In a conversation with senior staff members on the morning of the scheduled visit, Trump said, “Why should I go to that cemetery? Guy was a f---ing loser.’ ”ADADWhen preparing for a military parade, the magazine reports, “Trump asked his staff not to include wounded veterans, on grounds that spectators would feel uncomfortable in the presence of amputees. “We’ve hosted wounded veterans in our home to share a Thanksgiving meal,” he said. ADADThe silence of these senior aides is really no different from the silence of virtually all elected Republicans. It seems there is no insult, lie or exaggeration about our troops too great to prompt these Republicans to declare Trump unfit to serve as commander in chief.

Source: Washington Post September 04, 2020 13:32 UTC