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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsTrump: '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
MineralMan
(146,329 posts)He understands nothing, and insults those whose heroism earned them that honor.
rampartc
(5,435 posts)just another wet dream of Trump's. One after another, after another, after another, after another.........
3Hotdogs
(12,406 posts)What's gold going for, now?
Tetrachloride
(7,865 posts)Was he going to pin it himself?
Take over Congress?
Mussolini or North Korean medal bonanza
tanyev
(42,610 posts)pandr32
(11,611 posts)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)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)I guess nothing is surprising any more.
CRK7376
(2,203 posts)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)I was trying to come up with the name Sen. Duckworth calls him and got it wrong.
Ziggysmom
(3,412 posts)Trump Boasted of Avoiding STDs While Dating: Vaginas Are 'Landmines ... It Is My Personal Vietnam'
https://people.com/politics/trump-boasted-of-avoiding-stds-while-dating-vaginas-are-landmines-it-was-my-personal-vietnam/
keithbvadu2
(36,906 posts)"I feel like a great and very brave soldier"
UTUSN
(70,736 posts)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.
rampartc
(5,435 posts)but i don't think he ever won a match
LetMyPeopleVote
(145,553 posts)Mc Mike
(9,115 posts)Rhiannon12866
(205,958 posts)OAITW r.2.0
(24,606 posts)Hero of the Russian Federation.
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Kid Berwyn
(14,953 posts)CamethisclosetolosingourdemocracyJanuary6.
krispos42
(49,445 posts)Is that the citation he's looking for?
TFRD
(205 posts)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)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.
WestMichRad
(1,338 posts)and raise a couple million from his sycophants.
greenjar_01
(6,477 posts)Avoid giving him the benefit of reposts of this nonsense.
packman
(16,296 posts)Whatever
malaise
(269,157 posts)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)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.
Blue Owl
(50,494 posts)littlemissmartypants
(22,797 posts)And then nail it shut on a table. But not the Resolute desk. I'm not that disrespectful.
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onenote
(42,759 posts)He first talked about wanting to give himself the Medal of Honor back in 2019.
Wounded Bear
(58,704 posts)it's the same old shtick.
shrike3
(3,767 posts)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)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.
RicROC
(1,204 posts)Prof. Toru Tanaka
(1,982 posts)His awarding these prestigious medals to these worthless, traitorous pieces of SHIT makes me want to puke.
hadEnuf
(2,212 posts)This ignorant ass shits all over everything this country stands for.
Anybody who still supports him has some significant issues.
nuxvomica
(12,440 posts)I think even that crowd figured he must be joking.
Torchlight
(3,360 posts)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.
FSogol
(45,525 posts)musclecar6
(1,690 posts)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 goofballs 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.
Hell probably skate like he always has and for us hell be a perpetual laughing stock, as he thinks people are laughing with him, when in fact we are continuing President Obamas good work started back at the correspondents dinner back in 2011.
Demsrule86
(68,667 posts)twodogsbarking
(9,805 posts)Ilsa
(61,698 posts)Turning Point USA is grueling, but they deserve it.
irisblue
(33,021 posts)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.
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Kid Berwyn
(14,953 posts)What Dimdonnie the Demented Moron and Traitor does deserve is a life sentence in federal detention.
mwb970
(11,365 posts)Slammer
(714 posts)"I want a Congressional Medal of Honor, a pony ride, and glitter. Lots of glitter."
keithbvadu2
(36,906 posts)Donald got a Neatness and Order Medal in his military school.