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AP Fact Check: Trump's Falsified Record on Military Matters

Associated Press

   Editor's note:A look at the veracity of claims by political figures

   WASHINGTON -- In his Fourth of July remarks, President Donald Trump
   will be celebrating the armed forces and showcasing what he's done for
   them. But in recent days, he has falsified his record on military
   matters on several fronts.

   He's claimed, for example, that he came up with the "genius idea" of
   giving veterans private health care so they don't have to wait for
   Veterans Affairs appointments, only to find out that others had thought
   of it but failed to get it done.

   President Barack Obama signed the law getting it done in 2014.

   Trump also made the flatly false statement that he won troops their
   first raise in a decade, suggested he's made progress reducing veteran
   suicides that is not backed up by the numbers, and contradicted the
   record in claiming that North Korea is cooperating on the return of the
   remains of U.S. troops.

   A look at his statements on military matters and personnel, some of
   which may be heard from the stage Thursday or in tweets:

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