Trump claims - are you sitting down?- he sacrifices as much as fallen soldiers

[Bill USA]

http://www.politicususa.com/2016/07/30/trump-insults-military-claiming-sacrifices-fallen-soldiers.html

Donald Trump has insulted veterans by comparing his business success to those who have sacrificed their lives in battle for their country.

Video:http://abcnews.go.com/video/embed?id=41016122



Trump responded Army father Khizr Khan, who lost his son in combat, saying that he had sacrificed nothing for his country by equating his making money to deaths of fallen soldiers.

In an interview with ABC’s George Stephanopoulos, Trump said, “Who wrote that? Did Hillary’s script writers write it? I think I’ve made a lot of sacrifices. I work very, very hard….I think I’ve made a lot of sacrifices. I work very, very hard. I’ve created thousands and thousands of jobs, tens of thousands of jobs, built great structures. I’ve had tremendous success. I think I’ve done a lot.”

Trump claimed that he helped get the Vietnam War Memorial built and that he has raised millions of dollars for vets.
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[SummerSnow]

1. More bragging and comparing yourself to fallen soldiers?

[C_U_L8R]

2. Trump stooped so low

Claiming Mr Khan did not write his own speech.
Trump is proving to be a really horrible person.
A real shithead. I can't believe how despicable he is.

[question everything]

3. You know. Trump, Geroge Bush and Bill Clinton are about the same age.

A couple of months apart.

Thus, all were eligible to serve during the Vietnam war.

In 1992 there was an uproar about Clinton's letter about his draft deferment.

Then we have GWB who served, or did not, in the Texas National guard.

Where was Trump? And why has there never been a word about it?

[oberliner]

5. Trump got a student deferment and then a medical deferment

He also supposedly got a high number in the draft lottery.

[question everything]

7. Thanks. Another chickenhawk like Cheney

But he thinks that he can mock and belittle others who did, got captured or killed.

What a nasty piece of work he is.

[oberliner]

8. Agreed on all counts

His remarks about the Khan family were despicable.

Nothing seems to hurt him with his followers, though.

He was right when he said he could shoot someone on 5th Avenue and it wouldn't dissuade his supporters from voting for him.

[Cirque du So-What]

9. There's a way to prove the lottery number claim

There are sites listing the draft lottery numbers for each year of its existence.

[oberliner]

11. ABC News confirmed that claim in 2011

At least according to this article:

Lottery numbers ranged from 1 to 365 and were allotted according to birthdates. Trump's number was a very high, 356.

http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/donald-trumps-vietnam-draft-records-secret-documents-deferments/story?id=13492639

[Cirque du So-What]

14. Bummer

I thought he'd get caught in yet another lie.

[Bill USA]

21. I think Trump's medical deferment was cause his head is stuck up his ass.

[librarylu]

12. Didn't he answer that?

He was serving his country by not getting STDs or something.

[question everything]

13. Well... I really hope that this point, even if he got deferment as mentioned above

will be raised during the campaign. At some point.

[smirkymonkey]

16. Yes, his own personal "Vietnam".

That was beyond repulsive.

[Motley13]

4. The maggot had a sore foot!

but he still played sports

[mindfulNJ]

6. I. Can't. Even.

[Runningdawg]

10. I hope veterans are paying attention!

Actually, I bet a lot of the older ones are. The younger ones still full of piss and vinegar, are chomping at the bit to go kill something. Of course the most vocal supporters of Trump and the next crusade are the keyboard commandos too afraid to leave their bunkers.

[madamesilverspurs]

15. Uh huh.

.

[smirkymonkey]

17. Un-efffing-believable!

I cannot for the life of me believe the nerve of this guy. I really think he actually believes his own bullshit. That's how deluded he is.

[AgadorSparticus]

18. I honestly think in his pea brain, he feels that because he wore a militaryesque uniform in school

That it is the same as serving. That is "counts".

[auntpurl]

19. From the vicious comments he's made about

This dignified man and his wife, you can see clearly how much that speech hurt him in the election.

[Bill USA]

22. Mr. Khan created a memorable moment when he said:"Mr. Trump, have you even read the Constitution....

[font size="+1"] here, I'll loan you mine."[/font]

[cliffordu]

20. As a veteran this sickens me beyond belief.

He needs to be destroyed. Run into the streets so he can continue his screeds and spouting this nauseating garbage without a trillion dollar MSM mouthpiece.

I want to see him in the gutter where he belongs.

I want bad things to happen to him.

[Bill USA]

23. what is equally sickening is the number of people who are saying they will vote for this scumbag..

INcredible!!

[nolabear]

24. Keep talking, Donald. Keep talking.

[napkinz]

25. ...

https://twitter.com/thisweekabc/status/759433280668049409

[onecaliberal]

26. Biggest fattest grossest most ugly piece of cockroach shit on the planet.

[NikkiTaMere]

27. Trump Family Sacrifice

https://memegenerator.net/instance/69876180

[napkinz]

28. Paul Rieckhoff, founder and CEO of Iraq & Afghanistan Veterans of America, responds to Trump ...