where the president spoke today. take a look. >> reporter: thousands of american heroes. where did you serve and when? >> i served in vietnam, '68-'69 era. >> bosnia and iraq. >> the vietnam war era. >> vietnam and two tours in korea. >> world war ii as a veteran. engineering gunner on a b-24 bomber. >> reporter: all these heros in one place at the vfw convention in kansas city where their commander in chief was speaking, a commander in chief who inspires vastly different opinions here about what he did and what he said while standing next to vladimir putin in finland. iraq and bosnia army veteran michael griffin, the state commander of the arkansas vfw, voted for donald trump. when you heard president trump cast blame on the united states standing next to putin, how did it make you feel? >> saddened. we've given a lot for this country, and i do not think that our leaders should -- should put