President Donald Trump on Thursday night vehemently denied an explosive report in which he called those who died in the nation's wars among American fighters "losers."
"It just came to our minds then. It's
fake news," Trump said of an article published in the Atlantic early
Thursday.
According to the article, during a visit
to France in November 2018, Trump made a planned visit to the graves of
American Marines who defended Paris in the last days of World War I because he
did not think their sacrifices were of any use. Is. Yes, and complain:
"Why should I go to this cemetery? It's full of losers."
The Atlantic quoted several unnamed
sources as saying that Trump also called the dead Marines "Saussure"
and said he did not want to touch his hair in the rain.
At the time, Trump tweeted that the
cemetery trip had been canceled’ because bad weather had raised questions about
the helicopter's flight and the Secret Service would not allow him to travel by
car.
A source familiar with the matter said
Trump was disappointed when he was told’ he could not go to the cemetery. His
trip to Paris revolved around celebrations marking the 100th anniversary of the
end of World War I.
The Atlantic also said that during the
same trip, Trump loudly wondered why the United States had joined France and
Britain in the epic conflict with imperialist Germany and Austria-Hungary, and
asked, "Who are the good people in this war?" Are there? “Were”
"Any type of type"
The Atlantic account also includes
allegations that Trump called Republican Sen. John McCain, a longtime prisoner
of war in North Vietnam, a "loser."
A senior Defense Department official
familiar with the incident and a senior U.S. Marine Corps official who was
briefed’ on Trump's remarks confirmed some of the comments to the Associated
Press, including the 2018 cemetery. Comments were also included.
"I'm ready to take any kind of
oath," Tennis told reporters late Thursday night after the Pennsylvania
election campaign.
"If the revelations in today's
Atlantic article are true, they are another sign that President Trump and I
have a role to play," Joe Biden, a Democratic opponent of Trump in the
November election, said in a statement Thursday night. How much do you
disagree? Of the United States
Trump has been backing Biden in the
election since a bilateral convention last month, insisting the article is an
attempt to "influence the presidential election."
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Current and former officials in the Trump
administration have dismissed the Atlantic report as false and confirmed the
president's support for the armed forces and servicemen.
Former White House Press Secretary Sarah
Huckabee Sanders tweeted: "I was actually there and one of the people was
part of the discussion - it never happened. I was sitting in this room when our
president asked family members. "When I was called, he was killed because
of it. The death of his son and it touched my heart."
Keith Kellogg, a retired Army general and
now National Security Adviser to Vice President Mike Pence, said in a statement
on Twitter that the article certainly lacked merit.
In 2015, Trump denied McCain's war record,
saying Arizona senators and fellow Republicans were "not war heroes"
despite being tortured in Vietnam's prisons and denied the benefits offered to them
because they His father was a prominent naval officer. "I like people who
weren't arrested," Trump remarked.
"As far as John McCain is concerned,
I've never been a fan. I will openly admit it. I did not agree with him on the
final battles," he said on Thursday night. I still respect that. And I, as
president, had to accept his last rites. We lowered the flag.
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