LINK Trump Says He Heroically Avoided Capture in Vietnam by Staying in U.S. | The New Yorker
John McCain is a mere shadow of this war hero. This 2015 article has aged well don't you think?.
AMES, IOWA (The Borowitz Report)—Presidential candidate Donald Trump revealed a little-known episode of personal heroism from his youth on Saturday, telling an Iowa audience that he narrowly avoided capture in Vietnam by remaining in the United States for the duration of the war.
“The Cong were after me,” Trump said, visibly stirred by the memory. “And then, just in the nick of time, I got my deferment.”
The former reality-show star said he had never shared his record as a war hero before because “I don’t like to boast.”
He said that he only disclosed the episode now because “the way this nation treats our deferment veterans is a disgrace.”
Trump complained that he received no official commendation or medal for his heroism, calling the lack of recognition “shameful.”
“Those brave Americans who, like me, avoided being captured by not serving at all—we are the true heroes,” he said.
Trump’s tale of valor appeared to move many members of his audience, some of whom waited in line after his speech to thank him for his lack of service.
In this current Bizarro world SATIRE feels like reality
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Feel free to reply to any comment by clicking the "Reply" button.Well color me stupid but I don’t see trump doing such horrible things to the country. Economy is up. Jobs are up. Unemployment is down. Stock market is better than it’s been. National debt is lowered.
Do I approve of everything he says, heck no. But I still see vast improvement.
Yes I voted for him and will most likely vote for him again in 2020.
Terrid856
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Sep 8, 2018
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I listened to most of its lies missed that one somehow. I guess it was not televised.I guess how you get away with lies is by never telling the truth.
benhmiller
Level 7
Sep 3, 2018
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it's satire.
That was satire; this is true:
Donald J. Trump, who received draft deferments through much of the Vietnam War, told the author of a coming biography that he nevertheless “always felt that I was in the military” because of his education at a military-themed boarding school.
Mr. Trump said his experience at the New York Military Academy, an expensive prep school where his parents had sent him to correct poor behavior, gave him “more training militarily than a lot of the guys that go into the military.”
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jerry99
Level 8
Sep 3, 2018
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That is so fucked up you just know he had to say it.
There are no limits to his delusions. Ya really got to hand it to him, he is milking it for all it is worth.
I have never hated, or wished for his demise, another human more than Donald Trump. Every time I read the words "President Trump" I gag. A pox on all the Bernie Brats, non voters, and 3rd Party morons who elected Trump.
GuyKeith
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Sep 2, 2018
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@creative51 So, tell me, how did you vote? Please be honest.
@creative51 Footnote. Fair manner? He was not a Democrat. He was entitled to nothing.
@creative51 Thanks. Maybe Sanders would have beaten Trump. Every poll said so, but virtually every poll had Clinton beating Trump big as well.
@Bobby9 I think that Bernie Sanders and his Brats did irreparable damage to this country by allowing the election of Donald Trump. Like it or not, fair or not, Boo-Hoo or not, Clinton was the candidate. Millions did not vote, wrote in Sanders, or voted 3rd Party. All of this was a vote for the disaster we now have running this country into the ground
Oh, wow, that's the first time I've seen that hash tag. Mind. Blown.
JimG:
@Nottheonlyone thanks. I borrowed it from a friend on FB. I made it all caps though.
@JimG It looks so good!
JimG:
I saw it was a New Yorker article and immediately concluded it must be Andy Borowitz. Sho' 'nuf.
godef
Level 7
Sep 2, 2018
5
Yep.
I wouldn't put it past him with his overinflated sense of self worth. He is a true megalomaniac.
HippieChick58
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Sep 2, 2018
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