Ten politicians are at the Vietnam Wall speaking veterans. See if you can identify the one who’s different.
“Thank you for your service.”
“Thank you for your service.”
“Thank you for your service.”
“Thank you for your service.”
“Thank you for your service.”
“Thank you for your service.”
“Thank you for your service.”
“Thank you for your service.”
“Thank you for your service.”
“I like people who weren’t captured.”
Some people have their political careers ruined with one unfortunate remark, even if it’s something that didn’t really mean.
Donald Trump has made hundreds if not thousands of disparaging remarks, and when he denies them later, his followers nearly always believe him. He claims he was misquoted and that the media — the fake news — is out to get him.
Even in the famous “grab them by the pussy” remark, which they could actually see and hear, he weaseled out of it. At first he said it was just “locker room talk,” but later when someone said it wasn’t really him and someone had faked it, he started claiming that.
And they believed him.
He even got away with imitating and insulting the handicapped reporter..
If there was anything that would be a bridge too far, though, it should have been disrespecting the military. Not only did Trump never serve — the bone spurs — there have been numerous times he was disrespectful.
He avoided a trip to a military cemetery for Americans who died in the Normandy invasion by saying those who died were “losers,” His former chief of staff, retired Gen. John Kelly, said Trump had nothing good to say about the military. He yold CNN:
“What can I add that has not already been said?” He called Trump 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.’”
How anyone can support him is just beyond me.
America might really be doing down the drain when a former president is so negative toward those who gave their lives to keep us free.