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On 10/3/2023 at 7:52 AM, Tiberius said:

Former President Trump didn't want to visit a cemetery near Paris for Americans who fought and died in World War I because it was filled with "suckers" and "losers," John Kelly, his longest-serving chief of staff, said in a statement to CNN on Monday.

Why it matters: In the statement, Kelly supported this and several other instances of Trump disparaging service members that were reported by The Atlantic in 2020 and vehemently denied at the time by the Republican 2024 presidential front-runner.

Of note: Fox News reporter Jennifer Griffin previously confirmed parts of The Atlantic's story, including his refusal to visit the Aisne-Marne Cemetery in France.

 

https://www.axios.com/2023/10/02/trump-troops-fallen-soldiers-john-kelly


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The way Putin treats his cannon fodder exactly reflects the sentiment that they are suckers and losers. That';s what you will get in Trump. He is all just about himself

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https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2024/06/09/biden-france-cemetery-trump/

 

 

PARIS — President Biden will visit an American cemetery in France on Sunday, a somber setting that will allow him to pay his respects to fallen soldiers while reminding voters of one of the most controversial moments of Donald Trump’s presidency.

Biden’s stop at the Aisne-Marne American Cemetery — a site Trump skipped during a 2018 trip after reportedly calling those buried there “suckers” and “losers” — will cap a five-day trip to France in which the president did not say his predecessor’s name in public but nonetheless sought to make clear the sharp differences that exist between the two men and their two presidencies.

It’s part of a mounting effort by Biden and his campaign to resurface the worst memories of Trump’s turbulent four years in office — a push that has run squarely into a phenomenon pollsters have branded “Trump amnesia.” With polls showing Americans giving Trump higher marks on several issues than they did while he was president, the 2024 contest could be determined by voters’ willingness to forget, according to political strategists and historians.

Biden has taken a personal interest in the idea that the passage of time has softened Americans’ memories of Trump’s presidency and increasingly has sought to play the role of reminder in chief. With speeches, trips to places Trump once trod and campaign ads that often feature more of Trump’s words than his own, the president has tried to help voters recall why they opted to oust his predecessor.

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