Trump’s contempt for soldiers on display

“At a recent press conference, the former president argued that receiving the Presidential Medal of Freedom is 'much better' than getting the Congressional Medal of Honor, the highest award given to U.S. service members. Trump said the civilian award was superior because the soldiers who get the Medal of Honor are “either in very bad shape because they’ve been hit so many times by bullets, or they’re dead.” Trump’s former chief of staff, retired Gen. John Kelly, has said Trump refused to visit the graves of America’s war dead in France and called them “suckers” and “losers." Trump also told Kelly he didn’t want to be seen with amputee veterans because “it doesn’t look good for me.” Trump has made it clear he can’t understand why anyone would make sacrifices for a cause greater than themselves — quite a moral dilemma for a would-be commander in chief."

The above quotation is from the August 10, 2024 issue of "The Week".

Based on the above, Donald Trump is: anti-veteran; anti-disabled veteran; anti-active-duty service member, and basically, just a self-centered egotist. By the way, he had Daddy buy his way out of the draft (during Vietnam), by having a podiatrist provide a letter stating "Donald has bone spurs."

MICHAEL HARMELIN

Sandpoint