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Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin

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Sun Sep 6, 2020, 08:45 PM Sep 2020

Former defense secretary says Trump's word and actions 'on the record' corroborates Atlantic report

of him belittling American veterans

Former Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel said in a Sunday interview with ABC that The Atlantic's report that President Donald Trump belittled American veterans "will resonate" with US soldiers because of the president's track record of deriding Americans who served in the army.

In a report published Thursday, The Atlantic stated that anonymous sources said Trump derided the late former senator John McCain and the late former President George H. W. Bush as "losers" because they were shot down while serving in the US Navy.

Hagel said that the report is in line with Trump's words and actions "on the record," which speak to the "credibility of this article." He pointed out that Trump's derision of late Senator John McCain, former Defense Secretary Jim Mattis, and retired US Marine Corps general John Kelly are among many of Trump's track record criticizing former American veterans that "corroborates" the report.


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"Facts are facts," the former Defense Secretary told ABC News. "I think this is a pretty clear indictment of this president's attitude towards our veterans."

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/former-defense-secretary-says-trump-s-word-and-actions-on-the-record-corroborates-atlantic-report-of-him-belittling-american-veterans/ar-BB18LD2d?li=BBnbfcQ&ocid=DELLDHP
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Former defense secretary says Trump's word and actions 'on the record' corroborates Atlantic report (Original Post) Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Sep 2020 OP
Thx for posting! We need to keep this story going as long as we possibly can Thekaspervote Sep 2020 #1
What I'm sayin'! dchill Sep 2020 #2
Trump: " ... I like people who weren't captured" ... on video, MAZI's can't argue against it uponit7771 Sep 2020 #3
Exactly! TY Chuck Hagel! Cha Sep 2020 #4
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