Four times as many US troops died in combat during Donald Trump's presidency than during the Biden-Harris administration

[kpete]

Trump’s most extravagant lie is that the Democratic administration are warmongers, and he was a peacemaker.

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...........Trump is betting that he can make inroads on the anti-war left, with the help of Kennedy and Gabbard, by portraying himself a peacemaker battling warmongers Biden and Harris.

Evidence for that charge is also scant. If Biden and Harris have so deeply embroiled America in endless war, how is it that fewer American soldiers have died in combat during their administration than in Trump’s? How is it that fewer soldiers have died in combat than in any administration since Jimmy Carter?

According to the Pentagon’s Defense Casualty Analysis System, which tracks annual casualty data, 65 soldiers died in “hostile action” during the four years of the Trump administration, versus 13 under Biden through 2022, the last year tabulated. The Washington Monthly’s Zach Marcus reviewed combat-related deaths announced in Pentagon press releases over the previous two years and identified three additional hostile action deaths, for a total of 16. That’s a 75 percent decline.

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The reason why the Biden-Harris administration has suffered so few hostile action deaths is because it ended the so-called “forever war” in Afghanistan. Most of the deaths were a tragic consequence of leaving that combat zone, not from deepening any foreign conflict.

MORE:
https://washingtonmonthly.com/2024/09/03/world-war-iii-fewer-u-s-troops-died-in-combat-under-biden-harris-than-trump/

[Think. Again.]

1. K&R for exposure.

[Emile]

2. Exactly and you don't see Harris campaigning on

this partisan issue like the bone spur draft dodger!

[CBHagman]

3. Yes, The Washington Post totally went with Trump's framing.

The Post has emphasized and reemphasized that (1) Joe Biden is old, (2) the June 27 debate was a disaster for him, and (3) the exit from Afghanistan was disastrous. But Post reporters generally do not reference what came before the withdrawal. I don't think the following article has been updated to reflect the run-up, but I know Post readers have called out the reporters on it.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/09/01/with-boost-grieving-families-trump-sharpens-attacks-harris/

[Walleye]

4. The press has done a terrible job. Most people will tell you the Taliban killed those 13 soldiers.

When in fact, they were killed by an Isis suicide bomber. I think Trump bragged that he completely eliminated Isis. It was a terrorist act, not combat.

[Clouds Passing]

5. Rec

[MichMan]

6. During the debate, President Biden said there were zero during his administration

How did the MSM come up with 16 ?

[spanone]

7. K&R

[LetMyPeopleVote]

8. Facts

[DoBW]

9. thanks for this

gonna spread it -- keep shining the light