Trump to widow of Sgt. La David Johnson: 'He knew what he signed up for'
Source: ABC News 10
MIAMI-DADE, Fla. -
U.S. President Donald Trump told U.S. Army Sgt. La David Johnson's widow Tuesday that "he knew what he signed up for ...but when it happens it hurts anyway," when he died serving in northwestern Africa, according to Rep. Frederica Wilson, D-Miami Gardens.
"Yes, he said it," Wilson said. "It's so insensitive. He should have not have said that. He shouldn't have said it."
The president called about 4:45 p.m. and spoke to Johnson's pregnant widow, Myeshia Johnson, for about five minutes. She is a mother to Johnson's surviving 2-year-old son and 6-year-old daughter. The conversation happened before Johnson's remains arrived in a commercial Delta Airlines flight at Miami International Airport.
Wilson witnessed as the widow, who is expecting their third baby in January, leaned over the U.S. flag that was draping his casket. Her pregnant belly was shaking against the casket as she sobbed uncontrollably. Their daughter stood next to her stoically. Their toddler waited in the arms of a relative.
Read more: https://www.local10.com/news/politics/trump-speaks-to-widow-of-sgt-la-david-johnson
JenniferJuniper
(4,515 posts)I hate him.
Bleacher Creature
(11,257 posts)I don't pretend to be a psychiatrist, but the lack of empathy is so overwhelming.
rzemanfl
(29,568 posts)louis c
(8,652 posts)Tillerson is correct.
edbermac
(15,947 posts)jmowreader
(50,562 posts)bathroommonkey76
(3,827 posts)Judi Lynn
(160,620 posts)Big Blue Marble
(5,150 posts)he should never be allowed to call the grieving families ever again.
Chemisse
(30,817 posts)He can then boast about how self-sacrificing he is to refrain from calling families to make their pain worse.
Maeve
(42,288 posts)Sam McGee
(347 posts). . . Trump is a pig but I have nothing against pigs.
Eugene
(61,945 posts)That is a cliché line said by tough guys in action movies. He actually said it while consoling a grieving widow?
Something in Trump's head is fundamentally misconfigured.
SergeStorms
(19,204 posts)you should talk to someone with two children, another on the way. "Hey, shit happens lady". The Draft-Dodger-In-Chief has empathy out the ying-yang, right?
That orange turd deserves a swift kick in the balls, if he had any.
LoveMyCali
(2,015 posts)Just like when he told hurrican survivors to enjoy themselves because they now had paper towels. Can't someone just tell him to say "you have my sympathy." and then shut up?
Rebl2
(13,551 posts)a cold hearted monster. Hes sickening.
Chemisse
(30,817 posts)It's really all about him, after all.
BlueIdaho
(13,582 posts)Either way we need to know more about what the hell happened on the ground. Sure, Trump is an asshole - an asshole without compassion. We all know that. What we dont know is why our troops were put in danger and why they died.
xor
(1,204 posts)That was about the extent of the detail I read. Doesn't really answer the question as to how and why he became separated.
Or how and why his body was recovered two days later... much we dont know here.
riversedge
(70,299 posts)❄#ViveLaResistance
❄️ Retweeted
Kanisha Jackson @Kanisha1Jackson 1h1 hour ago
Replying to @Kanisha1Jackson
.@RepWilson, who rode with Sgt. La David Johnson's widow, said she heard part of call with President Trump: "He must've known what he signed up for."
Link to tweet
smirkymonkey
(63,221 posts)I hate that motherfucker more than anyone who has ever lived.
OliverQ
(3,363 posts)smirkymonkey
(63,221 posts)behavior.
Liberalagogo
(1,770 posts)'You knew what you signed up for.'
Yonnie3
(17,483 posts)He called to meet a metric. A metric of consoling grieving relatives of a soldier and he failed. I don't think he actually gives a damn. I guess he didn't have a script.
There is not one clue between his ears. Just a mouth.
JenniferJuniper
(4,515 posts)xxqqqzme
(14,887 posts)being hurtful because he can't feel anything at all. He is a void until someone fills his head like sliding a CD into the player.
JoeOtterbein
(7,702 posts)The White House needs to stick with letters from Trump. They can be edited before they are sent.
Stuart G
(38,445 posts)one additional short sentence, "If we can help in any way, let us know"...
but forget that last sentence. The moron obviously doesn't know those 3 words...he never uses them
MyOwnPeace
(16,937 posts)Every single one of these posts have nailed it - he IS everything you have said he is - he IS a monster on the loose - he IS the worst possible THING we could ever have as the chief executive of the once-great United States.
Don't know what nasty derogatory thing to call him - he matches them all!
Lucky Luciano
(11,258 posts)Gothmog
(145,554 posts)Ilsa
(61,698 posts)Your CIC really thinks about you and you commitment to serve.
TomSlick
(11,109 posts)This is simply beyond the pale. Yes, we know what we signed up for but that doesn't excuse heartless comments to our family.
Brian Williams reporting on now. I am simply pissed!
Freethinker65
(10,048 posts)steve2470
(37,457 posts)Every grieving family member he ever calls, needs to call him out.
Lifelong Protester
(8,421 posts)He's the leftovers of the original "big bang" of stupid.
Blue_Tires
(55,445 posts)SCVDem
(5,103 posts)Even back in 1973 when Vietnam was still a thing, we were told in Marine basic the main point is to let the other guy die for HIS country! I'm sure every Marine, soldier, sailor, airman or anyone who served has heard that phrase.
The orange shithead wouldn't have a clue, being a non hacker and a coward!
Semper Fi Sgt. La David Johnson.
Now WHY did he die? What was the mission that was so fucking important that the intel was so bad?
Trumps Benghazi! Let the hearings begin.
Ahpook
(2,751 posts)This is sickening! It is something every day from this complete and total mess of an administration.
I have had to tell family members and a couple friends to bugger off supporting this garbage. How can they?
It makes no sense to me
zentrum
(9,865 posts)LiberalArkie
(15,728 posts)say. I try to keep my mouth shut when something sympathetic needs to be said. I may feel it, but I can't ever get it out of my mouth.
Silver Gaia
(4,546 posts)What a sick, heartless bastard this man is. I hate him with every fiber of my being. And I have never hated anyone before. Never.
shadowmayor
(1,325 posts)I like the Green Berets who don't get shot and die!
Blue Owl
(50,494 posts)n/t
DesertRat
(27,995 posts)xor
(1,204 posts)Vinca
(50,303 posts)Turbineguy
(37,365 posts)to his investors.
niyad
(113,552 posts)and believe him, belong.
underpants
(182,877 posts)From yallerdawg at the link below
https://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1002&pid=9725047
CentralMass
(15,265 posts)The aberration would be if he ever said the right tbing or told the truth.
extvbroadcaster
(343 posts)It's time to face it. Trump can do anything, say anything, and get away with it. He could take a huge dump on the White House lawn, pick it up and walk to the Lincoln Memorial and smear it on Lincoln's face. And the GOP would say "but it was a great dump! Lincoln would be proud!" Trump is the lowest form of scum, but the GOP won't do anything to him, no matter what. Sad.
SummerSnow
(12,608 posts)" you don't know what god is going to do with his soul"