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| Donald Trump skips visiting military this Christmas |
While the Trumpster did place calls to troops serving around the world, he did not make any visits to wounded warriors or active military on Christmas Day.
More from NBC News:
Based on a check of NBC logs, President Barack Obama visited troops at Marine Corps Base Hawaii, in Kaneohe Bay, every Christmas he was in office, from 2009 to 2016.
Before him, according to a check of news releases, President George W. Bush visited wounded warriors at Walter Reed from 2003 to 2008. He did not visit troops at Christmas in 2002, in the run-up to the Iraq War, or in 2001.
In recent months, Trump has taken heat from critics for not visiting troops in an active combat zone, after canceling a trip to an American military burial ground outside of Paris last month due to weather and skipping the traditional Veterans Day visit to Arlington National Cemetery just two days later.
In related news, The New York Times reports that Trump's infamous bone spurs diagnosis, which kept him from being drafted during the Vietnam War, may have been a favor by a podiatrist who rented office space from Trump's dad at the time.
The doctor's daughter, Dr. Elysa Braunstein, told the Times, "I know it was a favor."
“What he got was access to Fred Trump,” Elysa Braunstein said. “If there was anything wrong in the building, my dad would call and Trump would take care of it immediately. That was the small favor that he got.”
All of this continues to cloud Trump's relationship with the US military.
In addition to the lack of troop visits and the draft dodging rumors, Trump has also insulted Gold Star families as well as Sen. John McCain for being captured during the Vietnam War.
The news did not go unnoticed:
Trump is the first president in over 15 years to not visit the troops on Christmas.— Kaivan Shroff (@KaivanShroff) December 26, 2018
Exactly what you would expect from a 5x draft-dodger.
So Trump...— Kaivan Shroff (@KaivanShroff) December 26, 2018
1) had one of his dad’s tenants make up the bone spurs excuse so he could dodge the draft 5 times
2) refuses to visit the troops abroad
3) refused to visit troops domestically on Xmas
Yet Republicans say kneeling during the anthem is what “disrespects the troops.”
His daddy bought him bone spurs. Maybe this is why he refuses to visit the troops. Imagine the deep sense of inferiority he’d feel in a room full of people who volunteered for service. (Also, he’s still scared) https://t.co/pVO1F6j2G2— gil duran (@gilduran76) December 26, 2018
Every single year of his Presidency, Barack Obama visited our troops on Christmas. He actually showed that he loved and respected our troops, not lied about it.— Ricky Davila (@TheRickyDavila) December 26, 2018
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