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**No One Disrespects the Troops More Than Donald Trump**

1. Trumps abuse of power by re-allocating taxpayers’ money, appropriated by Congress, to support the military facilities and families at military installations to help fund the building of “the wall” that Mexico was allegedly paying for

2. Trump's abuse of power to force military personnel to pay out of their per diem allowance the costs to stay at his luxury golf club resort in Ireland. The per diem allowance did not cover the high costs that the military personnel incurred

3. Trums abuse of power by forcing the military to re-fuel military transport planes at a private airport in Ireland at a much higher cost to taxpayers. The airport, which was losing money and might be closed, serves Trump’s golf club resort and needs financial support;

4. Trump disrespected and “trashed” generals who served in his cabinet: Kelly and Mattis .

5. Trump's abuse of power by acting alone in making the decision to withdraw U.S. troops from Syria and, thereby, disgracing and shaming the military and the country by not fulfilling a moral obligation to protect the Kurds from military attack by Turkey, Syria and Russia, all of whom benefited from this action;

4. Trump disrespected and “trashed” Vindman who testified that Trump, demanded a quid pro quo--Windman is a US Service member

5. In July 2015, at a forum in Iowa, then-presidential candidate Trump said Sen. John McCain, awarded a Silver Star and a Distinguished Flying Cross, was only a war hero because he had been taken hostage. "He was a war hero because he was captured.

6. Trump disrespect of a Gold Star Khan family ;

7. Trump's failure to attend the WWII ceremony at Normandy;

8. Trump using active military personnel and veterans as “political props” at political rallies;

9. Trump's abuse of his power by deploying active military personnel for political purposes at the Mexico border--To fix a problem he made worse

10. Trump asked about his thoughts on retired Admira McRaven, a former Navy Seal on the mission that killed Bin Laden. Trump screamed, "Hilary Clinton Fan.

11. Trump dismantled financial protections from predatory lenders who target military members https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2018/8/14/17684810/military-lending-act-mick-mulvaney-cfpb-loans

12. Trump administration 2018 allowed this--Man swindles veterans out of retirement & disability and fined $1 https://www.militarytimes.com/off-duty/military-culture/2019/01/30/man-who-swindled-veterans-out-of-retirement-and-disability-money-for-6-years-ordered-to-pay-fine-of-1/

13. Trump's 2018 budget proposal calls for cuts in benefits to highly disabled veterans

14. Trump went after retired 4-star Gen. John Allen, after Allen supported Hillary Clinton during the 2016 election

15. Trump struggled to console Myeshia Johnson, the widow of Sgt. La David Johnson, who was killed in action in Niger.

17. Trump urged Florida to only count ballots received by or cast on Election Day in the midterms, which would have disenfranchised military members voting abroad

18. Trump said visiting troops in combat zones is not "overly necessary." A former senior White House official said that Trump is afraid people want to kill him

19. Trump skipped a visit to Arlington National Cemetery on Veterans Day, Said he was "extremely busy because of affairs of state

20. immigrant U.S. Army recruits discharged by Trump., often leaving their immigration status in legal limbo. Many had already taken the Army oath and had attended training or were already serving in the Reserves

21. Dec 2018 Trump lied to the Troops. said he personally got them a raise. A big one more than 10%., He said, they have not had a raise in 10 years so-- A LIE--The troop got a normal 2.6% raise
they do every year for the last 10+ years. biggest increase in the last 10 years was Obama in 2010 with a 3.4% raise.

22. In Dec 2018, Trump finally visited troops in the middle east for the 1st time after 23 months in office. Not really that big a deal because he did go–eventually. And, he made use of the govt shutdown --the 3rd shutdown under that clown--

23. Dec 2018, Trump withdrew from Syria by tweet. The Pentagon, DOD, give no farwarning. Trump had no plan.Trum--greatest dealmaker ever--lolgop-- Got nothing. Abandoned our allies. Trump setup 50,000 Kurds to get slaughtered by Turkey

24. Trump put 3 of his Mar-a-Lago club buddies in charge of running Veteran Affairs despite having no experience. In late 2018, the VA failed to send out benefits for months

25. Trump refused to hold regular National Security Council meetings except when there are specific issues at stake. But he has time to watch many hours of Fox a day

26. Trump waited nearly two weeks to remark on the death of four Special Forces soldiers in combat

27. Because Trump is compromised--Russia Took Over Vacated U.S. Air Base in Northern Syria and raised a Russia flag
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/russian-troops-take-command-of-us-airbase-kobani-northern-syria-2019-11-17/

28. Trump ridiculed combat veterans with PTSD saying, if you’re strong and you can handle it, but a lot of people can’t handle it https://www.nbcnews.com/card/trump-implies-vets-suffering-ptsd-cant-handle-war-n658706

29. In 1991 and 2004, Trump complained about veterans selling stuff on the sidewalk near Trump Tower, which is surrounded by stores, like Tiffany’s, Bergdorfs https://newrepublic.com/minutes/128548/donald-trump-repeatedly-asked-new-york-city-government-get-veterans-off-fifth-avenue-aesthetically-displeasing

30. Trump Takes Credit for Veterans Healthcare Program That Started Under Obama
https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/trump-takes-credit-for-obama-veterans-healthcare-program-840711/

31. November 13, 2015: At a campaign rally in Iowa, Trump declares that he “knows more about ISIS than the generals do. Believe me."

32. March 28, 2018: Trump nominates his personal physician, Rear Admiral Ronny Jackson, to head the Department of Veterans Affairs, one of the country’s largest and most important institutions. Trump did so despite Dr. Jackson’s inexperience

33. May 30, 2019: The White House directs the Navy keep the warship USS John S. McCain “out of sight” during a Trump visit to Yokosuka base in Japan.

34. Army Veteran Has Prosthetic Legs Repossessed After Trump's VA Refuses to Pay For Them https://www.newsweek.com/army-veteran-has-prosthetic-legs-repossessed-after-va-refuses-pay-them-1481390

35. Trump Brags About Serving Up American Troops to Saudi Arabia for Nothing More Than Cash
https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/trump-brags-about-serving-up-american-troops-to-saudi-arabia-for-cash-936623/

36. Trump Has Embraced War Crimes as a Re-Election Strategy https://truthout.org/articles/trump-has-embraced-war-crimes-as-a-re-election-strategy/

37. Tiffany Trump Child Support Payments Would Have Been Stopped by Donald if She Joined the military
https://www.newsweek.com/tiffany-trump-child-support-payments-would-have-been-stopped-donald-if-she-joined-military-prenup-1442203

38. Accepts a Purple Heart from a fan at his rally and says: “I always wanted to get the Purple Heart. This was much easier.” https://www.politico.com/story/2016/08/trump-purple-heart-226565

39. 2018--- Trump told Florida to ignore military ballots https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/2018/11/12/trump-is-telling-florida-ignore-military-ballots-happy-veterans-day/

40. Trump didn’t wear a mask while honoring World War II veterans in their 90s https://www.forbes.com/sites/mattperez/2020/05/08/mcenany-on-trump-not-wearing-mask-around-wwii-vets-they-made-the-choice-to-come-here/#500cb24c146d

41. Promotions for Female Generals Were Delayed Over Fears of Trump’s Reaction
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/02/17/us/politics/women-generals-promotions-trump.html#click=https://t.co/684nhjfuLN

**Two Navy SEALs testified that their platoon chief gunned down a young girl and an old man in Iraq in 2017 from his sniper’s perch. The SEALs said shots came from the tower where Special Warfare Operator Chief Edward “Eddie” Gallagher was posted and they watched through their scopes as the civilians fell to the ground.Over the radio, he heard Gallagher say: "You guys missed him, but I got him."Gallagher, 40, has pleaded not guilty to attempted murder for allegedly shooting civilians. He also faces a murder charge in the alleged stabbing of a wounded captive Islamic State fighter.**--, Gallagher was charged with 12 counts, including murder, attempted murder, and obstruction of justice for allegedly attempting to intimidate troops reporting his crimes.--**His Platoon took to shooting warning shots at passersby themselves before Gallagher could aim to kill them**--THIS LADIES AND GENTS IS WHO TRUMP PARDONED.


---RELATED STORIES---

--trump lied about having a high lottery number when he was using a college deferment https://www.seattletimes.com/nation-world/new-scrutiny-over-trumps-medical-deferment-during-vietnam-war/

--trump later claimed he didn't serve due to bone spurs but has never provided medical documentation of injury https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/onpolitics/2018/12/27/trump-vietnam-war-bone-spur-diagnosis/2420475002/---INTERESTINGLY A GUY WHOSE EAR SUPPOSEDLY HEALED OVERNIGHT FROM A GUN SHOT WOUND HAD A BONE SYR FOR MONTHS THAT KEPT HIM FROM SERVING IN THE MILITARY


Trump exposed the location of two nuclear subs near North Korea to Duterte https://www.reuters.com/article/us-northkorea-missiles-submarines/trump-tells-duterte-of-two-u-s-nuclear-subs-in-korean-waters-nyt-idUSKBN18K15Y

**Trump reportedly tells the widow of a US soldier killed in action, 'He knew what he signed up for'** https://www.businessinsider.com/trump-he-knew-what-he-signed-up-for-ladavid-johnson-niger-attack-2017-10

Trump claimed he knew ‘more than the generals.’
https://thinkprogress.org/generals-want-nothing-to-do-with-trump-0a5ad80cb682/

**Man ordered to pay $1 fine in scheme to bilk veterans out of pensions by Trump's consumer Protection bureau**
https://www.stripes.com/news/man-ordered-to-pay-1-fine-in-scheme-to-bilk-veterans-out-of-pensions-1.565747

Trump forces Pentagon to pull funds for military schools, daycare to pay for his border wall that he promised Mexico would pay for https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-immigration-pentagon/pentagon-pulls-funds-for-military-schools-daycare-to-pay-for-trumps-border-wall-idUSKCN1VP2VY

Trump reportedly wants servicemen he pardoned to campaign for him in 2020
https://theweek.com/speedreads/880904/trump-reportedly-wants-servicemen-pardoned-campaign-2020

**Trump pay raise which he booasted are the largest in 10 year were 2.6% this year 2019, 2.4% last year, 2.1% in 2017--Under Obama in 2008, 2009 and 2010, for example, were all 3.4% or more** https://apnews.com/d1fa17dc642c4f3c8eeb189b34c4c4b4

No remains of U.S. service members have been returned since last summer and the U.S. suspended efforts in May to get negotiations on the remains back on track in time to have more repatriated this year.
https://www.usnews.com/news/politics/articles/2019-09-02/ap-fact-check-trumps-bluster-on-hurricanes-guns

**Trump did not invent the idea of giving veterans the option to see private doctor outside the Department of Veterans Affairs medical system at government expense.---Congress approved the private-sector Veterans Choice health program in 2014 and Obama signed it into law**
https://www.snopes.com/ap/2019/05/27/trump-takes-credit-for-obamas-gains-for-vets/

**Trump signed an order that froze pay for hundreds of thousands of Federal workers, Many of whom are Military veterans** https://www.businessinsider.com/pay-freeze-trump-signs-executive-federal-workers-in-2019-2018-12

2. **Trump's grandfather 'kicked out of Germany for avoiding military service** https://www.cnn.com/2016/11/22/politics/trump-grandfather-germany-friedrich/index.html

3. **Father Fred Trump subject to the draft but never called to serve--he was however, investigated by a U.S. Senate committee for wartime profiteering (1954)--He was wildly overcharging the government on his public contracts** https://hollywoodlife.com/2018/10/02/who-is-fred-trump-donald-dad-gave-him-1-billion-dollars-evaded-taxes/

4. **Podiatrist's daughters say bone spur diagnosis that helped Trump avoid Vietnam draft was 'favor' --the doctor had an office in one of Fred Trump's buildings** https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/onpolitics/2018/12/27/trump-vietnam-war-bone-spur-diagnosis/2420475002/


6. **Donald Trump Jr has been mocked for comparing the plight of fallen US soldiers to the business "sacrifices" made by his family**
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-50338236

7. **Tiffany Trump Child Support Payments Would Have Been Stopped By Donald If She Joined The Military: Prenup** https://www.newsweek.com/tiffany-trump-child-support-payments-would-have-been-stopped-donald-if-she-joined-military-prenup-1442203

Saudi Arabia Plans To Enrich Uranium For Its Nuclear Power -- U.S. Energy Secretary Rick Perry(a guy who got a "D" in his college class on meats) has approved 6 secret authorizations by companies to sell nuclear power technology and assistance to Saudi Arabia
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-saudi-nuclear/us-approved-secret-nuclear-power-work-for-saudi-arabia-idUSKCN1R82MG

Trump demonstrated that he is a coward when, during the Vietnam War, he took action to avoid serving in the military by obtaining a bogus doctor’s statement about bone spurs that exempted him from military service --2 daughters of New York podiatrist say that 50 years ago their father diagnosed Trump with bone spurs as a favor to the doctor's landlord, Fred Trump, --Donald Trump received 5 deferments from the draft for military service during Vietnam. He received 4 education deferments in college, and a 5th deferment in 1968 for a medical exemption after he graduated. Dr. Larry Braunstein, who died in 2007, rented a ground floor office in a building owned by Fred Trump

Trump's record on military and vets

• ⁠Children of deployed US troops will no longer get automatic American citizenship if born overseas during deployment. This includes US troops posted abroad for years at a time (August 28, 2019)

https://www.military.com/daily-news/2019/08/28/children-us-troops-born-overseas-will-no-longer-get-automatic-american-citizenship.html


• ⁠On July 31, 2019, Trump ordered the Navy rescind medals to prosecutors who were prosecuting war criminals

https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/policy/defense-national-security/trump-orders-navy-to-rescind-medals-given-to-prosecutors-who-failed-to-convict-seal-eddie-gallagher

• ⁠In July 2019, Trump denied a United States Marine of 6 years entry into the United States for his scheduled citizenship interview (Reported July 17, 2019)

https://fox5sandiego.com/2019/07/17/marine-veteran-not-allowed-into-us-for-citizenship-interview/

• ⁠Trump made the U.S. Navy Blue Angels violate ethics rules by having them fly at his July 4th political campaign (July 4, 2019)

https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2019/07/trump-july-fourth-rally-hatch-act-violation.html

• ⁠Trump demanded US military chiefs stand next to him at 4th of July parade (reported July 2, 2019)

https://www.yahoo.com/news/trump-demands-us-military-chiefs-072002784.html

• ⁠In June, 2019, Trump sent troops to the border to paint the fence for a better "aesthetic appearance" (June 7, 2019)

https://www.militarytimes.com/news/your-military/2019/06/06/some-troops-to-spend-the-next-month-painting-border-fence-with-mexico/

• ⁠Trump used his D-Day interview at a cemetery commemorating fallen US soldiers to attack a Vietnam veteran (June 6, 2019)

https://qz.com/1637160/trump-slams-veteran-mueller-in-d-day-interview-at-normandy-cemetery/

• ⁠Trump started his D-Day commemoration speech by attacking a private citizen (Bette Midler, of all people) (reported on June 4th, 2019)

https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/trump-trashes-bette-midler-wwii-dday-memorial-event-844515/

• ⁠Trump made his 2nd wife, Marla Maples, sign a prenup that would have cut off all child support if Tiffany joined the military (reported on June 4th, 2019)

https://www.newsweek.com/tiffany-trump-child-support-payments-would-have-been-stopped-donald-if-she-joined-military-prenup-1442203

• ⁠On May 27, 2019, Trump turned away US military from his Memorial Day speech because they were from the destroyer USS John S. McCain • ⁠Trump ordered the USS John McCain out of sight during his visit to Japan (May 15, 2019). The ship's name was subsequently covered. (May 27, 2019) • ⁠Trump pardoned war criminals (May, 2019) • ⁠Trump purged 200,000 veterans healthcare applications (due to known administrative errors within VA’s enrollment process and enrollment system) (reported on May 13, 2019)

https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/op-eds/trump-administration-breaks-campaign-promise-purges-200-000-va-healthcare-applications

• ⁠Trump deported a spouse of fallen Army soldier killed in Afghanistan, leaving their daughter parentless (April 16, 2019) •

⁠On March 20, 2019, Trump complained that a deceased war hero didn't thank him for his funeral

https://www.cnn.com/2019/03/20/politics/john-mccain-thank-you-funeral-donald-trump/index.html

• ⁠He refused to sign his party's funding bill, which shut down the government, and forced a branch of the military to go without pay. This branch of military was forced to work without pay, otherwise they would be AWOL. However, his appointees got a $10,000 pay raise (Dec 22, 2018 – Jan 25, 2019) • ⁠

He didn't pay the Coast Guard, forcing service members to rely on food pantries (Jan 23, 2019) •

He banned service members from serving based on gender identity (Jan 22, 2019) •

⁠He denied female troops access to birth control to limit sexual activity (on-going. Published Jan 18, 2019) • ⁠

He tried to deport a marine vet who is a U.S.-born citizen (Jan 16, 2019) • ⁠

• ⁠He called a retired general a 'dog' with a 'big, dumb mouth' (Jan 1, 2019) •

⁠He increased privatization of the VA, leading to longer waits and higher taxpayer cost (2018) •

⁠He finally visited troops 2 years after taking office, but only after 154 vacation days at his properties (Dec 26, 2018) •

⁠He revealed a covert Seal Team 5 deployment, including names and faces, on Twitter during his visit to Iraq (Dec 26, 2018) • ⁠
Trump lied to deployed troops that he gave them a 10% raise. He didn't give them a 10% raise (Dec 26, 2018). He initially tried to give the military a raise that was lower than the standard living adjustment. This was before Congress told him that idea wasn't going to work. Then after giving them the raise that Congress made him, he lied about it pretending that it was larger than Obama's. It wasn't. • ⁠

He fired service members living with HIV just before the 2018 holidays (Dec 19, 2018-present) • ⁠

He tried to slash disability and unemployment benefits for Veterans to $0, and eliminate the unemployability extrascheduler rating (Dec 17, 2018)

https://www.military.com/daily-news/2018/12/17/vet-group-demands-white-house-va-reject-benefits-cuts-disabled-unemployed-vets.html

• ⁠He called troops on Thanksgiving and told them he's most thankful for himself (Thanksgiving, 2018)

• ⁠He canceled an Arlington Cemetery visit on Veterans Day due to light rain (Nov 12, 2018) • ⁠While in Europe commemorating the end of WWI, he didn't attend the ceremony at a US cemetery due to the rain - but other world leaders went anyway (Nov 10, 2018)

• ⁠He used troops as a political prop by sending them on a phantom mission to the border and maked them miss Thanksgiving with their families (Oct-Dec, 2018) • ⁠He stopped using troops as a political prop immediately after the election. However, the troops remained in muddy camps on the border (Nov 7, 2018)

• ⁠Trump changed the GI Bill through his Forever GI Act, causing the VA to miss veteran benefits, including housing allowances. This caused many veterans to run out of food and rent. “You can count on us to serve, but we can’t count on the VA to make a deadline,” one veteran said. (reported October 7, 2018) •

⁠Trump doubled the rejection rate for veterans requesting family deportation protections (July 5, 2018) • ⁠Trump deported active-duty spouses (11,800 military families face this problem as of April 2018) • ⁠

He forgot a fallen soldier's name (below) during a call to his pregnant widow, then attacked her the next day (Oct 23-24, 2017)

• ⁠He sent commandos into an ambush due to a lack of intel, and sends contractors to pick them up, resulting in a commando being left behind, tortured, and executed. (Trump approved the mission because Bannon told him Obama didn't have the guts to do it) (Oct 4, 2017)

• ⁠He blocked a veteran group on Twitter (June 2017)

• ⁠He ordered the discharge of active-duty immigrant troops with good records (2017-present) • ⁠He deported veterans (2017-present)

• ⁠He said he knows more about ISIS than American generals (Oct 2016)• ⁠Trump said "I felt that I was in the military in the true sense because I dealt with those people" because he went to a military-style academy and that he has "more training militarily than a lot of the guys that go into the military". (2015 biography)

• ⁠Trump said he doesn't consider POWs heroes because they were caught. He said he prefers people who were not caught (July 18, 2015)

• ⁠Trump said having unprotected sex was his own personal Vietnam (1998)

• ⁠Trump dodged the draft 5 times by having a doctor diagnose him with bone spurs.

• ⁠No Trump in America has ever served in the military; this spans 5 generations, and every branch of the family tree. In fact, the reason his grandfather immigrated to America was to avoid military service in Germany