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Jun 6, 2019 • 5 tweets • 1 min read
Donald Trump held up the start of today’s D-Day ceremony for fifteen minutes so he could sit down with Fox News and insult the Speaker of the House.

Two of my grandparents were in the U.S Army and participated in the D-Day operation. Trump can go fuck himself.
My uncle was drafted into the Vietnam war. He still has complications from this day from the jungle warfare. Pretty sure he wasn’t a fan of that war. But I’ve never heard him complaining about having had to serve his country. And he didn’t fake bone spurs to get out of it.
My other uncle had to hide his LGBT status while risking his life for his country in the Korean War. That’s finally been corrected. Now Trump wants to ban some LGBT people from the military? That’s unpatriotic.
Four of my friends joined the U.S. military during Afghanistan and Iraq. Three of them came home messed up. The fourth died while on a rescue mission behind enemy lines. That’s sacrifice - something Donald Trump will never understand.
Donald Trump and I have one thing in common: we never served our country. The difference is, I respect the bravery and sacrifice of those who did. Trump openly pats himself on the back for scamming his way out of it.

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