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RSS Feeds`Trump did disrespect my son´: Mother backs report of president´s `horrible´ call to soldier´s widow
(The Star Fashion & Style)

 
 

18 october 2017 23:17:11

 
`Trump did disrespect my son´: Mother backs report of president´s `horrible´ call to soldier´s widow
(The Star Fashion & Style)
 


WASHINGTON—President Donald Trump in a tweet Wednesday denied that he had told the widow of a soldier killed in an ambush in Africa this month that her husband “must have known what he signed up for.”But the mother of the fallen soldier stood behind the account, saying that Trump “did disrespect” the family with his comments during a phone call. The president was reacting to a Florida congresswoman saying the family of Sgt. La David T. Johnson was “astonished” by that remark during a phone call from Trump on Tuesday. Trump said he has “proof” that the conversation did not happen as recounted by Democratic Rep. Frederica Wilson. He did not elaborate, but the claim again raised questions about whether the president tapes calls and conversations.Wilson told MSNBC on Wednesday that Johnson’s widow, Myeshia, was shaken by the exchange.“She was crying the whole time, and when she hung up the phone, she looked at me and said, ‘He didn’t even remember his name.’ That’s the hurting part.”Wilson went on to say Trump “was almost like joking. He said, ‘Well, I guess you knew’ — something to the effect that ‘he knew what he was getting into when he signed up, but I guess it hurts anyway.’ You know, just matter-of-factly, that this is what happens, anyone who is signing up for military duty is signing up to die. That’s the way we interpreted it. It was horrible. It was insensitive. It was absolutely crazy, unnecessary. I was livid.”“She was in tears. She was in tears. And she said, ‘He didn’t even remember his name.’ “On Tuesday, Wilson told The Washington Post that Trump had told Johnson’s widow, “He knew what he was signing up for, but I guess it hurts anyway.”Wilson said she was riding in a limousine with Johnson when the president called, and said she heard the conversation on speake ...


 
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