Trump called military veterans ‘suckers’ and ‘losers’, former Chief of Staff claims

Trump called military veterans ‘suckers’ and ‘losers’, former Chief of Staff claimsCNN

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00:00Trump turned to Kelly on Memorial Day at Arlington National Cemetery in 2017 and asked,

00:05I don't get it. What was in it for them?

00:09This is Kelly confirming on the record stories of Trump insulting Senator John McCain

00:15and former President George H.W. Bush, because in Vietnam and in World War II, respectively,

00:22the former aviators were shot down.

00:25Kelly describes Trump as, quote, a person that thinks those who defend their country in uniform

00:31or are shot down or seriously wounded in combat or spend years being tortured as POWs

00:38are all, quote, suckers because, quote, there is nothing in it for them.

00:43A person that did not want to be seen in the presence of military amputees because,

00:47quote, it doesn't look good for me. A person that demonstrated open contempt for a Gold Star

00:53family, for all Gold Star families on TV during the 2016 campaign.