He has no respect for the military because he is unable to comprehend personal service and sacrifice. If there's no tangible personal benefit (and, for Trump, "tangible benefit" typically equals $$) for a person's actions, he doesn't get it. He admitted that to John Kelly at Arlington - - "I don't get it. What was in it for them?"
He's cool with young, healthy, good-looking uniformed soldiers standing near him because it is, and always has been, all about image with Trump. But put him near a wounded soldier and he's repulsed. In 2019, General Mark Milley, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs, chose a severely wounded Army captain, Luis Avila, to sing "God Bless America." Avila had completed five combat tours (pretty much the definition of "service") had lost a leg in an IED attack, suffered two heart attacks, two strokes and brain damage as a result of his injuries (pretty much the definition of "sacrifice"). After Avila sang (with difficulty) "God Bless America" from his wheelchair, Trump walked over to congratulate him, hugged him and later said to Milley, within earshot of a number of witnesses, "Why do you bring people like that here? No one wants to see that, the wounded." And that, from the Commander-in-Chief? No, he's a new strain of POS.
Trump called Mark Milley's impending retirement "a time for all citizens of the USA to celebrate" in a Truth Social post.
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General Mark Milley is but the latest to allege that Trump, as president, wanted injured service members hidden from view.
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