Former Trump chief of staff and retired Marine Gen. John Kelly rejected former President Donald Trump’s comments that the Presidential Medal of Freedom that honors civilians was “much better” than the Medal of Honor given to service members, telling CNN that the two honors are “Not even close. No equivalency of any kind.” #CNN #News
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If you are a veteran and support trump, if you are a woman and support trump,
If you are black or Hispanic and support trump,
If you are LGBTQ and support trump, there is something really wrong with you.
Trump is truly vile and was never fit to be Commander-in-Chief.
To think how many service members get smitten by agent orange… and this is what he thinks about them 😅
He said it on Howard Stern's show and millions of us heard him say it many times. He thought these comments, and many others, were very clever, so he repeated them quite often. It was back in the early 70's when body bags and war weary soldiers were still coming home. He called Mrs. Adelson "beautiful", so my guess is, he wants to "hit it"as he used to brag. I hope this attraction his supporters have for this horror of a human being is over soon because it is exhausting. If the media had a heart, they would block him from any media attention and let us live our lives without worrying about how his plots and schemes will burn it all down and he will succeed in taking everything we've ever worked for, our social security, medicare, and medicaid leaving us all to fight over whatever scraps he and his horrible family don't want.
stupid is as stupid does, and that’s who you are if you support Dump.
Too bad Captain bone spurs didn’t get the Medal of Honor.
At 8:16 it seemed oh so very important to tell of the stories exclusivity to CNN.
I don’t know that a factory is quite the statement he thinks it is because the man is anti-labor anti-union and that if they wanted to eliminate or reduce the minimum wage, I’m sure he’d go along with it. 60 billionaires didn’t and support to him because he’s tough on, multi national conglomerates that treat their workers like slaves. They’re giving him money to reinforce their oligarchy.
Trump literally sold the freedom medals. He gave them to his highest donors. They didn’t win them and they definitely didn’t earn them as supporters bought them because Trump is a man for sale and he cannot understand what it’s like not to be him. He has zero capacity for empathy on any level.
He didn’t go to military school at of any greet sense of patriotism, or even interest in the military. He was sent to military school because his mother found his knife collection and did not feel safe with him living under the same roof as her and her other children. Having seen interviews with her I honestly think it’s not that she was proud of him for being such a great businessman. She was proud of him because she thought that he would’ve killed somebody and been sent to penitentiary by them because she knew he was a psychopath.
tRump is a sociopath , that’s why he says & behaves the way he does!
Trump's comments about military service is disingenuous in an effort to build his own army.
Trump is a punk
I cannot understand why President Biden was not invited to the ceremony for the 13 soldiers who died at Abbey Gate in Afghanistan.
Trump must have had a hard time standing next to the young woman in a wheelchair. According to Trump, "he asked that wounded veterans be kept out of military parades as it wasn't a good look".
Or you gave Donald port a john trump money
Trump is an idiot 😂😂😂😂
You have to listen to EVERY WORD Trump says and understand why he says the “Freedom” award is better. He clearly states that people who have gotten the “Congressional Medal of Honor” are dead or badly wounded, while the woman he gave the “Medal of Freedom” to is a beautiful woman who is not dead or wounded.
He did not compare the medals, he compared the situations a person has to go through to be nominated for them.
And if you don’t understand this simple English statement, you should not be a reporter or serving in, or trying to serve in, politics!!!
Trump knows nothing about nothing plain and simple.
He said exactly what he meant to say. He has no respect for service members. It's an insult that he was ever Commander in Chief and should never hold that office again.
And how about the Lame brings who clap for trumps reasoning?
Jake sometimes gets on my last nerve. Maggie is a straight shooter and her reporting is excellent and on point. Keep in mind, as she reminded Jake, Donald went to military school as a "child". Trump is still a petulant child and still a coward with "bone spurs" who is afraid to debate Kamala.
Donald Trump did not have the courage during The Vietnam Conflict time period. The Donald Trump Campaign is trying to discredit Tim Walz and his military service record. Tim Walz at least did military service.
Didn't hate spewing Rush Limbaugh get the award? Trumps comment is really Couched up
Trump's "military school" experience was a joke. Fred Trump sent his belligerent son there because his son was out of control. Donald loved his so-called military school training because he was never in danger and was given free reign to bully others.
Why is the Israel's flag near the american flag is because they are partners in the Palestine's genocide? Shame on the USA
I love the way Maggie Haberman halfway defense Donald Trump, she presented as a great strategist, Donald Trump Maine o'harem manipulate the media but there's no strategy there it simply is his mental illness he simply cannot cope without the media on him because for 9 years all you guys have done is talk about him 24 hours a day, you never shut up about him we have to hear every detail of this man you show more of him than you do any Democrat and I have to listen to Maggie Haberman who acts like she lives in the room with Donald Trump and knows everything about him, when the whole country knows he's an emotionally sick litden narcissist and associal path , when do you think Maggie Haberman's going to say that
There is no comparison. You can’t buy the Medal Of Honor
Former Marine 🤬
Trump confuses an honorable discharge with the medal of honor.
If anyone, can still think of Trump, as a normal human, or any kind of Humain person, then they have to be crazy too. He really thinks the he is a god.
Him just showing that him isn't a patriot. Him is a wanna be despot. Him has god complex. Him want everyone to worship him like him friend Kimmie.
Its not Trump's place to change what our medals are for. They were put in place long before Trump was born. Coming from a draft dodger convicted felon he should keep his big mouth shut for once. The media needs to stop hanging and reporting on his BS he says this stuff because ge knows every media outlet is going to give him free air time. Cover his rallys and nothing else. He doesn't need to be holding press conference on anything he is not the president. President Biden is the only that should break normal news break. Stop giving Trump air time for the same crap he has been saying for 8 years now. The people are sick of it. The more he gets now is a vote lost. Stop helping him and help your county because if he gets back in most of everyone will not have a job he has already told you he is taking the nedia out. Are you listening? Harris/Walz 2024 🇺🇲🔵🇺🇲🔵🇺🇲.
Jack toppers a maga guy
Saint Thomas Matthews Crooks should recieve the Congressional Medal of Honor for his Service
If he’s this bad, would’ve been nice to hear these words AT THE DNC. They’re all chicken sh-t.
Trump is ignorant as dirt. Quit giving air time.
We dont need the loudmouth treasonist Donald J Trump in any political debates or even as acandidate for his intent authoritarianism likely planned coup should he again near the WH as again divisionist of our American Constitutional Democracy. Keep the dummy, demon out of our American Democracy Whitehouse.
Donald J Trump was a military defunctive to our American Constitutional Democracy. He has no viable mentality to determine anything about the service/loyalty/ committment of our honorable service personnel & soldiers. He's just attempting to yhrow his bullsxxt weight to ssway the very American people to his Evil & Satanic intents to screw them like he screwed us with his deceptive & inadequate service in his jump the gun military stint.
CNN is the next new Fox.
Trump is disgusting as are those that support him
Idiot trump has no policy. Project 2025 has the policy, it will be the tail that wags the dog. He’s just not that smart.
Senator mccain will be remember long after trump is dead, he was a real hero many died and trump had bone spurs , coward
https://youtu.be/X_kfxXZjWdw?si=XRDH5ThQnss2i136
The medal of freedom recipients did not risk their life like the soldiers , they either live or die in a battle, so this coward and fellon only is brave attacking women
It's pay to play for this man who lost his moral compass a long time ago.
Nothing surprises me anymore the
ignorant sh#t that comes out of this trump's mouth.
John Kelly must just want to throttle Trump. These soldiers, sailors, airmen joined up to protect and serve.
Trump and Vance should just resign their position as citizens and go to prison.
What's the matter what he talks about cuz when he opens his mouth it's nothing but a lie
And he wants to be THE COMMANDER-In-Chief. Absolutely unbelievable!!
Tapper the new fox personality!
he does not understand he is a narcissist. just like kamala cannot help laughing as she has gelastic seizures. a shame these two are what america has to offer