuted Goldberg’s report, insisting that he’d never called McCain a “loser” and that he “never called our great fallen soldiers anything other than HEROES.”
HuffPost’s S.V. Dáte reported earlier this week that Trump had refused for two years to go to Dover Air Force Base in Delaware to receive the bodies of US soldiers ― despite his insistence that he’s paid his respects to “many, many” US soldiers killed in the line of duty.
A former White House aide told Dáte that Trump had stopped going to the base after Bill Owens, the father of a slain Navy SEAL, refused to shake the president’s hand at a 2017 meeting and lambasted Trump for his incompetence.
“He refused to go back for two years, he was so rattled,” the aide said of the president.
Trump never served in the military. He received five military deferments, including one for alleged bone spurs in his feet and four for education, during the Vietnam War.
This article has been updated with comments by the White House and Trump.
The post Trump Reportedly Referred To American War Dead As ‘Losers’ And ‘Suckers’ appeared first on Huffington Post.
AND NOW THIS SHOULD WE BE SUPRISE I THINK NOT.....
Trump calls on Fox News to fire reporter over veterans flap
AFP AFP•September 5, 2020
Trump calls on Fox News to fire reporter over veterans flap
US President Donald Trump has found himself under criticism for his alleged disparaging comments on American war fatalities
More
US President Donald Trump has demanded that Fox News fire its national security correspondent after she confirmed claims that the Republican leader had disparaged the military -- a bombshell that has dogged him for two days.
Trump came under fire after The Atlantic magazine reported that he had called Marines killed in action in World War I "losers" and "suckers" in connection with a November 2018 visit to France when he skipped a visit to a US military cemetery.
The official explanation for that missed visit was bad weather.
Fox News correspondent Jennifer Griffin said two former administration officials had confirmed to her that the president "did not want to drive to honor American war dead" at the Aisne-Marne cemetery outside Paris, implying weather was not a factor.
One official also told her that Trump had used the word "suckers" to denigrate the military, but in a different context related to the Vietnam War.
"When the President spoke about the Vietnam War, he said, 'It was a stupid war. Anyone who went was a sucker'," she quoted the unnamed official as saying.
"It was a character flaw of the President. He could not understand why someone would die for their country, not worth it," the source said.
A furious Trump tweeted late Friday: "Jennifer Griffin should be fired for this kind of reporting. Never even called us for comment. @foxnews is gone!"
Trump has furiously defended himself in the wake of the story in The Atlantic, tweeting and retweeting stories condemning it as "fake news."
The habitually Trump-friendly Fox News has been criticized for seemingly sidelining Griffin's reporting in its coverage of the story. A story on its front page Saturday was headlined: "Sources dispute claim Trump nixed visit to military cemetery over disdain for slain veterans."
Several of Griffin's colleagues at Fox have publicly defended her on Twitter, along with Republican congressman Adam Kinzinger, who called her "fair and unafraid."
Just before The Atlantic published its story, a poll by the Military Times and the Syracuse University Institute for Veterans and Military Families found that just 37.4 percent of active duty personnel support Trump's reelection bid, while 43.1 percent back Joe Biden.
How could this man 45 call the men and women of War LOSERS and SUCKERS when he never even served. What kind of person is he these brave men and women are fighting for a cause to keep us safe.
WAR IS HELL and keeping who they are safe will never be easy.
Vietnam War
Afghanistan War
I CAN NOT DEAL WITH HIS WORDS ABOUT PEOPLE WE KNOW HE SPEAKS THIS WAY HE CALLS EVERYONE NAMES THAT WE DO KNOW FOR SURE.
Trump Reportedly Referred To American War Dead As ‘Losers’ And ‘Suckers’ – (Details)
Trump Reportedly Referred To American War Dead As ‘Losers’ And ‘Suckers’
President Donald Trump, who has been criticized in the past for making disparaging remarks about veterans and military families, reportedly referred to American service members who’d died in World War I as “losers” and “suckers” in conversations with his staff.
The Atlantic’s Jeffrey Goldberg, citing multiple anonymous sources who had firsthand knowledge of the conversations, reported Thursday on the president’s comments.
Associated Press reporter James LaPorta later corroborated Goldberg’s article, saying a senior Defense Department official had confirmed the information.
According to Goldberg, Trump uttered the belittling remarks about the American war dead while in France in 2018.
During that trip, the president nixed a planned visit to the Aisne-Marne American Cemetery ― a World War I cemetery in Belleau, France, near the site of the Battle of Belleau Wood. Trump blamed rain for the cancellation at the time.
Goldberg said, however, that Trump had actually “rejected the idea of the visit because he feared his hair would become disheveled in the rain, and because he did not believe it important to honor American war dead.”
Goldberg added:
IN A CONVERSATION WITH SENIOR STAFF MEMBERS ON THE MORNING OF THE SCHEDULED VISIT, TRUMP SAID, “WHY SHOULD I GO TO THAT CEMETERY? IT’S FILLED WITH LOSERS.” IN A SEPARATE CONVERSATION ON THE SAME TRIP, TRUMP REFERRED TO THE MORE THAN 1,800 MARINES WHO LOST THEIR LIVES AT BELLEAU WOOD AS “SUCKERS” FOR GETTING KILLED.
Goldberg said later in the article that Trump had also referred separately to John McCain, the late senator and war veteran, as a “fucking loser.”
Trump has previously been criticized for denigrating McCain, who was held for 5½ years as a prisoner of war in Vietnam.
“He’s not a war hero,” Trump said in 2015 of McCain. “I like people who weren’t captured.”
White House spokesperson Alyssa Farah told HuffPost that Goldberg’s report was “false.”
“President Trump holds the military in the highest regard. He’s demonstrated his commitment to them at every turn: delivering on his promise to give our troops a much needed pay raise, increasing military spending, signing critical veterans reforms and supporting military spouses,” Farah said.
Trump himself later refuted Goldberg’s report, insisting that he’d never called McCain a “loser” and that he “never called our great fallen soldiers anything other than HEROES.”
HuffPost’s S.V. Dáte reported earlier this week that Trump had refused for two years to go to Dover Air Force Base in Delaware to receive the bodies of US soldiers ― despite his insistence that he’s paid his respects to “many, many” US soldiers killed in the line of duty.
A former White House aide told Dáte that Trump had stopped going to the base after Bill Owens, the father of a slain Navy SEAL, refused to shake the president’s hand at a 2017 meeting and lambasted Trump for his incompetence.
“He refused to go back for two years, he was so rattled,” the aide said of the president.
Trump never served in the military. He received five military deferments, including one for alleged bone spurs in his feet and four for education, during the Vietnam War.
This article has been updated with comments by the White House and Trump.
The post Trump Reportedly Referred To American War Dead As ‘Losers’ And ‘Suckers’ appeared first on Huffington Post.
AND NOW THIS SHOULD WE BE SUPRISE I THINK NOT.....
Trump calls on Fox News to fire reporter over veterans flap
AFP AFP•September 5, 2020
Trump calls on Fox News to fire reporter over veterans flap
US President Donald Trump has found himself under criticism for his alleged disparaging comments on American war fatalities
More
US President Donald Trump has demanded that Fox News fire its national security correspondent after she confirmed claims that the Republican leader had disparaged the military -- a bombshell that has dogged him for two days.
Trump came under fire after The Atlantic magazine reported that he had called Marines killed in action in World War I "losers" and "suckers" in connection with a November 2018 visit to France when he skipped a visit to a US military cemetery.
The official explanation for that missed visit was bad weather.
Fox News correspondent Jennifer Griffin said two former administration officials had confirmed to her that the president "did not want to drive to honor American war dead" at the Aisne-Marne cemetery outside Paris, implying weather was not a factor.
One official also told her that Trump had used the word "suckers" to denigrate the military, but in a different context related to the Vietnam War.
"When the President spoke about the Vietnam War, he said, 'It was a stupid war. Anyone who went was a sucker'," she quoted the unnamed official as saying.
"It was a character flaw of the President. He could not understand why someone would die for their country, not worth it," the source said.
A furious Trump tweeted late Friday: "Jennifer Griffin should be fired for this kind of reporting. Never even called us for comment. @foxnews is gone!"
Trump has furiously defended himself in the wake of the story in The Atlantic, tweeting and retweeting stories condemning it as "fake news."
The habitually Trump-friendly Fox News has been criticized for seemingly sidelining Griffin's reporting in its coverage of the story. A story on its front page Saturday was headlined: "Sources dispute claim Trump nixed visit to military cemetery over disdain for slain veterans."
Several of Griffin's colleagues at Fox have publicly defended her on Twitter, along with Republican congressman Adam Kinzinger, who called her "fair and unafraid."
Just before The Atlantic published its story, a poll by the Military Times and the Syracuse University Institute for Veterans and Military Families found that just 37.4 percent of active duty personnel support Trump's reelection bid, while 43.1 percent back Joe Biden.
