There is one thing we can all agree on: Donald Trump is a fraidy-cat. The healthiest candidate in the history of the world once got a medical deferment to stay out of the draft. “Dodging” the draft only bothers me if you want to talk about nuking other countries and also send our young men and women off to die in other countries. The other day Trump received a Purple Heart medal from a veteran at one of his rallies. This bothered Lt. Cameron Kerr of Virginia so much he decided to create a GoFundMe page for Donald Trump so that he could earn his Purple Heart.
As with seemingly everything else in his life, Mr. Trump got one handed to him instead of earning it. That being said, as a Purple Heart recipient [proof: imgur.com/...] who earned one the old-fashioned way by returning from Afghanistan one leg lighter, I fully endorse his desire to earn one and would happily oblige his interest in doing so, by being one of the first to chip in to fly him to the conflict zone of his choosing. After all, you're never too old to follow your dreams.
…ok, let’s be serious. Super serious. We’re not going to be able to help Donald realize his conveniently retroactive military fantasies, and based on precedent he could likely get a series of deferments to avoid going even if we tried. So instead, we’re going to convert toxic bigotry, ignorance, and callousness into something positive. As Michelle Obama said/as Melania Trump might say at some point in the future: "when they go low, we go high."
Lt. Kerr proposes that the monies given to him go to helping Syrian refugees, a “good cause that Donald Trump would vehemently oppose,” says Lt. Kerr.
Now, this is a hero.