In interviews he plainly said he met the General, the subject of West Point came up. Then he stated he was offered a scholarship to attend West Point and turned it down because he was interested in medicine. He told it as though he didn’t apply and they just offered him an education. I heard that with my own ears. He has told that story many times. He didn’t seem to realize that people accepted at West Point do not pay so there is no “scholarship” for anyone. Of course they do pay for their education by agreeing to serve in the Army, but no tuition.
The way he told that story put me off to begin with, to me he sounded like he thought he was too good for the Army or West Point and that is why he turned them down.
I had some serious interest in him early on, but his waffling on the 2nd Amendment and illegal immigration put me off before this came out.
I don’t think it was that he was too good for the military but the delay in going to school vs putting in the time. He would have made a hell of a medic except I can’t see him working fast and under pressure. Slow, methodical, delicate, and exacting skill, yes. Shove a tampon into a bullet wound after running around bullets? nope.