Of all the disturbing, disrespectful, profane things Donald Trump has said, a comment he made in 2018 during a visit to France commemorating the 100th anniversary of the end of World War I is probably one of the most grotesque. He was to visit an American cemetery where 2200 soldiers are buried but the trip was cancelled due to weather. Trump said to senior staff “Why should I go to that cemetery? It’s filled with losers.” He said the Marines who lost their lives at the Battle of Belleau Wood were “suckers for getting killed”.
My dad was a WWII veteran. Many of my friends and relatives are veterans of various conflicts. Trump has grievously dishonored every veteran of every war with these contemptuous statements. What kind of a person would think these thoughts much less say them out loud.
If you are a veteran, if you are related to a veteran, if you know and love a veteran, are you really going to vote for someone who holds veterans in such shameful disregard? After all, the president is the commander in chief of the United States.
Martye Allen
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