Trump Says PTSD Vets Not "Strong", "Can't Handle It" ....

Sal wrote:"People come back from war and combat and they see things that maybe a lot of the folks in this room have seen many times over," Trump said in an address to the Retired American Warriors in Herndon, Virginia. "And you're strong and you can handle it, but a lot of people can't handle it."

Trump's comments come amid an effort to destigmatize mental health issues in the military.

"There's nothing weak about asking for help," President Barack Obama said during a CNN presidential town hall last week.

http://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/trump-veterans-mental-health-not-strong

Floridatexan wrote:
How would he know?  And why is he stupid enough to try and denigrate veterans?...again.

Sal wrote:

Floridatexan wrote:
How would he know?  And why is he stupid enough to try and denigrate veterans?...again.

He still has nightmares reliving those bone spurs in his heels decades ago.

Sal wrote:

Floridatexan wrote:
How would he know?  And why is he stupid enough to try and denigrate veterans?...again.

He still has nightmares reliving those bone spurs in his heels decades ago.

Floridatexan wrote:(Trump reportedly avoided serving during the Vietnam War by getting student deferments and a medical deferment.)

Floridatexan wrote:

Sal wrote:

Floridatexan wrote:
How would he know?  And why is he stupid enough to try and denigrate veterans?...again.

He still has nightmares reliving those bone spurs in his heels decades ago.

Not to mention the STD's.

 

"...“I’ve been so lucky in terms of that whole world,” Trump told Stern of avoiding STDs. “It is a dangerous world out there. It’s scary, like Vietnam. Sort of like the Vietnam era. It is my personal Vietnam. I feel like a great and very brave soldier.” (Trump reportedly avoided serving during the Vietnam War by getting student deferments and a medical deferment.)

His 1997 remarks resurfaced on the heels of his latest controversy: The businessman was slammed by Sen. John McCain after criticizing a fallen solider’s Muslim parents, Khizr and Ghazala Khan, following their Democratic National Convention speech..."

http://www.usmagazine.com/celebrity-news/news/donald-trump-calls-sleeping-around-as-his-personal-vietnam-w432176

(Trump reportedly had his potential partners screened by his personal physician.)

PkrBum wrote:
At least he wasn't screwing hookers... like good Ole Billy. He probably even had a kid with one.

PkrBum wrote:

Floridatexan wrote:

Sal wrote:

Floridatexan wrote:
How would he know?  And why is he stupid enough to try and denigrate veterans?...again.

He still has nightmares reliving those bone spurs in his heels decades ago.

Not to mention the STD's.

 

"...“I’ve been so lucky in terms of that whole world,” Trump told Stern of avoiding STDs. “It is a dangerous world out there. It’s scary, like Vietnam. Sort of like the Vietnam era. It is my personal Vietnam. I feel like a great and very brave soldier.” (Trump reportedly avoided serving during the Vietnam War by getting student deferments and a medical deferment.)

His 1997 remarks resurfaced on the heels of his latest controversy: The businessman was slammed by Sen. John McCain after criticizing a fallen solider’s Muslim parents, Khizr and Ghazala Khan, following their Democratic National Convention speech..."

http://www.usmagazine.com/celebrity-news/news/donald-trump-calls-sleeping-around-as-his-personal-vietnam-w432176

(Trump reportedly had his potential partners screened by his personal physician.)

At least he wasn't screwing hookers... like good Ole Billy. He probably even had a kid with one.

Sal wrote:"People come back from war and combat and they see things that maybe a lot of the folks in this room have seen many times over," Trump said in an address to the Retired American Warriors in Herndon, Virginia. "And you're strong and you can handle it, but a lot of people can't handle it."

Trump's comments come amid an effort to destigmatize mental health issues in the military.

"There's nothing weak about asking for help," President Barack Obama said during a CNN presidential town hall last week.

http://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/trump-veterans-mental-health-not-strong

Tellthetruth wrote:

Sal wrote:"People come back from war and combat and they see things that maybe a lot of the folks in this room have seen many times over," Trump said in an address to the Retired American Warriors in Herndon, Virginia. "And you're strong and you can handle it, but a lot of people can't handle it."

Trump's comments come amid an effort to destigmatize mental health issues in the military.

"There's nothing weak about asking for help," President Barack Obama said during a CNN presidential town hall last week.

http://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/trump-veterans-mental-health-not-strong

Lying liar...

http://www.allenbwest.com/allen/trumps-speech-today-media-spin-bullt

http://www.mediaite.com/online/no-donald-trump-did-not-attack-veterans-today/

Markle wrote:Yep, not politically correct to say, but 100% true.

Sal wrote:

Markle wrote:Yep, not politically correct to say, but 100% true.

Yes ...

Telling potentially suicidal vets that they're not "strong" and "can't handle it" is politically, ethically, morally, and factually incorrect.

Lower than pond scum as usual, Markle.

Floridatexan wrote:Many of these vets are suffering from traumatic brain injury, loss of limbs, and of course PTSD.  Trump is a slimebag.

Tellthetruth wrote:

Floridatexan wrote:Many of these vets are suffering from traumatic brain injury, loss of limbs, and of course PTSD.  Trump is a slimebag.

And your candidate for POTUS sent us happily off to war.

Tellthetruth wrote:This board, like the left everywhere else is frothing at the mouth because their shoo-in for President is losing and losing big.  It's akin to a dog who eats a toad lol. All white and foamy .... Heads tossing back and forth from side to side. They are trying to make up lies as fast as they can.