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    “You know, if you’re young, and in this era, and if you have any guilt about not having gone to Vietnam. We have our own Vietnam. It’s called the dating game,” he said during a discussion of Trump’s well-publicized germaphobia and the ongoing AIDs epidemic.

    “It’s pretty dangerous out there Robin. It’s like Vietnam,” Trump said earlier in the interview.

    “It is, it is,” Stern said. “The dating scene is like Vietnam.”

    “Dating is like being in Vietnam,” Trump said. “You’re the equivalent of a soldier going over to Vietnam.”

    https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/trump-stds-vietnam/

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    Can the military (Edit: Commander in Chief) revoke those medals?

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      Not The Purple Heart, but it doesn’t matter. Bone spurs Donnie wasn’t awarded it by the military, so it means less to/for him than my grandfather’s purple hearts mean to me. I have them, but that’s just cause I was the only grandchild that served in the military. They don’t confer any benefits to me, and I wouldn’t be caught dead wearing one.

      The fact that it can’t be revoked is probably why he’s gotten one of those rather than The Congressional Medal of Honor, which absolutely can be revoked.

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      Iirc the Purple Heart medal is the only award that does not require approval and is given once you meet the requirements. As a result, I believe it can’t be revoked since you can’t uninjure yourself.