White House visitor records from former President Barack Obama’s term show that he hosted current White House chief of staff John Kelly at a breakfast for Gold Star families after his son died in Afghanistan.
In a Fox News Radio interview, President Donald Trump defended his claim that his predecessors fell short in honoring those killed in action by saying: “You could ask Gen. Kelly, did he get a call from Obama?”
Former aides to Obama say it’s difficult this many years later to determine whether Obama called Kelly and when.
The breakfast for relatives of U.S. troops killed in action occurred in May 2011, six months after Kelly’s son died. An individual familiar with the breakfast for families of says that Kelly and his wife sat at former first lady Michelle Obama’s table. The individual demanded anonymity because the event was private.
It wouldn’t have mattered if Obama has resurrected Kelly’s son. The Trump Lie is out there and that is all Republican’ts will choose to believe. It’s true that you can’t fix stupid, and that ignorance can be cured with knowledge; however, willful ignorance is something I can’t abide, and Republican’ts are plum full of that…
“But now we are. And that’s the thing: Donald Trump poisons everything. It’s like an abuser with a captive family; he poisons everything, inflames everything, destroys and degrades anything in his path for his own ends. No one gets out in one piece. He’s poison. He’s just poison. There’s no other way to put it. He hurts the country every moment he’s in office.”
Cannot think of a better description of a seriously Narcissistic parent and the affect on the family. In this case, it is the country. We will be dealing with the poison after the fact for many years to come.
Maybe the question for Trump is “Mr. President, would it be more appropriate for President Obama to have called Lt. Kelly’s widow rather than his father?”
Like Josh Marshall says, Trump is poison
Calling Trump a liar is actually giving him too much credit. When he spoke those words, he neither knew nor cared whether they were true or not. He says whatever he says, without any regard for truth or falsehood, and all he cares about is whether it meets his (low down, mean-spirited, animal instinct) needs of the moment. The man’s moral compass has no needle.