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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsMueller vs Trump
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True story.
Those divergent paths began with Vietnam, the conflict that tore the country apart just as both men graduated from college in the 1960s. Despite having been educated at an elite private military academy, Donald Trump famously drew five draft deferments, including one for bone spurs in his feet. He would later joke, repeatedly, that his success at avoiding sexually transmitted diseases while dating numerous women in the 1980s was my personal Vietnam. I feel like a great and very brave soldier.
Mueller, for his part, not only volunteered for the Marines, he spent a year waiting for an injured knee to heal so he could serve. And he has said little about his time in Vietnam over the years...
https://www.wired.com/story/robert-mueller-vietnam/
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Mueller vs Trump (Original Post)
Norbert
Dec 2018
OP
As far as I can tell, no one in Trump's family (or Melania's) has ever served in the US military.
LisaM
Dec 2018
#2
"Yeahbut"....trump's own PERSONAL Vietnam was avoiding getting any STDs in the 1970s.
George II
Dec 2018
#6
Also, you know, Trump went to military school, so you know, it's pretty much the same thing.
flibbitygiblets
Dec 2018
#7
MFGsunny
(2,356 posts)1. K & R
LisaM
(27,803 posts)2. As far as I can tell, no one in Trump's family (or Melania's) has ever served in the US military.
I suppose it's possible that he has a brother who did, but I've been unable to find that out.
George II
(67,782 posts)5. Or in the Slovenian military.
SCVDem
(5,103 posts)3. A real Marine!
Not like that POS Kelley!
Semper Fi !
FakeNoose
(32,634 posts)4. Here's a similar factoid: Queen Elizabeth!
George II
(67,782 posts)6. "Yeahbut"....trump's own PERSONAL Vietnam was avoiding getting any STDs in the 1970s.
flibbitygiblets
(7,220 posts)8. Good Lord, in every picture Eric looks dumb as a sack of hair
George II
(67,782 posts)9. Yes, look at this............
flibbitygiblets
(7,220 posts)11. Yeeeiiikes.
gratuitous
(82,849 posts)14. Be fair
Ivanka would look just as inbred, but she's been very meticulous in taking advantage of the best that cosmetic surgery has to offer.
FSogol
(45,480 posts)15. Along with experimental giraffe serum to make her neck longer.
flibbitygiblets
(7,220 posts)7. Also, you know, Trump went to military school, so you know, it's pretty much the same thing.
I believe the dotard actually said something to this effect during the campaign.
JudyM
(29,233 posts)10. Scarborough pointed out this morning that his bone spurs didn't prevent him from playing tennis
and squash during that time.
Cha
(297,154 posts)13. I hope most of those in the military know
this about the Idiot in chief.
Cha
(297,154 posts)12. Excellent analogy.. trump is a chickenshit
draft dodger and Mueller is a brave soldier.
I don't begrudge those who didn't want to go to Viet Nam but this Lying Hypocritical Asshole is one of the exceptions.. that and dick cheney.