Leading the assault are two military veterans: South Bend, Ind., Mayor Pete Buttigieg and Rep. Seth Moulton (D-Mass.). Trump, who had been traveling in Japan, has not yet responded to either Democrat, but he has long defended his deferments as legitimate. Presidential historian Douglas Brinkley said the Vietnam War carries an emotional wallop more than four decades later. Trump obtained his medical deferment as the Vietnam War was escalating and the military needed a wave of new conscripts. “What I did to make up for my guilt is I built the Vietnam memorial,” Trump said.

Source: Washington Post May 28, 2019 23:48 UTC