'Poor folk' in relation to Donald Trump dodging the draft doesn't work! It is because he was not 'poor folk' that it was so easy for him, and others like him.
Ali refused conscription for reasons of principle and religious faith. He was arrested, convicted, stripped of his titles and passport and taken through the legal machine for 4 years until he finally got his conviction overturned.
Donald Trump had no such problems - he carried on as a rich, entitled, draft dodging student - like many others with his class, money and privilege. Where Trump puts himself in a different position from all the rest is his arrogant hypocrisy in attacking John McCain or the family of Humayun Khan. That is when words like 'cowardice' come into their own.
https://www.teenvogue.com/story/dona...-draft-5-times
Originally Posted by jon1959
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