Trump Called American Soldiers Who Died Fighting In France "Losers" and "Suckers"

This is the same Donald Trump who objected to calling John McCain a hero because Trump "likes people who don't get captured." McCain was shot down over North Vietnam and spent years subject to torture in a North Vietnamese prison, having declined release prior to the men who were captured before him.

And now, from Jeffrey Goldberg at The Atlantic:

When President Donald Trump canceled a visit to the Aisne-Marne American Cemetery near Paris in 2018, he blamed rain for the last-minute decision, saying that “the helicopter couldn’t fly” and that the Secret Service wouldn’t drive him there. Neither claim was true.

Trump rejected the idea of the visit because he feared his hair would become disheveled in the rain, and because he did not believe it important to honor American war dead, according to four people with firsthand knowledge of the discussion that day. In a conversation with senior staff members on the morning of the scheduled visit, Trump said, “Why should I go to that cemetery? It’s filled with losers.” In a separate conversation on the same trip, Trump referred to the more than 1,800 marines who lost their lives at Belleau Wood as “suckers” for getting killed.

The reals suckers are people who still support Trump, and that is the most charitable interpretation of their support that I can muster.

And after McCain's death:

Trump told his senior staff, according to three sources with direct knowledge of this event, “We’re not going to support that loser’s funeral,” and he became furious, according to witnesses, when he saw flags lowered to half-staff. “What the fuck are we doing that for? Guy was a fucking loser,” the president told aides.

And:

On at least two occasions since becoming president, according to three sources with direct knowledge of his views, Trump referred to former President George H. W. Bush as a “loser” for being shot down by the Japanese as a Navy pilot in World War II. (Bush escaped capture, but eight other men shot down during the same mission were caught, tortured, and executed by Japanese soldiers.)

And when visiting the grave of John Kelly's son, who was killed in combat, Trump had more to say:

But according to sources with knowledge of this visit, Trump, while standing by Robert Kelly’s grave, turned directly to his father and said, “I don’t get it. What was in it for them?”

Meantime, over at Fox News, they're freaking out because Nancy Pelosi got her hair done in an empty beauty salon.

Comments

[Terrry N]

Trump voters are as disgusting as him. They're saying anonymous sources are fake when we can fucking point to a VIDEO of trump calling John McCain a loser like he has never said it before

The president is trash and we see you defending a person who doesn't give a shit about the military

[Dr X]

Terry,

You're right. These revelations about Trump are completely consistent with everything Trump has shown us about himself. He talks about people as winners and losers. He called John McCain a loser for being captured and now falsely claims he never said itnow falsely claims he never said it.

He did nothing and said nothing to Putin about Russian bounties on American soldiers. He kisses the butts of America's enemies while trashing our allies. He protested that America is not "innocent" when Bill O'Reilly called Vladimir Putin "a killer" during an interview. He publicly mocks disabilities and laughed when expressing disgust for a dying man at one of his clubs.