Trump on Marines who lost their lives in battle: “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.”

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Trump actually called Marines who died in battle, “losers.” He was also unclear which side we were on and why.

Trump is human garbage.

https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2020/09/trump-americans-who-died-at-war-are-losers-and-suckers/615997/

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Trump has this to say about former POW John McCain:

“We’re not going to support that loser’s funeral.”

At the site of half mast flags for McCain:

“What the fuck are we doing that for? Guy was a fucking loser,” the president told aides.”

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According to the @TheAtlantic, Trump has also at least twice referred to former President George H. W. Bush as a “loser” for being shot down over Japan during WW2.

#TrumpIsNotWell

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Trump went with future chief of Staff John Kelly on a 2017 Memorial Day trip to Arlington cemetery, to pay respects to Kelly’s son, who had died while serving in Iraq.

Trump had this to say:

“I don’t get it. What was in it for them?”

#TrumpIsANationalDisgrace

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“According to eyewitnesses, after a White House briefing given by the then-chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, General Joe Dunford, Trump turned to aides and said, “That guy is smart. Why did he join the military?” @TheAtlantic

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At a 2018 White House event, Trump reportedly instructed staff to keep wounded veterans and amputees out of the event, saying, “Nobody wants to see that.”

#TrumpIsANationalDisgrace

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