Quote Originally Posted by cyril evans awaydays View Post
Good to see that Trump has rebutted this article citing four first hand sources on his views about the sacrifices his fellow countrymen made and how much of his time he should take to honour them. Lots of it in quotation marks for some reason. If the bit in the article is anything like true about what he said to General Kelly about the death of his 29 year old son in combat then the guy is a sociopath.

https://www.theatlantic.com/politics...uckers/615997/
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/...orth-joe-biden

The Democratic senator Tammy Duckworth, a Purple Heart recipient who lost both her legs during a combat mission in Iraq, accused Trump of attempting to “politicize and pervert our military to stroke his own ego” on a press call hosted by Biden’s campaign.

“This is a man who spends every day redefining the concept of narcissism; a man who’s led a life of privilege, with everything handed to him on a silver platter,” said Duckworth. “Of course, he thinks about war selfishly. He thinks of it as a transactional cost, instead of in human lives and American blood spilled, because that’s how he’s viewed his whole life. He doesn’t understand other people’s bravery and courage, because he’s never had any of his own.

“I take my wheelchair, and my titanium legs over Donald Trump’s supposed bone spurs any day,” she added, referring to the reason Trump received draft deferments during the Vietnam war.

The call also included the Democratic congressman Conor Lamb, a marine veteran, and Khizr Khan, a Gold Star father whose son was killed by a suicide bomber in Iraq in 2004.

Khan said Trump is “incapable – let me repeat it again – he is incapable of understanding service, valor and courage”.

“His soul cannot conceive of integrity and honor,” Khan continued. “His soul is that of a coward.”


I think that covers it.