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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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Firestorm49
(4,032 posts)Gothmog
(145,130 posts)brewens
(13,574 posts)else he touches, no big deal. All that whoring around NYC in the 70's was pretty hazardous duty.
RainCaster
(10,866 posts)Yeah, that's the qualifier
The Velveteen Ocelot
(115,674 posts)His dick was too small to show up at all.
RainCaster
(10,866 posts)Doodley
(9,088 posts)TheBlackAdder
(28,183 posts)Grins
(7,212 posts)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.
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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!
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That the entire audience didnt gasp in horror, get up and walk out instead of muffled chuckles infuriates me.
spanone
(135,823 posts)Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin
(107,922 posts)That's what they do in banana republics. I'm going to start calling him a banana Republican.
maveric
(16,445 posts)Would that surprise you?
keithbvadu2
(36,775 posts)Actually, Donald did get a Purple Heart...