Trump to widow of Sgt. La David Johnson: 'He knew what he signed up for'

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:And now Kelly jumps in publicly.

Sounds like Kelly tried to prep Trump for the call and remind him that Johnson was doing what he wanted to do when he died, and Trump kind of botched the execution in a big way. Not sure why he's complaining about the Congresswoman though. She was there, and has a right to say how Trump's insensitive words were interpreted.

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/10/19/us/politics/john-kelly-son-trump.html?action=Click&contentCollection=BreakingNews&contentID=65972443&pgtype=article

So Trump went against Kelly's advice not to contact the families, apparently to make himself look better by one-upping Obama and past presidents. And it blew up in his face.

It's all about his ego.

Look how you twist everything around. Liberals are crazy.

He wanted to reach out in person because it is the better thing to do. Obama couldn't be bothered. The problem is that while Trump's heart was in the right place, his words came out wrong. It's a terribly difficult call to make (which is why Obama skipped them).

This is patently false. Absolute BS.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:And now Kelly jumps in publicly.

Sounds like Kelly tried to prep Trump for the call and remind him that Johnson was doing what he wanted to do when he died, and Trump kind of botched the execution in a big way. Not sure why he's complaining about the Congresswoman though. She was there, and has a right to say how Trump's insensitive words were interpreted.

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/10/19/us/politics/john-kelly-son-trump.html?action=Click&contentCollection=BreakingNews&contentID=65972443&pgtype=article

So Trump went against Kelly's advice not to contact the families, apparently to make himself look better by one-upping Obama and past presidents. And it blew up in his face.

It's all about his ego.

Look how you twist everything around. Liberals are crazy.

He wanted to reach out in person because it is the better thing to do. Obama couldn't be bothered. The problem is that while Trump's heart was in the right place, his words came out wrong. It's a terribly difficult call to make (which is why Obama skipped them).

Trump doesn't have a heart. Seriously. He shouldn't try to be the comforter in chief because he has absolutely no ability to connect with people who need comfort. He shouldn't make calls, either, if he can't get the words out straight or remember anyone's name. It's horrible.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:And now Kelly jumps in publicly.

Sounds like Kelly tried to prep Trump for the call and remind him that Johnson was doing what he wanted to do when he died, and Trump kind of botched the execution in a big way. Not sure why he's complaining about the Congresswoman though. She was there, and has a right to say how Trump's insensitive words were interpreted.

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/10/19/us/politics/john-kelly-son-trump.html?action=Click&contentCollection=BreakingNews&contentID=65972443&pgtype=article

I'm sure that NY Times article gave it its typical anti-Trump spin, so I'm not bothering. I listened first-hand to Kelly just now, and he was terrific. He explained how other presidents, including Obama, never bothered with phone calls, but that Trump wanted to reach out personally. Kelly explained what Trump meant (I acknowledge Trump is not always the best communicator), as well as his dismay (he said he was "stunned") by that hat-lady Congresswoman. And it's true that Trump may have bungled the message somewhat, but does that it any way sink to the despicable words of Hillary as she lied to the grieving parents of the Benghazi victims, the deaths of whom she was responsible for, given her refusal to provided requested security? The fact that liberals think the Trump phone call comes even CLOSE to the despicable lie of Hillary's disgusts me.

It truly is despicable - no, make that DEPLORABLE - how the liberals take a sacred moment, a phone call from the president to a grieving war widow - and twist it around for political points.

(There was something that Kelly said that literally brought tears to my eyes. He said that he was so stunned by what the Congresswoman was doing that he decided to take a walk among the most honorable men and women on Earth, and he can always find them. He went to Arlington National Cemetery. )

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What Liberals did that? He called to console the widow and fvcked it up. The family made it public.

No, a flamboyant Congresswoman made it public. A private phone call. She just couldn’t help herself.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Kina ironic that Kelly is defending Gold Star families from the podium of the Trump White House, given Trump's behavior in the summer of 2016.

What Kelly didn't say is equally as important here. He didn't deny Trump said anything the Congresswoman said, only complained she made it public. He didn't say anything about how Obama treated him as a Gold Star family (despite Trump telling reporters "Go ask Kelly if Obama called him.") He just expressed his sadness that the whole situation had been politicized (something he can blame his boss Trump for, since he was complaining Obama never called any of the families, which he clearly did--and more.)

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:And now Kelly jumps in publicly.

Sounds like Kelly tried to prep Trump for the call and remind him that Johnson was doing what he wanted to do when he died, and Trump kind of botched the execution in a big way. Not sure why he's complaining about the Congresswoman though. She was there, and has a right to say how Trump's insensitive words were interpreted.

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/10/19/us/politics/john-kelly-son-trump.html?action=Click&contentCollection=BreakingNews&contentID=65972443&pgtype=article

I'm sure that NY Times article gave it its typical anti-Trump spin, so I'm not bothering. I listened first-hand to Kelly just now, and he was terrific. He explained how other presidents, including Obama, never bothered with phone calls, but that Trump wanted to reach out personally. Kelly explained what Trump meant (I acknowledge Trump is not always the best communicator), as well as his dismay (he said he was "stunned") by that hat-lady Congresswoman. And it's true that Trump may have bungled the message somewhat, but does that it any way sink to the despicable words of Hillary as she lied to the grieving parents of the Benghazi victims, the deaths of whom she was responsible for, given her refusal to provided requested security? The fact that liberals think the Trump phone call comes even CLOSE to the despicable lie of Hillary's disgusts me.

It truly is despicable - no, make that DEPLORABLE - how the liberals take a sacred moment, a phone call from the president to a grieving war widow - and twist it around for political points.

(There was something that Kelly said that literally brought tears to my eyes. He said that he was so stunned by what the Congresswoman was doing that he decided to take a walk among the most honorable men and women on Earth, and he can always find them. He went to Arlington National Cemetery. )

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What Liberals did that? He called to console the widow and fvcked it up. The family made it public.

No, a flamboyant Congresswoman made it public. A private phone call. She just couldn’t help herself.

And the dead soldier's mom confirmed it. Are you going to start blaming her too? (Or calling her "flamboyant"?)

[Anonymous]

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No, a flamboyant Congresswoman made it public. A private phone call. She just couldn’t help herself.

A congresswoman who was basically "an aunt" to the soldier and is very close to him and his family. No one has disputed what was said and Trump is the one who raised it.

Were you this outraged when Patricia Smith addressed the RNC in Cleveland last year?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:And now Kelly jumps in publicly.

Sounds like Kelly tried to prep Trump for the call and remind him that Johnson was doing what he wanted to do when he died, and Trump kind of botched the execution in a big way. Not sure why he's complaining about the Congresswoman though. She was there, and has a right to say how Trump's insensitive words were interpreted.

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/10/19/us/politics/john-kelly-son-trump.html?action=Click&contentCollection=BreakingNews&contentID=65972443&pgtype=article

Why is he complaining about the Congresswoman?
It was horribly insensitive and tactless of her to go public with the phone call. She politicized it. It was a private call and it was not her place to make it public.
If anyone knows... he does. He has been there - or didn’t you know he had a son killed in Afghanistan?

Yes, that fact had not escaped me. I bet no one said to Kelly: "your son knew what he signed up for."

Not in those exact words, but the meaning was the same: "Your son chose to sign up....WANTED to defend his country.....and died surrounded by his best friends, and doing exactly what he wanted to do." In the meantime, all this is a diversionary tactic to hide the successful operation in Syria. (And imagine how much worse the widow feels, with the Congresswoman creating a circus around this. FOR SHAME!!)

And if Trump had said those words in that way, maybe he wouldn't have made a widow who was 6 months pregnant cry. He's not good at empathy and should stop doing these calls.

First people were mad that he wasn't doing the calls. Now they're mad that he is. I don't like the guy, but it's clear the press and the establishment has an anti-Trump agenda.

How often have we heard about Trump not promptly fulfilling his promise to give $25k to a gold star family? Yet, when Obama promised money to the family of an American killed by ISIS and subsequently forgot to pay up, it was barely a blip on the radar.

http://abcnews.go.com/amp/International/us-hostage-kayla-muellers-foundation-finally-receives-obama/story?id=43215918

I was willing to engage until you brought up the "go-to strategy" of comparing him to Obama. He is not Obama and he should be forced to stand on his own and be accoutable on his own. I do not criticize him based on what Obama so I always cringe when people defend him with "What about Obama..." It is like Trump and his supporters are more obsessed with him than Obama supporters ever were. And that obsession is not good for our country.

DP, but it is very valid to point out that liberals are criticizing Trump for the very things that they were fine with when Obama did them.

No it isn't if that is the ONLY way you can defend Trump. I understand that this is a liberal biased forum and as an independent, it gets to me sometimes. But most of the liberals talks about Trump's shortcomings. Most of the people defending him always resort to the "but Obama did...." If you think Trump's conduct is valid, it should be easy to defend them based on their merits. TBH, I get the sense that many of the Trump folks are new here. Because when Obama was POTUS, liberals here would often criticize his missteps. Even among liberals here, there was not a universal "he can do no wrong" sense that you get among Trump supporters now.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:And now Kelly jumps in publicly.

Sounds like Kelly tried to prep Trump for the call and remind him that Johnson was doing what he wanted to do when he died, and Trump kind of botched the execution in a big way. Not sure why he's complaining about the Congresswoman though. She was there, and has a right to say how Trump's insensitive words were interpreted.

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/10/19/us/politics/john-kelly-son-trump.html?action=Click&contentCollection=BreakingNews&contentID=65972443&pgtype=article

I'm sure that NY Times article gave it its typical anti-Trump spin, so I'm not bothering. I listened first-hand to Kelly just now, and he was terrific. He explained how other presidents, including Obama, never bothered with phone calls, but that Trump wanted to reach out personally. Kelly explained what Trump meant (I acknowledge Trump is not always the best communicator), as well as his dismay (he said he was "stunned") by that hat-lady Congresswoman. And it's true that Trump may have bungled the message somewhat, but does that it any way sink to the despicable words of Hillary as she lied to the grieving parents of the Benghazi victims, the deaths of whom she was responsible for, given her refusal to provided requested security? The fact that liberals think the Trump phone call comes even CLOSE to the despicable lie of Hillary's disgusts me.

It truly is despicable - no, make that DEPLORABLE - how the liberals take a sacred moment, a phone call from the president to a grieving war widow - and twist it around for political points.

(There was something that Kelly said that literally brought tears to my eyes. He said that he was so stunned by what the Congresswoman was doing that he decided to take a walk among the most honorable men and women on Earth, and he can always find them. He went to Arlington National Cemetery. )

+100

What Liberals did that? He called to console the widow and fvcked it up. The family made it public.

No, a flamboyant Congresswoman made it public. A private phone call. She just couldn’t help herself.

Exactly. The hateful libs are on the hunt for anything and everything to make Trump look bad in order to 1) get him to quit in frustration and 2) divert attention from how well the economy is doing under his business-friendly policies

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Kinda ironic that Kelly is defending Gold Star families from the podium of the Trump White House, given Trump's behavior in the summer of 2016.

Ironic that he lamented about how women aren't honored or held sacred anymore, too, given Trump's behavior during his whole life.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:And now Kelly jumps in publicly.

Sounds like Kelly tried to prep Trump for the call and remind him that Johnson was doing what he wanted to do when he died, and Trump kind of botched the execution in a big way. Not sure why he's complaining about the Congresswoman though. She was there, and has a right to say how Trump's insensitive words were interpreted.

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/10/19/us/politics/john-kelly-son-trump.html?action=Click&contentCollection=BreakingNews&contentID=65972443&pgtype=article

I'm sure that NY Times article gave it its typical anti-Trump spin, so I'm not bothering. I listened first-hand to Kelly just now, and he was terrific. He explained how other presidents, including Obama, never bothered with phone calls, but that Trump wanted to reach out personally. Kelly explained what Trump meant (I acknowledge Trump is not always the best communicator), as well as his dismay (he said he was "stunned") by that hat-lady Congresswoman. And it's true that Trump may have bungled the message somewhat, but does that it any way sink to the despicable words of Hillary as she lied to the grieving parents of the Benghazi victims, the deaths of whom she was responsible for, given her refusal to provided requested security? The fact that liberals think the Trump phone call comes even CLOSE to the despicable lie of Hillary's disgusts me.

It truly is despicable - no, make that DEPLORABLE - how the liberals take a sacred moment, a phone call from the president to a grieving war widow - and twist it around for political points.

(There was something that Kelly said that literally brought tears to my eyes. He said that he was so stunned by what the Congresswoman was doing that he decided to take a walk among the most honorable men and women on Earth, and he can always find them. He went to Arlington National Cemetery. )

+100

What Liberals did that? He called to console the widow and fvcked it up. The family made it public.

No, a flamboyant Congresswoman made it public. A private phone call. She just couldn’t help herself.

And the dead soldier's mom confirmed it. Are you going to start blaming her too? (Or calling her "flamboyant"?)

Right...the family was shocked and taken aback by what he said. And it is their right to allow the call to be made public. The Congresswoman had a PERSONAL relationship with the family and she was outraged, not as a politician, but as someone who knew the family and was close to them. Trump screwed this up. I wish PP and others would admit it and move on.

[Anonymous]

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Exactly. The hateful libs are on the hunt for anything and everything to make Trump look bad in order to 1) get him to quit in frustration and 2) divert attention from how well the economy is doing under his business-friendly policies

Wow, this is quite a reach. The only reason this is an issue is that there was barely an acknowledgement from the White House about these deaths, and when asked about it, Trump played whatboutism with Obama. That backfired and he called the widow and that backfired too. It isn't the media's fault, it isn't Obama's fault and it isn't Hillary's fault.

And as to the business-friendly policies, other than repelling environmental protections that help make our air and water cleaner and a promise (PROMISE) of tax cuts, that exactly has Trump done to help the economy?

(please don't cite Carrier or Foxconn or other photo ops that actually aren't happening)

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

No, a flamboyant Congresswoman made it public. A private phone call. She just couldn’t help herself.

A congresswoman who was basically "an aunt" to the soldier and is very close to him and his family. No one has disputed what was said and Trump is the one who raised it.

Were you this outraged when Patricia Smith addressed the RNC in Cleveland last year?

Wait. Did Patricia Smith make public a private phone call made to another person? I missed it if she did.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:And now Kelly jumps in publicly.

Sounds like Kelly tried to prep Trump for the call and remind him that Johnson was doing what he wanted to do when he died, and Trump kind of botched the execution in a big way. Not sure why he's complaining about the Congresswoman though. She was there, and has a right to say how Trump's insensitive words were interpreted.

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/10/19/us/politics/john-kelly-son-trump.html?action=Click&contentCollection=BreakingNews&contentID=65972443&pgtype=article

I'm sure that NY Times article gave it its typical anti-Trump spin, so I'm not bothering. I listened first-hand to Kelly just now, and he was terrific. He explained how other presidents, including Obama, never bothered with phone calls, but that Trump wanted to reach out personally. Kelly explained what Trump meant (I acknowledge Trump is not always the best communicator), as well as his dismay (he said he was "stunned") by that hat-lady Congresswoman. And it's true that Trump may have bungled the message somewhat, but does that it any way sink to the despicable words of Hillary as she lied to the grieving parents of the Benghazi victims, the deaths of whom she was responsible for, given her refusal to provided requested security? The fact that liberals think the Trump phone call comes even CLOSE to the despicable lie of Hillary's disgusts me.

It truly is despicable - no, make that DEPLORABLE - how the liberals take a sacred moment, a phone call from the president to a grieving war widow - and twist it around for political points.

(There was something that Kelly said that literally brought tears to my eyes. He said that he was so stunned by what the Congresswoman was doing that he decided to take a walk among the most honorable men and women on Earth, and he can always find them. He went to Arlington National Cemetery. )

+100

What Liberals did that? He called to console the widow and fvcked it up. The family made it public.

No, a flamboyant Congresswoman made it public. A private phone call. She just couldn’t help herself.

Exactly. The hateful libs are on the hunt for anything and everything to make Trump look bad in order to 1) get him to quit in frustration and 2) divert attention from how well the economy is doing under his business-friendly policies

Well, if people are "hunting" for something to make him look bad, it is not a difficult hunt...thanks to him. Being a dignified statesman is not in his sweet spot.

But you know what....he signed up for this and if you voted for him, you signed up for it too.

[Anonymous]

Kelly is basically criticizing the widow.

Shameful.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:And now Kelly jumps in publicly.

Sounds like Kelly tried to prep Trump for the call and remind him that Johnson was doing what he wanted to do when he died, and Trump kind of botched the execution in a big way. Not sure why he's complaining about the Congresswoman though. She was there, and has a right to say how Trump's insensitive words were interpreted.

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/10/19/us/politics/john-kelly-son-trump.html?action=Click&contentCollection=BreakingNews&contentID=65972443&pgtype=article

I'm sure that NY Times article gave it its typical anti-Trump spin, so I'm not bothering. I listened first-hand to Kelly just now, and he was terrific. He explained how other presidents, including Obama, never bothered with phone calls, but that Trump wanted to reach out personally. Kelly explained what Trump meant (I acknowledge Trump is not always the best communicator), as well as his dismay (he said he was "stunned") by that hat-lady Congresswoman. And it's true that Trump may have bungled the message somewhat, but does that it any way sink to the despicable words of Hillary as she lied to the grieving parents of the Benghazi victims, the deaths of whom she was responsible for, given her refusal to provided requested security? The fact that liberals think the Trump phone call comes even CLOSE to the despicable lie of Hillary's disgusts me.

It truly is despicable - no, make that DEPLORABLE - how the liberals take a sacred moment, a phone call from the president to a grieving war widow - and twist it around for political points.

(There was something that Kelly said that literally brought tears to my eyes. He said that he was so stunned by what the Congresswoman was doing that he decided to take a walk among the most honorable men and women on Earth, and he can always find them. He went to Arlington National Cemetery. )

+100

What Liberals did that? He called to console the widow and fvcked it up. The family made it public.

No, a flamboyant Congresswoman made it public. A private phone call. She just couldn’t help herself.

I am curious about your usage of this adjective. Can you please elaborate what you mean? Are you trying to say how dare that black woman challenge our dear leader over the generosity he has shown to call the black soldier's family?