In the statement, Kelly is confirming, on the record, a number of details in a 2020 story in The Atlantic by editor-in-chief Jeffrey Goldberg, including Trump turning to Kelly on Memorial Day 2017, as they stood among those killed in Afghanistan and Iraq in Section 60 at Arlington National Cemetery, and saying, “I don’t get it. What was in it for them?”
Trump said he did not want to visit the graves of American soldiers buried in the Aisne-Marne American Cemetery near Paris because, “Why should I go to that cemetery? It’s filled with losers.” During that same trip to France, the article reported, Trump said the 1,800 US Marines killed in the Belleau Wood were “suckers” for getting killed.
Kelly concluded, “God help us.”
Watch now, how all the “patriotic” MAGAts try and defend the disgustingly disrespect to our fallen service men and women.
I’ve been having fun with an old friend of mine who has been dragged into the cult. His whole personality is that he’s a veteran. So when something like thisis pointed out, he struggles to find an excuse. It’s been particularly entertaining since january 2020.
As a veteran myself, please do not let up.
Damn have you been documenting any of the really good shit? Like specific convos and stuff?
Using and discarding service members for faux-patriotism has been a staple of the GOP for a while now. As is often the case, Trump merely turned up the volume.