President trump in the atlantic story. If you are a supporter of joe biden, we want to hear from you at 202 7488000. If you are a supporter of President Trump, we want to hear from you at 202 7488002 202 7488001. If you are undecided or supporting another candidate, we want to hear from you at 202 7488002. Ofyou are a retired member the military, i really want to hear from you this morning. 202 7488003. You can also text us your 202 7488003. Story talking about the that came out in the atlantic magazine yesterday, which has been the talk of the election so far. I will give you some context on what we are talking about. Trump rejected the idea of the visit because he feared his hair would be disheveled in the rain and because he did not believe it important to honor american war dead. According to four people, in a conversation with senior Staff Members on the morning of the scheduled visit, trump said why should i go to that cemetery, it is full of losers . More thanrred to the 1800 marines as suckers for getting killed. The is the story from atlantic magazine. President trump is flatly denying these claims. Here is a little about what he said about the story yesterday from the white house. What a second rate magazine. I know very little about this magazine. When a second rate magazine can write things like that about someone who has done so much for the military and get away for get away with it you ought to be ashamed of yourself. I watched the interview with Sleepy Joe Biden and he did not ask questions like that. Read the questions. They were like meant for a child. Those questions were meant for a child. Smiles on the faces of a reporters. Not like you and you. What do you think . Look at the questions they asked him. There were not meant for a grownup. I just wanted to tell you it is a disgrace. Again, this has become the talk of the president ial campaign. Opponent in the upcoming election has comments about this. I want to show you what joe biden had to say about this issue. Quite frankly, if what is in the atlantic is true, it is disgusting. It affirms what most of us believe to be true that President Trump is not fit to be commander in chief. Reportedlynt said that those who sign up to serve instead of doing something more lucrative are suckers. Let me be clear my son was an assistant u. S. Attorney and he volunteered to go to kosovo. As a civilian. He was not a sucker. Volunteered and joined the United States military as the attorney general. He went to iraq for a year, won a bronze star and other commendations. He was not a sucker. The servicemen 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 goldstar mother and father and every Blue Star Family that he has denigrated and insulted. Who the heck does he think he is . Is it true . Own, we have heard from his mouth his characterize asians of john mccain a loser in 2015. Donald trump said he was not a war hero. I like people who were not captured. Good for him. Host we want to know what you think about this you this story. Lets go to the phones and talk to paula who is calling from woodbridge, virginia. She supports joe biden. Caller good morning. Host all right, paula. Caller i thought his comments were awful. I served in the military. It was very hurting and it is very harmful to the United States of america and for any military person who has served, whether they were in any branch of the service, it is awful. Deserve to be in charge of the military. For that reason, he is also dangerous. Inc. You very much. Thank you very much. Host lets go to maxine. She supports President Trump. Caller here we go again. The democrats are doing everything they can to hamper sump success trump success. These are Anonymous Sources two years ago. Where have they been for two years, if they heard this . We are in an electronic age. If he said it, there would be a tape, something on it. What you does not care put on it. You can print whatever you want, you just dont have to back it up. Feigned anger wasnt that something . Only a democrat would believe Something Like this. I am so outraged at the democrats, i cannot stand it. Danny calling to from atlanta, georgia. Danny is retired military. Caller like the last color, she is upset at the democrats. Ller, she is upset of the democrats. She is not upset at donald trump. That is the problem. We know trump is people and we l and wemp is evi know trump will continue to be evil. Donald trump can tell these people i served in the marine corps for the best years of my life, but right now donald trump can tell his supporters that dog food is good for you and they will be in line to get a can of dog food. The problem is not trump we know trump. Thank you for your service. I say to the people who support trump, screw you. Scre screw you from news go to lloyd jersey. Lloyd is undecided. Caller abc news has an article they have not confirmed the atlantic report, which sites for unnamed sources with direct knowledge. S four unnamedite sources with direct knowledge. This is why you cant trust of the media. They cant tell us the information they have so we can make up our own minds. There is no proof anything was said. I want to see the proof. Host what would you say if i told you that the Associated Press have confirmed that owned that story through their own stories their own sources . Caller is it just another unnamed source . Host so you would have to see audio or bully video to believe this story . Caller absolutely. Ish the media the way it today, you cant trust anything they say. They should just be reporting, reporting what they know, not coming up with the stories that are unnamed sources. Host now, there have been other news organizations that have confirmed this story through their own sources like the Associated Press. Fox news has not confirmed the story but they are confirming some of the verbiage that has been reported in the atlantic story. I will read some from the fox story. The story says according to the former official, their source, trump also said of the vietnam war, it was a stupid war. Anyone who went was a sucker. That term to use refer to war dead. This former official also heard the president say of american veterans, what is in it for them . They dont make any money. Multiple sources have confirmed it trump said something to this a 2017 visit at Arlington Cemetery as described in the atlantic piece. Trumps military parade planning, a source reported the president said regarding the inclusion of a wounded veterans that is not a good look and americans do not like that. We will go back to our phone lines. I want to know what you think about this atlantic story. Lets talk to james who is calling from a newark, new jersey. James supports joe biden. Good morning. , but i was a moderate i cant do this without crying. Ii. Ught in world war supported eisenhower. , but it is a damn shame. Who lets go to richard, is calling from lynchburg, virginia. Richard supports President Trump. Caller donald trump not say this. This is fake news. Donald trump did not say this. I live in the greatest country in the world, sir, the United States. Who isets go to gary calling from orlando, florida. Gary is retired military. Caller this is the first time i have called in five years and the first time i have gotten through. I am a disabled vet. I have served my country honorably. I came to this country when i was five years old. I came with my brother and sister, all three of us have served in the service. Marines, army, and air force. We are all retired. Ofave seen this coming out Donald Trumps mouth since i was nine years old. I remember writing a report when i was in school about how he and his family discriminated against minorities. He and his family used to have please comment whole veterans veteransme and pull off the streets asking for donations. He says this all the time. Mccain. Isparaged he has disparaged just people in general. I do not understand the mans heart because i do not think he has won, but i do understand that i have fought for this country. I am a disabled vet because i care about this country and i believe like my brother said simplified, i will not leave a man behind. This is not a man who will leave you behind. He will trap you in the grave himself and start shoveling dirt on top of you. To robert calling from worcester, massachusetts. Caller good morning. I would like to make one point my father fought in vietnam and donald trump called my father a sucker. He was in korea. He was in the invasion of the bay of pigs. What really disturbed me was the an. He treated mr. Kh khan died for this country and he disrespected that man so horribly. It is like today. David duke is in the white house. Duke in thevid 1970s and i never thought we would ever see any with thing anything like david duke that he is in the white house today. Everybody remember this right now you remember when donald trump had to go to the hospital . It isl health unbelievable. Then we have mr. Barr, the sticking up for putin . It is the worst thing i have ever heard in my life. You understand what i am trying to tell you . The first thing we have got to do is get rid of mitch mcconnell. We have got to get rid of david duke type of people, but im going to tell you my last thing i want to tell you right now my father and relatives fought for this country since the civil war. He is calling all of the people in my family from the civil war to the iraq war suckers . I am very sad. Bless everybody. Greg froms go to mechanicsburg, pennsylvania. He supports President Trump. Caller i think most of your callers this morning have been screened by the people who answer the phone the election this year is not donald trump versus joe biden. It is donald trump versus the mainstream media. The mainstream media, including cspan is upset with the fact that Hillary Clinton did not win in 2016. These stories continue to come out again and again. Saidf the first colors you you had saiders this happened two years ago. There has been an impeachment. Nothing came out until now. What does that tell you . Pointvietnam, i am a west graduate. I was in vietnam. My dad had three tours in vietnam. Believet but do not this crop about donald trump saying these things. What he has done for the military does that make any sense to you . Khan. Mr. I am an attorney. Attorney. S an i spoke to him after he raised the constitution and said donald trump does not know the constitution. And i go to arlington, my father and mother both served, they are both in arlington. Every time i go, i go to see mr. Khans son every time. Median the mainstream dont like donald trump. That is what this election is about. Host i want to make sure something you said was correct you said you and your father both served in vietnam at the same time . Is not what iat said. Host i thought i heard you say your father also served in vietnam. I wanted to be clear. Caller he had three tours in vietnam. And 71. In vietnam host when did your father serve in vietnam . Caller 1958. He was one of the original advisors to the vietnam army. Host got you. Caller he was there in 1963, 1964, 1968. Host i wanted to be clear because i didnt want anyone to doubt your story. I wanted to be sure everyone was clear about what youre saying, greg. Caller i hope you are. By the way, yesterday you got very personal about the calls into the issue of racism. I do not think that is your job to get personal. I got stories about reverse discrimination, believe it, but todays topic is a different topic. I think your hosts should be moderators, not advocates. Host lets go to another greg calling from jacksonville, florida. Greg is also retired military. Caller good morning, jesse. Viewer of cspan. I am also a Vietnam Combat veteran with the 101st airborne. My words ofely exactly how i am feeling is i am devastated. Absolutely devastated. I became particularly devastated even with the prior call from greg from mechanicsburg, who is an attorney who suggested that this article from the atlantic is some sort of conspiracy by the mainstream media. He claims he is a vietnam eran, he claims his daddy i dont have any reason not to believe that, but i dont understand his mentality. I dont understand Trump Supporters mentality that they would not believe a story where there are four sources who said theident said and president said what he said. Put their life on the line for the country, suckers and losers. Country iscut headed for total destruction if donald trump is elected again to office. I am an independent. I try to keep an objective outlook on all the news, but Trump Supporters are way out of line on this one. Way out of line on this one. To continue to support someone who would make those disparaging remarks about americans here is a guy who had five deferments for some kind of bone spur. Five deferments. He could not serve when he was young enough to step up. If he was so supportive of the military, why did he not do his turn . My comrades died in vietnam for that. It is indescribable. You can feel the angst in my voice that people who are calling in like this would take away the sacrifices these men and women of the United States army and all the other branches would not condemn what he said about the soldiers and women who served in the military, even if they may not have been in combat. You dont know what it is like to defend the country when you are getting up at 5 00 a. M. To go on the next assignment and dont know where you will go the next day. Host talking from the oval office yesterday, president book invoked john boltons when he refuted the atlantic story. Here is President Trump again. It is a fake story and it is a disgrace that they are allowed to do it. I hate to bring up this book, but john bolton, no friend of mine, i didnt know too much about what he was doing, he did not know what he was doing, but he wrote a book. He talks about this incident and he does not mention it. Readly, a lot of reporters that and that was the end of the story frankly, a lot of reporters read that and that was the end of the story. Those who have given their lives in the military, to me, they are heroes. It is hard to believe how they could do it. The level of bravery to me, they are absolute heroes. Host President Trump there is bringing up the room where it happened, i want to read to you the passage that he is referring to there. M john boltons book deck canceling the cemetery visit became a story that President Trump was afraid of the rain and other World Leaders traveled around during the day. None of them were the president of the United States but the press did not understand that rules for u. S. President s are different from rules for 190 other leaders who do not command the worlds greatest military forces, so that was President Trumps response using the book that John Bolton Roque wrote to refute the atlantic article. Lets see what some of our social media followers are saying about the story on President Trump and the atlantic. Here is one text that says imagine if barack obama would have said this. Crosses would be earning, but what do we hear from god fearing Republican Party . Crickets. If thetext it says statements are true it is unforgivable. I do know the president said heroes do not get captured in reference to senator mccains vietnam career. American brothers and sisters, do not believe the media. These liars want to take away your free speech. President trump has done more to rebuild the American Military than any president and American History. Joe biden is unfit for president and everyone knows it. Despicable democrats cannot run our cities. Funny the says Biting Campaign had an out about this the same day the story broke. Reminiscent ofh the lie about mitt romney not paying taxes. Despicable and typical of democrats. We will go back to our phone lines into talk to you about what you think about this story and President Trump. Lets go to lupe who is calling from california. She supports joe biden. Good morning. Caller thank you very much for taking my call. I am 74 years old. I could not wait for this. I do not have a computer. I depend on what i see with my own eyes and leave me when i say when the president was being interviewed by somebody, he said my uncle told me just tell anything over and over again and they will believe you. Who would you be running for . A democrat or a republican . He said the republicans. They will believe anything you say coming out of the airplane with his wife and it was pouring, he grabbed the umbrella and his gesture was enough. He did not want to get his hair wet. Another time he said i cannot believe about mccain i do not like people who get caught. They are not heroes. I do not have a computer, i cannot look anything up, so i believe what i see and what i hear it with my own eyes and ears. If anyone has a comment on that, look it up and come back and say i am a liar. I do not judge anybody. I only go by what i see and what i hear. Host lets go to diane who calls from arkansas. She is a supporter of President Trump. Caller thanks for taking my call. We do not know that this is true. This could be just another tactic to spread rumors and lies. Lets look at the facts. He gave the military a raise. He has been rebuilding the military. He makes it where now, if you cannot get into the v. A. , you can go to a Public Hospital ok . Lets look at benghazi. Biden was vice president. Overlet them boys die there. They knew it was under attack. Lets look at the truth. Obama, he didnt care nothing about our military. He raped our military, clinton did. H