Trump renews attack on Democratic senator, calling him a Vietnam con artist on Twitter

[TomCADem]

Source: MSN/Washington Post

President Trump on Monday launched a renewed attack on Sen. Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.), calling him “a phony Vietnam con artist” on Twitter after the senator appeared on television.

Trump’s series of tweets came after Blumenthal voiced support on CNN for continuing the investigation into alleged Russian meddling in last year's election and expressed concern about the Department of Justice’s increased focus on rooting out administration officials who leak information damaging to Trump.

“Politicizing the Department of Justice for personal ends, I think, is a disservice to the law, and it’s also potentially a violation of the spirit of the First Amendment,” Blumenthal said, suggesting the department was “weaponizing” laws against leaking sensitive information.

“Never in U.S.history has anyone lied or defrauded voters like Senator Richard Blumenthal,” Trump wrote on Twitter shortly afterward. “He told stories about his Vietnam battles and … conquests, how brave he was, and it was all a lie. He cried like a baby and begged for forgiveness like a child.”

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Of course, Trump, who has attacked the parents of members of the military who died in the service of their country, seems to forget his lack of service. Or, perhaps he still thinks that avoiding STDs was his own "personal Vietnam."

https://www.nytimes.com/2016/08/02/us/politics/donald-trump-draft-record.html?_r=0

Donald Trump’s Draft Deferments: Four for College, One for Bad Feet

Back in 1968, at the age of 22, Donald J. Trump seemed the picture of health.

He stood 6 feet 2 inches with an athletic build; had played football, tennis and squash; and was taking up golf. His medical history was unblemished, aside from a routine appendectomy when he was 10.

But after he graduated from college in the spring of 1968, making him eligible to be drafted and sent to Vietnam, he received a diagnosis that would change his path: bone spurs in his heels.

The diagnosis resulted in a coveted 1-Y medical deferment that fall, exempting him from military service as the United States was undertaking huge troop deployments to Southeast Asia, inducting about 300,000 men into the military that year. The deferment was one of five Mr. Trump received during Vietnam. The others were for education.

[oberliner]

1. "He told stories about his Vietnam battles and conquests"

This is a lie.

Blumenthal has never done this.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

7. Blumenthal actually served in the Marine Reserves.

Which is far more than trump ever did. He got some criticism during his last Senate run for making remarks that seemed to suggest that he had been in Vietnam, but generally his comments were more along the lines of "during the Vietnam war." That's as far as it went. He never "told stories about his Vietnam battles and conquests" or even said he was in any battles, as Trump alleges, and Blumenthal did apologize for the inaccurate characterizations of his service.

[George II]

12. What Blumenthal said was mostly misinterpreted, and he explained it many times....

....in the course of the campaign during which it was "exposed".

He never intended to say that he returned from Vietnam, he was speaking about meeting soldiers who had returned from Vietnam.

[oberliner]

13. Never once did he mention any "battles" or "conquests"

This is completely made up by Trump.

[Kaleva]

17. He did say once, to a group back in 2008, that he had served in Vietnam.

Other comments he made were ambiguous and one could infer from them that Blumenthal had served in country. Still, Trump is overblowing what Blumenthal said bigly.

[mercuryblues]

30. If it is the

same speech I am thinking about, even that was a big nothing burger. Earlier in the speech he talked about his service during VN. Later in the speech he said in VN. That was the sentence that hit the news, not the others. He also never claimed in his bio that he served in VN.

[Kaleva]

33. There's other comments too

Such as at a rally in Bridgeport in 2003 where he said "when we returned, we saw nothing like this. " when comparing the support troops got then in 2003 to the Vietnam vets.

It is pretty much a nothing burger and Trump is blowing this all out of proportion but Blumenthal did bring some unneeded grief upon himself by not being clear in regards to his military service.

[Johnyawl]

2. a draft dodger is slamming an actual veteran for inflating his resume...

...that's precious.

[RKP5637]

4. WTF has Trump ever done to help the US than to use the US, rip it off, for his benefit. n/t

[NotMyFuhrer]

5. An active TENNIS player with "bone spurs"! Donnie-Two-Scoops is a weasel and charlatan! NT

[WinkyDink]

9. See: Kerry, John, and George W. Bush.

[Old Vet]

16. Remember george bush and john kerry, Same shit...........

[RKP5637]

3. The more Trump screams and bullies it's more and more obvious how guilty he is. Also, his

crap is getting so damn boring, like an obnoxious drunk bellowing and whining at the end of a bar.

[50 Shades Of Blue]

6. Projecting again, Donny?

[keithbvadu2]

8. This after Donald belittled every POW with his only liking those who were not captured

[Eliot Rosewater]

10. Trump is human filth as is anyone who still supports him.

[sprinkleeninow]

20. Reading this and everything else, yes, the word 'filth' came

to mind right off the bat.

[FreeStateDemocrat]

11. Was ass-wipe ever even actully examined by an army physician or was he deferred by a note from his

personal physician to the local draft board??? I wish some responsible journalist would investigate this entire escapade by the draft dodger-in-chief!

[PearliePoo2]

14. Most likely, daddy wrote a nice FAT check to a private doctor.

Yeah, like you suggested, now that ass-wipe has brought this to the forefront again, (by trashing Blumenthal) maybe a journalist will get on it and start digging! Let's hope so! Expose this pos for what he is.

[Elwood P Dowd]

15. I was drafted during Vietnam and never met a rich kid the whole 2 years spent in the US Army.

The rumors were similar to what you say, but there was also corrupt, "on the take" draft board stories. Rich, spoiled rich kids like Trump were simply relieved of their military commitment through buying off the right doctors and draft board members by a rich mommy and daddy.

[JustABozoOnThisBus]

24. I worked with one.

I don't know how rich his family was, but when he ETS'd out of our unit, he shipped home a brand new Jaguar xke.

He was ok, did his job, and (like most of us in my company) was drafted.

Disclaimer: this was Vietnam ERA, not in Vietnam.

[SCVDem]

34. Like Dan Rather?

That didn't go well.

[turbinetree]

18. Hey sexual predator before you try to scrub the selective service of your records

like you and your "gang" of thieves in other departments to fit the propaganda BS

Here take a real close look at your selective card and selective registration sheet, your on line #10 Item number 580

https://www.archives.gov/foia/donald-trump-selective-service-draft-card.html

http://www.snopes.com/2016/08/02/donald-trumps-draft-deferments/


You really are a POS, and just for record who was the doctor that signed off on your "bone spurs"

[Doodley]

31. Agreed - If he can play golf more than any president in his 70s, he could have manned up in his 20s

Bone spurs was just another lie.

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

19. This from a guy who claims he fought a tougher battle against VD

Not so sure he didn't contract it however.

[jmowreader]

32. So...Trump is the way he is because of tertiary syphilis?

[Tactical Peek]

21. A picture of Trump's smug, smiling face ...

... should be in the military dictionary next to "Jody".

[keroro gunsou]

22. forgive my non-military ignorance

jody?

[Tactical Peek]

25. A male civilian who romances a military man's wife or girlfriend in his absence.

Jody (plural Jodies)

A male civilian who romances a military man's wife or girlfriend in his absence.

http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Jody

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Military_cadence

Ain't no use in goin home,
Jody's got your girl and gone.
Ain't no use in goin back,
Jody's got your Cadillac,
Ain't no use in feeling blue,
Jody's took your checkbook too.

[Elwood P Dowd]

28. Marching song on basic training & AIT hikes to the rifle range.

Then there was "The Prettiest Girl I Ever Saw" song along with several others.

[Marie Marie]

23. No see, the doctor diagnosed him with Brain Spurs...

Daddy intervenes, money changed hands and Voila - Brain was changed to Bone. At least that is how I picture it going down.

[George II]

26. I was thinking the same thing, that's why he combs his hair that way.

[George II]

27. Donnie after his last deferment:

[ginnyinWI]

29. It doesn't matter what Blumenthal has or has not done.

The Russia investigation is still legitimate! So go away, Donnie!

[raven mad]

35. Yep, right up there with the pilonidal cyst..............