Families of Navajo Code Talkers decry Trump's political jab
FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. (AP) — Families of Navajo war veterans who were honored Monday at the White House say they were dumbfounded that President Donald Trump used the event to take a political jab at a Massachusetts senator, demeaning their work with an unbreakable code that helped the U.S. win World War II.
Trump turned to a nickname he often deployed for Democratic Sen. Elizabeth Warren during the 2016 presidential campaign: Pocahontas. He then told the three Navajo Code Talkers on stage that he had affection for them that he doesn't have for Warren.
"It was uncalled for," said Marty Thompson, whose great uncle was a Navajo Code Talker. "He can say what he wants when he's out doing his presidential business among his people, but when it comes to honoring veterans or any kind of people, he needs to grow up and quit saying things like that."
... Trump wrongly has flipped the name (Pocahontas) into a derogatory term, and the comment drew swift criticism from American Indians and politicians.
Trump made the comment as he stood near a portrait of President Andrew Jackson, which he hung in the Oval Office in January. Trump admires Jackson's populism. But Jackson is an unpopular figure in Indian Country because his policies led to the forced removal of American Indians out of their southern homelands.
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Photo of Trump doing his 'famous' hand squeeze, in front of portrait of President Andrew Jackson:
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And it was sickening how the orange coward spoke to them as if they were children. They are heroes.
I hope the bastard NEVER gets let off the hook for this one. It's probably his worst ever, but I'm sure he's got another two or three lined up in the hopper.
What a sick, demented fuck...
Hurry Bob Mueller...please!
