03-25-2021, 03:07 PM
(03-25-2021, 02:50 PM)Dill Wrote: You may be referring to the Atlantic Monthly article "Trump: Americans Who Died in Wars Are 'Losers' and "Suckers.'" E.g., he complained because the DHS ordered flags be flown at half mast for McCain, whom he called a "loser." Citing 4 unnamed sources, the reporter, Jeffrey Goldberg, said that Trump complained about celebrating war dead and wounded, whom he called "losers." https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2020/09/trump-americans-who-died-at-war-are-losers-and-suckers/615997/
A story apparently corroborated by other reporters: https://apnews.com/article/b823f2c285641a4a09a96a0b195636ed.
https://www.vox.com/2020/9/4/21422733/atlantic-trump-military-suckers-losers-explained
Four reputable news outlets, all citing anonymous sources, report President Donald Trump disparaged US troops, veterans, and missing service members, with several outlets reporting he has called military members “losers.” Yet the president, along with current and former staff on the record, continues to dispute those stories.
The loser story is "dodgy" to the degree that Trump, Sarah Sanders, Dan Scavino (dept. chief of staff) and his chauffer disputed it as "fake news."
Nothing dodgy about the following, though. And it is to this that my Harris comment refers.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=541Cg2Jnb8s&t=202s
Minute 1:44 Trump doesn't like McCain because he does not like "Losers."
When his interviewer objects McCain is a war hero, Trump first says he is NOT a war hero,
then stipulates that he is a hero only because he was captured.
"I like people who weren't captured, I hate to tell ya'." Trump responds.
The implication is that people captured in combat have failed, not done their duty, "lost."
Several times after this, Trump claimed he never called McCain a loser.
All of this, as my post says, is on completely different level from anything said or done by Biden or Harris, who honor those
who served their country, and most especially those who gave their lives for it.
Yeah, there's a reason I didn't dispute what he said about McCain in the post you quoted. As for the Normandy comments alleged to have been made, I'm going to take the word of people willing to go on the record over "anonymous source" the vast majority of the time. His remarks about McCain are specific to McCain, trying to ascribe any deeper meaning to it rather gives Trump more credit than he deserves. If someone vexes him he's going to make an underhanded and crude comment about them. I don't think it goes any deeper than that.
