Donald Trump’s remark that the civilian Presidential Medal of Freedom is “better” than the Medal of Honor for military valor has sparked backlash from veterans.
The Republican presidential nominee made the statement on Thursday evening when praising Miriam Adelson, the widow of one of the GOP’s former largest donors, Sheldon Adelson.
Miriam Adelson has continued to make substantial donations to Trump’s campaigns, and was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2018.
“It’s actually much better because everyone [who] gets the Congressional Medal of Honor, they’re soldiers,” Trump told supporters gathered at his golf club in Bedminster, New Jersey, on Thursday.
“They’re either in very bad shape because they’ve been hit so many times by bullets or they’re dead. She gets it, and she’s a healthy, beautiful woman, and they’re rated equal.”
Donald Trump insulting Medal of Honor recipients is just a continued trend of his disrespect towards our men and women in the military. It’s disgusting. This is offensive on so many levels. https://t.co/4upGctOe4o
— Travis Akers (@travisakers) August 16, 2024
Military veterans took to social media to criticize Trump over the remarks.
“Donald Trump insulting Medal of Honor recipients is just a continued trend of his disrespect towards our men and women in the military,” Travis Akers wrote on X, formerly Twitter. “It’s disgusting. This is offensive on so many levels.”
Alexander Vindman, a former Army Lieutenant Colonel who testified in Trump’s first impeachment inquiry, wrote that Trump “deserves nothing but disdain and disqualifies himself from public office.”
However, Joseph Lippincott, a Trump supporter and Marine, wrote that Trump was “exactly” right about the Medal of Honor.
“As a Marine, I can say that Trump is exactly right about the Medal of Honor,” Lippincott wrote. “Getting that award means that either you or your friends and comrades came back in body bags or fucked up for life. No one should want that award.”
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