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Military Brass Doesn't Love Trump Saying All They Wanna Do Is Sh*t, F*ck And Fight
Tie a yellow ribbon, etc.
September 08, 2020 04:17 PM
President Finger-On-The-Pulse for some reason thought it'd be a good idea on Monday, during his pointless press conference/campaign rally, to try to smooth things over with our men and women in uniform. It did not go well!
TRUMP: I'm not saying the military's in love with me — the soldiers are, the top people in the Pentagon probably aren't because they want to do nothing but fight wars so that all of those wonderful companies that make the bombs and make the planes and make everything else stay happy.
Cool. He baselessly claimed the "soldiers" are "in love" with him, which is funny because he was already losing to Joe Biden by four points among the troops even before news came out that Trump hates the troops and thinks they are stupid dumbfuck losers, especially if they do something gay like die in a war. (Those are not his exact words, but they're probably closer than we think.) Anyway, who knew the military was a purple state, like a common Arizona!
Then Trump decided to insult military leaders, accusing them of always wanting to do war whenever they can, because they want to make contractors happy. That's right, he accused them of being grifters. (Y'all know how generals are the ones who get Christmas bonuses from Boeing and Raytheon, right? Riiiiiiiight.)
<p>(And yes, we know there is a large conversation to be had about the revolving door between government and private contractors and you know when we can have that large conversation? Not right now! Because it doesn't have shit-all to do with what Trump said!)</p><p>Trump <a href="https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-military-trump-army/after-trump-comments-top-army-general-defends-militarys-leaders-idUSKBN25Z2HG" target="_blank">followed up</a> the comment above by referring to "endless wars" as "one cold-hearted globalist betrayal after another," so if you had made a bet Trump couldn't weirdly shoehorn an anti-Semitic word into an otherwise dumbass statement about how he is universally adored by "the soldiers," womp womp, you lost the bet. </p><p>Surprisingly, Trump's message of "Those stupid mouthbreathing idiots just want to shit, fuck and fight" isn't going over so well with military brass. The Army's top general, James McConville, <a href="https://thehill.com/policy/defense/overnights/515481-army-chief-says-military-leaders-only-recommend-combat-as-last?fbclid=IwAR3akmVZis6LpLylNheBiN03-9gB9BvWeaM-uozbbmjvJelVIWRYB7aWDRI&fbclid=IwAR2foCzI6JXMbhbl65eXJoBGfmfNT8j7lB6A3otXf9SZ6zYxA-a3QntBpGM" target="_blank">was asked</a> about Trump's little wise-ass comment, and while he was very professional about it and did not call the commander-in-chief a douchefuck <em>directly by name</em>, he did have thoughts on the notion that the generals are just sitting around the Pentagon with uncontrollable war boners, always in the mood to send kids off to die for no reason:</p><blockquote>[P]ressed more generally on private industry's influence on the decision to go to war, McConville said military officers take very seriously their recommendations on whether to send troops into combat.<br><br>"Many of these leaders have sons and daughters that serve in the military. Many of these leaders have sons and daughters who have gone to combat or may be in combat right now," McConville said.<br><br>"I can assure the American people that the senior leaders would only recommend sending our troops to combat when it is required in national security, or as a last resort," he continued. "We take this very, very seriously in how we make our recommendations."</blockquote><p>Besides, if they go to war all the time, then more troops will end up being "suckers" because they have to go to war, and then some of them will end up "losers" if they get killed, or even worse, if they get wounded, which is what <em>really</em> grosses Donald Trump out. Isn't that right, Mr. President?</p><p>Good job as usual, Donald. Keep on talkin'. </p><p>OPEN THREAD.</p><p>[<a href="https://thehill.com/policy/defense/overnights/515481-army-chief-says-military-leaders-only-recommend-combat-as-last?fbclid=IwAR3akmVZis6LpLylNheBiN03-9gB9BvWeaM-uozbbmjvJelVIWRYB7aWDRI&fbclid=IwAR2foCzI6JXMbhbl65eXJoBGfmfNT8j7lB6A3otXf9SZ6zYxA-a3QntBpGM" target="_blank">The Hill</a>] </p><p><strong><span></span>Follow Evan Hurst on Twitter <a href="http://twitter.com/evanhurst" target="_blank">RIGHT HERE, DO IT RIGHT HERE!</a></strong></p><p><strong>Wonkette is fully funded by readers like YOU. If you love Wonkette, WE NEED YOUR LOVE GIFTS TO KEEP US GOING.</strong><br></p><p></p><p><a href="https://amzn.to/33mKzZe" target="_blank">Do your Amazon shopping through this link, because reasons</a>.</p><p></p><p></p><form name="donation" method="post" class="donation-form"><p class="subheadline">How often would you like to donate?</p><div class="form-row row--plan"><label class="plan-type__label"><input type="radio" name="plan_type" value="once" class="plan-type" required="" checked> Just once
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VA Sec Wilkie Doesn't Just Look Like Baby Dinosaur Bill Barr, He Lies Like Him Too!
It's your Sunday show rundown!
September 08, 2020 10:31 AM
Welcome to your Labor Day weekend Sunday show rundown! Today we're going to focus on Secretary Of Veterans Affairs and Bill Barr's younger clone, Robert Wilkie.
Wilkie's appearance on CNN's "State of the Union" with host Dana Bash comes after The Atlantic published its story on Trump's disdain for the military and veterans on Thursday. Things got worse on Friday when Fox News reporter Jennifer Griffin independently corroborated the story, only to be underbussed by her own network.
This set off Trump so much, he violated the Constitution ( again) by trying to infringe on Griffin's First Amendment rights of freedom of speech (individually) and freedom of the press (career-wise).
Jennifer Griffin of Fox News Did Not Confirm ‘Most Salacious‘ Part of Atlantic Story https://t.co/rUpbSWhHac via… https://t.co/FtbF8NcQGe— Donald J. Trump (@Donald J. Trump)1599275964.0
It probably didn't help his mood when he "choked" while golfing that The Atlantic story had also been confirmed as of the time of this writing by Washington Post, New York Times, AP and CNN.
Golf can often be a frustrating game even for devoted players. The president, on his course today in Virginia,see… https://t.co/vkg90hHffU— Kelly O'Donnell (@Kelly O'Donnell)1599329613.0
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Wilkie began by dismissing the credibility of anonymous sources:
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<strong>WILKIE</strong>: I would be offended, too, if I thought it was true. Again, I think anonymous are the same people that brought you fake heart attacks, fake strokes, Russian collusion. [...]
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Only one question in and already Wilkie has shown that in addition to looking like him, he can lie like a common Bill Barr too. The Trump campaign's collusion with Russia in 2016 has been
<a href="https://www.wonkette.com/no-collusion-no-collusion-you-know-except-for-all-this-f-cking-collusion" target="_blank"> very well documented</a>, and just recently the <a href="https://www.wonkette.com/no-collusion-no-collusion-you-know-except-for-all-this-f-cking-collusion" target="_blank">Senate Intelligence Committee</a> confirmed it. And nobody said <a href="https://www.wonkette.com/no-mini-strokes-no-mini-strokes-wait-who-said-anything-about-mini-strokes" target="_blank">mini-strokes</a> and <a href="https://www.wonkette.com/white-house-doc-says-trumps-sexxx-body-in-tip-top-shape-blink-twice-if-knife-to-head-dude" target="_blank">heart attacks</a>, except Trump.
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Confidential or unnamed sources are not new. During the Watergate scandal, Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein relied on their source to expose Nixon's corruption and crimes.
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Of course, Trump himself has used "anonymous sources" for everything
<a href="https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/bashes-anonymous-sources-trump/story?id=45715113" target="_blank">from birtherism to accusing an opponent's father of assassinating a former president</a> to passing as <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/video/national/audio-from-may-17-1984-phone-conversation/2018/04/20/bab5f61e-4429-11e8-b2dc-b0a403e4720a_video.html" target="_blank">his own public relations representative</a>. This is typical GOP and Trump projectionism of accusing their opponents of what you are doing/have done, like <a href="https://www.wonkette.com/trump-tells-idiot-followers-to-vote-twice-to-prove-voter-fraud-is-real" target="_blank">voter fraud</a>!
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In fact, the only people denying Trump made these disparaging comments seem to be congenital liars or partisan hacks like Sarah Huckabee Sanders (when
<a href="https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2020/09/sarah-sanders-kim-jong-un-donald-trump" target="_blank">she's not being offered</a> as a brutal dictator's concubine by Trump, that is).<br>
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Dana Bash continued pointing out this pattern of disrespect for the military, veterans and gold star families is entirely consistent with Trump's public statements about John McCain or the Khan family. After being played the tape of Trump
<a href="https://youtu.be/UNugcPeCZZE" target="_blank">disparaging McCain for being a POW</a>, Wilkie proceeded to set the bar below the ground.
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<strong>WILKIE</strong>: Well, I understand that, in the passion of a campaign, with two powerful personalities — and I'm a friend — I was a friend with John McCain.
[...]
I — I understand politics. I understand name-calling when it comes from both sides. [...]
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Bash, understandably, pushed back on this horseshit from a man who described himself as being in the military since birth and again Wilkie twisted himself to defend the indefensible.
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<strong>BASH</strong>: But, Mr. Secretary, this isn't about politics.
This is about — he denigrated not just John McCain, but he said, "I like people who weren't captured." He denigrated prisoners of war.
As somebody who just described yourself as you were born wearing khaki -- or when you were little, you were wearing khaki diapers...
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<strong>WILKIE</strong>: Sure.
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BASH
</strong>: ... and somebody who was close to the McCain family, is that acceptable?
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WILKIE
</strong>: Well, it's — it's politics. It's the heat of a campaign.
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But the kicker of this interview was when Wilkie tried to peddle the debunked lie that Trump passed the Veteran's Choice Act, Bash was having none of that shit:
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<strong>BASH</strong>: Well, you say that, but I have to ask you about the VA in particular and something that President Trump has consistently done, which is misleading the public about his record for veterans.
He claimed credit more than 150 times — 150 times — for the Veterans Choice Act. That was signed into law by President Obama. [...] Now, this is an important law that allows some veterans to get health care from outside the VA system. Now, I know President Trump expanded it in 2018. But why does he insist on repeating that he's responsible for passing it, when it was President Obama?
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<strong>WILKIE</strong>: Well, you just — you just answered your own question by saying that this Trump initiative, which is the MISSION Act, actually expands Choice to all veterans. [...]
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This is how much of a liar Wilkie is. He actually admits the lie that he's telling but acts incredulous and condescending by saying "you just answered your own question."
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Bash again pushed back on this and Wilkie could only agree she was correct — but tries a new tactic.
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<strong>BASH</strong>: Right. But — but he said, we passed the Veterans...
the Veterans Choice and Veterans Accountability Act.
That literally was signed by President Obama.
Do you wish you would...
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<strong>WILKIE</strong>: Well, you — that's right.
But you are talking about semantics. You are talking about semantics, as opposed to substance. We have given permanent choice. That's what the president is saying.
The Obama — the Obama administration...
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<strong>BASH</strong>: But shouldn't semantics matter when you're talking about the president trying to explain what his record is for veterans that obviously mean a lot to you?
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<strong>WILKIE</strong>: Well, I think the — I will tell you, you have been up on Capitol Hill a lot.
Choice is much easier to understand than the MISSION Act.
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Oh, so you are INTENTIONALLY misleading people because Trump wants to take credit for work he didn't do, Wilkie? Because Trump signed an improvement bill to the program Obama started rather than the actual bill. It's like Obama built a beautiful house and Trump is taking credit for the whole build for adding a few coats of paint.
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But this isn't the only case where Wilkie has ignored facts or dismissed it as "semantics" as the video below shows:
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<a href="https://www.wsj.com/articles/va-secretary-under-investigation-for-handling-of-sexual-assault-case-11582847542" target="_blank">Undermining credibility of sexual assault victims</a> and trying to discredit them? Now I see why Trump likes this guy.
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There used to be some lines politicians and people of decency didn't cross. Military service was one of them. I can't stand people like Lindsey Graham or Tom Cotton, but I would never denigrate the military service they did. To accept this as the new standard lets cowards like
<a href="https://www.wonkette.com/tucker-carlson-tammy-duckworth" target="_blank">frozen food man-child heirs</a> THINK they have the right to insult a wounded warrior like Senator Tammy Duckworth as "un-American."
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Oh my bad, I forgot John Kerry's "purple heart band-aids." So Republicans can and do and have for decades denigrated military service ... of Democrats. Carry on then, Trump. Get back to it.
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It's 56 Days Until The Election, And Trump Still Hates The Troops
And everybody fucking knows it.
September 08, 2020 09:48 AM
This story about Trump hating the troops and thinking they're suckers and losers and stupid dumbasses? It has got LEGS. In fact, we think it's got boots on the ground, and those boots are made for walking and that's just what they will do and one of these days (November 3) those boots are going to walk all over Donald Trump! (To mix a hundred or four references.)
The Trump White House continues to freak out about the story and deny it, but the thing is, everybody's confirmed it at this point. Even Fox News, though Fox News fought mightily not to break its version of the story, even though a very fine reporter in its employ named Jennifer Griffin was able to confirm the story by Friday afternoon. (If you want to see how hard Fox News tried not to break the story, Madeline Peltz from Media Matters has an excellent tick-tock on Twitter of the network's reporting that afternoon, how they didn't let Griffin on the air for as long as possible, and then after they finally did, spent the rest of the evening shitting on their own reporter's reporting, right up until 11 p.m., when Trump called for her firing on Twitter. Reporters just love it when the place where they work does that.)
Griffin, the Fox News reporter, confirmed a new thing about the story, and it is that Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin heard it. She reported this Monday after Mnuchin offered a half-assed denial of the story. Mediaite has a good summary with correct quotes, which is just really saving us some time this morning:
<div id="93875" class="rm-shortcode" data-rm-shortcode-id="1f6d73484c6f2f4ac4d72212e5a1002a"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet twitter-custom-tweet" data-twitter-tweet-id="1303121240039751680" data-partner="rebelmouse"><div style="margin:1em 0">Bravo @JenGriffinFNC once again (and credit to Fox News on this).
She says Mnuchin’s defense of Trump is “patently… https://t.co/pJUnrazRNi</div> — Ryan Goodman (@Ryan Goodman)<a href="https://twitter.com/rgoodlaw/statuses/1303121240039751680">1599523289.0</a></blockquote></div><p><br></p><blockquote>Griffin reported Mnuchin was at the Tank meeting in the Pentagon on July 20, 2017, when Trump allegedly called four-star generals "losers," "dopes," and "babies" – calling his claim to have never heard the president speak that way "patently false."<br><br>"I confirmed with people who were present at the meeting that the president used those exact words in a meeting at the Pentagon," she said. <br><br>"I also circled back with my sources this weekend that confirmed that the president did not go, or did not want to go to the Aisne-Marne cemetery in France to honor the American war dead when he could no longer fly by helicopter and that one of the president's favorite words that he uses when he's angry is 'loser.'"<br><br>"According to this source, the president would often say about American veterans: 'What's in it for them? They don't make any money,'" Griffin went on. "The source said it was a character flaw of the president, he could not understand why someone would die for their country — not worth it to him."<br><br><span></span>Griffin claimed that the source also said Trump did not want veterans involved in the July Fourth parade, adding that he did not want "wounded guys" there because "it's not a good look." The president does, however, like to use the military as a prop, according to Griffin's sources, and views his relationship with the Pentagon as transactional.</blockquote><p>In other words, Fox News continues to confirm everything that was in Jeffrey Goldberg's story in <em>The Atlantic</em>, and then some. </p><p>And it really is "then some," because Goldberg's story didn't include that "Tank" meeting at the Pentagon, which shouldn't be unfamiliar to you. It's the one about <a href="https://www.wonkette.com/and-now-we-know-exactly-why-rex-tillerson-called-trump-a-f-cking-moron" target="_blank">what really led</a> then-Secretary of State Rex Tillerson to call Trump a "fucking moron" back in the day, and revisiting it, we see just how much Goldberg has confirmed everything we have ever known about President Chickenshit Von YetiPubes.</p><p>The story came from a book called <a href="https://amzn.to/38i9M8d" target="_blank"><em>A Very Stable Genius</em>,</a> written by <em>Washington Post </em>reporters Carol Leonnig and Philip Rucker, and it was about the July 20, 2017, meeting at the Pentagon where they had to try to teach this fucking idiot new president Trump how Not To Idiot. As Wonkette explained at the time:</p><blockquote>Everybody was there. Mike Pence, Rex Tillerson, then-Defense Secretary Jim Mattis, then-Chair of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Joseph Dunford, Gary Cohn, and also of course Steven Mnuchin and Steve Bannon, because why wouldn't they be. Leonnig and Rucker write that the meeting was called by "the trio" of Tillerson, Mattis and Cohn, and that they decided to use lots of pictures and charts and maybe scratch-n-sniffs and special eggs with prizes inside, " figuring they would help keep him from getting bored."</blockquote><p>And Trump just RAGED the entire time. He raged about NATO, which he still doesn't understand, whining that "we are owed money you haven't been collecting!" and "You would totally go bankrupt if you had to run your own business." (Which is funny considering what a bad businessman Trump is and how he <a href="https://www.wonkette.com/donald-trumps-only-public-company-went-bust-while-trump-got-rich-off-it-isnt-that-a-heck-of-a-thing" target="_blank">likes to declare bankruptcy.</a>)</p><p>He called the military guys present "losers" who "don't know how to win anymore," which sounds like many of his comments as reported in <em>The Atlantic</em>. He called them "a bunch of dopes and babies." And sometime after the meeting an extremely appalled and angry Rex Tillerson called Trump a "fucking moron." </p><p>So yeah. We have heard this story from <em>The Atlantic</em> before, in many ways. We just happen to have a lot more detail right now than we did one week ago, about just how much President Bone Spurs really fucking hates the troops.</p><p>And now here is Griffin from Fox News confirming that yes, Steven Mnuchin heard the "dopes and babies" comment, just as (we imagine) Mike Pence and Gary Cohn and Jim Mattis did, unless they were poopin' at the time. Interesting to be reminded that former chairman of the Joint Chiefs Joe Dunford was there, since he featured in the story in <em>The Atlantic</em>. (Trump thought he was smart, and it surprised him, because he doesn't think there are smart people in the military.) </p><p>As we said at the top, this story has legs, and it's not stopping anytime soon.</p><p>What we'd like you to notice most of all is that, while the Trump White House is rushing out known craven liars like Sarah Huckabee Sanders to deny the story, literally nobody else has come forward to defend Trump. Nobody who is credible, and/or who doesn't have a financial stake in protecting Trump, is stepping up to say "Trump? That doesn't sound like him." No actually respected general is saying, "He would never say something like that." <em></em></p><p>It's all true, and everybody knows it. The president of the United States has a seething disdain for the troops, and he talks about it out loud. </p><p>The election is in 56 days. Have you <a href="https://www.wonkette.com/the-election-is-in-two-months-plan-your-f-ckin-vote" target="_blank">planned your vote?</a></p><p><strong><a href="https://www.wonkette.com/the-election-is-in-two-months-plan-your-f-ckin-vote" target="_blank"></a>Follow Evan Hurst on Twitter <a href="http://twitter.com/evanhurst" target="_blank">RIGHT HERE, DO IT RIGHT HERE!</a></strong></p><p><strong>Wonkette is fully funded by readers like YOU. 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WH Flacks Insist Donald Trump Loves Troops Most Donald Trump Loves Troops Most Donald T
Talk about losers and suckers.
September 04, 2020 12:28 PM
Following the publication yesterday of Jeffrey Goldberg's Atlantic story about how Donald Trump is a jerk who thinks US soldiers are all idiots and that military cemeteries are full of losers, the Trumposphere leapt into motion. In its usual clumsy attempts to defend the indefensible, the White House pointed out that since Goldberg's story was based on anonymous sources, it was almost certainly false, because why won't these sources come forward to face the wrath of the angriest cult of personality in American political history? Here's White House spokesungulate Judd Deere, waggling his horns at you:
Not a soul brave enough to put their name on any of these accusations. That's because they are false. Just another… https://t.co/G189CO7I7D— Judd Deere (@Judd Deere)1599171298.0
And please never mind that both the Associated Press and the Washington Post were able to quickly confirm Goldberg's accounts of horrible things Trump has said, because those stories also relied on unnamed sources. Oddly enough, though, for all the Trumpenvolk insisting Donald Trump is the kindest, bravest, warmest, most wonderful troop supporter they've ever known, there was a distinct non-outpouring of support from one corner: We haven't yet seen military folks gushing about how wonderful Trump has been to them.
Now, active-duty folks are aren't allowed to get political, for good reason, but we aren't yet seeing any wave of retired generals or admirals coming forward to speak up for Trump. And of course, it was a "senior Defense Department official" who confirmed to the AP's Jim LaPorta that Goldberg's story was true "in its entirety."
No, if nutball Mike Flynn pops up to say the story was false, that won't count.
<p>Donald Trump his own self <a href="https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/donald-trump/white-house-denies-report-claiming-trump-called-dead-american-soldiers-n1239267" target="_blank">denied the story</a> yesterday as he returned to Washington from a superspreader event in Pennsylvania, telling reporters it was all made up by very bad people who were losers and idiots that he's glad he fired, whoever they were. </p><blockquote>What animal would say such a thing? [...] And especially since I've done more, I think more than almost anybody, to help our military to get the budgets, to get the pay raises for our military. So I just think it's a horrible thing that they are allowed to write that. We can refute it. We have other people that will refute it.<br><br>It is a disgraceful situation by a magazine that is a terrible magazine. [...] I don't read it. I just heard about it, but they made it up. Probably it's a couple of people that have been failures in the administration.</blockquote><p>Trump also took to Twitter, where he said he never cared much for John McCain, but that he had certainly never called McCain a "loser," no no no, and then people immediately posted video of the 2015 Iowa town hall where<a href="https://www.wonkette.com/donald-trump-cant-believe-people-dont-like-his-straight-talk-on-loser-pows" target="_blank"> Trump called McCain a loser.</a> Let's remind ourselves of how that actually happened, shall we?</p><p class="shortcode-media shortcode-media-youtube">
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</p><p>Trump defenders may spring to his defense by insisting that Trump was merely calling McCain a "loser" because he lost the 2008 election, not because he was shot down, but the contempt is palpable. </p><p>In his <a href="https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1301710816979357697" target="_blank">Twitter comments,</a> Trump made additional dubious claims; again, we'll post the text so our poor sad platform won't eat the tweets:</p><blockquote><a href="I%20was%20never%20a%20big%20fan%20of%20John%20McCain,%20disagreed%20with%20him%20on%20many%20things%20including%20ridiculous%20endless%20wars%20and%20the%20lack%20of%20success%20he%20had%20in%20dealing%20with%20the%20VA%20and%20our%20great%20Vets,%20but%20the%20lowering%20of%20our%20Nations%20American%20Flags,%20and%20the%20first%20class%20funeral%20he%20was%20given%20by%20our...." target="_blank">I was never a big fan</a> of John McCain, disagreed with him on many things including ridiculous endless wars and the lack of success he had in dealing with the VA and our great Vets, but the lowering of our Nations American Flags, and the first class funeral he was given by our....<br><br>..<a href="https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1301710818267074560" target="_blank">Country, had to be</a> approved by me, as President, & I did so without hesitation or complaint. Quite the contrary, I felt it was well deserved. I even sent Air Force One to bring his body, in casket, from Arizona to Washington. It was my honor to do so. Also, I never called..<br><br>....<a href="https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1301710819349204992" target="_blank">John a loser </a>and swear on whatever, or whoever, I was asked to swear on, that I never called our great fallen soldiers anything other than HEROES. This is more made up Fake News given by disgusting & jealous failures in a disgraceful attempt to influence the 2020 Election!</blockquote><p>He will swear on one of those things people swear on, whatever they're called. He hears people fall for that shit all the time. </p><p>But sure, Trump really went out of his way to approve the state functions for a high-ranking senator and war hero that are a matter of course for presidents. Let's also recall that Trump didn't issue any official White House statement on McCain's death at all, after <a href="https://www.wonkette.com/trump-mccain" target="_blank">quashing a draft</a> that called him a "hero." And also that Trump observed the <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/flags-at-white-house-return-to-full-staff-after-brief-tribute-to-mccain/2018/08/27/14f5a9b2-a9ec-11e8-a8d7-0f63ab8b1370_story.html?utm_term=.30ff4e9d0854" target="_blank">absolute minimal lowering</a> of the White House flag as prescribed by the Flag Code, for just two days, while flags at the Washington Monument and the Capitol remained at half-staff, resulting in<a href="https://twitter.com/karentravers/status/1034051268145283073" target="_blank"> this remarkable photo</a>; after the predictable uproar, the White House flag went back to half staff. </p><div id="19d25" class="rm-shortcode" data-rm-shortcode-id="4755290230ec62b5914d839192308e16"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet twitter-custom-tweet" data-twitter-tweet-id="1034051268145283073" data-partner="rebelmouse"><div style="margin:1em 0">Camera shot facing south over the White House - you can see the flag at the WH at full staff while the flags surrou… https://t.co/4uWjaTFD3y</div> — Karen Travers (@Karen Travers)<a href="https://twitter.com/karentravers/statuses/1034051268145283073">1535372008.0</a></blockquote></div><p>Still, Trump's bestest friends on his White House staff all vouched for his love for the military, at least for the moment, as some no doubt are negotiating post-presidency book deals. </p><div id="b8587" class="rm-shortcode" data-rm-shortcode-id="79e8c0b5167b93cf79be8e7e34a672d5"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet twitter-custom-tweet" data-twitter-tweet-id="1301649049083424768" data-partner="rebelmouse"><div style="margin:1em 0">I’ve watched @realDonaldTrump solemnly sign letters to the families of fallen heroes. He’s honored their memories b… https://t.co/o0a15VmbTg</div> — Alyssa Farah (@Alyssa Farah)<a href="https://twitter.com/Alyssafarah/statuses/1301649049083424768">1599172291.0</a></blockquote></div><p>Very Credible Human Sarah Huckabee Sanders also vouched for what a kind and caring person Donald Trump is, noting that he had actually made phone calls to the families of soldiers killed in action, while whoever Alyssah Farah is noted he "solemnly" signed letters to them, too! And he definitely never called the war dead losers to their families' faces. </p><p>If you can't believe Sarah Sanders, by Crom, well you must be someone who was paying attention.</p><p>Chief of Staff Mark Meadows <a href="https://twitter.com/JenniferJJacobs/status/1301704726938034177" target="_blank">said on Air Force One last night</a> that he'd spoken to Stephen Miller, who was on the trip to France in 2018 when Trump reportedly called WWI war dead "losers" and "suckers," and the architect of Trump's racist immigration policy was quite certain he never heard the Great Man disparage the troops. So there's a credible supporter, too! </p><p>And former Trump flack Hogan Gidley<a href="https://twitter.com/JHoganGidley/status/1301681054902779905/" target="_blank"> said some bullshit too,</a> fuck him. </p><p>On the other hand, actual veterans were quick to condemn Trump, as were decent normal human beings, because we're not a bunch of sociopaths. Here's former Air Force search and rescue pilot MJ Hegar, who's<a href="https://www.wonkette.com/in-texas-mj-hegar-hopes-to-flush-big-john-cornyn-out-of-us-senate" target="_blank"> running for the US Senate</a> in Texas: </p><div id="02e28" class="rm-shortcode" data-rm-shortcode-id="b49c856815104d2163f131e3a4bb2f5e"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet twitter-custom-tweet" data-twitter-tweet-id="1301651047493111811" data-partner="rebelmouse"><div style="margin:1em 0">I’m one of the pilots that got shot down. Our Commander-in-Chief thinks that makes me a loser.
He thinks the many… https://t.co/HEeDy9g3ww</div> — MJ Hegar (@MJ Hegar)<a href="https://twitter.com/mjhegar/statuses/1301651047493111811">1599172767.0</a></blockquote></div><p>Hegar also <a href="https://twitter.com/mjhegar/status/1301705958754783232" target="_blank">appeared</a> on the "Rachel Maddow Show" last night, and said she's "never heard anyone, Democrat or Republican" say such horrifying things about military folks.</p><video width="100%" controls="">
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</video><p>Retired Navy fighter pilot and astronaut Mark Kelly <a href="https://twitter.com/CaptMarkKelly/status/1301668749175521281?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1301668749175521281%7Ctwgr%5Eshare_3&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.huffpost.com%2Fentry%2Ftrump-losers-suckers-reaction_n_5f51d411c5b6946f3eafb3c7" target="_blank">was disgusted</a>, too; he's<a href="https://www.wonkette.com/arizona-race-for-senate-still-a-few-months-from-full-batsh-t-status" target="_blank"> running for Senate</a> in Arizona, seeking the seat formerly held by McCain. </p><div id="85d95" class="rm-shortcode" data-rm-shortcode-id="3f13b90e283a55b87ac15f0b2b206b49"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet twitter-custom-tweet" data-twitter-tweet-id="1301668749175521281" data-partner="rebelmouse"><div style="margin:1em 0">The president's words about Senator McCain have always said far more about his own character than the Senator's. No… https://t.co/vxqSLncBxv</div> — Captain Mark Kelly (@Captain Mark Kelly)<a href="https://twitter.com/CaptMarkKelly/statuses/1301668749175521281">1599176988.0</a></blockquote></div><p>And of course, Joe Biden, who knows what it means to be the parent of a military member, and knows that people who suffer aren't shameful, <a href="https://www.politico.com/news/2020/09/04/trump-responds-to-insults-us-service-members-408750" target="_blank">said normal human being things</a> about the "president" who is anything but: </p><blockquote>If the revelations in today's Atlantic article are true, then they are yet another marker of how deeply President Trump and I disagree about the role of the President of the United States.<strong></strong> [..] I have long said that, as a nation, we have many obligations, but we only have one truly saved obligation — to prepare and equip those we send into harm's way, and to care for them and their families.</blockquote><p>We remember not being impressed by<a href="https://www.wonkette.com/dems-can-win-if-theyre-more-like-warren-g-harding-good-call-new-york-times" target="_blank"> what we considered weaksauce calls</a> for Democrats to simply run on restoring basic norms of decency to government. As Trump hollowly thunders through what we hope will be his final months in office, a return to normalcy is actually sounding not just good, but almost too much to hope for.</p><p>[<a href="https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/donald-trump/white-house-denies-report-claiming-trump-called-dead-american-soldiers-n1239267" target="_blank">NBC News</a> / <a href="https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2020/09/trump-americans-who-died-at-war-are-losers-and-suckers/615997/" target="_blank">Atlantic </a>/ <a href="https://www.politico.com/news/2020/09/04/trump-responds-to-insults-us-service-members-408750" target="_blank">Business Insider</a> / <a href="https://www.politico.com/news/2020/09/04/trump-responds-to-insults-us-service-members-408750" target="_blank">Politico </a>/ <a href="https://www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-losers-suckers-reaction_n_5f51d411c5b6946f3eafb3c7" target="_blank">HuffPo</a>]</p><p>Yr Wonkette is supported entirely by reader donations. Please help us keep you standing athwart the news, shouting "Canned clams!" </p><p></p><p><a href="https://amzn.to/33mKzZe" target="_blank">Do your Amazon shopping through this link, because reasons</a>.</p><p></p><p></p><form name="donation" method="post" class="donation-form"><p class="subheadline">How often would you like to donate?</p><div class="form-row row--plan"><label class="plan-type__label"><input type="radio" name="plan_type" value="once" class="plan-type" required="" checked> Just once
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