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Tanuki

(14,918 posts)
Fri Sep 4, 2020, 03:09 PM Sep 2020

When 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 Johnson’s remains. “It made me cry (because) I was very angry at the tone of his voice and how he said he couldn’t remember my husband’s name. The only way he remembered my husband’s name is because he told me he had my husband’s report in front of him, and that’s when he actually said ‘La David.’”

The president took to Twitter to deny Myeshia Johnson’s 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 OP
I had forgot about that one nt doc03 Sep 2020 #1
So did I. Another inexcusable act of disrespect and callousness. smirkymonkey Sep 2020 #2
Just like that one his "losers and suckers" remark will get buried by his next doc03 Sep 2020 #4
Weren't these soldiers ambushed by Putin's mercenaries? poli-junkie Sep 2020 #3
 

smirkymonkey

(63,221 posts)
2. So did I. Another inexcusable act of disrespect and callousness.
Fri Sep 4, 2020, 04:27 PM
Sep 2020

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
Fri Sep 4, 2020, 04:36 PM
Sep 2020

tweet storm. He will make an even more despicable comment and the media will go off talking about that until the next one.

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