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Vietnam vet gives Trump a Purple Heart despite ex-president dodging service there
(www.independent.co.uk)
Stolen Valour.
this post was submitted on 06 Oct 2024
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Lock him up?
There's definitely a case to be made for charging Trump under the Stolen Valor Act of 2013. The hard part here will be proving Trump's using his Stolen Valour to "fraudulently claim having received a valor award specified in the Act, with the intention of obtaining money, property, or other tangible benefit by convincing another that they received the award." The penalties for this crime appear to be six months to a year in jail.
The problem here is to get a conviction, you'll have to prove that Trump is getting some kind of tangible benefit, which I'm not sure this Trumpian justice system will do.
Just to remind everyone.
- Trump dodged the draft for service in this war
- Trump has repeatedly made remarks insulting veterans and called them “suckers and losers” according to staff
- Trump mocked senior and disabled veteran John McCain for being captured in a war he fought in
- He awarded a billionaire the Presidential Medal of Freedom and proceeded to compare it as better than the Medal of Honor and said of its recipients “They're either in very bad shape because they've been hit so many times by bullets or they're dead.”
- Trump went to Arlington National cemetery where his staff assaulted the cemetery staff and broke rules about photography in the sacred graveyard.
- Trump then proceeded to take pictures with the families next to the headstones while smiling and giving a thumbs up. He was standing at some points directly on top of the buried bodies of soldiers that died under his command.
- Now Trump himself has accepted a Purple Heart which is a symbol of bravery and sacrifice and selflessness and is given to those who have been wounded or killed in battle. It is one of the nations highest honors and was given to Trump who later jokes about the medal looking like a check or like cash when given to him. This medal was awarded by a veteran of the Vietnam war that Trump not only did not fight in, but instead dodged and let his fellow countrymen make his sacrifice for him.
If you know someone that is a veteran and still wants to vote for Donald Trump, I really hope that you take them to the VA immediately and have them assessed for brain damage.
In 2018, Trump skipped going to Arlington cemetery on veteran's day "because he was so busy". In reality, he wasn't that busy and probably ditched it because the weather wasn't very good.
Well, he was right about that guy, he's a sucker and a loser.
That makes me ill. What a sleazy sack of shit.
He's going to start calling himself a purple heart recipient isn't he
From purple shart to Purple Heart
What Am I, NOT to show my millitary awardz as FiveStar man?
So now he's conning gullible seniors also out of their military decorations? If it was anyone else, I'd say it's a new low, but for Trump, it's a new middle.
I bet this guy didn’t vote for Kerry and maybe had one of those Purple Heart band aids.
So was the reasoning that he was injured during the assassination attempt and "they're at war with Democrats" so he deserved the purple heart? Because that's an insult to every service member ever.
Do you still get a purple heart of a squad mate loses it and tosses a grenade into your tent? Because the Butler situation definitely seems more analogous to that.
he was shot in the ear while grifting. wounded warrior
A) How much did he offer to pay the veteran?
and
B) How long before the veteran realises none of that money will ever see his or his families bank accounts?
Some other moron did the same thing when Trump was campaigning before. I forget if it was '16 or '20 though.
Sickening.
Why is draft dodging considered an insult. The Vietnam war was an illegal war of aggression in which countless war crimes were committed by US troops. Those veterans are owed no respect
Blame the politicians, not the soldiers who had little to no say.in any of it
I blame both, the politicians weren’t forcing soldiers to rape and massacre civilians, don’t take away the agency of the soldier