Speaking at a press briefing with Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell in the Rose Garden at the White House today, Donald Trump outrageously claimed that Barack Obama and other presidents didn't contact the families of fallen soldiers in the past.
Trump was answering a question as to why he hadn't addressed the deaths of 3 Green Berets in Niger on October 4.
From CNN:
"I felt very, very badly about that," Trump said during a press availability in the Rose Garden. "I always feel badly. It is the toughest calls I have to make are the calls where this happens, soldiers are killed."
Trump claimed that past presidents -- including Barack Obama -- hadn't written or called the families of slain service members, though Obama spoke publicly during his term about his many interactions with the families of Americans killed in action.
Later, Trump backtracked on the claim slightly, saying "I was told that he didn't often."
Trump's comments today are his first since the Green Berets died on October 4. Many have wondered why the long silence from a president who is never far from his Twitter feed.
Watch Trump's comments below.
Trump: "If you look at Pres Obama +other presidents, most of them didn't make calls. A lot of them didn't make calls." Obama aide weighs in: https://t.co/tkcn9opUOe— Betsy Klein (@betsy_klein) October 16, 2017
that's a fucking lie. to say president obama (or past presidents) didn't call the family members of soldiers KIA - he's a deranged animal.— Alyssa Mastromonaco (@AlyssaMastro44) October 16, 2017
This is an outrageous and disrespectful lie even by Trump standards. Also: Obama never attacked a Gold Star family. https://t.co/JgzTUIzWIa— Ben Rhodes (@brhodes) October 16, 2017
In a jaw-dropping lie, Trump falsely said Obama didn't call the families of dead soldiers.— southpaw (@nycsouthpaw) October 16, 2017
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