First reported last night, the story by Jeffrey Goldberg at the Atlantic — “Trump: Americans Who Died in War Are ‘Losers’ and ‘Suckers’” — has been going viral all day today. It was a day of universal condemnation, outrage, and reminiscing about fathers and grandfathers who gave their lives and limbs for the country and for the free world. The story has provided plenty of ammunition for ad-producers, cable TV hosts and Joe Biden to excoriate trump and expose his true despicable nature for all to see.
Here are some of the day’s developments -
trump tweeted late last night with his own story — which was to deny the truth, cry fake news, insult McCain again and throw out a few more lies.
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This was laughable since trump calling McCain a loser was captured on video and one of his own tweets.
He also attacked John Kelly, knowing that he probably provided some of the information in the article. Can we now expect Kelly and others to step out of the shadows and speak the truth in broad daylight?
As expected, the Lincoln Project came out with this new scathing video today morning -
And another one in the evening -
VoteVets put out this ad ...
Meidas Touch made this hard-hitting ad -
Team Joe Biden came up with this simple and powerful ad -
But, the most unkindest cut of all came from Faux news, who independently confirmed much of what has been written in the Atlantic article -
- According to one former senior Trump administration official: "When the President spoke about the Vietnam War, he said, 'It was a stupid war. Anyone who went was a sucker'."
- This former official heard the President say about American veterans: "What's in it for them? They don't make any money." Source: "It was a character flaw of the President. He could not understand why someone would die for their country, not worth it."
- I read the source a few quotes from The Atlantic article. This former Trump admin official said, "The President would say things like that. He doesn't know why people join the military. He would muse, 'Why do they do it'?"
- Re: trip to mark 100th anniversary of WW ISource: "The President was not in a good mood. Macron had said something that made him mad about American reliability and the need perhaps for a European army. He questioned why he had to go to two cemeteries. 'Why do I have to do two'?"
- President Trump's staff explained he could cancel (his visit to the cemetery), but he was warned, 'They (the press) are going to kill you for this'." The President was mad as a hornet when they did.
- When asked IF the President could have driven to the Aisne-Marne Cemetery, this former official said confidently:"The President drives a lot. The other world leaders drove to the cemeteries. He just didn't want to go."
- Regarding Trump's July 4th military parade, during a planning session at the White House after seeing the Bastille Day parade in 2017, the President said regarding the inclusion of "wounded guys" "that's not a good look" "Americans don't like that," source confirms.
- Regarding McCain, "The President just hated John McCain. He always asked, 'Why do you see him as a hero?" Two sources confirmed the President did not want flags lowered but others in the White House ordered them at half mast. There was a stand off and then the President relented.
The White House Press Secretary spewed out some written propagandist words and scampered out of the press room before anyone could ask any questions.
Joe Lockhart knows a little about the job of Press Secretary -
trump is not done screwing military families, even though he cancelled (postponed?) the shuttering of the Stars and Stripes newspaper.
More veterans and military families spoke out about trump and the contrast with Biden -
Joe Biden gave a scathing and emotional speech about the unfit CIC -
Here is some humor to break the heaviness -
Cohen’s book comes out Tuesday. We can expect him to be on TV this long weekend.
The trump hotel in DC tonight -
Let’s chip in and chip away —
Let’s keep spreading this story far and wide. The story is striking a chord with many military families and many who are perhaps still hesitating about voting for Biden. This story has legs, as we wrote last night at www.dailykos.com/....
We need all the ammunition we can get to defeat trump and his republican enablers, since they do not play fair and they do not believe in Democracy. Let’s make sure trump is the LOSER this November.