Trump has a vivid imagination (see story here), and so does the artist who painted the picture below. In real life, he’s a draft dodger who called World War 2 heroes “suckers and losers.” Return to The-Ave.US Home Page[...]
Posts Tagged ‘Veterans’
Trump rally crowd boos soldier over base name
Disrespecting our military personnel and veterans has been a Trump hallmark. That hasn’t changed and isn’t going to. At a townhall-style campaign event in North Carolina on Friday, October 4, 2024, Trump “chuckled” as his crowd booed an active-duty soldier. The soldier’[...]
August 15th, 2024 - 10:15 pm § in Donald Trump
Trump disparages Medal of Honor heroes
Trump never had much use for heroes. He called American war dead “losers” and “suckers” (details here). He said Sen. John McCain, who was tortured as a POW, wasn’t a hero because he was captured; and he objected to wounded veterans being brought to public events because[...]
GOP’s Project 2025 slashes veterans benefits
Project 2025 (details here), a brainwave of the rightwing Heritage Foundation (profiled here), is a blueprint for sweeping changes to the federal government. Raw Story, a progressive news website, says it would “plunder” veterans benefits (read story here). The original source material ([...]
Compare Biden and Trump Memorial Day speeches
A transcript of Biden’s speech at Arlington National Cemetery isn’t available yet, but Reuters reported (here) that he spoke of the sacrifices of America’s fallen military personnel. Next week he’ll travel to Normandy, where he’s “expected to give a major speech a[...]
May 19th, 2023 - 6:42 pm § in News Media, Politics
Tale of migrants displacing homeless veterans is a hoax
A viral tale was born when the New York Post published an article (here) on May 12, 2023, claiming that “nearly two dozen struggling homeless veterans have been booted from upstate hotels to make room for migrants.” The Post’s source was Sharon Toney-Finch, CEO of the Yerik Israel [...]
April 26th, 2023 - 10:30 pm § in Politics, Republicans
Let ’em suffer
Senate Republicans “unexpectedly rejected efforts to advance a bipartisan bill that would direct the Veterans Affairs Department to carry out studies and clinical trials on the use of cannabis to treat veterans’ chronic pain and PTSD,” CNN reported on Wednesday, April 26, 2023 (read st[...]
Trump’s favorite veterans charity takes very good care of its CEO
Ever heard of The Independence Fund (TIF)? Supposedly it’s a charity that helps and advocates America’s wounded warriors. In fact, it’s a political vehicle for Trumpism, and a cash cow for the family that runs it, according to a Mother Jones expose. “Since he first ran for pr[...]
May 25th, 2020 - 11:47 am § in America
Memorial Day is also for remembering what they fought and died for
“Given the deep implications of Memorial Day, the question arises; do we ‘observe’ Memorial Day or do we ‘celebrate’ it? … Looking past the tears and bowed heads and folded hands … we can see something else; an idea. The idea of America is arguably the most significant in h[...]
The hubris of youth
There’s a certain age at which boys know everything, and way more than elders with vastly greater knowledge and experience of life. Life is simple then. Should we warn him this lovely simplicity won’t last? Nah, let him enjoy this moment and find that out in good season. Read story here [...]