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packman

(16,296 posts)
Sun Jul 24, 2022, 12:03 PM Jul 2022

Trump: 'I Wanted To Give Myself The Congressional Medal Of Honor' As President

Yah - Why not?

"Donald Trump told teenagers at Turning Point USA's Student Action Summit in Tampa on Saturday that as President, he wanted to give himself the Congressional Medal of Honor, the government's highest and most prestigious military decoration, but "they" wouldn't let him. Trump's handlers told him that it wouldn't be appropriate, "

https://crooksandliars.com/2022/07/trump-i-wanted-give-myself-congressional

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Trump: 'I Wanted To Give Myself The Congressional Medal Of Honor' As President (Original Post) packman Jul 2022 OP
Of course he did. MineralMan Jul 2022 #1
for trump it is just another "participation trophy" rampartc Jul 2022 #15
And DENVERPOPS Jul 2022 #50
So let's see..... Ivanka, how much gold is in one of them medals? 3Hotdogs Jul 2022 #31
He was scared of House Democrats so he never tried Tetrachloride Jul 2022 #2
Quelle surprise. tanyev Jul 2022 #3
So Bone Spurs wants honors for nothing pandr32 Jul 2022 #4
To hang next to his fake Time magazine cover PatSeg Jul 2022 #14
Exactly! pandr32 Jul 2022 #16
Yellow-bellied Corporal Bone Spurs thought he deserved the country's highest military decoration? Diamond_Dog Jul 2022 #5
Don't belittle Corporals. We are hard working young NCOs trying to become Sergeants. CRK7376 Jul 2022 #51
I apologize, that was not my intention. Diamond_Dog Jul 2022 #53
What a narcissistic putz. Cowards don't receive the Congressional Medal of Honor! Ziggysmom Jul 2022 #6
"I feel like a great and very brave soldier" keithbvadu2 Jul 2022 #48
Add it to: Nobel, Time cover, anything others earned for *merit.* UTUSN Jul 2022 #7
trump is in the 'rasslin fall of fame rampartc Jul 2022 #24
Trump fancies himself as a dictator LetMyPeopleVote Jul 2022 #8
My thoughts, also. +1, nt. Mc Mike Jul 2022 #41
Gee, I wonder what happened to all of them?? Rhiannon12866 Jul 2022 #52
I am surprised Putin didn't award him the OAITW r.2.0 Jul 2022 #9
This message was self-deleted by its author Chin music Jul 2022 #25
No American deserves it more. Kid Berwyn Jul 2022 #44
"For shitting his pants while under intense criticism..." krispos42 Jul 2022 #10
For What?! TFRD Jul 2022 #11
That would have triggered EndlessWire Jul 2022 #12
Probably thinking he could raffle it... WestMichRad Jul 2022 #13
This is just Trump trolling greenjar_01 Jul 2022 #17
Nah, I enjoy it packman Jul 2022 #19
Meh greenjar_01 Jul 2022 #20
Only he knows what he deserves malaise Jul 2022 #18
MOH for a MF Chainfire Jul 2022 #21
Here's some footage of him drafting up the proposal... Blue Owl Jul 2022 #22
I'd love to slam his tiny hands and head right in the middle of that document littlemissmartypants Jul 2022 #35
He's recycling old material at this point. onenote Jul 2022 #23
Pretty sure he hasn't had any new material since the 80's... Wounded Bear Jul 2022 #28
Sounds exactly like something he would do. shrike3 Jul 2022 #26
Noah Marcuse Jul 2022 #27
Cheapened Presidential Medal of Freedom jerseyjim Jul 2022 #29
also gave Gym Jordan that Medal? RicROC Jul 2022 #40
And Devin Nunes. Prof. Toru Tanaka Jul 2022 #45
CMH for what? Avoiding the clap while in college? hadEnuf Jul 2022 #30
IIRC, that was greeted by laughter, not applause nuxvomica Jul 2022 #32
He's idiotic enough to honestly believe he earned one Torchlight Jul 2022 #33
Are there any "Worst Place" ribbons they can give him? FSogol Jul 2022 #34
Yep musclecar6 Jul 2022 #36
Trashing ...don't care. Sick of Trump. Demsrule86 Jul 2022 #37
Nazi of the year is still open. twodogsbarking Jul 2022 #38
News said he talked at them for 2 hours. Being part of Ilsa Jul 2022 #39
He does not understand that CONGRESS authorizes the Congressional Medal of Honor irisblue Jul 2022 #42
No one deserves it less. Kid Berwyn Jul 2022 #43
Oh for God's sake. mwb970 Jul 2022 #46
Toddler-in-Chief Slammer Jul 2022 #47
Donald got a Neatness and Order Medal in his military school. keithbvadu2 Jul 2022 #49

DENVERPOPS

(8,844 posts)
50. And
Mon Jul 25, 2022, 09:44 PM
Jul 2022

just another wet dream of Trump's. One after another, after another, after another, after another.........

Tetrachloride

(7,865 posts)
2. He was scared of House Democrats so he never tried
Sun Jul 24, 2022, 12:08 PM
Jul 2022

Was he going to pin it himself?

Take over Congress?

Mussolini or North Korean medal bonanza

pandr32

(11,611 posts)
4. So Bone Spurs wants honors for nothing
Sun Jul 24, 2022, 12:15 PM
Jul 2022

He didn't get a Nobel Peace Prize, either, and he really wanted one. He never won an Emmy, either.
Loser, loser, loser.

PatSeg

(47,586 posts)
14. To hang next to his fake Time magazine cover
Sun Jul 24, 2022, 02:09 PM
Jul 2022

He just wants honors to show off. They don't have to mean anything. Once again, he has the mind of a small child, though most children are more honest than he is.

Diamond_Dog

(32,057 posts)
5. Yellow-bellied Corporal Bone Spurs thought he deserved the country's highest military decoration?
Sun Jul 24, 2022, 12:16 PM
Jul 2022

I guess nothing is surprising any more.

CRK7376

(2,203 posts)
51. Don't belittle Corporals. We are hard working young NCOs trying to become Sergeants.
Mon Jul 25, 2022, 11:04 PM
Jul 2022

I know I was a Corporal and later a Sergeant and finally retired as a Colonel. I've had the honor to meet several winners of the CMH and they are nothing like the shitstain former President. He is such a disgrace for this country.

Diamond_Dog

(32,057 posts)
53. I apologize, that was not my intention.
Tue Jul 26, 2022, 07:32 AM
Jul 2022

I was trying to come up with the name Sen. Duckworth calls him and got it wrong.

UTUSN

(70,736 posts)
7. Add it to: Nobel, Time cover, anything others earned for *merit.*
Sun Jul 24, 2022, 12:31 PM
Jul 2022

Among other concepts he doesn't get - oh, like, democracy, self-insight, modesty, humility - he didn't get one of the messages in The Wizard of Oz, that the outward *things* (medal, clock, diploma) are only symbols that get their meanings from the inner realities (courage, heart, smarts).

So if he freakishly gets unmerited outward *things*, they are meaningless.




Response to OAITW r.2.0 (Reply #9)

TFRD

(205 posts)
11. For What?!
Sun Jul 24, 2022, 01:16 PM
Jul 2022

Stirring a bunch of shit up and then turning your back on your supporters is not honorable!

See people, this is what happens when you follow a narcissist/tyrant and shit turns bad for the n/t!

tfg will never protect those who were willing to follow him into the fray if it means that responsibility/accountability will fall to him (tfg) for his dereliction of duty and treasonous acts!

tfg is a self preseving coward!

(~÷)
Tony!

EndlessWire

(6,565 posts)
12. That would have triggered
Sun Jul 24, 2022, 01:54 PM
Jul 2022

a mass return of previously awarded MOHs, maybe other medals as well.

I am the sister of a Silver Star winner. What he went through on the battlefield was horrendous. Now, I think that Trump was teasing and making a joke when he said this (you know, it's a joke unless you buy it,) but just saying it is an insult. CIC Bonespurs is a coup leader, an embarrassment to the US in every way.

malaise

(269,157 posts)
18. Only he knows what he deserves
Sun Jul 24, 2022, 02:20 PM
Jul 2022

He is one sick fuck.
What I love is his complete lack of any filter. A sane person would never think this, request it and then admit it in public.

Chainfire

(17,636 posts)
21. MOH for a MF
Sun Jul 24, 2022, 02:31 PM
Jul 2022

If Trump could have pulled that off it would have been an insult to everyone who ever received the honor.

Donald Trump's rightful place in history would be the first President to be convicted for attempting the overthrow of our Democracy. If not convicted, then perhaps he will write the history.

littlemissmartypants

(22,797 posts)
35. I'd love to slam his tiny hands and head right in the middle of that document
Mon Jul 25, 2022, 02:19 PM
Jul 2022

And then nail it shut on a table. But not the Resolute desk. I'm not that disrespectful.

onenote

(42,759 posts)
23. He's recycling old material at this point.
Sun Jul 24, 2022, 02:45 PM
Jul 2022

He first talked about wanting to give himself the Medal of Honor back in 2019.

shrike3

(3,767 posts)
26. Sounds exactly like something he would do.
Mon Jul 25, 2022, 11:45 AM
Jul 2022

I always said Trump was like a third world dictator, awarding himself medals and having the military march in front of him.

jerseyjim

(129 posts)
29. Cheapened Presidential Medal of Freedom
Mon Jul 25, 2022, 12:20 PM
Jul 2022

I never thought he could go lower than awarding Limbaugh the Presidential Medal of Peace.
Oh, wait! He tried to choke a secret service agent.

Prof. Toru Tanaka

(1,982 posts)
45. And Devin Nunes.
Mon Jul 25, 2022, 04:54 PM
Jul 2022

His awarding these prestigious medals to these worthless, traitorous pieces of SHIT makes me want to puke.

hadEnuf

(2,212 posts)
30. CMH for what? Avoiding the clap while in college?
Mon Jul 25, 2022, 12:31 PM
Jul 2022

This ignorant ass shits all over everything this country stands for.

Anybody who still supports him has some significant issues.

Torchlight

(3,360 posts)
33. He's idiotic enough to honestly believe he earned one
Mon Jul 25, 2022, 01:09 PM
Jul 2022

Every time I wonder what new measure of stupidity humanity is capable of at any given moment, I need do little more than read Trump's most recent opinion/statement/tantrum/trigger.

musclecar6

(1,690 posts)
36. Yep
Mon Jul 25, 2022, 02:46 PM
Jul 2022


A draft dodging fucking coward who thinks he deserves the Medal of Honor. In a same world any politician that came up with a stunt like that would have their political career finished immediately. In this goofball’s case, nobody even notices anymore. We know he is in the mold of every horrific dictator and would be tyrant that has come down the pike. Some get away with this crazy self aggrandizement like in Russia and North Korea and some wind up like Kahdaffi, Saddam, Mussilini etc.

He’ll probably skate like he always has and for us he’ll be a perpetual laughing stock, as he thinks people are laughing with him, when in fact we are continuing President Obama’s good work started back at the correspondent’s dinner back in 2011.

Ilsa

(61,698 posts)
39. News said he talked at them for 2 hours. Being part of
Mon Jul 25, 2022, 03:04 PM
Jul 2022

Turning Point USA is grueling, but they deserve it.

irisblue

(33,021 posts)
42. He does not understand that CONGRESS authorizes the Congressional Medal of Honor
Mon Jul 25, 2022, 04:33 PM
Jul 2022

Who gives the Congressional Gold Medal?
The Congressional Gold Medal is an award bestowed by the United States Congress. It is Congress's highest expression of national appreciation for distinguished achievements and contributions by individuals or institutions.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org › wiki
Congressional Gold Medal - Wikipedia


He was never a member of Congress.

🤦🤦🤦🤦🤦

Kid Berwyn

(14,953 posts)
43. No one deserves it less.
Mon Jul 25, 2022, 04:45 PM
Jul 2022

What Dimdonnie the Demented Moron and Traitor does deserve is a life sentence in federal detention.

keithbvadu2

(36,906 posts)
49. Donald got a Neatness and Order Medal in his military school.
Mon Jul 25, 2022, 06:44 PM
Jul 2022

Donald got a Neatness and Order Medal in his military school.


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