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Norbert

(6,039 posts)
Wed Dec 26, 2018, 09:10 PM Dec 2018

Mueller vs Trump





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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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.
Wed Dec 26, 2018, 10:13 PM
Dec 2018

I suppose it's possible that he has a brother who did, but I've been unable to find that out.

gratuitous

(82,849 posts)
14. Be fair
Thu Dec 27, 2018, 07:31 PM
Dec 2018

Ivanka would look just as inbred, but she's been very meticulous in taking advantage of the best that cosmetic surgery has to offer.

flibbitygiblets

(7,220 posts)
7. Also, you know, Trump went to military school, so you know, it's pretty much the same thing.
Wed Dec 26, 2018, 11:51 PM
Dec 2018

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
Thu Dec 27, 2018, 11:07 AM
Dec 2018

and squash during that time.

Cha

(297,154 posts)
12. Excellent analogy.. trump is a chickenshit
Thu Dec 27, 2018, 07:26 PM
Dec 2018

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.

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