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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsWhen 45 told Sgt. LaDavid Johnson's grieving widow "He knew what he signed up for"
https://www.ajc.com/news/national/sgt-david-johnson-widow-trump-said-knew-what-signed-for/fY9xBSJBda6usczKrbH5RL/?outputType=amp/"....Sgt. La David Johnson, 25, was one of four Army soldiers killed in Niger during what officials have described as an advise-and-assist mission in southwestern Niger. The Defense Department identified the other slain soldiers as Staff Sgt. Bryan Black, 35, Staff Sgt. Jeremiah Johnson, 39, and Staff Sgt. Dustin Wright, 29.
Myeshia Johnson, widow of La David Johnson, told "Good Morning America" on Monday that she is demanding answers in her husband's death.
"The president said that he knew what he signed up for, but it hurts anyway, Myeshia Johnson said, recalling a phone call made by the president as she and her family headed to the airport to pick up La David Johnsons remains. It made me cry (because) I was very angry at the tone of his voice and how he said he couldnt remember my husbands name. The only way he remembered my husbands name is because he told me he had my husbands report in front of him, and thats when he actually said La David.
The president took to Twitter to deny Myeshia Johnsons account, writing on Monday morning that he had a very respectful conversation with the widow of Sgt. La David Johnson......(more)
He said he spoke his name from (the) beginning, without hesitation.
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When 45 told Sgt. LaDavid Johnson's grieving widow "He knew what he signed up for" (Original Post)
Tanuki
Sep 2020
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doc03
(35,325 posts)1. I had forgot about that one nt
smirkymonkey
(63,221 posts)2. So did I. Another inexcusable act of disrespect and callousness.
He is the lowest POS on the planet.
doc03
(35,325 posts)4. Just like that one his "losers and suckers" remark will get buried by his next
tweet storm. He will make an even more despicable comment and the media will go off talking about that until the next one.
poli-junkie
(1,002 posts)3. Weren't these soldiers ambushed by Putin's mercenaries?