Trump ‘Is A Man Of Many Fears’: Former Military Leaders React To The Atlantic’s Reporting | MSNBC

Retired four star general Barry McCaffrey and former Defense Secretary William Cohen join Andrea Mitchell to react to reporting from the Atlantic that President Trump called Americans who died in war "losers" and "suckers." General McCaffrey says that Trump "is a man of many fears" who "can't understand the millions of veterans who have stepped forward to fight and defend this country." Secretary Cohen adds that "almost everything he has done has proven that he is unfit to serve." Aired on 09/04/2020.
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Trump 'Is A Man Of Many Fears': Former Military Leaders React To The Atlantic's Reporting | MSNBC

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  1. As a vet I’ve been watching Trump closely and these statements are right in line with his behavior. Trumpists can no longer claim to support the troops after this.

  2. Do you really need to hear more, to get the message.
    You have a duty on Nov 3rd to end this madness. Do YOUR DUTY !

    1. @Mr Clean He can’t lie and create chaos.
      He has a responsibility as President of the United States of America.
      Read his obligations.
      He’s not a private citizen.

  3. How can a president call Americans who fought and died for the country “LOSERS and SUCKERS”!!
    BUT he called those who rumbled in their trucks and vehicles, into the city firing pellets at the crowd
    ” PATRIOTS” !!

  4. ““A coward (like Donald Trump) dies a thousand times before his death, but the valiant taste of death but once.” — William Shakespeare

    1. Ignorance is bliss. Can’t believe there are people in Secret Service willing to take a bullet for his values. They have my sympathy.

    1. @Erv It’s from his days in the military school his father sent him to because the family couldn’t bear to have him in the house with them.

    1. Thanks, just my YT name because I like it too. 😊☘🍀 And yes The Cult of DJT does not care about anything especially truth.

  5. Serving in the military is not about money, it’s inside you, there doesn’t have to be anything in it for you, because it’s already there.

    1. Ron Swanson look at our country fuckwad. It poorer, weaker, and less protected than four years ago. 🖕🏼🖕🏼🖕🏼🖕🏼🖕🏼

    2. @Steve’s Guitars – Actually, it’s not. The Leftists and the Never-Trumpers are just telling you that. The US is more powerful in the world than after Reagan and both Bush’s. The economy has never ever been this strong.
      What do we get from Democrats? More death and a Race War. Is that what you want more of?

    3. Ron Swanson, awwww, you all sound soooo desperate as you take your last gasp. You are equally deplorable as this Presidon’t!! Shame on you.

    4. @CK K – desperate? 😆. No. You are desperate and very frustrated with my comment. Smoke some more dope and accept the fate you chose for yourself. We will continue to rule.

  6. Trump’s hair is more important than paying his respects to military men and women who had sacrifice themselves to make America great.

    1. Trump didn’t want to go…
      He could have put one of his MAGA caps on and been on his way.
      It was that simple…

    1. While Clinton received 2.87 million more votes than Trump did,[19] Trump received the majority in the Electoral College and won upset victories in the pivotal Rust Belt region. Ultimately, Trump received 304 electoral votes and Clinton 227, as two faithless electors defected from Trump and five defected from Clinton. Trump is the first president with neither prior public service nor military experience, and the oldest person to be inaugurated for a first presidential term.
      DESTROY THE ELECTORAL COLLEGE RIGHT NOW. Our Democracy is a JOKE if a president can lose by 2.87 million votes and win the election.

  7. McCain wasn’t a hero “because he was captured,” he was a hero because he didn’t leave when he had the chance, and STAYED until his fellow POW’s could leave ALSO. But I guarantee you Trump knows NOTHING about this.

    1. The BizzMoneyB He knows about this, I do also. Trump chooses to ignore the fact that John McCain put his men first.

    2. Self sacrifice is a mystery for him. Join me in honoring a 200 year tradition…use the vote people died for.

    1. Syyner – unfortunately, I don’t think we’re at the Bottom of what Trump is capable of. I can’t even imagine what he will come up with in the next two months.

  8. I didn’t particularly like John McCain’s politics, but the man was an American hero, and history will be much kinder to him than this cowardly, draft-dodging “president”.

    1. geno mccgeno Historians shouldn’t even waste their time with him, this incorrigible criminal should be consigned to the trash can of history ASAP.

    2. Captain Pugwash I agree, but history is history, and unfortunately trump will remain an embarrassing black mark on ours forever. The truth is that he’s such an ignorant, corrupt, and ridiculously incompetent buffoon that future generations will be laughing at him for centuries, which is exactly the legacy he deserves.

  9. Every single person who is currently serving [ or who has served in the armed forces within America]…YOU KNOW WHAT TO DO COME NOVEMBER!! BIDEN/HARRIS, 2020!!!

  10. incompetent trump sais: “I don’t like loosers!” – Okay, how do you call somebody who went bankrupt for at least 6 times????????

    1. @Janet McGibney I have to disagree. He sees a scared child that just wants to bully others as he was as a child. He never mentally matured past 5 years old

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