“In Trump's case, he has never felt or shown respect for the U.S. military or its veterans. He has thought only of how he could use them for his own purposes.”
“Lest nostalgia for Trump's presidency obscure the facts, let me remind you of several:”
Trump doesn't, and never will, understand how a person can be true to an ideal for which he does not receive a financial reward in return. On Memorial Day 2017, while standing in front of the grave of 1st Lt. Robert Kelly, the son of Gen. John Kelly who died in Afghanistan in 2010, Trump turned to Gen. Kelly and said, "I don't get it. What was in it for them?"
Trump was similarly mystified why U.S. flags should be lowered to half-staff after Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., died, saying the "guy was a f---ng loser."
During that same trip, he also told senior staffers that the nearly 2,000 U.S. Marines who were killed at the World War I Battle of Belleau Wood were "suckers" for getting killed. American Marines, whose motto "Semper Fi" means "always faithful," are not suckers when dying for their country.
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But he is pretty good at generating applause from the lemmings for humping flags at his rallies
“Lest nostalgia for Trump's presidency obscure the facts, let me remind you of several:”
- When running for president in January 2016, Trump skipped a Republican presidential debate for a "fundraiser" for veterans. Although he received roughly $5 million in donations and pledged an extra $1 million of his own cash, he sent the money to veterans' charities months later only after investigative reporters revealed he had not donated the funds. Trump was fined $2 million by a judge for deceptive practices tied to the event.
- As president, he canceled a visit to the Aisne-Marne American Cemetery near Paris in 2018. Although he falsely claimed his helicopter could not fly in the rain and the Secret Service couldn't drive him there, the truth wasthat keeping his hair dry was more important than honoring American war dead, as reported by The Atlantic. Trump reportedly told staffers, "Why should I go to that cemetery? It's filled with losers."
Trump doesn't, and never will, understand how a person can be true to an ideal for which he does not receive a financial reward in return. On Memorial Day 2017, while standing in front of the grave of 1st Lt. Robert Kelly, the son of Gen. John Kelly who died in Afghanistan in 2010, Trump turned to Gen. Kelly and said, "I don't get it. What was in it for them?"
Trump was similarly mystified why U.S. flags should be lowered to half-staff after Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., died, saying the "guy was a f---ng loser."
During that same trip, he also told senior staffers that the nearly 2,000 U.S. Marines who were killed at the World War I Battle of Belleau Wood were "suckers" for getting killed. American Marines, whose motto "Semper Fi" means "always faithful," are not suckers when dying for their country.
Donald Trump Doesn't Respect or Care to Help Veterans. He Just Wants Our Votes.
Any good that veterans received during Trump's term in office came from others' efforts and in spite of -- not because of -- Trump.
But he is pretty good at generating applause from the lemmings for humping flags at his rallies
