“All over the place, no matter where I go, there’s bikers!†Trump said. “My people would say, ‘They’re here to protect you, Mr. Trump.’ It’s an amazing thing!â€
On the surface, this should not have been Trump’s crowd.
He is, of course, a draft-dodger.
When Trump’s draft number 365 was drawn on December 1, 1968 and he was given a chance to fight in Vietnam like the veterans he addressed Sunday afternoon, he instead got multiple student deferments as well as a medical deferment. Trump spent much of the duration of the war wearing white suits and partying at New York City discos like Le Club.
And he has, of course, not a shred of respect for POWs.
“He’s not a war hero,†Trump said of Senator John McCain in July. McCain was captured in North Vietnam in 1967 after he was shot down by a missile. He was kept in solitary confinement for two years, beaten and tortured. He wasn’t freed until 1973.
“He’s a war hero because he was captured,†Trump said. “I like people that weren’t captured, OK? I hate to tell you.â€
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