CSI: American Carnage (September 4, 2020)
The president denies that he referred to American soldiers killed in the line of duty as “losers” and “suckers,” September 3, 2020
TRUMP: As far as John McCain is concerned, I was never a fan. I will admit that openly. I disagreed with him on the endless wars. I disagreed with him with respect to the vets and the taking care of the VA. I wanted to do it a much different way, and I think it’s proven to be a much more successful way when you look at the success we’ve had with the VA and with our vets with choice and with accountability, all the things I’ve got. So I disagreed with John McCain, but I still respected him. And I had to approve his funeral as president. We lowered the flags. I had to approve that. Nobody else. I had to approve it.
Miles Taylor@MilesTaylorUSA
Mr. President, this is not true. You were angry that DHS notified federal buildings to lower the flags for Sen. McCain. I would know because your staff called and told me.
TRUMP on MCCAIN, 2015: He lost. So I’ve never liked him as much after that. Because I don’t like losers….
He’s not a war hero. He’s a war hero because he was captured. I like people who weren’t captured.
TRUMP: Now, all of a sudden, somebody makes up this horrible story that I didn’t want to go. And then they make up an even worse story, an even worse story calling certain names to our fallen heroes. It’s a disgrace that a magazine is able to write it. If they really exist, if people really exist that would have said that they’re low lives and they’re liars. And I would be willing to swear on anything that I never said that about our fallen heroes. There is nobody that respects them more. So I just think it’s a horrible, horrible thing. We made a great evening into, frankly, a very sad evening when I see a statement like that. No animal, nobody, what animal would say such a thing? And especially since I’ve done more, I think, than almost anybody to help our military, to get the budgets of our military, to get the pay raises for our military.
I just think it’s a horrible thing that they’re allowed to write that. We can refute it. We have other people that will refute it. The one I would like you to speak to is General Keith Kellogg, because he knows exactly the story, but you can also speak to Secret Service. They wouldn’t let me go, no matter what happened, because of security, because of safety.I want to thank you for being here. There’s nothing much more that I could say. All they’re trying to do is influence a presidential election where we’ve gone very high in the polls in the last short period of time, where we’re doing very well, where we’re going to win, and they’re going crazy. The magazine in question is a never Trumper magazine, probably doing badly. I know nothing about it. I don’t read it. I just heard about it now, about this story. But it’s a total never Trumper magazine, and other people that are trying to influence the outcome of a presidential election. And you know what? People are to smart for it. And somebody has to make a stand. This fake press is a disgrace. Thank you very much, everybody.
ROB TRUMP (on Don Jr.): Donny was going to join the army or some bullshit like that, and Donald and Ivana told him if he did, they’d disown him in a second.
Donald J. Trump@realDonaldTrump
Happy Veterans Day to ALL, in particular to the haters and losers who have no idea how lucky they are!!!