AD“I would be willing to swear on anything that I never said that about our fallen heroes,” Trump said in Washington late Thursday, upon his return from a campaign trip to Pennsylvania. Upon McCain’s death in 2018, Trump waited two days to lower flags and issue a formal statement, buckling under pressure from veterans’ groups. ADMany of Trump’s previous comments do not appear to have hurt his approval rating among former U.S. service members. In the politically polarized environment of 2020, about two months away from the election, some question whether this time could be different. “There is no rhyme or reason for Trump to cruelly attack our nation’s fallen heroes,” Will Goodwin, the group’s director of governmental relations, said in a statement.

Source: Washington Post September 04, 2020 11:02 UTC