The Atlantic: Trump called Dead Soldiers “losers”

[WD]

https://mobile.twitter.com/JeffreyGoldberg/status/1301634784448438272?s=20

[T'Chenka]

Disgusting, IF true.

[Penn_Quaker_Girl]

Disgusting, IF true.

Would I be shocked? No.  No I would not.  

But yes, let's wait until this gets verified.*

[brucejoel99]

Jesus.

[Dr. Arch]

I can't type what I think without breaking the TOS.

[Nyvin]

Ummm...this can't possibly be real....is it?

[ON Progressive]

Ummm...this can't possibly be real....is it?

The quotes are rather specific and this is a man who said "I like people who weren't captured" about John McCain, so I have no reason to believe it isn't real.

[afleitch]

He'll be fine.

By next week Fox, a clutch of Senators and MAGA twitter will be calling them losers too.

[Ferguson97]

He's such a terrible human being. He does not have a single redeeming quality.

[ON Progressive]

Dear God, the details make it even worse than the headline somehow! Here is one that pissed me off in particular:

Trump has been, for the duration of his presidency, fixated on staging military parades, but only of a certain sort. In a 2018 White House planning meeting for such an event, Trump asked his staff not to include wounded veterans, on grounds that spectators would feel uncomfortable in the presence of amputees. “Nobody wants to see that,” he said.

[GeorgiaModerate]

What a terrible human being he is.  Read the whole article.  It's just appalling.

[The Dowager Mod]

Several good friends that i served with have given their lives for this country, I just have no words i can post here to describe my feeling about this.

[Roll Roons]

Hey Donny, how are those bone spurs treating ya?

[Indy Texas]

Dear God, the details make it even worse than the headline somehow! Here is one that pissed me off in particular:

Trump has been, for the duration of his presidency, fixated on staging military parades, but only of a certain sort. In a 2018 White House planning meeting for such an event, Trump asked his staff not to include wounded veterans, on grounds that spectators would feel uncomfortable in the presence of amputees. “Nobody wants to see that,” he said.

Can the press please put Rep. Brian Mast (R-FL), who lost his legs in Iraq, on the record for what he thinks of this?

[Brittain33]

If anyone whatabouts this with antifa, shootings in Chicago, Obama saluting holding a cup of coffee I will SCREAM

[wbrocks67]

This story is blowing up, and Trump team already out with a denial. He also goes after McCain again. Not gonna help in Arizona...

https://twitter.com/JeffreyGoldberg/status/1301634784448438272

[John Dule]

I find this more than a little hard to believe. Not because I think Trump's incapable of having these views, but because he's usually somewhat careful to avoid insulting his base.

[Horus]

I find this more than a little hard to believe. Not because I think Trump's incapable of having these views, but because he's usually somewhat careful to avoid insulting his base.

Active duty soldiers favor Biden by 6 per a poll from last week

[Santander]

I was going to make my usual one-liner, but I won't, because the possibility of it being true is just so demented and sad on so many levels. It's not even a patriotism thing - we all knew Trump is a traitor, the literal opposite of a patriot - it's more about the complete and utter lack of humanity.

Ummm...this can't possibly be real....is it?

With any other President, no matter how cynical or corrupt, I would not even entertain the possibility. But the fact that this is even remotely believable says everything you need to know about Trump.

[New York En Marche!]

I'm skeptical anything like this can make a difference anymore, but it doesn't help. Probably turns off a few swing voters, maybe makes the hawkish wing uncomfortable, probably draws a Kitzinger rebuke. Still probably even less impact than Access Hollywood.

[redjohn]

Can you even imagine if Biden was reported to have said this? The immediate switch from lean Biden to likely Trump?

Republicans are held to the lowest possible standard. They can do absolutely anything and retain 45% of the national vote.

[ProudModerate2]

I find this more than a little hard to believe. Not because I think Trump's incapable of having these views, but because he's usually somewhat careful to avoid insulting his base.

The man suggested on national TV, live, that maybe it would be a good idea into 'injection' of disinfectant to beat coronavirus and 'clean' the lungs.
This was broadcasted to everyone in the US, including "his base" (and the world).
Why give him any credit, or deny what he truly believes and says.
The guy is a horrible human being ... horrible beyond belief!

[Darthpi – Anti-Florida Activist]

Entirely in-character for him tbh.

[wbrocks67]

Can you even imagine if Biden was reported to have said this? The immediate switch from lean Biden to likely Trump?

Republicans are held to the lowest possible standard. They can do absolutely anything and retain 45% of the national vote.

Yep. It would be a weeklong news cycle. This will hopefully make an impact, but I fear it will be a one day and done story.

[Roronoa D. Law]

The problem is his voters don't care.