The White House on Tuesday asked the Pentagon for the identities and contact information of family members of military personnel killed after President Donald Trump’s inauguration, Roll Call reported late Friday.
Trump on Tuesday claimed he had personally contacted “virtually” every family of a soldier killed since his inauguration.
“I have called, I believe, everybody, but certainly I’ll use the word virtually everybody,” Trump claimed.
Roll Call reported, citing an internal Defense Department email, that Capt. Hallock Mohler, Secretary of Defense James Mattis’ executive secretary, subsequently gave the White House information about how each servicemember had died and contact information for their families.
Mohler indicated in the email, according to the report, that he provided the information in response to a request from White House staff.
“The White House ensured that the President had contacted all families of soldiers killed in action that had been presented to him through existing protocols,” a White House spokesman told Roll Call on Friday.
The Associated Press reported Friday that several Gold Star families never heard from Trump at all.
And there it is.
Busteddddddddddd…
And by “virtually everybody”, he means practically nobody.
But we all know who Trump is. He’s beyond shame. It’s Kelly who’s the big loser, the one who’s sacrificed his honor and integrity by lying and slandering to bail Trump out.
I certainly respect Kelly’s service to our country and the ultimate sacrifice made by his son. As a Gold Star parent, he must be appalled at Trump’s cavalier lie on an almost sacred topic in American culture. If it’s still possible for him to maintain any semblance of dignity, he must resign.
Or it means nothing to be a Gold Star family. We’ve hit rock bottom yet again under this monster’s Administration.
Not just the IC, now the Pentagon is enraged at Trump’s disgraceful, dishonorable use of military death to aggrandize himself. This kind of leak is how you fight back. It’s actually a classical military principle in which you concentrate your force on the decisive point. : )
Aaaaand Trump is shown to be a despicable lying piece of shit yet again.
And the check is in the mail.