This is the first in a series of 'Yes, he said that' threads, devoted to the musings of one Donald John Trump, 45th President of the United States and the Republican nominee for President.
"I watched Sheldon sitting so proud in the White House when we gave Miriam the Presidential Medal of Freedom. That’s the highest award you can get as a civilian, it’s the equivalent of the Congressional Medal of Honor, but civilian version. It’s actually much better because everyone gets the congressional Medal of Honor, that’s soldiers, they’re either in very bad shape because they’ve been hit so many times by bullets, or they’re dead".
Yes, he said that. Discuss your view on whether the Medal of Freedom is 'much better' because you don't have to be shot or killed to get it. I feel like someone who wins the Congressional Medal of Honor is usually a hero who made an enormous sacrifice for their country while serving in the military, and it seems like that is at least on par with the Medal of Freedom, but what do I know?
"I watched Sheldon sitting so proud in the White House when we gave Miriam the Presidential Medal of Freedom. That’s the highest award you can get as a civilian, it’s the equivalent of the Congressional Medal of Honor, but civilian version. It’s actually much better because everyone gets the congressional Medal of Honor, that’s soldiers, they’re either in very bad shape because they’ve been hit so many times by bullets, or they’re dead".
Yes, he said that. Discuss your view on whether the Medal of Freedom is 'much better' because you don't have to be shot or killed to get it. I feel like someone who wins the Congressional Medal of Honor is usually a hero who made an enormous sacrifice for their country while serving in the military, and it seems like that is at least on par with the Medal of Freedom, but what do I know?