Trump used the 'other presidents' remark to distract from how/why the soldiers were killed in raid

[KelleyKramer]

I found this buried in a local Miami news report on Trumps remarks to Sgt Johnsons widow....


https://www.local10.com/news/politics/trump-speaks-to-widow-of-sgt-la-david-johnson

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Johnson, who participated in a mentorship program Wilson founded in 1993, died during a mission fighting alongside Green Berets. Islamic militants ambushed them on Oct. 4 with rocket-propelled grenades and machine guns. The team reportedly didn't have overhead armed air cover and was in unarmored pickup trucks. Reuters reported the lack of planning upset the French.

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Wilson criticized Trump for failing to acknowledge Johnson's death after he was left behind during the evacuation. It took nearly two days to find his body in the Republic of Niger's desert. Johnson's body made it to the U.S. on Oct. 7 when Trump was playing golf with Sen. Lindsey Graham.

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The Atlantic's David A. Graham believes Trump used the controversy to distract reporters. Despite the criticism, Trump continued the discussion on Fox News Radio when he raised doubt about whether or not Obama called his chief of staff, John Kelly, when Kelly's son died.

Graham said it was Trump's strategy to distract reporters from the important questions about the deadly ambush in Africa. "The broader question, of what the soldiers who were killed were doing and what went wrong, remains unaddressed by the president, and Trump’s jab at other presidents may, unfortunately, help to keep it that way," Graham wrote.


full article at the link
https://www.local10.com/news/politics/trump-speaks-to-widow-of-sgt-la-david-johnson


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[UCmeNdc]

1. Agree!!!

What did happen?

[mr_lebowski]

2. Sooooo ... the Three WHITE Green Berets bodies were immediately evacuated ...

But the body of their fallen Black comrade ... for some reason ... rotted in the desert for 2 extra days? Huh ... wonder how THAT could've happened.

And then Trump was playing golf when this young man's body came back Home?

And THEN he had the gall to callously tell his grieving 25 year old pregnant widow (on a call on a speaker phone, wherein the widow was not allowed to speak to Trump, only to listen to his hurtful spew) that 'he knew what he signed up for'?

I just have two more questions ... did he also say horrifically callous things like 'they knew what they signed up for' ... to the families of the WHITE soldiers? And did he bother to show up when the WHITE soldiers bodies arrived back in the States?

[uncle ray]

4. it's worse. it sounds like he was alive when he was left there. nt.

[pwb]

3. When trump says look over here? Look over there.......