Trump has repeatedly questioned why Americans who served in Vietnam went to war
By Kevin Liptak, CNN
Updated 12:55 PM ET, Sat September 5, 2020
(CNN)President Donald Trump has repeatedly questioned why Americans who served in Vietnam went to war, according to someone who has heard him make the remarks.
The President, who received a draft deferment for bone spurs, has suggested in those conversations that Vietnam veterans didn't know how to exploit the system to get out of serving.
Men between the ages of 18-26 had to serve in the military for 21 months under the draft unless they were given a deferment. In January 1973, once the US ended its direct involvement in Vietnam, the US announced it was going to an all-volunteer army. In 1975, President Gerald Ford signed a proclamation ending the requirement for men to register for the draft.
Trump has also questioned, generally, the point of going to war in Iraq and Afghanistan, given his belief those wars were ill-advised. The President has wondered aloud "what did they get out of it?," the same source told CNN.
https://www.cnn.com/2020/09/05/politics/trump-vietnam-war/index.html
More of the Orange Hair Confection gas lighting from his failures.................so that he can get more attention................
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