President Trump on Thursday night denied a report claiming he had killed a U.S. soldier killed in World War I. Mentioned the Marines and buried in a cemetery outside Paris.
In a series of tweets, the president also said he never called Senator John McCain a “loser” at the end, which also appeared in a story published by the Atlantic, which Trump called “fake news.”
The President said, “I have never lost to John, and whatever, or whatever I have been asked to swear, I have been told to swear, that I have never told our great Autumn Soldiers anything but Heroes.” The tweets.
This fake news given by the disgusting and jealous failure in the despicable attempt to influence the 2020 election is being further adopted! “
The magazine reported, citing four first-hand sources, that Trump made contradictory remarks to the Marines on the morning of a planned visit to the American Cemetery in 2018.
Trump, who finally canceled a visit over alleged weather concerns, told senior staff members, “Why should I go to that cemetery? It is full of losers. “
The president has also accused the dead soldiers of calling them “suckers”.
Three sources also told the Atlantic that when McCain died in October 2018, Trump told his aides that “we will not support the funeral of that loser,” and were furious when the flag was lowered to half-staff.
On Thursday night, Trump said he was “never a big fan” of McCain, but denied reports from the Atlantic about his reaction to the death of the former Arizona senator.
“I’ve never been a big fan of John McCain, disagreeing with him on a lot of things, including ridiculous endless wars and his success in dealing with the VA and our great vets, but lowering the American flags of our nation, and first Trump tweeted. That was – the final rites of the class were given to them by our country, I had to get approval as President, and I did it without any hesitation or complaint.
“Totally, I think he deserves it. I sent Air Force One from Arizona and Washington from Washington to bring his body in a casket. It was my honor to do so, “the president added.
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