said he has great respect for the widow of sergeant la david johnson. and yet the president once again refuted what she said about that condolence call. here she is at her husband s funeral over the weekend. myeshia was one of the widows of her soldier killed in niger. she said she was offended because the president said he knew what he signed up for. here is more from the president. i respect her. i respect her family. i certainly respect la david who by the way i called la david right from the beginning. just so you understand they put a chart in front la david, says la david johnson. so i called right from the beginning, no hesitation, one of the great memories of all time.
i am a very intelligent person. you know, the fact is, i think i really believe i think the press creates a different image of donald trump than the real person. when pressed on why he insists on mocking another senator, bob corker, there was a big dodge. i hope bob corker is going to do the right thing also. he also said he was polite to the widow of sergeant johnson, insisting he remembered the sergeant s name with a little help from his aides. i was really nice to her. i respect her. i respect her family. i certainly respect la david, who, by the way, i called la david right from the beginning, and just so you understand they put a chart in front, it says la david johnson, and i called from the beginning, and there was no
prudential. bring your challenges. all right. breaking news here the president stopping and speaking to media before heading off to texas and part of the conversation he defended his conversation with the widow of the u.s. soldier killed in niger. widow says she was hurt by the tone of his condolence call. take a listen. i respect her. i respect her family. i certainly respect la david who by the way called la david right from the beginning. just so you understand they put a chart in front la david says
they meet them tough. that s what happens i was extremely nice to her. she sounds like a lovely lady. i ve never met her but she sounds like a lovely lady. but i was extremely nice to her. i was extremely courteous. as i was to everyone else. you know, it s interesting, you folks evacuation called many people that i spoke to. everybody has said unbelievable good things about me. but you never report that. we reported that. did you report it? did you report it? thank you. what about your message to gold star families. i can only say this. i was really nice to her. i respect her. i respect her family. i certainly respect la david who by the way i called la david right from the beginning just so you understand. they put a chart in front, la david. it says la david johnson. so i right from the beginning,
mission. it s a dangerous business. i have to say, it s a dangerous business. so what? no, i didn t. not specifically. but i have generals that are great generals. these are great fighters. these are warriors. i gave them authority that s the authority they have. and regarding fallen soldier la david johnson, president once again stressed he was very thoughtful when he made the condolence call to his widow. i respect her. i respect her family. i certainly respect la david. who by the way i called la david right from the beginning. just so you understand, they put a chart in front p la david, says la david johnson. so i called right from the beginning, no hesitation, one of the great memories of all time. meantime, cnn is learning new details about that deadly ambush. military says they were there to