2/ The remark is one of several new revelations about Trump’s seeming contempt for military service, @JeffreyGoldberg reports:https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2020/09/trump-americans-who-died-at-war-are-losers-and-suckers/615997/ …
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3/ When Senator John McCain died in August 2018, Trump reportedly told his senior staff, “We’re not going to support that loser’s funeral.”https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2020/09/trump-americans-who-died-at-war-are-losers-and-suckers/615997/ …
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4/ Why does Trump seem to disdain military service? “He has a lot of fear,” one officer with firsthand knowledge of Trump’s views said. “He doesn’t see the heroism in fighting.”https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2020/09/trump-americans-who-died-at-war-are-losers-and-suckers/615997/ …
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5/5 While Trump took great interest in staging a military parade in D.C., sources say he rejected the idea of such a parade including wounded veterans, because “nobody wants to see that.”https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2020/09/trump-americans-who-died-at-war-are-losers-and-suckers/615997/ …
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So... it turns out Trump's vile attacks on the late John McCain (the ones we've heard) were only the tip of the iceberg. What a disgrace.
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Trump's iceberg is so large it makes the one Titanic hit look like an ice cube.
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“He can’t fathom the idea of doing something for someone other than himself,”
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Exactly. They’d have the same response if it was recorded on video and/or audio tape. They can’t stand to admit they were wrong about trump, so they double and triple down like the intransigent children they are. And they wonder why they’re not taken seriously? That’s why.
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