Report: Trump Disparaged US War Dead as 'Losers,' 'Suckers' (NYT)

[Nevilledog]

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https://www.nytimes.com/aponline/2020/09/03/us/politics/ap-us-trump-military.html

DELRAY BEACH, FLa. — A new report details multiple instances of President Donald Trump making disparaging remarks about members of the U.S. military who have been captured or killed, including referring to the American war dead at the Aisne-Marne American Cemetery in France in 2018 as “losers” and “suckers.”

Trump said Thursday that the story is “totally false.”

The allegations were first reported in The Atlantic. A senior Defense Department official with firsthand knowledge of events and a senior U.S. Marine Corps officer who was told about Trump's comments confirmed some of the remarks to The Associated Press, including the 2018 cemetery comments.

The defense officials said Trump made the comments as he begged off visiting the cemetery outside Paris during a meeting following his presidential daily briefing on the morning of Nov. 10, 2018.

Staffers from the National Security Council and the Secret Service told Trump that rainy weather made helicopter travel to the cemetery risky, but they could drive there. Trump responded by saying he didn't want to visit the cemetery because it was “filled with losers,” the official said, speaking on condition of anonymity because the official was not authorized to discuss it publicly.

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[demosincebirth]

1. As a 82 year old veteran, I am speechless

[greenjar_01]

2. This line made my heart jump

"Trump responded by saying he didn't want to visit the cemetery because it was “filled with losers,”"

Good God.