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RAB910

(3,497 posts)
Wed Aug 21, 2019, 05:22 PM Aug 2019

Trump says he wanted to give himself Medal of Honor

President Donald Trump claimed to laughter on Wednesday that he sought to give himself a Medal of Honor, but decided not to after being counseled against the move by aides.

The offhand remark from the president came during his address to the 75th annual national convention of American Veterans, a volunteer-led veterans service organization also known as AMVETS.


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Trump says he wanted to give himself Medal of Honor (Original Post) RAB910 Aug 2019 OP
Medal of Honor to a punk draft dodger? I guess. His base would buy into it. Firestorm49 Aug 2019 #1
Who is surprised by this? Gothmog Aug 2019 #2
Why not? Have one made and have Pence give it to him. Turn them to shit like everything brewens Aug 2019 #3
A medal for having bone spurs and the smallest penis on record RainCaster Aug 2019 #4
Here's an X-ray of his bone spurs: The Velveteen Ocelot Aug 2019 #8
F'in awesome. RainCaster Aug 2019 #9
He thinks being president is a children's game. Doodley Aug 2019 #5
He was mistaking it for a sexy-time award: Get Honor, Stay Honor TheBlackAdder Aug 2019 #6
Points... Grins Aug 2019 #7
INSANE. spanone Aug 2019 #10
Do we need anymore evidence he's nuts. Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Aug 2019 #11
Soon he'll be wearing a uniform. maveric Aug 2019 #12
Actually, Donald did get a Purple Heart... keithbvadu2 Aug 2019 #13

brewens

(13,574 posts)
3. Why not? Have one made and have Pence give it to him. Turn them to shit like everything
Wed Aug 21, 2019, 05:31 PM
Aug 2019

else he touches, no big deal. All that whoring around NYC in the 70's was pretty hazardous duty.

Grins

(7,212 posts)
7. Points...
Wed Aug 21, 2019, 05:48 PM
Aug 2019

1.
It is NOT the CONGRESSIONAL Medal of Honor you draft-dodging bastard! It is simply the Medal of Honor. DO NOT disgrace the medal by associating it with Congress.
2.
My eternal disgust to anyone who ever served in uniform if they walk into a voting booth and vote for this traitor after this! The way he treated McCain was horrible enough, but this is well beyond that!
3.
That the entire audience didn’t gasp in horror, get up and walk out instead of muffled “chuckles” infuriates me.

Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin

(107,922 posts)
11. Do we need anymore evidence he's nuts.
Wed Aug 21, 2019, 07:53 PM
Aug 2019

That's what they do in banana republics. I'm going to start calling him a banana Republican.

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