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Trump called American war veterans killed in action 'suckers' and 'losers'

posted 4 years ago by [deleted]
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"When President Donald Trump canceled a visit to the Aisne-Marne American Cemetery near Paris in 2018, he blamed rain for the last-minute decision, saying that “the helicopter couldn’t fly” and that the Secret Service wouldn’t drive him there. Neither claim was true.

Trump rejected the idea of the visit because he feared his hair would become disheveled in the rain, and because he did not believe it important to honor American war dead, according to four people with firsthand knowledge of the discussion that day. In a conversation with senior staff members on the morning of the scheduled visit, Trump said, “Why should I go to that cemetery? It’s filled with losers.” In a separate conversation on the same trip, Trump referred to the more than 1,800 marines who lost their lives at Belleau Wood as “suckers” for getting killed."

https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2020/09/trump-americans-who-died-at-war-are-losers-and-suckers/615997/

[–] yatzo376 (7717) 4 years ago

Said Private bone spurs

[–] [deleted] 4 years ago

A total slimeball! Not fit to be president but sadly must win to prevent a Harris Presidency!

[–] Keelai (34858) 4 years ago

Are you afraid of women?

[–] [deleted] 4 years ago

She is not presidential material.

[–] Keelai (34858) 4 years ago

Because she's a woman?

[–] [deleted] 4 years ago

More her lack of a backbone.

[–] Keelai (34858) 4 years ago

Trump is afraid to criticize Putin about his bounty placed on the lives of American troops.

Harris demands accountability for it which means she has 50x more backbone than that 5x draft dodger Trump who was too afraid to honor our brave war dead in France because he didn't want the wind mushing his hair.
https://www.harris.senate.gov/news/press-releases/harris-duckworth-schumer-democrats-demand-opportunity-to-review-any-relevant-materials-related-to-alleged-intelligence-that-russia-offered-bounties-for-killing-american-troops

Try again! Are you afraid of a woman? If you are, that means YOU have no backbone.

[–] [deleted] 4 years ago

Like Hilary, she has changed her position on issues the second that it hit 51% the other way.

[–] Keelai (34858) 4 years ago

There's nothing wrong with being flexible and open-minded especially when better ideas come along.

You're afraid of women. You must have interesting mommy issues.

[–] [deleted] 4 years ago

My thoughts exactly! He has deep mommy issues.

[–] ultravioletx (10237) 4 years ago

You criticize others for changing their positions, but disregard Trump pretending to be something he's not just to get your vote. He doesn't care about hard-working Americans. Those are people like soldiers who work for a living. He's a billionaire out for other billionaires. This whole thing proves it. But it's Harris that needs to be stopped? And because she lacks a backbone? It doesn't even make logical sense. If the president is a liar or a cheat, you don't give the president support just because they refuse to fess up. That's not a positive character trait. That's a scoundrel continuing to be a scoundrel.

You've been brainwashed by confidence.

[–] NormaAndNorman (3900) 4 years ago

According to Keelai, when the left changes their position or "flip-flops" it's called "being flexible and open-minded." When the right does it, the left calls them liars. 😉

[–] [email protected] (5854) 4 years ago

NAN--A lot of this political "discussion" is just getting to be a waste of time. The Trump haters are willing to believe anything negative about him, whether it's true or not.

With politicians in general (both parties), there are different definitions and rules that apply to us and to them.

If botox Nancy breaks the law, she was "set up". If regular people do it, they get a fine or jail time. If politicians get caught in a lie, they "misspoke". Regular people are just liars.

If a politician gets caught with his hand in the cookie jar, taking bribes, using his political clout illegally for personal gain, etc, he'll say "mistakes were made".
Then he'll "accept censure" from his co-criminals in Congress. The average slob, on the other hand, better be ready to accept some prison time.

[–] TimMC (9143) 4 years ago

LOL.

Don't be racist.

[–] dteam6 (5073) 4 years ago

And this is the slob the Trumpistas have the audacity to defend and claim it's "Un-American" to stand against.

Really? It's "Un-American" to stand against a man who trashes our troops? Our veterans?

[–] [deleted] 4 years ago

Trump and his Trumptards absolutely hate our military. This is why he's losing among the active military and they're throwing their support behind Biden.

[–] dteam6 (5073) 4 years ago

Then the Trump cult is more far gone than we realized it they think it's patriotic to trash our troops.

[–] [deleted] 4 years ago

Excellent coverage about this tonight on Rachel Maddow. This Trump is disgusting for what he said about veterans and especially McCain when he died two years ago.

[–] Satan2016 (25525) 4 years ago

More Fake News from Doggie Doo Doo & Lying Marxist Media!

‘I was there’: Sarah Sanders calls ‘total BS’ on The Atlantic story accusing Trump of saying American cemetery in France is ‘filled with losers’
https://twitchy.com/dougp-3137/2020/09/03/i-was-there-sarah-sanders-calls-total-bs-on-the-atlantic-story-accusing-trump-of-saying-american-cemetery-in-france-is-filled-with-losers/

The Left’s efforts to take down Trump in the last almost four years have included any number of stories based on “unnamed sources” that have proven to be bogus. But that effort obviously hasn’t stalled, perhaps due to the fact that the Democrats’ actions and rhetoric in recent weeks have been nothing short of a total backfire.

Also, as we told you late Thursday, “the Associated Press confirmed The Atlantic’s piece based on unnamed sources by finding a different unnamed source who was apparently intimately familiar with all of it.”

Former Trump press secretary Sarah Sanders was there and she’s not having any of it:

https://twitter.com/SarahHuckabee/status/1301702348071460864 & https://twitter.com/SarahHuckabee/status/1301702679790485506

So there’s a named source going up against The Atlantic’s unnamed sources, not that they’ll care to lend it any more credence.

[–] Filmtenk2 (4039) 4 years ago

Not surprising SHS is speaking out to defend Trump because this reflects badly on her as well. It's not like she was with Trump every step of the way so how could she be so certain of what he said? I'll bet people at her current job are wondering how could you have worked and lied for that piece of trash. Unfortunately if there are no recordings it's easy for the Trumpers to use their go to fake news. I believe it's within character for him to say these things.

[–] Keelai (34858) 4 years ago

Of course, Bone Spurs Trump called our brave military men who died losers and suckers in the same way he insulted POWs including Sen. McCain who chose not to leave his men even though he could have been freed years earlier.

Bone Spurs Trump, the coward who refused to serve 5x.

Bone Spurs Trump who insulted Gold Star parents on national TV.

TRAITOR TRUMP WHO STILL REFUSES TO CRITICIZE PUTIN'S BOUNTY ON U.S. TROOPS' LIVES!!!

Traitor Trump who said nothing after Russian troops recently rammed their vehicle into our brave military soldiers injuring them.

UnAmerican are the suckers who continue to support pro-Russian traitor Trump who has killed 180,000+ Americans! Shame on you!

[–] [deleted] 4 years ago

Trump who wouldn't pay child support to second wife / former mistress Marla Maples saying if their daughter joined the military, he'd stop all child support payments to her - per their divorce agreement.

[–] Keelai (34858) 4 years ago

Excellent point!

It's obvious that Trump hates the military.

[–] [deleted] 4 years ago

I really hope it's true he lost the support of the military in this election. I hope they all vote for Biden - who cares about the military. Trump doesn't deserve their votes.

[–] [deleted] 4 years ago

Sarah Sanders ? Are you serious ? She lost her credibility a long time ago when she lied for Trump to the American people!

Try harder next time.

[–] [deleted] 4 years ago

Why do you hate our military ?

[–] [deleted] 4 years ago

Biden's son Beau served in the military.

Trump's two sons (Donnie Diapers and Eric the Public Moron) stole money from Children's charities.

[–] [deleted] 4 years ago

Trump is spending an awful lot of time trying to shoot down this 'fake' story. He doth protest too much.

[–] Matildawormwood (1545) 4 years ago

Most juvenile and childish thing I ever heard from any president. You'd think he was playing a game of Mario Kart on a Nintendo wii.

Lmfao but hey! I'm not surprised! What else is new?

[–] [deleted] 4 years ago

Look at the outrage from Trumptards! All these posts by the CULT 45 calling him out for this horrid behavior!

[–] Matildawormwood (1545) 4 years ago

Lol I laughed until my stomach hurt when I read about him not wanting to mess up his hair in the rain. Lol

Just like he didn't wanna wear a mask cause it smears his orange makeup 😂

[–] PetyrBaelish (124) 4 years ago

100% Fake News

[–] [deleted] 4 years ago

Every network is reporting on this tonight except.......Fox News. Hannity “ took the night off” so they’re airing a repeat. I guess even Hannity can’t defend this one.