Chris Murphy Slams Trumps 12 Days Of Silence After Four U.S. Soldiers Were Killed In Africa

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Chris Murphy Slams Trump’s 12 Days Of Silence After Four U.S. Soldiers Were Killed In Africa

By Sean Colarossi on Mon, Oct 16th, 2017 at 9:02 pm

If Trump can't properly honor U.S. soldiers when they make the ultimate sacrifice for this country, it's likely he will be just as casual and reckless when deciding to send them into harm's way.


Responding to Donald Trump’s silence on the death of four U.S. soldiers in Niger – and the lie he told Monday about former President Barack Obama’s response to similar tragedies – Democratic Sen. Chris Murphy slammed the president, saying his behavior is insulting to fallen soldiers and does not bode well for future foreign policy decisions Trump will make.

The Democratic senator said Trump’s “casual” attitude toward these fallen service members makes it apparent that he doesn’t truly honor their enormous sacrifice.

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If this president is so casual about American losses overseas that he doesn’t even mention the fact that four brave Americans died in West Africa, then what does that say about how casual he will be about putting other American troops in harm’s way in other parts of the country? I hope did write those letters. I hope he does call those family members in the coming days. He was wrong to make up this just awful lie that President Obama didn’t do that, but my concern is more about what it says about future decisions he’ll make about putting soldiers in harm’s way.

Trump claims that he honors fallen soldiers more than former presidents have, but his actions prove otherwise, as Sen. Chris Murphy pointed out Monday.

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[tblue37]

1. I am glad he hinted that Trump's "the check (letter) is in the mail (today

or maybe tomorrow" claim is probably not truer.

[Stuart G]

2. k and r...nt