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Trump says only a 'psycho' would call war dead 'suckers and losers' - which a general says Trump did
underpants
(186,058 posts)Hes all 3
Peacetrain
(23,584 posts)ailsagirl
(23,657 posts)I can't quite find a word that truly describes him-- none of the typical derogary terms somehow really work.
republianmushroom
(17,100 posts)40 months and counting (including foot dragging)
BoRaGard
(2,576 posts)Last edited Mon Jun 10, 2024, 03:04 PM - Edit history (2)
"But the lamestream media makes a big deal out of claiming I said it about the greatest dead people of all time, but nooooo. Would I lie? Nobody loves dead soldiers more than me. I love them more than anyone else has ever loved dead soldiers. I actually said that 'thing" about my republican MAGAts. They don't give a shit. After all, they're patsies: republican SUCKERS AND LOSERS. - GOP Felon-Rapist
RVN VET71
(2,763 posts)"I'm a proud sucker and loser for Trump." With no irony intended.
PatSeg
(49,584 posts)They think it is funny or cool I guess. Their way of "owning the libs" perhaps.
LetMyPeopleVote
(153,634 posts)PatSeg
(49,584 posts)HE knows he said it, so that is how he views himself evidently.
BumRushDaShow
(140,314 posts)The president has repeatedly disparaged the intelligence of service members, and asked that wounded veterans be kept out of military parades, multiple sources tell The Atlantic.
By Jeffrey Goldberg
September 3, 2020
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 couldnt fly and that the Secret Service wouldnt 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? Its 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.
Belleau Wood is a consequential battle in American history, and the ground on which it was fought is venerated by the Marine Corps. America and its allies stopped the German advance toward Paris there in the spring of 1918. But Trump, on that same trip, asked aides, Who were the good guys in this war? He also said that he didnt understand why the United States would intervene on the side of the Allies.
Trumps understanding of concepts such as patriotism, service, and sacrifice has interested me since he expressed contempt for the war record of the late Senator John McCain, who spent more than five years as a prisoner of the North Vietnamese. Hes not a war hero, Trump said in 2015 while running for the Republican nomination for president. I like people who werent captured.
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https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2020/09/trump-americans-who-died-at-war-are-losers-and-suckers/615997/
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Cha
(304,152 posts)Jimvanhise
(361 posts)In 2015 he mocked John McCain (who served in Vietnam and was a POW for 5 years) by saying, "I like people who don't get captured." He has never explained the point of that and McCain's family members have demanded that Trump apologize, but he's ignored them.
Ping Tung
(1,170 posts)Memory loss as in forgetting how to count to 34.
Initech
(101,485 posts)KS Toronado
(19,260 posts)I know there's video of him saying he likes soldiers who weren't caught, but is there video of him actually
saying suckers or losers? Can we have AI do it for us and have a small disclaimer at the bottom
stating it's a reenactment?
HELLO LINCOLN PROJECT
Wonder Why
(4,516 posts)Yyrkoon27
(1 post)I've notice that when Trump comes out and denies something, I tend to believe the harder he denies something the more likely he did it. He's trying to brainwash us by saying he didn't do it over and over. I think he's trying to use an old Jedi mind trick. But Trump is no Jedi, he's a Sith!
Yyrkoon27
keithbvadu2
(39,694 posts)struggle4progress
(119,737 posts)Oct. 3, 2023, 9:22 AM EDT
By Summer Concepcion
Former Trump White House chief of staff John Kelly is blasting his onetime boss over disparaging remarks he says the then-president repeatedly made about service members and veterans and for what he called Trump's untruthfulness about his positions on various groups as well as on abortion.
In a statement to CNN published Monday, Kelly delivered a scathing criticism of former President Donald Trump while confirming reporting in The Atlantic in 2020 that detailed the comments he made during his presidency.
"A person that thinks those who defend their country in uniform, or are shot down or seriously wounded in combat, or spend years being tortured as POWs are all suckers because there is nothing in it for them,'" Kelly said of Trump. "A person that did not want to be seen in the presence of military amputees because it doesnt look good for me. A person who demonstrated open contempt for a Gold Star family for all Gold Star families on TV during the 2016 campaign, and rants that our most precious heroes who gave their lives in Americas defense are losers and wouldnt visit their graves in France ...
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/donald-trump/john-kelly-confirms-trump-privately-disparaged-us-service-members-vete-rcna118543
Blue Owl
(54,308 posts)These brave men and women who sacrificed their lives for his sorry ass so that he could live in a free country . He has zero gratitude or respect for them. How disgusting and selfish.
spanone
(137,414 posts)Every word.