Donald Trump Makes a Medal of Honor Remark That Gets People Talking
Trump said he would give himself the Medal of Honor, then noted it would raise the number of living recipients present from 15 to 16.
- On Thursday, President Donald Trump attended a ceremony at the Honor Museum in Arlington, Texas, where he repeated his suggestion that he wants to award himself the Congressional Medal, stating he is "not allowed to."
- Trump has previously suggested awarding himself the medal during a February trip to Iraq and a July event, despite never serving in the military due to Vietnam-era draft deferments.
- During the ceremony, Trump compared the Congressional Medal to the Presidential Medal of Freedom, calling the civilian award "much better" because recipients are "healthy, beautiful" people, unlike wounded or deceased military honorees.
- Former Republican Rep. Joe Walsh rejected the suggestion that Trump was merely joking, calling him a "sociopath," while Veterans of Foreign Wars blasted the remarks as "asinine."
- Freelance journalist Euan MacDonald labeled Trump a "clown dictator," as analysts suggest the remarks reflect a pattern of transforming serious presidential business into entertainment spectacle.
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Donald Trump said something about the Medal of Honor that instantly made headlines and got people talking. The president addressed his recurring remarks about awarding himself the nation’s highest military decoration during a speech in Texas. Donald Trump explains joke involving the Medal of Honor President Donald Trump addressed his recurring joke about awarding himself […]
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President Trump met Medal of Honor recipients at the national museum in Texas, praised America’s bravest and closed with an unmistakably Trump joke.
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