So now the VA is lying. First off no one has done enough to help with veteran or military suicide. Second Obama & GW Bush both signed Veteran suicide laws. Facts matter

Wilkie: 'Trump is the first president since 1890s' to recognize veteran suicide crisis https://www.stripes.com/news/us/wilkie-trump-is-the-first-president-since-1890s-to-recognize-veteran-suicide-crisis-1.637847#.XxD8wHHZFM0.twitter

2/ In 2015, Obama also signed a measure into law to combat the veteran suicides after increased attention since the peak of the post-9/11 wars. The bill was named after Clay Hunt, a Marine from Texas. He killed himself when he was 28.

3/ In 2007, former President George W. Bush signed a suicide prevention bill into law, which required mental health training for VA staff and a suicide prevention counselor to be set at each health facility. The law was named after Joshua Omvig, a 22-year-old Iraq War veteran who

4/ killed himself in 2005.

Now let’s discuss the fact trump has passed the largest budgets for the VA. That’s great but if the money isn’t being spent properly or towards the right programs what good is it. The VA budget isn’t only for Veteran suicide. And money isn’t the only thing to fix this.