Trump trivializes the deaths of four soldiers - The Washington Post Editorial Board

[DonViejo]

By Editorial Board October 18 at 7:04 PM

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These are the four soldiers who were killed Oct. 4 when their unit was ambushed by Islamist extremists in West Africa. Their lives, their brave service and the sacrifice of their grieving families should be discussed and honored. Instead — thanks to a president with a compulsive need to be the center of attention — their deaths have been trivialized. President Trump reduced condolences to a political competition and treated the grieving families who received them as pawns in a game.

Having failed to publicly acknowledge the deaths for 12 days, Mr. Trump on Monday boasted about reaching out to family members of slain military personnel while falsely accusing his predecessors of not doing so. His whining about how hard the calls are on him — and the apparent hash he made of a conversation in which he allegedly told one widow her husband “must have known what he signed up for” — underscored his cluelessness about being commander in chief.

Mr. Trump then worsened his offense by attempting to exploit the combat death of the son of his chief of staff, John F. Kelly, whom he suggested did not receive a condolence call from President Barack Obama. The president ought to have read the eulogy Mr. Kelly delivered for two other Marines four days after his son was killed in Afghanistan. After asking the officer who introduced him, “Please don’t mention my son,” he talked passionately — and sometimes angrily — about the sacrifices of the military. He never mentioned his son, later explaining to The Post’s Greg Jaffe, “The death of my boy simply cannot be made to seem any more tragic than the others.”

Such grace and dignity in the face of unimaginable loss is the trademark of Gold Star families. It was on display in the days after the Niger attack when the families of the four men spoke with pride about their loved ones. “I know if you could ask him, he’d be glad that it was him,” said Staff Sgt. Wright’s brother. “He’d be glad he’s the one that went so somebody else’s son could come home.” Those words, and not Mr. Trump’s, ought to be what we remember.

Full editorial:
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/trump-trivializes-the-deaths-of-four-soldiers/2017/10/18/4ace8d42-b438-11e7-a908-a3470754bbb9_story.html

[Angry Dragon]

1. Trump does not understand the office he holds

[Timmygoat]

2. Agreed 100%

This is the man who thinks patriotism is standing for the flag, of course he did not make a mention of the neo nazis carrying their swastika flags, how many brave Americans died fighting the nazis?
This is the man who got 5 deferments during the Viet nam war and whose sons spend their useless lives on vacation, usually shooting
beautiful rare species of animals.
He also spent his time shouting Benghazi, blaming Hillary because she originally thought it happened because of a video that upset
the muslim world.
This is the man who does not say a word about the soldiers that were killed and what the mission was, it is said that they were told they would not be subject to hostile fire because they were going to attend meetings.
This is the man who said famously during the campaign that he knew more about ISIS than the generals, and he alone could beat them.

This is the man who lies and cheats every day of his worthless life.

[Gothmog]

3. Great Editorial on trump's disrespect of these four soliders