Posted on 09/05/2020 12:06:09 AM PDT by knighthawk
President Donald Trump attacked former White House chief of staff John Kelly at an extraordinary White House press conference Friday evening as the possible source for a report that he had called fallen troops 'suckers.'
Trump denounced the report and tore into Kelly, saying the former Marine General 'got eaten alive' and 'petered out' serving as his top advisor in the White House.
Trump ripped Kelly when asked about the brutal Atlantic story that reports he spoke of fallen U.S. soldiers as 'losers' and 'suckers' while skipping a planned solemn centennial visit to a cemetery in France that houses fallen Marines over concerns about getting rained on.
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I don’t for one minute believe Trump would say anything like that especially around Kelly. Kelly lost his son to war.
You think WWII was the only war in which our Marines died in great numbers?
Put an "i" in Marne and see what you get.
Trump has a MUCH better idea of what he needs to do than you or I & he’s proven this multiple times a day every day since he decided to run for office.
THANK GOODNESS!
Why doesn’t President Trump just come out and challenge the Atlantic mag and it’s owner to prove it’s story? Put the trash on the spot call them liars and frauds if they don’t produce the source of their story.
Why would anybody believe this stupid accusation. Every other thing Trump does is to help the Vets and Military.
No, Kelly turned out to be a shit. This is getting even and neutralizing Kelly as you can’t attack him. because his son died on the battlefield in iraq. Kelly and Mattis turned out to be traitors you can’t question their motive. Now he has to lie to protect the deep state. General Kelly’s chickens are coming home to roost
I assumed it was a made up story by the MSM. Now Trump makes it sound like Kelly ratted on him.
By dragging Kelly into this, he risks losing the military vote
No he doesn’t. That is why he is struggling against a demented socialist.
JOBS NOT MOBS !!!!!!
Yes
Yea , I made a mistake
See my correction remark
Excerpts from Wiki on this:
United States forces suffered 9,777 casualties, included 1,811 killed.[1]:32 Many are buried in the nearby Aisne-Marne American Cemetery.
"After the battle, the French renamed the wood "Bois de la Brigade de Marine" ("Wood of the Marine Brigade") in honor of the Marines' tenacity. The French government also later awarded the 5th and 6th Marine Regiments the Croix de guerre. An official German report classified the Marines as "vigorous, self-confident, and remarkable marksmen ..." General Pershing—commander of the AEF—said, "The deadliest weapon in the world is a United States Marine and his rifle." Pershing also said "the Battle of Belleau Wood was for the U.S. the biggest battle since Appomattox and the most considerable engagement American troops had ever had with a foreign enemy."
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