Black people have long amazed me with some of the names they foist upon their innocent newborns. In particular are the French touches. Many have their down-home twists like “Antwan”. Perhaps it was found in a dictionary as the phonetic pronunciation of “Antoine”. Anyway, I don’t blame Trump for stumbling over the name of this fallen soldier. “La” implies the feminine in French. “Le” would be correct for the masculine. Assuming the parent (or parents) of the deceased were able to tell the difference at birth, their boy should have been called “Le David”. Frankly (no pun intended), if I were he, I would have changed my name to just “David”.
Parents can name their kids whatever they want, but they should understand that difficult names are a handicap, not an advantage; and they certainly shouldn’t blame people for being challenged by the difficulty.