How long until the story goes from "I never said it" to "I was just joking?"

[SoonerPride]

trump has a very predictable pattern.

[In_The_Wind]

1. Maybe today.

[Laelth]

2. I don't think that he can go there.

In this situation, he will deny it all and then do his best to distract. He can’t admit that he said those things, I don’t think.

-Laelth

[AleksS]

3. True.

And his cultists will absolutely support whatever excuse he serves up. One after the other. No matter how contradictory.

It’s already started.

“I never said it.”
“But if I did say it, then the REAL bad people are the ones who told you I said it.”

And you’re right, next is:
“And when I said it, I was only joking!”

[I_UndergroundPanther]

4. Bullies when caught

Always deny what hurtful shit they said,then when that lie fails they claim it was a joke.

What trump is denying is he really thinks troops that are wounded,killed suffering are losers.
He does this because he is a loser himself, so he projects it everywhere.

Wish trump hated himself enough to end himself.
But dealing with that self hate would take introspection and honesty that trump is incapable or unwilling to use.