Fred Trump III recently slammed his uncle Donald Trump as he stated that the former president could not care less about current and former members of the U.S. military via Mediaite.
It has been noted that the former president has a less-than-stellar record of respecting service members. While campaigning in 2015, he disparaged Sen. John McCain.
“He’s not a war hero,” Trump said. “He was a war hero because he was captured. I like people who weren’t captured.”
The following year, he got into a public scuffle with Gold Star parents whose son was killed in Iraq.
In another incident, Trump was allegedly irritated by the presence of a veteran in a wheelchair. As per Trump’s former chief-of-staff, the ex-president referred to soldiers killed in action as “suckers” and “losers.” Trump has vehemently denied the charge.
On Monday’s Deadline: White House on MSNBC, Nicolle Wallace welcomed Fred Trump III to the program.
“We spoke the last time we were here about how I had the honor of meeting Senator McCain,” he said. “This is a genuine hero. Let’s make no mistake about it. The fact that Donald called him, in essence, a ‘loser,’ I don’t get it. But anyone who is disabled or anyone who he deems lesser than him is a loser, which, ok, that’s just the way he is. That ain’t gonna change.”
“Why do you think people in the military support him?” Wallace asked.
“I have no idea,” Trump said. “And I know many people who are in the military, and I had the pleasure of speaking on an interview with National Defense Radio, which goes out to the armed services. And I told the truth. I basically told this story, and I said that he just doesn’t give a shit about them. He just doesn’t. It’s the great Godfather II, one of the last scenes when Sonny says, ‘Country ain’t your blood, kid.’ And Michael Corleone says, ‘No, I don’t believe that.’ Donald believes in Donald.”
