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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsTrump thinks Americans who died at war are "losers" and "suckers"
https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2020/09/trump-americans-who-died-at-war-are-losers-and-suckers/615997/dhill926
(16,317 posts)if so, it should finish the orange fucker...
grantcart
(53,061 posts)SallyHemmings
(1,819 posts)Blue Owl
(50,291 posts)SallyHemmings
(1,819 posts)whathehell
(29,034 posts)If the Dems can't make hay out of THIS, they may need to find another country.
Vogon_Glory
(9,109 posts)Texas has a lot of military bases. The men and women who serve down here should no what sort of respect Donnie has for them. So should these peoples families. So should the veterans who served and their families.
Furthermore, Senators Cornyn and Cruz, and also Governor Abbotts action or inaction about such outrageous disrespect should be held to account.
Blue Owl
(50,291 posts)Donald tRump, the greatest coward in the history of the world, disses the brave men and women who sacrificed their lives for the country he thinks he presides over. These soldiers didn't die so that a piece of shit like tRump could cheat and steal his way into office.
FUCK TRUMP. I wanna see this fucker destroyed in November or sooner, if possible...
whathehell
(29,034 posts)Where do you think this would put them?
Vogon_Glory
(9,109 posts)There are a lot of them here in Texas, and for years the Republicans used to run on their superior respect for the military and the men and women in uniform.
whathehell
(29,034 posts)SWBTATTReg
(22,077 posts)Correction, the BIGGEST loser and BIGGEST sucker.
dchill
(38,451 posts)Ask Putin. Oh - you already did. Nevermind.
whathehell
(29,034 posts)I was wrong.
dchill
(38,451 posts)mobeau69
(11,133 posts)AllaN01Bear
(18,016 posts)Bayard
(22,011 posts)Asshole.
catbyte
(34,341 posts)On Memorial Day 2017, Trump visited Arlington National Cemetery, a short drive from the White House. He was accompanied on this visit by John Kelly, who was then the secretary of homeland security, and who would, a short time later, be named the White House chief of staff. The two men were set to visit Section 60, the 14-acre area of the cemetery that is the burial ground for those killed in Americas most recent wars. Kellys son Robert is buried in Section 60. A first lieutenant in the Marine Corps, Robert Kelly was killed in 2010 in Afghanistan. He was 29. Trump was meant, on this visit, to join John Kelly in paying respects at his sons grave, and to comfort the families of other fallen service members. But according to sources with knowledge of this visit, Trump, while standing by Robert Kellys grave, turned directly to his father and said, I dont get it. What was in it for them? Kelly (who declined to comment for this story) initially believed, people close to him said, that Trump was making a ham-handed reference to the selflessness of Americas all-volunteer force. But later he came to realize that Trump simply does not understand non-transactional life choices.
He cant fathom the idea of doing something for someone other than himself, one of Kellys friends, a retired four-star general, told me. He just thinks that anyone who does anything when theres no direct personal gain to be had is a sucker. Theres no money in serving the nation. Kellys friend went on to say, Trump cant imagine anyone elses pain. Thats why he would say this to the father of a fallen marine on Memorial Day in the cemetery where hes buried.
Ive asked numerous general officers over the past year for their analysis of Trumps seeming contempt for military service. They offer a number of explanations. Some of his cynicism is rooted in frustration, they say. Trump, unlike previous presidents, tends to believe that the military, like other departments of the federal government, is beholden only to him, and not the Constitution. Many senior officers have expressed worry about Trumps understanding of the rules governing the use of the armed forces. This issue came to a head in early June, during demonstrations in Washington, D.C., in response to police killings of Black people. James Mattis, the retired Marine general and former secretary of defense, lambasted Trump at the time for ordering law-enforcement officers to forcibly clear protesters from Lafayette Square, and for using soldiers as props: When I joined the military, some 50 years ago, I swore an oath to support and defend the Constitution, Mattis wrote. Never did I dream that troops taking that same oath would be ordered under any circumstance to violate the Constitutional rights of their fellow citizensmuch less to provide a bizarre photo op for the elected commander-in-chief, with military leadership standing alongside.
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Trump has been, for the duration of his presidency, fixated on staging military parades, but only of a certain sort. In a 2018 White House planning meeting for such an event, Trump asked his staff not to include wounded veterans, on grounds that spectators would feel uncomfortable in the presence of amputees. Nobody wants to see that, he said.
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What an empty, hollow, pathetic, worthless POS.
yonder
(9,657 posts)Among many others of course.
Upthevibe
(8,018 posts)llashram
(6,265 posts)coming from the CIC. This potus has been disrespecting military personnel who every day put their lives on the line so we don't have to from day one of his crime spree called a presidency. He signed a piece of paper and said he'll put it on e-bay for 10,000 dollars and one of his deplorable minions might just buy it. trump is a cowardly traitor unfit for the position of dog catcher.
I served, did he?
whathehell
(29,034 posts)It seems almost inhuman, to me, and no, he certainly did NOT serve..He got four or five deferments out of Vietnam..
Faygo Kid
(21,478 posts)Nothing ever will.
whathehell
(29,034 posts)it actually might, but I won't bet on it.
Stallion
(6,473 posts)whathehell
(29,034 posts)Cable Need exposure -- I'm listening to Joy Reid feature it now.
Totally Tunsie
(10,885 posts)I hope to someday have the opportunity and honor of spitting on his grave.
BKDem
(1,733 posts)But there are plenty of words that simply dont apply, beginning with human.
Rhiannon12866
(204,811 posts)nolabear
(41,937 posts)Expect Rachel, or Lawrence, to be epic. I saw one confirmation on Twitter from an msnbc reporter who spoke to someone today.
Names. We need names. Cmon Kelly. Come to Jesus.
whathehell
(29,034 posts)I am definitely expecting Rachel and Lawrence to go off on it.