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WASHINGTON DC: Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden declared President Donald Trump “unfit” for the presidency on Friday (Saturday in Manila), giving a passionate reaction to a report that Trump, who never served in uniform, allegedly mocked dead Americans. in the war.
The president and his allies have dismissed The Atlantic report as false.
The allegations, obtained anonymously, describe multiple offensive remarks by the president toward fallen and captured American service members, including declaring World War I dead in an American military cemetery in France as “losers” and “fools” in 2018. .
The reported comments, many of which were independently confirmed by The Associated Press, are shedding new light on Trump’s previous public disparagement of US troops and military families. That opens up a new political vulnerability for the president less than two months before election day.
His voice cracking, Biden told reporters they “already know deep down” that Trump’s comments, if true, are “deplorable.”
“I have never been so disappointed, in my entire career, with a leader that I have worked with, president or not,” added Biden. “If the article is true, and it appears to be, based on other things he has said, it is absolutely damning. It is a shame “.
He added that “the President should humbly apologize to every Gold Star mother and father, to every Blue Star family that he has denigrated. … Who the hell does he think he is? “
Trump, in the Oval Office, said an apology was not necessary because it was a “false story.”
Trump is alleged to have made the comments in November 2018 when he was scheduled to visit the Aisne-Marne American Cemetery during a trip to France. The White House said the visit was canceled because misty weather made the helicopter ride from Paris too risky and a 90-minute trip was deemed unfeasible.
Speaking in the Oval Office on Friday, Trump denied making such comments: “It was a terrible thing that someone could say this kind of thing, and especially to me because I have done more for the military than almost anyone else.”
Biden’s criticism was personal. The former vice president often speaks of his pride in his late son Beau’s service in the Delaware Army National Guard.
As he spoke, Biden grew angry and raised his voice to refute Trump’s alleged comments that the Marines who died in the battle were “dumb” to be killed.
