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This week, Donald Trump has been coping with yet another mess totally of his own making.
When asked about the four soldiers who were killed in action in Niger on October 4, Trump awkwardly segued in his response to noting that while he himself had contacted “every” family of fallen soldiers during his time in office, President Obama (and others before him) didn’t call the families of fallen soldiers.
Apart from being inaccurate, it opened a whole Pandora’s box of trouble for himself as the media has now found several gold star families who haven’t heard from Trump.
And then, in making a call to one of the fallen Niger soldiers, Sgt. La David Johnson, he apparently said during the conversation, “He knew what he signed up for.”
The wife of Johnson and Florida Congresswoman Frederica Wilson confirmed this telling the media it came across uncaring and disrespectful.
Just to be clear, Trump tweeted yesterday that Congresswoman Wilson “totally fabricated” her account of what she says she heard the president say.
Democrat Congresswoman totally fabricated what I said to the wife of a soldier who died in action (and I have proof). Sad!— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) October 18, 2017
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