Veterans Label Trump's Suggestion that Gold Star Families Caused his Covid Infection 'Disgusting'

[George II]

Source: Newsweek

President Donald Trump's suggestion that the families of troops who died during active duty service were responsible for his COVID-19 infection has earned substantial scorn from veterans and family members, who labeled his comments as just the latest in a pattern of actions that make them question his support for the U.S. armed forces.

In his first interview since being diagnosed with the novel coronavirus disease, Trump recalled to Fox News on Thursday how the family members of fallen service members—called Gold Star families—wanted to hug and kiss him during a September 27 event at the White House. Some came "within an inch" of his face, and he said he felt helpless to say no because of the emotional nature of the event.

"I'm not telling them to back up. I'm not doing it," Trump told Fox News. "But I did say it's obviously dangerous, it's a dangerous thing, I guess, if you go by the COVID thing."

The comments were ill-received by a number of those who have survived their service to the country, who felt the president had disrespected the men and women who had not.

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"As a wounded combat veteran, it's absolutely disgusting President Trump would blame gold star families as the reason he contracted COVID," Alan Pitts, a U.S. Army combat veteran who served in Iraq and is a Purple Heart recipient, told Newsweek.

[grumpyduck]

1. Good going, donnie.

Keep pissing off the veterans and their families. They vote.

[LudwigPastorius]

2. There is no limit to his douchebaggery.

That fucker needs to be in federal prison, without his bronzer or that cotton candy colored hair animal that sits on his head.

15 to 20 years with no parole seems fair.

[Cha]

3. trumpVirus Doesn't have the brain of a maggot.

[smb]

4. Asshole!

No doubt he never wanted to meet the Gold Star families in the first place, but he got arm-twisted into it when somebody managed to get through to him what bad optics it would be to blow them off. Now, he's venting that resentment by blaming them.

[pfitz59]

5. Playing the blame game...

Trump always blames "the other", never accepts it for himself. He doesn't care who he insults. No one matters but him.

[Beartracks]

6. He simultaneously feeds his god complex while passive-aggressively blaming them.

He's blamed soldiers and cops, too, I think, claiming they just can't stay away from him, and of course he's helpless to say no, blah blah blah.

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[llashram]

7. trump is jealous of veterans

because we show his yellowbelly cowardice. Just like President Obama has continually, over and over, shown he was the better man for the job than this COVID infected troglodyte. And he hates President Obama. Trump has disrespected vets since day one of his very toxic and now dangerous administration and any vet still for this clown is...

[ck4829]

8. Kick