Thread by @DadoftheDecade, 1. Russia’s bounty on American troops is sickening, as is @realDonaldTrump’s inaction. [...]

1. Russia’s bounty on American troops is sickening, as is @realDonaldTrump’s inaction. Not surprising though. He’s anti-military his whole career.

A thread with receipts.

2. Trump claimed STDs were his Vietnam and claimed he should get the Medal of Honor. https://money.cnn.com/2016/10/14/media/trump-stern-vietnam-stds/index.html

Trump, comparing sex to Vietnam, said in 1998 he should receive the Congressional Medal of Honor

In a previously unreported 1998 interview with Howard Stern, Donald Trump compared sex to going to battle in Vietnam and joked he should be getting the Congressional Medal of Honor.

https://money.cnn.com/2016/10/14/media/trump-stern-vietnam-stds/index.html

3. @realDonaldTrump attacked all POWs in attacking John McCain saying he “likes people who weren’t captured.” https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2015/07/18/424169549/trump-lashes-out-at-mccain-i-like-people-who-werent-captured

Trump Lashes Out At McCain: 'I Like People Who Weren't Captured'

The real-estate tycoon said the Arizona senator was only a war hero because he had been a POW. He also called McCain a "loser" for failing to win the White House in the 2008 election.

https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2015/07/18/424169549/trump-lashes-out-at-mccain-i-like-people-who-werent-captured

4. During his campaign, he attacked Gold Star Families. https://www.nytimes.com/2016/07/31/us/politics/donald-trump-khizr-khan-wife-ghazala.html

Donald Trump Criticizes Muslim Family of Slain U.S. Soldier, Drawing Ire

In an ABC interview, Mr. Trump implied that Ghazala Khan’s silence while her husband spoke about their soldier son’s death at the Democratic convention may have been because of her Muslim faith.

https://www.nytimes.com/2016/07/31/us/politics/donald-trump-khizr-khan-wife-ghazala.html

5. @realDonaldTrump maligns the service of senior officers who oppose him. https://www.haaretz.com/us-news/trump-s-false-attacks-on-mattis-1.8899451

Trump's false attacks on Mattis, his former defense secretary who said he's a threat to the...

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https://www.haaretz.com/us-news/trump-s-false-attacks-on-mattis-1.8899451

Attacks service of generals https://www.politico.com/news/2020/02/13/donald-trump-john-kelly-114861

Trump accuses John Kelly of 'missing the action' after scathing criticism

"He knew full well that he was way over his head," the president said about his former chief of staff.

https://www.politico.com/news/2020/02/13/donald-trump-john-kelly-114861

. @realDonaldTrump Forgets name of service members killed in Niger when calling widow https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/trump-fallen-soldiers-calling-guy-congresswoman/story?id=50568045

Trump didn't know fallen soldier's name, kept calling him 'your guy,' congresswoman says

Wilson isn't changing her story after Trump suggested she would.

https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/trump-fallen-soldiers-calling-guy-congresswoman/story?id=50568045

. @realDonaldTrump bilked a veteran’s charity. https://www.nytimes.com/2019/11/07/nyregion/trump-charities-new-york.html

Trump Ordered to Pay $2 Million to Charities for Misuse of Foundation

The president admitted he had used funds raised by the Donald J. Trump Foundation to promote his campaign and pay business debts.

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/11/07/nyregion/trump-charities-new-york.html

. @realdonaldtrunp Doesn’t send promised check to deceased vet’s family until medial reports call him on it https://www.businessinsider.com/gold-star-family-25000-check-trump-2017-10

Gold Star family receives $25,000 personal check from Trump — signed on the same day as a Washing...

A Gold Star family received a $25,000 check from Donald Trump that was promised months prior — and that was dated on the day a report said it had not been sent.

https://www.businessinsider.com/gold-star-family-25000-check-trump-2017-10

Trump rolled back a ban on land mines endangering service members around the world https://www.bostonglobe.com/2020/02/03/opinion/trumps-landmines-rollback-is-last-straw-veterans/

Trump’s land mines rollback is the last straw for veterans - The Boston Globe

Undetonated mines lie in wait for generations, indiscriminate in their destruction, unable to tell friend from foe, child from adult. They simply kill. This is what Donald Trump wants us to unleash...

https://www.bostonglobe.com/2020/02/03/opinion/trumps-landmines-rollback-is-last-straw-veterans/

Not to mention pardoning war criminals, attacking Purple Heart recipients, and DOING NOTHING WHEN RUSSIA PAID BOUNTIES FOR DEAD AMERICAN TROOPS.

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