Trump Denies Account of Him Disparaging U.S. War Dead, McCain

Sep.04 -- President Donald Trump, speaking to reporters at Joint Base Andrews in Maryland on Thursday night, strongly denied a report that he had belittled Americans who died in the nation’s wars. According to the article in The Atlantic, Trump skipped a planned 2018 visit to the graves of American Marines killed defending Paris in the closing days of World War I, saying: “Why should I go to that cemetery? It’s filled with losers.” The account also contained allegations that Trump referred to the late Republican Senator John McCain, a longtime prisoner of war in North Vietnam, as a “loser.”

[bushwhakked]

“He’s not a war hero, ” said Trump. “He was a war hero because he was captured. I like people who weren’t captured.”

[EmmanuelReyes]

He said that McCain was not a war hero because he was captured what in the world he's talking about?

[lucascafe]

There’s literally videos of him talking crap about McCain

[AE-ixiz]

“I like people who weren’t captured”

Yea that’s a lot of respect for McCain and POWs.

[josephbrown]

I guess he forgot the videos and his Twitter feed.

[danielminutilli]

Even children know the story of the boy who cried wolf. At some point, no one is listening anymore.

[toniherring]

I wonder who is writing this mans comedy skits, lol. Everything that falls from his mouths is fairy tales

[Speedeamon]

He called mcain a loser for being a POW

[girlygal]

He's always called war heroes "losers."

[feeberizer]

The Liar in Chief who says whatever he thinks of at the time and then changes his story minutes, hours, or days later. Even if you showed him footage of him lying he'd say, "I don't remember saying that." He's pathological.

[roninjoey]

If he’s denying it, it means he said it.

[oliveraton]

Did he even try the military uniform? To say he was the best American soldier in American history

[jessetorres]

Its stories like this that make me wonder why any veteran supports Trump.

[jamesryder]

Ha!! You literally lied about having bone spurs just so you didn't get drafted. This dude is an active child.

[aitotem]

"I deny what I said on camera!"

Okay.... Doesn't make it any less true.

[ajgajg]

We've reached the stage of reality where he can deny something he did on camera, and his supporters will agree.

[geraldbrown]

I saw trump on tv repeatedly make the statement about not liking Sen. John McCain, that he was a loser because he was captured.
This was on National Television for all to see and hear. trump was forced by the American people to (very reluctantly) accord the respect and honer Sen. McCain deserves.

[lindaingoglia]

When you're explaining you're losing.

[kuslerf]

Very foggy, very rainy, I'm a great guy

[d.castillo]

donald trump denies saying a lot of things you can prove he said with YouTube.