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.