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Posted on 04/22/2017 2:38:07 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
President Donald Trump and first lady Melania Trump visited Walter Reed Medical Center on Saturday, where the President awarded the Purple Heart to a wounded soldier.
Trump presented the medal to Sgt. First Class Alvaro Barrientos and thanked him on behalf of himself and the first lady. Barrientos’ wife, Tammy, was present for the short ceremony.
“When I heard about this, I wanted to do this myself,” Trump said as he placed the Purple Heart on the soldier’s lapel. “Congratulations. Tremendous.”
The Purple Heart is awarded to American service members who are wounded or killed in combat. Barrientos was recently injured while serving in Afghanistan....
(Excerpt) Read more at ktla.com ...
President Trump goes to a veterans hospital or meets military personnel and feels honored to be in THEIR presence...
Obama went to the hospitals and met with military personnel and expected them to be awed and proud to be near his Oneness....
Mucho Gravitas...Mucho Presidential. JMHO
May God bless and keep President Trump and all of our brave fighting men.
Obama will probably visit some Target transgender bathrooms to meet up with some old friends.
I doubt it.
I think the lead ought to be:
During First Visit to Walter Reed Trump Awards Purple Heart to Veteran Injured in Afghanistan
Really dumpy journalism and editing of it.
May God bless the brave veteran, and all like him, wounded or not.
Rather than honor the soldiers receiving the award, KTLA used their time and space by insulting President Trump.
I would have been interested in his unit and how he earned the PH.
“The Purple Heart is awarded to American service members who are wounded or killed in combat.”
For one well-known vet, a piece of flying rice hitting him in the butt was sufficient.
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Spot on. President Trump GETS IT. He understands who the real heroes are. Well done, Mr. President!
bump
How many Purple Hearts did obama give out?
I did a double take on that headline. Journalist shmernalist my as$.
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