Known him since she was a little kid. And there was a lot in the book that was honestly sort of more flesh on the bones of stuff that we already had an inkling of when it comes to this president. Mary trump provided new detail, for example, about alleged financial crimes by the president and tax fraud by the president. New detail about racist and sexist stuff from him. New detail about displays of cruelty from him over the course of his life. The book was full of alarming information. Thats why it sold so widely. But ill tell you, reading it, what i felt reading it is that a lot of the worst stuff in the book, frankly, it did sort of fit the general contours of what wed already come to learn about the president over his time in public life. It gave us more detail. It gave us further anecdotes that bolstered what we might have already known for a lot of the big stuff. That said, there were a few things in mary trumps book that stood out as absolutely new, and at least when i read the bo
Where hundreds of marines killed in the First World War are now buried a revered place for u. S. Marines. He writes quote, trump rejected the idea of the visit because he feared his hair would become disheveled in the rain and because he did not believe important to honor american war dead according to four people goldberg says with firsthand knowledge of the discussion that day. Goldberg for the atlantic continues quote, in a conversation with senior Staff Members on the morning of the scheduled visit, trump said why should i go to the cemetery . Its filled with losers. In a separate conversation on the same trip, trump referred to the more than 1800 marines who lost their lives at belleau wood as suckers for getting killed and then the hs secretary and retired general john kelly i mentioned earlier and as i said, general kellys son robert is buried there. Reading from goldbergs account, trump while standing by robert kellys grave turned directly to his father and said i dont get it.
Questions about the reporting on this. First, reported by Jeffrey Goldberg in the atlantic. And later, by other outlets, including, notably, fox news. This is from goldbergs account of the president s cancelled 2018 visit to a french cemetery, where hundreds of marines killed in the First World War are, now, buried. A revered place for u. S. Marines. He writes, quote, trump rejected the idea of the visit because he feared his hair would become disheveled in the rain. And because he did not believe it important to honor american war dead, according to four people, goldberg says, with firsthand knowledge of the discussion that day. Goldberg continues, quote, in a conversation with senior Staff Members on the morning of the scheduled visit, trump said, why should i go to that cemetery . Its filled with losers. In a separate conversation, on the same trip, trump referred to the more than 1,800 marines who lost their lives at belleau wood as suckers for getting killed. Goldberg also recount
Amputees, saying, quote, nobody wants to see that. Meanwhile, although much of this tying into the ongoing feud with the late senator john mccain, as the president , according to the atlantic reports, quote, were not going to support that losers funeral, and he got furious when he saw the flags lowered to halfstaff according to witnesses. Now, this is a story about the past, but its also a story about the present and future because this is the commander in chief today and the person running to replace him, joe biden, demanded an apology. When my son volunteered and joined the United States military as the attorney general and went to iraq for a year, won the bronze star and other commendations, he wasnt a sucker. The service men and women he served with, particularly those who did not come home, were not losers. If these statements are true, the president should humbly apologize to every gold star mother and father and every Blue Star Family that hes denigrated and insulted. Who the he
Campaign that kicks off this labor day weekend. And the messaging is becoming more intense as these two candidates try to frame the key issues and arguments against each other. Today biden traveled to kenosha, wisconsin, one of the cities at the center of a renewed push for Racial Justice and Police Reforms and where there was also violence and unrest in the immediate wake of the shooting of jacob blake. Bidens trip came two days after the president s visit. The former Vice President met with jacob blakes family. He described a conversation he had with blake himself. I had an opportunity to spend some time with jacob on the phone. Hes out of icu. He talked about how nothing was going to defeat him, how whether he walked again or not, he was not going to give up. My wife asked to say a prayer, and his mom said a prayer. She said, im praying for jacob, but im praying for the policemen as well. Biden also met with kenosha residents and Community Leaders and called for an end to violence d