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“Duty, honor, country.” Those were the words of Joe Biden in remarks during a speech in his hometown of Wilmington, Delaware, came the day after The Atlantic, citing unnamed sources, reported that Trump had made disparaging comments about military members who were wounded and killed, including at one point calling those who died in battle “losers and suckers.” Trump on Friday called the report “a fake story.”
“It’s a fake story and it’s a disgrace that they’re allowed to do it,” Trump said Friday, although reporters from The Associated Press, The Washington Post and Fox News confirmed elements of the story independently.
But is it a fake story? Trump publicly in 2015 said Arizona Sen. John McCain was not a war hero because he was captured in Vietnam, as evidence of Trump’s beliefs.
The question is why would Donald Trump say these words? Obviously he considers himself a “winner” by avoiding the Vietnam War. He obtained an exemption because of bone spurs in his feet that was based upon a letter from a doctor that was given as a favor to his father Fred Trump. His history of lying and cheating on construction projects and his Atlantic City hotels tells you everything you need to know.
Still, military families want a president who supports their devotion to their way of life. Disparaging remarks about an all volunteer military makes no sense.
If John Kelley appeared on a Sunday morning news interview show and told us what really happened in France at the World War One memorial event that would help clear the air.
Those words “Duty, Honor, Country” should be the slogan for the Biden campaign.
Duty, Honor, Country
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