Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden calls President Trump’s reported remarks about fallen military personnel 'disgusting'
WASHINGTON - U.S. Defense Secretary Mark Esper said on Friday that President Donald Trump respects American troops and veterans after a magazine report said Trump had called fallen U.S. military personnel buried in Europe “losers” and declined to visit an American cemetery because he thought it unimportant.
“President Trump has the highest respect and admiration for our nation’s military members, veterans and families. That is why he has fought for greater pay and more funding for our armed forces,” Esper said in a statement.The Atlantic reported that Trump, a Republican running for re-election who has touted his record helping U.S.
The president said he did not go to the cemetery because weather prevented a helicopter flight. The alternative, a long drive, would have meant going through very busy areas of Paris, and the Secret Service objected, he said. Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden, who is leading Trump in national polls ahead of the Nov. 3 election, said that, if true, the comments were “deplorable.”“It is absolutely damnable,” Biden said. “It’s a disgrace.”
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