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kpete

(71,990 posts)
Fri Oct 20, 2017, 08:44 PM Oct 2017

Not only did Trump NOT contact all the families-WH did NOT even have an up-to-date list of deaths!

Exclusive: Pentagon Document Contradicts Trump’s Gold Star Claims
Email undermines veracity of president’s statement about Gold Star contacts




In the hours after President Donald Trump said on an Oct. 17 radio broadcast that he had contacted nearly every family that had lost a military servicemember this year, the White House was hustling to learn from the Pentagon the identities and contact information for those families, according to an internal Defense Department email.

The email exchange, which has not been previously reported, shows that senior White House aides were aware on the day the president made the statement that it was not accurate — but that they should try to make it accurate as soon as possible, given the gathering controversy.


Not only had the president not contacted virtually all the families of military personnel killed this year, the White House did not even have an up-to-date list of those who had been killed.


The exchange between the White House and the Defense secretary’s office occurred about 5 p.m. on Oct. 17. The White House asked the Pentagon for information about surviving family members of all servicemembers killed after Trump’s inauguration so that the president could be sure to contact all of them.


http://www.rollcall.com/news/politics/after-trump-claim-white-house-still-lacked-casualty-list
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Not only did Trump NOT contact all the families-WH did NOT even have an up-to-date list of deaths! (Original Post) kpete Oct 2017 OP
what a colossal orange FAILURE Kali Oct 2017 #1
I don't usually believe in conspiracy theories, but L. Coyote Oct 2017 #2
How stupid do you have to be......... MyOwnPeace Oct 2017 #3
Of course. Everything he says is a lie. Solly Mack Oct 2017 #4
everything about this man is a lie... MyNameIsKhan Oct 2017 #5

MyOwnPeace

(16,926 posts)
3. How stupid do you have to be.........
Fri Oct 20, 2017, 09:25 PM
Oct 2017

to lie when it is SO easy to fact-check just about everything!

Well, I guess Orange Cheat-o continues to show us....................

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