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Trump Disrespects Veterans — Again
Photo Op at Arlington National Cemetery backfires
Donald Trump can’t avoid the land mines. First, he dissed Congressional Medal of Honor winners on August 15th, and yesterday, in a ham-fisted attempt to undo the damage, he visited Arlington National Cemetery and disrespected veterans again.
Veterans were outraged when Trump offered an awkward comparison between the Congressional Medal of Honor and the Presidential Medal of Freedom. The Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW) reported the incident as an insult to veterans:
On Thursday, former President Donald Trump spoke at an event where he made some flippant remarks about the Medal of Honor and the heroes who have received it. In the video that has circulated online and in the media, the former president was recognizing Miriam Adelson in the audience who he awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom during his time in office. As he described the medal as the civilian version of the Medal of Honor, he went on to opine that the Medal of Freedom was “much better” than the military’s top award, because those awarded the latter are, in his words, “ … either in very bad shape because they’ve been hit so many times by bullets or they’re dead.” He continued by comparing Miriam to MoH recipients saying, “She gets it and…
