2016 Postmortem
Related: About this forumTrump claims - are you sitting down?- he sacrifices as much as fallen soldiers
http://www.politicususa.com/2016/07/30/trump-insults-military-claiming-sacrifices-fallen-soldiers.htmlDonald Trump has insulted veterans by comparing his business success to those who have sacrificed their lives in battle for their country.
Video:http://abcnews.go.com/video/embed?id=41016122
Trump responded Army father Khizr Khan, who lost his son in combat, saying that he had sacrificed nothing for his country by equating his making money to deaths of fallen soldiers.
In an interview with ABCs George Stephanopoulos, Trump said, Who wrote that? Did Hillarys script writers write it? I think Ive made a lot of sacrifices. I work very, very hard .I think Ive made a lot of sacrifices. I work very, very hard. Ive created thousands and thousands of jobs, tens of thousands of jobs, built great structures. Ive had tremendous success. I think Ive done a lot.
Trump claimed that he helped get the Vietnam War Memorial built and that he has raised millions of dollars for vets.
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SummerSnow
(12,608 posts)C_U_L8R
(44,997 posts)Claiming Mr Khan did not write his own speech.
Trump is proving to be a really horrible person.
A real shithead. I can't believe how despicable he is.
question everything
(47,465 posts)A couple of months apart.
Thus, all were eligible to serve during the Vietnam war.
In 1992 there was an uproar about Clinton's letter about his draft deferment.
Then we have GWB who served, or did not, in the Texas National guard.
Where was Trump? And why has there never been a word about it?
oberliner
(58,724 posts)He also supposedly got a high number in the draft lottery.
question everything
(47,465 posts)But he thinks that he can mock and belittle others who did, got captured or killed.
What a nasty piece of work he is.
oberliner
(58,724 posts)His remarks about the Khan family were despicable.
Nothing seems to hurt him with his followers, though.
He was right when he said he could shoot someone on 5th Avenue and it wouldn't dissuade his supporters from voting for him.
Cirque du So-What
(25,927 posts)There are sites listing the draft lottery numbers for each year of its existence.
oberliner
(58,724 posts)At least according to this article:
http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/donald-trumps-vietnam-draft-records-secret-documents-deferments/story?id=13492639
Cirque du So-What
(25,927 posts)I thought he'd get caught in yet another lie.
Bill USA
(6,436 posts)librarylu
(503 posts)He was serving his country by not getting STDs or something.
question everything
(47,465 posts)will be raised during the campaign. At some point.
smirkymonkey
(63,221 posts)That was beyond repulsive.
Motley13
(3,867 posts)but he still played sports
mindfulNJ
(2,367 posts)Runningdawg
(4,516 posts)Actually, I bet a lot of the older ones are. The younger ones still full of piss and vinegar, are chomping at the bit to go kill something. Of course the most vocal supporters of Trump and the next crusade are the keyboard commandos too afraid to leave their bunkers.
madamesilverspurs
(15,800 posts).
smirkymonkey
(63,221 posts)I cannot for the life of me believe the nerve of this guy. I really think he actually believes his own bullshit. That's how deluded he is.
AgadorSparticus
(7,963 posts)That it is the same as serving. That is "counts".
auntpurl
(4,311 posts)This dignified man and his wife, you can see clearly how much that speech hurt him in the election.
Bill USA
(6,436 posts)[font size="+1"] here, I'll loan you mine."[/font]
cliffordu
(30,994 posts)He needs to be destroyed. Run into the streets so he can continue his screeds and spouting this nauseating garbage without a trillion dollar MSM mouthpiece.
I want to see him in the gutter where he belongs.
I want bad things to happen to him.
Bill USA
(6,436 posts)INcredible!!