I'm not sure if you (and the twitter guy) are making fun of Trump for his dumb way of speaking or for fabricating stories, but I think everyone needs to walk a fine line between calling out Trump on his bullshit through this whole ordeal and giving at least a little courtesy towards Koreans and what they hope to get out of this.
"I think this whole thing with taking down the Confederate statues is terrible. Just the other day Stonewall Jackson's mother, lovely woman. Very lovely. She told me how hurt she was when his statue was taken down. It's a disgrace." -Donald Trump
I get the joke. I just think it's something better left not making a joke of. He's probably full of shit, but hypothetically he could have spoken to Korean women in theirr 90s who lost teenage sons in the war. Or he spoke to wives and daughters of dead Korean soldiers and he's just not using his perfect memory. Either way, I think people are in full-shit on trump mode all the time and it can have collateral damage, so to speak.
i mean, I guess it's conceivable that a parent of a dead Korean War soldier was still alive in 2016, and searched out Donald Trump on the campaign trail and asked that exact question. They'd have to be like 96+ years old though.
If anyone is making a joke about it, it's Trump with his made up story. There's no way in hell what he talks about actually happened.
I was doing the math and if the loved one was 18 when the war ended and let's say the parents were 18 when they had this child, the parents would have been 99 in 2016.
I agree that it's much more likely he is embellishing some anecdote he heard to make it his own or outright lying about it, than it is that he's telling a 100% true story.
No, he 100% lied. It’s what he does. And he should absolutely be called out on bullshit like that. The people who herp and derp about respecting the troops should be up in arms when he lies about shit like that, but they won’t be.
Hopefully spicy comes back. Can’t imagine what kind of shit person will replace crazy eyes as press secretary
You always read about the feel good redemption stories of white supremacists. When it comes to black and brown gang members well they are just super predators and animals who should be caged forever.
OK, well, when I did the cipherin' , I presumed mom was a 14 year old high school dropout of questionable moral character when she found out she was in a family way. Her son, not far from the apple tree, was forced to join the army at 16 to get out of a little hometown jam , iirc. Got sent to Korea, landed with MacArthur at Inchon before being killed at the Chosin Reservoir. HTH.
I've often read about former black gang members who served jail time that perform community outreach and try to prevent kids from falling into to the same lifestyle. I'm not saying they're treated equally and that there aren't huge racial disparities in the prison population, but the gang member redemption story makes for good news.
SHS is leaving this White House to do something more noble: be the press secretary for Westboro Baptist Church.
AMA delegates voted to adopt several of nearly a dozen gun-related proposals presented by doctor groups that are part of the AMA's membership. They agreed to: Support any bans on the purchase or possession of guns and ammunition by people under 21. Back laws that would require licensing and safety courses for gun owners and registration of all firearms. Press for legislation that would allow relatives of suicidal people or those who have threatened imminent violence to seek court-ordered removal of guns from the home. Encourage better training for physicians in how to recognize patients at risk for suicide. Push to eliminate loopholes in laws preventing the purchase or possession of guns by people found guilty of domestic violence, including expanding such measures to cover convicted stalkers.
This shit is disgusting yet it gets no play. This should be plastered on every news channel until it ends. This is not what America should stand for.
It's even more disgusting that millions of people support this shit because "DON'T BREAK DA LAWWWWW!"
To expand, it took days for a major outlet to pick up the story about misplaced kids a few weeks ago. Did anyone report on the Oregon senator being refused entry to a detention facility or his eventual visit? This shit is sickening and should be a huge point for people to shout across America, but we get nothing.
This is what the fascist pig republicans want the US to be. So YES this is now what America stands for. They're all shit human beings who probably need to be put on their own little island away from the rest of civilization so they kill each other off.
No I truly believe if you presented this situation to every single adult American you could find over a million people who wouldn't care because of how enraged they get over anyone brown trying to enter this country.