Trump to widow of Sgt. La David Johnson: 'He knew what he signed up for'

[bathroommonkey76]

Source: ABC News 10

MIAMI-DADE, Fla. -

U.S. President Donald Trump told U.S. Army Sgt. La David Johnson's widow Tuesday that "he knew what he signed up for ...but when it happens it hurts anyway," when he died serving in northwestern Africa, according to Rep. Frederica Wilson, D-Miami Gardens.

"Yes, he said it," Wilson said. "It's so insensitive. He should have not have said that. He shouldn't have said it."

The president called about 4:45 p.m. and spoke to Johnson's pregnant widow, Myeshia Johnson, for about five minutes. She is a mother to Johnson's surviving 2-year-old son and 6-year-old daughter. The conversation happened before Johnson's remains arrived in a commercial Delta Airlines flight at Miami International Airport.

Wilson witnessed as the widow, who is expecting their third baby in January, leaned over the U.S. flag that was draping his casket. Her pregnant belly was shaking against the casket as she sobbed uncontrollably. Their daughter stood next to her stoically. Their toddler waited in the arms of a relative.

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

[JenniferJuniper]

1. So basically, "Shit happens, lady"

I hate him.

[Bleacher Creature]

2. He's a sociopath.

I don't pretend to be a psychiatrist, but the lack of empathy is so overwhelming.

[rzemanfl]

3. Makes me ill. What an ass. n/t

[louis c]

4. What a fucking moron Trump is.

Tillerson is correct.

[edbermac]

5. Just when you think he can't get any more stoopid...

[jmowreader]

6. Maybe it would be better if he DIDN'T call?

[bathroommonkey76]

7. Someone needs to shove that phone up his orange ass! n/t

[Judi Lynn]

31. So many would jump at the chance to help with that! n/t

[Big Blue Marble]

10. Yes,

he should never be allowed to call the grieving families ever again.

[Chemisse]

12. That's what I'm thinking.

He can then boast about how self-sacrificing he is to refrain from calling families to make their pain worse.

[Maeve]

49. Seriously! My first thought. People without sympathy shouldn't try to give it. eom

[Sam McGee]

8. I would say . . .

. . . Trump is a pig but I have nothing against pigs.

[Eugene]

9. My first reaction: Please let this not be true!

That is a cliché line said by tough guys in action movies. He actually said it while consoling a grieving widow?

Something in Trump's head is fundamentally misconfigured.

[SergeStorms]

13. Yes, that's how Trump thinks....

you should talk to someone with two children, another on the way. "Hey, shit happens lady". The Draft-Dodger-In-Chief has empathy out the ying-yang, right?

That orange turd deserves a swift kick in the balls, if he had any.

[LoveMyCali]

25. He obviously has no social skills

Just like when he told hurrican survivors to enjoy themselves because they now had paper towels. Can't someone just tell him to say "you have my sympathy." and then shut up?

[Rebl2]

11. Such

a cold hearted monster. He’s sickening.

[Chemisse]

14. "Hey, lady. Don't blame me. He knew what he signed up for."

It's really all about him, after all.

[BlueIdaho]

15. Johnsons body was left behind or Johnson was left behind?

Either way we need to know more about what the hell happened on the ground. Sure, Trump is an asshole - an asshole without compassion. We all know that. What we don’t know is why our troops were put in danger and why they died.

[xor]

45. I read he became separated from everyone else during the ambush.

That was about the extent of the detail I read. Doesn't really answer the question as to how and why he became separated.

[BlueIdaho]

55. True!

Or how and why his body was recovered two days later... much we don’t know here.

[riversedge]

16. @RepWilson, who rode with Sgt. La David Johnson's widow, said she heard part of call with President

❄#ViveLaResistance

❄️ Retweeted
Kanisha Jackson‏ @Kanisha1Jackson 1h1 hour ago
Replying to @Kanisha1Jackson

.@RepWilson, who rode with Sgt. La David Johnson's widow, said she heard part of call with President Trump: "He must've known what he signed up for."

Link to tweet

[smirkymonkey]

17. What a heartless, soulless bastard!

I hate that motherfucker more than anyone who has ever lived.

[OliverQ]

26. I hate his supporters almost as much for being so dumb and evil to keep defending him.

[smirkymonkey]

27. Yes, they are just as bad. They are enabling and encouraging his deplorable

behavior.

[Liberalagogo]

18. Next time RUMP whines about being in the White House, just say to him:

'You knew what you signed up for.'

[Yonnie3]

19. He is hurtful even when he doesn't intend to be.

He called to meet a metric. A metric of consoling grieving relatives of a soldier and he failed. I don't think he actually gives a damn. I guess he didn't have a script.

There is not one clue between his ears. Just a mouth.

[JenniferJuniper]

20. It seems he always wants to be hurtful.

[xxqqqzme]

46. He is incapable of

being hurtful because he can't feel anything at all. He is a void until someone fills his head like sliding a CD into the player.

[JoeOtterbein]

21. My heart is breaking for this Gold Star widow. Trump is a very sick person.

The White House needs to stick with letters from Trump. They can be edited before they are sent.

[Stuart G]

22. This is incredibly insensitve....3 words would have been enough..."I'm so sorry"

one additional short sentence, "If we can help in any way, let us know"...

but forget that last sentence. The moron obviously doesn't know those 3 words...he never uses them

[MyOwnPeace]

23. YES! YES! YES!

Every single one of these posts have nailed it - he IS everything you have said he is - he IS a monster on the loose - he IS the worst possible THING we could ever have as the chief executive of the once-great United States.

Don't know what nasty derogatory thing to call him - he matches them all!

[Lucky Luciano]

24. Yup - she's black. All you need to know to explain the asshole' behavior. nt

[Gothmog]

28. Trump is a pig

[Ilsa]

29. Hey, active military: this is what

Your CIC really thinks about you and you commitment to serve.

[TomSlick]

30. I'm not active military but I am retired Army.

This is simply beyond the pale. Yes, we know what we signed up for but that doesn't excuse heartless comments to our family.

Brian Williams reporting on now. I am simply pissed!

[Freethinker65]

32. OMFG

[steve2470]

33. he's just a horrible human being, a true psychopath

Every grieving family member he ever calls, needs to call him out.

[Lifelong Protester]

34. The primordial soup of stupid.

He's the leftovers of the original "big bang" of stupid.

[Blue_Tires]

35. Okay, Donnie can go back to NOT talking to military families now

[SCVDem]

36. Another ignorant trump falacy.

Even back in 1973 when Vietnam was still a thing, we were told in Marine basic the main point is to let the other guy die for HIS country! I'm sure every Marine, soldier, sailor, airman or anyone who served has heard that phrase.

The orange shithead wouldn't have a clue, being a non hacker and a coward!

Semper Fi Sgt. La David Johnson.

Now WHY did he die? What was the mission that was so fucking important that the intel was so bad?

Trumps Benghazi! Let the hearings begin.

[Ahpook]

37. Fucking hell!

This is sickening! It is something every day from this complete and total mess of an administration.

I have had to tell family members and a couple friends to bugger off supporting this garbage. How can they?



It makes no sense to me

[zentrum]

38. Blaming the victim. nt

[LiberalArkie]

39. As much as I would hate to say it, but as an old fart with Aspergers, it sounds like what I might

say. I try to keep my mouth shut when something sympathetic needs to be said. I may feel it, but I can't ever get it out of my mouth.

[Silver Gaia]

40. Damn. This made me cry.

What a sick, heartless bastard this man is. I hate him with every fiber of my being. And I have never hated anyone before. Never.

[shadowmayor]

41. For his next phone call

I like the Green Berets who don't get shot and die!

[Blue Owl]

42. Go fuck yourself Trump

n/t

[DesertRat]

43. trump is a horrible person

[xor]

44. Trump has zero common sense or decency

[Vinca]

47. OMG - he's blaming the soldier who died for dying.

[Turbineguy]

48. It's the same thing he says

to his investors.

[niyad]

50. there are times I wish I believed in hell--because that is where this scum, and all who support

and believe him, belong.

[underpants]

51. Can you guess which one THIS president is having the problem with?

From yallerdawg at the link below




https://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1002&pid=9725047

[CentralMass]

52. tRrump has the uncanny ability to always say the wrong thing.

The aberration would be if he ever said the right tbing or told the truth.

[extvbroadcaster]

53. Trump can get away with anything

It's time to face it. Trump can do anything, say anything, and get away with it. He could take a huge dump on the White House lawn, pick it up and walk to the Lincoln Memorial and smear it on Lincoln's face. And the GOP would say "but it was a great dump! Lincoln would be proud!" Trump is the lowest form of scum, but the GOP won't do anything to him, no matter what. Sad.

[SummerSnow]

54. This reminds me of the time when my uncle said to me about my fathers death..

" you don't know what god is going to do with his soul"

[Bengus81]

56. It's a wonder he didn't tell her "he likes soldiers who don't get killed better".

[NCjack]

57. Sgt. Johnson did not sign-up to get killed in an illegal war in Niger. nt