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Emrys

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10. No more valid than the Purple Hearts the five-times draft dodger gloated about accepting from the legitimate recipients

Reply to Miles Archer (Original post)

Thu Jan 15, 2026, 05:30 PM

Thursday

Trump Tells Purple Heart Recipients Life Wasn’t So Easy for Him Either

Trump dodged the draft, by the way.

Donald Trump’s version of a Purple Heart ceremony apparently involves honoring himself.

The president, a reputed draft dodger, likened himself to America’s wounded or killed veterans Thursday: “It wasn’t that easy for me, either,” he said.

The ceremony was attended by 100 Purple Heart recipients—three of whom had given Trump their own medals last year in the aftermath of the Butler, Pennsylvania, assassination attempt.

“Last year, after an assassin tried to take my life in Butler, Pennsylvania, Thomas generously mailed me one of his Purple Hearts. Many of the other veterans showed me the same unbelievable gesture of kindness, including three-time Purple Heart recipient John Ford and Gerald Enter Jr., who also came along with us and did us a great, great favor,” Trump said.
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“Gerald, John, and Thomas, I want to thank you very much. What a great honor to get those Purple Hearts,” the president continued. “I guess in a certain way, it wasn’t that easy for me, either, when you think of it. But you went through a lot more than I did, and I appreciate it all very much.”

https://newrepublic.com/post/198927/trump-purple-heart-recipients-life-wasnt-easy-either

Stripped of significance and any trace of honour, these are mere trinkets on a par with the cheap gilded crap with which he festoons every free vertical surface in the White House.

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She didn't deserve it either JBTaurus83 Thursday #1

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