On Thursday, The Atlantic released a report stating that Trump an American cemetery in France “was filled with losers” and used the term “fools” to describe American Marines who died in a World War I battle.
Several existing and previous white houses have strongly rejected the report.
Buttigieg, however, argued that this was a trend of President Trump’s non-compliance with veterans like McCain, whom Trump criticized the 2016 presidential crusade for being captured through enemy forces during the Vietnam War.
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“By the way,” added the former mayor of South Bend, Indiana, “if you’re a Republican and you’ve voted Republican, and you’re having trouble getting over the many Republicans who are turning away from this president, think about this. Years later, We are going to go back to that moment and see that you may just be a John McCain Republican or a Donald Trump Republican, but you have to choose. “
Although several resources, including former national security officer John Bolton, told Fox News that they had not heard Trump make the comments described in The Atlantic, a former senior Trump administration official who accompanied the president to France said Trump was referring to the Vietnam War.”A stupid war, ” he added that “whoever went there is an idiot.”
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Former White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders and former deputy press secretary Hogan Gidley denied Trump’s comments.
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“The Atlantic story in @realDonaldTrump is generally nonsense,” tweeted Sanders, a Fox News contributor.”I was there and one of the other people participated in the discussion, it never happened.”
Jennifer Griffin of Fox News contributed to the report.