Posted on 08/02/2016 11:14:16 AM PDT by ObozoMustGo2012
The most potent moment of the Democratic convention last week was when Khizr Khan, father of an Army captain killed in Iraq in 2004, challenged Donald Trump's proposal to ban Muslims from entering the United States. "You have sacrificed nothing and no one," Khan said to Trump, holding aloft a copy of the Constitution that he suggested Trump read.
Trump's immediate response was to criticize Khan and his wife, earning a number of rebukes from veterans and members of his own party. "There are certain sacrosanct subjects that no amount of wordsmithing can repair once crossed," said a statement from the head of the Veterans of Foreign Wars.
At a campaign event in Virginia on Tuesday, Trump tried to mend any damage he'd done with members of the military in an unusual way: He accepted a Purple Heart from a veteran in the audience.
"Something very nice just happened to me. A man came up to me and he handed me his Purple Heart," Trump said. "I said to him, is that the real one, or is that a copy? He said, 'That's my real Purple Heart. I have such confidence in you.' And I said, 'Man, that's big stuff.'"
"I always wanted to get the Purple Heart," Trump continued. "This was much easier."
The Purple Heart is given to those serving in the armed forces who are wounded in combat. Trump never served in the military, though he once said that he "always felt that I was in the military" because he went to military school. He was old enough to have been drafted during the Vietnam War, but received five deferments. Four of them were because he was still in school; the fifth was medical. Trump, his doctor said, had bone spurs on his heels.
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So he tells us that he sacrificed his son ??!!!
We dont have the same notion of sacrifice . Does he practice human sacrifices ? Its beyond understanding .
"Islam is a religion in which God requires you to send your son to die for Him. Christianity is a faith in which God sends his Son to die for you."
- Said to Cal Thomas in an interview
You WANT to be wounded or killed in combat by enemy action? Because that is the only way to earn one.
Mostly, but not completely true. There's John Kerry, who apparently got a band-aid and a Purple Heart. He was in Vietnam, you know.
What is
...0bama’s military service?
...Hillary’s military service?
...Time Kaine’s military service?
...Bill Clinton’s military service??
Answer: NONE
Wow.
I want to reach that level of national honor through heroic accomplishment, yes.
As a matter of priority, the media whores have been ordered by their Dem-onic overlords to negatively target Trump EVERY SINGLE DAY until the election. Will it backfire with a suspicious public?
Media working overtime to blow trivial stuff way out of proportion to distract from the mess that is Hillary.
Such a horrible memory and she goes on National TV and looks adoringly at her husband for the camera.
I wonder how many times she has been beaten up by hubby.
No, but all the media will talk about will be his five draft deferments and his comments about always wanting a Purple Heart.
It was awkwardly worded, but I think he meant that he would have liked to serve his country in war.
“Those who love AMERICA knows what TRUMP meant.”
I love America and I don’t have a clue as to what he meant. Again he managed to take a pretty good optic, a great gesture by a Veteran and he wasted it all with a head scratching statement.
I’m sorry, but I can’t understand how Trump’s mind works anymore.
You expressed it far better than I, Proust.
Though perhaps that is to be expected, coming from someone with a screen name such as yours. :)
“he meant that he would have liked to serve his country in war”
That was my first thought, except he got 4 deferments. I imagine if I go to CNN.com that’s exactly what they are saying.
[Im sorry, but I cant understand how Trumps mind works anymore.]
You must be new around here....
Either that or a Soros-paid concern troll...
P.S. John Kerry also wanted Purple Heart. In fact he got three of them for two ouchies and a booboo.
“You must be new around here....
Either that or a Soros-paid concern troll...”
Wow, you beat the record for timing on the NOOB/Soros theory. I am neither, just a concerned Trump supporter wondering how he can continue to blow up his own campaign...but you keep drinking the Kool-Aid.
I wish someone would ask these people posting remarks (which I just read) on WaPo if they realize the hatred they are spewing towards this Veteran is far, far worse than anything Trump said about Kahn. The hypocrisy is sickening.
Purple Hearts aren’t given for bravery. They are given to the unlucky ones who were unlucky enough to be killed or injured in combat. It’s not so much an award as it is a symbol of their sacrifice.
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