Trump plays defense with the military weeks before election
Donald Trump is once again fending off a fresh set of attacks from the military, this time as he's forced to explain away allegations that he disparaged fallen and wounded service members, just before a critical stretch of the election.
Trump and other administration officials moved quickly on Thursday and into Friday to blast a report from the Atlantic, which cited anonymous sources saying the president disparaged wounded and fallen U.S. service members on multiple occasions and that he asked that disabled veterans be excluded from military parades.
“It’s a fake story and it’s a disgrace that they’re allowed to do it,” Trump said Friday, although reporters from The Associated Press, The Washington Post and Fox News confirmed elements of the story independently.
Still, it’s a difficult situation for Trump, who from the beginning of his presidency has surrounded himself with military trappings and boasted about “rebuilding” the armed services. Experts and former top military officials say the quotes from the article are dangerous not just for losing actual voters tied to the military — but potentially turning off a narrow slice of undecided voters who may not love either 2020 candidate but still revere troops and veterans.
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considering that many of them must vote absentee.
