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<blockquote data-quote="fishtm2001" data-source="post: 4546016" data-attributes="member: 54375">The Twit in Chief&#039;s support of our troops:<ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">He <a href="https://www.politico.com/story/2015/07/trump-attacks-mccain-i-like-people-who-werent-captured-120317" target="_blank">said</a> John McCain wasn’t a “war hero” because he was a POW (“I like people who weren’t captured”)</li>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">He <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2016/07/31/us/politics/donald-trump-khizr-khan-wife-ghazala.html" target="_blank">belittled</a> the Gold Star parents of a Muslim soldier who died in Iraq.</li>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">He <a href="https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/donald-trump/fact-check-trump-brags-troops-about-10-percent-pay-raise-n952336" target="_blank">told</a> troops in Iraq that they were getting a 10 percent pay raise, which was a lie (it was 2.6 percent).</li>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">He <a href="https://www.npr.org/2019/09/04/757463817/these-are-the-11-border-projects-getting-funds-intended-for-military-constructio" target="_blank">diverted</a> $3.6 billion from military projects to pay for his border wall.</li>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">He <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2019/11/15/trump-issues-pardons-war-crimes-cases-despite-pentagon-opposition-move/" target="_blank">pardoned</a> three war criminals, despite objections from the Pentagon.</li>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">He <a href="https://www.npr.org/2020/07/01/885944809/trump-vows-to-veto-defense-bill-if-it-removes-confederate-names-from-military-ba" target="_blank">promised</a> to veto a defense appropriations bill if it removes confederate names from military bases.</li>
</ul>Washington Monthly</blockquote>

[QUOTE="fishtm2001, post: 4546016, member: 54375"] The Twit in Chief's support of our troops: [LIST] [*]He [URL='https://www.politico.com/story/2015/07/trump-attacks-mccain-i-like-people-who-werent-captured-120317']said[/URL] John McCain wasn’t a “war hero” because he was a POW (“I like people who weren’t captured”) [*]He [URL='https://www.nytimes.com/2016/07/31/us/politics/donald-trump-khizr-khan-wife-ghazala.html']belittled[/URL] the Gold Star parents of a Muslim soldier who died in Iraq. [*]He [URL='https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/donald-trump/fact-check-trump-brags-troops-about-10-percent-pay-raise-n952336']told[/URL] troops in Iraq that they were getting a 10 percent pay raise, which was a lie (it was 2.6 percent). [*]He [URL='https://www.npr.org/2019/09/04/757463817/these-are-the-11-border-projects-getting-funds-intended-for-military-constructio']diverted[/URL] $3.6 billion from military projects to pay for his border wall. [*]He [URL='https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2019/11/15/trump-issues-pardons-war-crimes-cases-despite-pentagon-opposition-move/']pardoned[/URL] three war criminals, despite objections from the Pentagon. [*]He [URL='https://www.npr.org/2020/07/01/885944809/trump-vows-to-veto-defense-bill-if-it-removes-confederate-names-from-military-ba']promised[/URL] to veto a defense appropriations bill if it removes confederate names from military bases. [/LIST] Washington Monthly [/QUOTE]

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