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September 4, 2020

Report: Trump Called War Veterans "Losers" & "Suckers"
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The Atlantic magazine is reporting President Trump has repeatedly
disparaged U.S. soldiers who died or were wounded in war, describing
them as "losers" and "suckers." The magazine reports Trump canceled a
trip in 2018 to a World War I cemetery in France where U.S. marines are
buried, because "he feared his hair would become disheveled in the
rain." Trump is quoted as saying, "Why should I go to that cemetery?
It's filled with losers." Trump also opposed the inclusion of wounded
veterans in a proposed 2018 parade, saying, "Nobody wants to see that."
President Trump dismissed the report in The Atlantic as fake news.


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