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US presidential candidate Joe Biden has harshly attacked President Donald Trump for his alleged derogatory remarks about American soldiers who died in World War I. “It’s sick, it’s pathetic, that’s so un-American, so unpatriotic,” the former vice president said at a news conference in his hometown of Wilmington on Friday. If Trump really described fallen American soldiers as “losers” and “idiots,” it would be “disgusting.”
“It confirms what most of us consider to be true: Donald Trump is not fit to be president and commander-in-chief of the military,” Biden said. He stressed that his son Beau, who died of a brain tumor in 2015, was not a “fool” when he volunteered in the Iraq war. “The soldiers who served with him, especially the ones who did not return, were not losers.”
The magazine “The Atlantic” reported that Trump called “losers” and “idiots” the US soldiers who fell in World War I two years ago on a trip to France. The president denies the accusations. On Friday, the Republican, who wants to be reelected for a second term in November, said it was a “false story.” For him, fallen soldiers are “absolute heroes”.
Trump’s relationship with the country’s military is complicated. The president emphasizes time and again that he has strengthened the military and provided them with more money. However, in recent years there have been repeated differences of opinion with military leaders and open discussions with respected former generals.
Following the death of African American George Floyd in a brutal police raid in late May, Trump sparked outrage by threatening to use professional soldiers against violent protesters nationwide. Even Trump’s Defense Secretary Mark Esper openly disagreed.
According to a poll released earlier this week, Trump has less support from the military than Biden. According to this, only about 37 percent of the soldiers surveyed were in favor of a second term for the president; 43 percent were in favor of Biden’s electoral victory.
